Poor Butterfly
Sarah Vaughan"Poor Butterfly" is a song by Sarah Vaughan, released in 1958 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:08 long and contains 23 lines and 142 words.
Lyrics
0:13There's a story told of a little Japanese
0:19Sitting demurely neath the cherry blossom trees
0:25Miss Butterfly's her name
0:33A sweet little innocent child was she
0:39Till a fine young American from the sea
0:46To her garden came
0:53They met neath the cherry blossoms everyday
0:59And he taught her how to love the American way
1:07To love with her soul was easy to learn
1:15Then he sailed away with a promise to return
1:27Poor butterfly
1:35Neath the blossoms waiting
1:41Poor Butterfly
1:48For she loved him so
1:54The moments pass into hours
2:01The hours pass into years
2:08And as she smiles through her tears
2:14She murmurs low
2:21The moon and I know that he'll be faithful
2:35I'm sure he'll come to me by and by
2:48But if he won't come back then I'll never sigh or cry
3:02I just must die
3:08Poor butterfly
There's a story told of a little Japanese Sitting demurely neath the cherry blossom trees Miss Butterfly's her name A sweet little innocent child was she Till a fine young American from the sea To her garden came They met neath the cherry blossoms everyday And he taught her how to love the American way To love with her soul was easy to learn Then he sailed away with a promise to return Poor butterfly Neath the blossoms waiting Poor Butterfly For she loved him so The moments pass into hours The hours pass into years And as she smiles through her tears She murmurs low The moon and I know that he'll be faithful I'm sure he'll come to me by and by But if he won't come back then I'll never sigh or cry I just must die Poor butterfly
Translation
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