ATDTDA (7): 208-208 decoding

[Lawrence Bryan]

Probably one from an old navy song book

Juanita
(E Flat)
Soft o'er the fountain,
Lingering falls the southern moon,
Far o'er the mountain,
Breaks the day too soon!
In thy dark eye's splendor,
Where the warm-light loves to dwell
Weary looks, yet tender,
Speak their fond farewell!

CHORUS
Nita, Juanita,
Ask thy soul if we should part!
Nita, Juanita,
Lean thou on my heart.

When in thy dreaming,
Moons like these shall shine again;
And day-light beaming
Prove thy dreams are vain,
Wilt thou not,, relenting,
For thine absent lover sigh,
In thy heart consenting
To a pray'r gone by?

CHORUS
Nita, Juanita,
Let me linger by thy side!
Nita, Juanita,
Be my own fair bride.


I vaguely remember the melody for the refrain: Ni- ta, wha-ah-ah ni- 
ta etc.

Lawrence, being one year younger than TRP does have it's positive  
aspects to go along with pushing 70.

On Apr 28, 2007, at 7:10 PM, Peter Petto wrote:

certified miracle - in the Catholic church, a dead person's accession  
to Heaven is recognized through the process of beatification, which  
includes the certification of miracle(s) -- I thought three were  
needed, but apparently a change to Canon law in 1983 has reduced this  
to one. It used to be that the Pope conducted these rites in the  
Vatican, but the current Pope Benedict XVI has changed this, they can  
now be held where the subject lived with the corresponding Cardinal  
presiding. FWIW the record for these is held by John Paul II who did  
1340 of these.

'Juanita' - does anyone know which particular version of this song  
Reef is talking about?

Mortalidad - Spanish for mortality


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Peter Petto <ppetto at apk.net>
Bay Village, OH


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