The Prisoner of Zenda (My Dearest Dear)

Tribute to the magnificent adaptation starring Ronald Colman and Madeleine Carroll. (In selecting clips, I have emphasized the romantic element over the adventure and action.)

My Dearest Dear Lyrics

My dearest dear, the time is near when I and you must part
And no one knows the inner grief of my poor aching heart
And what I suffer for your sake, for the one I love so dear
I wish that I could go with you or you could tarry here
I wish my heart were made of glass, that in it I might behold
Your name in secret I would write in letters of bright gold
Your name in secret I would write, pray believe me when I say
You are the one that I love best until my dying day

Mo gra thu, A stoirin
(Irish Galiec: "I love you, my Darling")

And when you're on some distant shore think on your absent friend
And when the wind blows high and clear, a line or two pray send
And when the wind blows high and clear, pray send it love to me
That I may know by your hand-write how times have gone with thee

My dearest dear, the time is near when I and you must part
And no one knows the inner grief of my poor aching heart
And what I suffer for your sake, for the one I love so dear
I wish that I could go with you or you could tarry here

[My Dearest Dear, a folksong from the British Isles that eventually passed into the Southern Appalachia folksong tradition, is sung by Connie Dover and featured on her CD The Border of Heaven. Her website address, where you can order her music, is: http://www.conniedover.com/]

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Film & Animation

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• Prisoner
• of
• Zenda
• 1937
• music
• video
• Ronald
• Colman
• Madeleine
• Carroll
• Anthony
• Hope
• David
• O.
• Selznick
• John
• Cromwell
• Connie
• Dover

[italianoettore]

Buon video..!!

[stronghorse22]

I've uploaded some cool Madeleine Carroll videos: rare footage, a radio appearance and a TV feature. Check them out.

[FlaxenHairedBeauty]

I do indeed like this! In fact, I love it! :)