Dorothy Donnelly
Sigmund Romberg
Sigmund Romberg was born on July 29 1887 in Nagykanizsa, Hungary. In 1909 he moved to the United States and settled in New York. His first great success came in 1917 with "Maytime" and another was the success "Blossom Time" in 1921. He followed that with one of his greatest successes, "The Student Prince", in 1924. In 1926, Romberg teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach for "The Desert Song", and with Hammerstein for "New Moon" in 1928. Throughout the 1930s, he wrote for several films, including two with Hammerstein "Viennese Nights" (1930) and "The Night is Young" (1934), which featured the song "When I Grow Too Old to Dream." His final Broadway show, written with Victor Herbert and Dorothy Fields, was "Up in Central Park" in 1945.

In 1954, Jose Ferrer portrayed Romberg in the film "Deep in My Heart".

Serenade

Words & music by:-
Dorothy Donnelly & Sigmund Romberg

Overhead, the moon is beaming,
White as blossoms on the bough.
Nothing is heard but the song of a bird
Filling all the air with dreaming;
Would my heart but still it's beating,
Only you can tell it how, beloved;
From your window give me greeting,
Hear my eternal vow.

Soft in the trees lies the echo of my longing,
While all around you my dreams of rapture throng.
My soul, my joy, my hope, my fear,
Your heart must tell you that I am near.
List from above while I pour out my love
For you know through my life you are loved.
Oh, hear my longing cry, oh, love me or I die!

Overhead, the moon is beaming,
White as blossoms on the bough.
Nothing is heard but the song of a bird
Filling all the air with dreaming;
Would my heart but still it's beating,
Only you can tell it how, beloved;
From your window give me greeting,
I swear my eternal love.

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