Beautiful Dreamer
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- This article is about the song. For the anime film, see Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer. For the 2006 film, see Beautiful Dreamer (film).
"Beautiful Dreamer" is a popular American song, with words and music written by Stephen Collins Foster in 1864. Foster wrote the song at least six months before his death and it was published posthumously.[1]
Recordings include:
- Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & his Orchestra
- Decca 3118 (matrix DLA 1967-B)
- Recorded Los Angeles March 22, 1940
- Steve Conway with Jack Byfield & his Orchestra
- Columbia(England) FB3233 (matrix CA 20117-1)
- Released August 1946
- Thomas Hampson with Jay Ungar (mandolin), David Alpher (piano), and Molly Mason (guitar)
- EMI Classics 41645
- Released November 8, 2005
[edit] Lyrics
Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me,
Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee;
Sounds of the rude world, heard in the day,
Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away!
Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song,
List while I woo thee with soft melody;
Gone are the cares of life's busy throng,
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea
Mermaids are chanting the wild lorelie;
Over the streamlet vapors are borne,
Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn.
Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart,
E'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea;
Then will all clouds of sorrow depart,
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!
