Gifts

College Majors Musical Theater Major
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<p>My Heart Stood Still by Rodgers & Hart 1927 from A Connecticut Yankee</p>

<p>Through all my school days, I hated boys
Those April Fool days brought me loveless joys
I read my Plato, Love, I thought a sin
But since your kiss, I’m reading Missus Glyn!</p>

<p>I took one look at you, that’s all I meant to do
And then my heart stood still
My feet could step and walk, my lips could move and talk
And yet my heart stood still</p>

<p>Though not a single word was spoken, I could tell you knew
That unfelt clasp of hands told me so well you knew
I never lived at all until the thrill of that moment when
My heart stood still</p>

<p>Though not a single word was spoken, I could tell you knew
That unfelt clasp of hands told me so well you knew
I never lived at all until that thrill of that moment when
My heart stood still</p>

<p>male (or gender non-specific) verse:
I laughed at sweethearts I met in schools
All indiscreet hearts seemed romantic fools
A house in Iceland was my heart’s domain
I saw your eyes, now castles rise in Spain</p>

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<p>It is a terrific song! Barbara Cook sings it beautifully. :)</p>

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<p>let’s get some guys songs up here too! :)</p>

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<p>My Heart Stood Still and All the Things you Are are not gender specific… appropriate for both men and women.</p>

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<p>I love “All the Things You Are!” It’s gorgeous and I just happen to have it in my nice new Kern Collection book. Daughter would like to do the last 5 lines as discribed above but that’s 20 bars instead of 16. The audition folks said an intro wouldn’t count toward the 16. Can we tack those unneeded intro bars onto the back end instead without causing a stir?</p>

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<p>I think from “You are the angel glow” to the end would be acceptable in a 16 bar audition.</p>