Historic Sheet Music Collection

Title

My Hero

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1909

Comments

F.C. Whitney's production The Chocolate Soldier Opera Bouffe.
Libretto by Bernauer and Jacobson based on George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man"
Music by Oscar Straus English libretto by Stanislaus Stange

London B. Feldman & Co. 2&3 Arthur Street, New Oxford Street. W.C.Jerome H. Remick & Co. New York Detroit

Cover illustration signed De Takacs

English words by Stanislaus Stange Music by Oscar Straus

Copyright 1908 by Ludwig Doblinger, (Bernhard Herzmansky) LeipzigCopyright MCMIX by Jerome H. Remick & Co. New York & Detroit

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Lyrics

VERSE 1
I have a true and noble lover,
He is my sweetheart, all my own,
His like on earth who shall discover?
His heart is mine, and love thee ever.
We pledged our troth each to the other,
And for our happiness I pray,
Our lives belong to one another.
Oh happy, happy wedding day,
Oh happy, happy wedding day.

CHORUS
Come! Come! I love you only,
My heart is true,
Come! Come! My life is lonely,
I long for you,
Come! Come! Naught can efface you,
My arms are aching to embrace you,
Thou art divine!
Come! Come! I love you only,
Come, hero mine.

VERSE 2
It is my duty to bow before thee,
It is my duty to love, adore thee!
It is my duty to love thee ever,
To love thee ever, love thee ever.
We pledged our troth each to the other,
And for our happiness I pray,
Our lives belong to one another.
Oh happy, happy wedding day,
Oh happy, happy wedding day.

CHORUS

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