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$100.00 Prize Song
I'LL MEET YOU AT THE FOUNTAIN
COPYRIGHT 1896 by JAMES BRENNAN
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO SIEGEL.COOPER & CO.
WORDS & MUSIC BY EDITH-KEELEY-STOKELY. ARRANGED BY HENRY. S. SAWYER
PUBLISHED BY SIEGEL.COOPER & CO STATE. VAN BUREN & CONGRESS 50
I'll Meet You at the Fountain.
Arr. by Henry S. Sawyer. Words and Music by Edith Keeley Stokely.
Tempo di valse.
Introduction.
Allegretto con brio
1. Oh, Cupid has mov'd to the city, I know, for I saw him myself; 'Mid silks and fine laces and beautiful faces, He carries on love mix'd with pelf; In a store where a fountain is tinkling, In the midst of a gay shifting scene, I first felt his dart thro' my quivering heart, I first saw Ma Belle, my queen.
2. When people are thronging for bargains, Like motes in the sun's golden beam; Be
side the soft waters, 'mong Fashion's fair daughters, I watch for a face like a dream; And
Cupid sits nigh, ever nigh me, And mocks my repinings at fate; Then a
voice whispers close, ah! close by me, "Don't scold, dear, I know I am late!"
3. When Springtide is shaking her blossoms Adown on her carpet of green, walk with proud heart to sly Cupid's mart At the side of Ma Belle, my queen; And out from the laces of Europe, And the wonderful fabrics, I ween, I'll choose with grave pride a gown for a bride, A gown of ivory sheen.
Copyright, 1896, by James Brennan.
Refrain. A tempo
Meet me at the fountain, love, For Cupid lingers here; The
world around seems far away, And only you are near. Waters
tinkling faint and sweet, And tender shadows here; Only
your dear face I see, Though all the world is near.