JULIE ANDREWS - THIS IS MY BELOVED

THIS IS MY BELOVED

JULIE ANDREWS

SONGWRITER: ALEKSANDER BORODÍN; ROBERT WRIGHT & GEORGE FORREST

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: CLASSIC JULIE, CLASSIC BROADWAY LABEL: DECCA RECORDS

GENRE: CLASSICAL

YEAR: 1977

"And This Is My Beloved" is a popular song.

This song was in the 1953 musical Kismet and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was in fact based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case, Borodin's String Quartet in D.

The same melody had earlier (1946) been used for a song credited to William Engvick, Bert Reisfeld and Alec Wilder entitled "Spring Magic," which was recorded by Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra.

A version by Mario Lanza became popular in 1956. Sergio Franchi sang this song in 1962 when he was discovered by Norman Luboff singing on Sunday Night at the London Palladium. A favorite guest of Ed Sullivan, Franchi sang it on the February 4, 1968, broadcast by CBS; and recorded on his 1964 RCA Victor album The Exciting Voice of Sergio Franchi^.

Dawn’s promising skies

Petals on a pool drifting

Imagine these in one pair of eyes

And this is my beloved

Strange spice from the south

Honey through the comb sifting

Imagine these in one eager mouth

And this is my beloved

And when he speaks and when he talks to me

Music! Mystery!

And when he moves and when he walks with me

Paradise comes suddenly near

All that can stir

All that can stun

All that’s for the heart’s lifting

Imagine these in one perfect one

And this is my beloved

And this is my beloved

Imagine these in one perfect one

And this is my beloved

And this is my beloved.