About the Operas
by Rudolf Friml
INDIAN LOVE CALL
ROSE MARIE
So echoes of sweet love notes gently fall
Thru the forest stillness, as fond waiting Indian lovers call!
JIM
When the lone lagoon
Stirs in the spring,
Welcoming home
Some swany white wing,
When the maiden moon
Riding the sky
Gathers her star-eyed
Dream children nigh:
ROSE MARIE
That is the time of the moon and the year
When love dreams to Indian maidens appear
And this is the song that they hear.
BOTH
When I’m calling you—oo—oo
Will you answer too-oo-oo
That means I offer my love to you
To be your own
If you refuse me I will be blue
And waiting all alone
But if when you hear
My love call
Ringing clear
And I hear
Your answering
Echo so dear
Then I will know
Our love will come true
You’ll belong to me
I’ll belong to you