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Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" is a popular old song, the lyrics of which are the poem "To Celia" by the English playwright Ben Jonson (1572–1637), first published in 1616. [ 1 ] Lyrics
the original setting (as a three part glee) of Drink to me only with thine eyes A number of his glees specify two soprano or treble (boy soprano) voices, the second of which has a range appropriate to a female mezzo-soprano or contralto (but would have been thought too high for a counter-tenor of this period).
Jack Bunny has decided Owl Jolson wins First Prize, but when the owlet sees his family watching him from outside the studio, he reverts to singing "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes". Jack Bunny is about to revoke the prize, but the family bursts through the studio and stops Jack Bunny from kicking their owlet out of the studio.
Five of the songs were written in 1921, [1] with each being dedicated to a friend, relative or popular singer of the day. These were: "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes": dedicated to the baritone Arthur Frith [2]
When Glimpy's sister, Betty, marries Jack, Muggs singlehandedly organizes the wedding. The gang provide a choral version of "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes" as well as organ music. Scruno, Stash, and Benny provide a floral centerpiece by "borrowing" a funeral wreath meant for a murdered gangster's funeral on the morrow.
In the beautiful setting of Ben Jonson's "To Celia" (commonly known as "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes"), Faith, by stressing the poem's inherent passion, brings a fresh outlook to a lyric which had become too familiar in arrangements of the old English setting. He achieves this through an operatically conceived vocal line: high and sustained ...
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Johnny Cash's "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes," from Ben Jonson's poem "Song: To Celia." Anna Dennis and Voice of Music's "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May," from Robert Herrick's poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." Rudyard Kipling's poem, "If," is adapted by Joni Mitchell on her album, Shine.