PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
178 - The Carnival Is Over
Verse 1
Say good-bye my own true lo-ver
As we sing a lover’s song
How it breaks my heart to leave you,
Now the car-nival is gone.
Verse 2
High a-bove the dawn is wak-ing
And my tears are falling rain,
For the car-nival is ov-er,
We may nev-er meet a-gain.
Bridge
Like a drum my heart was beat-ing
And your kiss was sweet as wine
But the joys of love are fleet-ing
(crescendo) For Pier-rot and Colum-bine.
Verse 3
(softer) Now the har-bor light is call-ing,
This will be our last good-bye
Tho’ the car-nival is ov-er
I will love you ‘till I die.
Bridge repeat
Like a drum my heart was beat-ing
And your kiss was sweet as wine
But the joys of love are fleet-ing
(crescendo) For Pier-rot and Colum-bine.
Verse 3 repeat
(softer) Now the har-bor light is call-ing,
This will be our last good-bye
Tho’ the car-nival is ov-er
(crescendo) I will love you ‘till I die.
Tag
Tho’ the car-nival is ov-er
I will love you ‘till I die.
The melody is a Russian Folk Song from circa 1883 adapted with English lyrics, written by Tom Springfield for The Seekers in 1965.