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Deep Purple
Music by Peter De Rose (1934), Words added later by Mitchell Parish (1939)Recorded by Nino Tempo & April Stevens, 1963
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When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls,
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And the stars begin to flicker in the sky,
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Through the mist of a memory,
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You wander back to me
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Breath - ing my name with a sigh.
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In the still of the night, once again I hold you tight;
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Though you're gone, your love lives on when moonlight beams;
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And as long as my heart will beat,
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Lov - er, we'll always meet
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Here in my deep purple dreams.
(instrumental interlude - Verse 1)
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In the still of the night, once again I hold you tight;
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Though you're gone, your love lives on when moonlight beams;
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And as long as my heart will beat,
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Lover, we'll always meet
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Here in my deep purple dreams,
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Here in my deep pur-ple dreams.
Also recorded by Larry Clinton & His Orchestra, 1939 (#1), Billy Ward & His Dominoes, 1957 (#20), and by Donny and Marie Osmond, 1976 (#14) -- which made the Osmonds the second brother-sister act to record it, because Nino Tempo and April Stevens are also brother-and-sister.
And, for the ultimate bit of truly worthless trivia, according to Eddie Hubbard on his nationally-syndicated radio show, this song (though not the 1969 version, obviously) was Babe Ruth's favorite song.