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The glow of sunset
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in the summer skies,
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The golden flicker
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of the fireflies,
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The gleam of love-light
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in your lovely eyes,
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These are the things I love.
verse 2
A silver moon beam peeking through the trees,
A bed of tulips nodding in the breeze,
The look you give in answer to my pleas,
These are the things I love.
Refrain
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Oh, once I thought that life
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was just a winter thing.
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My heart was cold.
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And then you came to me
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like a breath of Spring--
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You turned the silver snow to gold.
verse 3
The robin's serenade when day is through,
The babblink brook beside our rendezvous,
Your sweet voice whispering "Darling I love you,"
These are the things I love.
---A number of big bands had versions of this
--Jimmy Dorsey's comes to mind.
My favorite version was recorded in the late
50's/early 60's by Catarina Valente.--