At Last (Original Piano-Vocal version)

Written for: Sun Valley Serenade (1941); Orchestra Wives (1942)
Performer: Glenn Miller Orch. (Instrumental) (SVS); Studio Orchestra (Instrumental) (SVS); Glenn Miller Orch. with Pat Friday & John Payne (OUT-TAKE) (SVS); Glenn Miller Orch. with Ray Eberle & Pat Friday (OW)
English lyric: Mack Gordon
Swedish lyric: Karl-Lennart
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1941, 1942
Original publisher: Twentieth Century Music Corporation, rights controlled by Leo Feist, Inc.

English lyric:

Verse 1:

I was never spellbound by a starry sky,
What is there to moonglow when love has passed you by?
Then there came a midnight, and the world was new;
Now here am I so spellbound, darling,
Not by stars, but just by you;

Chorus:

At last, my love has come along,
My lonely days are over,
And life is like a song.
At last, the skies above are blue,
My heart was wrapped in clover
The night I looked at you.
I found a dream that I can speak to,
A dream that I can call my own;
I found a thrill to press my cheek to,
A thrill I've never known.
You smiled and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven,
For you are mine, at last.

Verse 2 (from British sheet music):

Time in idle fancies I'd no wish to spend,
They're not real romances, for all too soon they end.
Now your love has crowned me with a joy divine,
For in the very hour I met you,
Something told this heart of mine:

[Chorus]


Swedish lyric:

"Till Slut"

Verse:

Ofta våra vägar korsat har varann,
När jag velat stanna, du alltid snabbt försvann.
Äntligen vi möttes dock på livets stig.
Och det jag förr blott hoppats, älskling,
Verkligt blir: jag funnit dig.

Chorus:

Till slut min ensamhet har flytt,
Mitt liv har fått en mening
Och allting synes nytt.
Till slut blev himlen än då blå
Och lyckans första gryning
Kan skönjas för oss två.
I nästan varje dikt som diktas
Det talas om en vacker dröm,
Om en bekännelse som biktas
Och om en kärlek öm.
Men det som inte sagts förut
För en, för dig jag sparat
När du blir min till slut.