The Amorous Goldfish - The Geisha (1913)

The Amorous Goldfish - The Geisha (1913)

"The Amorous Goldfish" br br From The Geishabr br Excerpt from a cylinder titled "Favorite Airs From The Geisha"br br This is good music--superior to most of what was produced at the time this was popular on stage. But this is NOT an advencement from the time of Gilbert and Sullivant's heyday. It follows in the wake of Gilbert and Sullivan.br br No cylinder was made with just "The Amorous Goldfish"--if you wish to hear the once-popular song on a cylinder, we get only a snippet from a medley.br br 1913br br A goldfish swam in a big glass bowl as dear little goldfish do.br But she loved with the whole of her heart and soulbr An officer brave from the ocean wave.br And she thought that he loved her, too.br br Her small inside he daily fed with crumbs of the best digestive bread.br This kind attention proves, said she, how exceedingly fond he is of me.


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Uploaded: 2024-04-24

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