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THE DESERT SONG

LAVRENCE SCHWAB A FRANK MANDEL

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BOOK & ADB BY

OTTO HARBACH ot
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SIGMUND ROMBERG

BOOK OLRECTED BY
ARTHUR HURLEY
MUSICAL NUMBERS STAGED BY
ROBERT CONNOLLY
THE DESERT SONG

a HAVE A LOVE AFFAIR

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LET’S HAVE A LOVE-AFFAIR

Words by Music by
OTTO HARBACH and OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II SIGMUND ROMBERG

Allegretto grazioso

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BENNIE

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LOVE’S DEAR YEARNING

(Dreaming In Paradise)
Words by Music by
OTTO HARBACH and OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II = SI GMUND ROMBERG
Moderato

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ONE ALONE Music by
OTTO HARBACH and OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II SIG MUND ROMBERG
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EVERY MOUNTAIN, HELLO YOUNG
LOVERS, TOMORROW, MACK THE
KNIFE, AND | AM TELLING YOU I'M
NOT GOING, WHAT KIND OF FOOL
AM (?, TONIGHT, MARIA and much,
much more. This is a songbook that
belongs in every musical library.
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