Sweet Adeline the Musical Songs Lyrics



Sweet Adeline is a musical with music by Jerome Kern, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and original orchestration by Robert Russell Bennett. It premiered on Broadway in 1929. The story, set in the Gay Nineties, concerns a Hoboken, New Jersey girl who, unlucky in love, becomes a Broadway star.

1929 Broadway
Sweet Adeline the Musical Songs Lyrics

Act 1

1. Play Us a Polka Dot
2. Twas Not So Long Ago
3. My Husband's First Wife
4. Here Am I
5. First Mate Martin
6. Spring is Here
7. Out of the Blue
8. Naughty Boy
9. Oriental Moon
10. Mollie O' Donahue
11. Why Was I Born?
12. Finale

Act 2

1. Twas Not So Long Ago (Reprise)
2. Winter in Central Park
3. The Sun About to Rise
4. Some Girl is on Your Mind
5. Don't Ever Leave Me
6. Here Am I (Reprise)
7. Finaletto
8. Indestructible Kate
9. Take Me for a Honeymoon Ride
10. Harbor Scene
11. Twas Not So Long Ago (Reprise)
12. Finale



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