Speak Low (1943)
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(m) Kurt Weill (w) Ogden Nash. (I) Musical: One Touch of Venus by Mary Martin & Kenny Baker. In 1948 Film Version: Dick Haymes and Eileen Wilson dubbing Ava Gardner
Speak low when you speak love.
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon.
Speak low when you speak love.
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,
We’re swept apart too soon.
Speak low, darling, speak low,
Love is a spark lost in the dark Too soon, too soon!
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near,
Tomorrow is here, and always too soon!

Time is so old and love so brief,
Love is pure gold, and time a thief.
We’re late, darling, we’re late,
The curtain descends, everything ends
Too soon, too soon! I wait, darling, I wait.
Will you speak low to me? Speak love to me, and soon!