Accompanied by the English-Italian conductor and pianist Antonio Pappano on piano, Dutch violinist Janine Jansen performs Yesterdays, a 1933 song about nostalgia composed by Jerome Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) with lyrics by Otto Harbach (August 18, 1873 – January 24, 1963). The song was written for Roberta, a musical based on the novel “Gowns by Roberta” by Alice Duer Miller.
Here the great American tenor and Hollywood star of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings “Yesterdays”. Recorded for the Coca-Cola radio show, air date March 7, 1952.
Yesterdays from Roberta (1933 musical) lyrics
Yesterdays (2)
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and love
Then gay youth was mine
And truth was mine
Joyous free and flaming life
Forsooth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I’m dreaming of
Of yesterdays
Then gay youth was mine
The truth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I’m dreaming of
Of yesterdays
Sources
- Yesterdays (1933 song) on Wikipedia