Alan Jay Lerner
Playwright/lyricist Alan Jay Lerner
was born into a wealthy New York
City retailing family.
His professional association with
Frederick Loewe started in 1942
when they teamed up to write
"Life of the Party". Their first
Broadway success was the 1947
musical fantasy "Brigadoon" which
was translated to film in 1954.
Lerner adapted the work for the
screen and earned two Oscars as the
screenplay writer for "An American
In Paris" (1951) and "Gigi" (1958),
and a Grammy for "On a Clear Day
You Can See Forever". Lerner and
Loewe parted company in 1962
following the success of "Camelot".
Lerner's last musical, "Dance a
Little Closer", was written with
Charles Strouse in 1983.
Frederick Loewe
His first collaboration with Alan Jay Lerner was a 1942 musical adaptation of the farce "The Patsy", called "The Life of the Party"; it was written for a Detroit stock theatre company. He has won three Tony Awards, all in collaboration with Alan Jay Lerner: two in 1957 for "My Fair Lady," as Best Composer and for his music as part of a Best Musical win; and one in 1974 for Gigi" as Best Score, his music with Lerner's lyrics.

The Heather On The Hill

Words & music by:-
Alan J Lerner & Frederick Leowe

Can't we two go walking together,
Out beyond the valley of trees?
Out where there's a hillside of heather,
Curtsying gently in the breeze.
That's what I'd like to do:
See the heather--but with you.

The mist of May is in the gloaming,
And all the clouds are holding still.
So take my hand and let's go roaming
Through the heather on the hill.
The mornin' dew is blinking yonder.
There's lazy music in the rill,
And all I want to do is wander
Through the heather on the hill.

There may be other days as rich and rare.
There may be other springs as full and fair.
But they won't be the same--they'll come and go,
For this I know:

That when the mist is in the gloaming,
And all the clouds are holding still,
If you're not there I won't go roaming,
Through the heather on the hill,

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