Gypsy Love Song (1922)

Описание: The Perkins House in Colfax, WA has a large number of historical items. Including phonograph records, many more than a hundred years old and containing songs seldom if ever heard today. Most of these are made of shellac, not vinyl. We in the Perkins House are honored to share our collection with you.

Gypsy Love Song

The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company – 5141 - A
Harry B. Smith, Lyricist
Victor Herbert, composer
Richard Bonelli, vocalist
Issued 1922

The birds of the forest are calling for thee,
And the shades and the glades are lonely;
Summer is there with her blossoms fair,
And you are absent only.
No bird that nests in the greenwood tree,
But sighs to greet you and kiss you,
All the violets yearn, yearn for your safe return,
But most of all I miss you.
Slumber on, my little gypsy sweetheart,
Dream of the field and the grove,
Can you hear me, hear me in that dreamland,
Where your fancies rove?

Slumber on, my little gypsy sweetheart,
Wild little woodland dove,
Can you hear the song that tells you
All my heart's true love?


Formed by the merger of three companies, Brunswick-Balke-Collender was the largest producer of billiard and saloon equipment and furniture in the world in the late 1890’s to early 1900’s. In 1913 the Chicago based firm started manufacturing phonograph cabinets, and soon created their own phonograph brand and records. By 1923 it was the third largest record producer in the US, and was issuing new records daily. The Great Depression forced the company to sell its record division to Warner Brother Pictures, which eventually sold the Brunswick label to the American Record Corporation.