Slide set: If those lips could only speak (song: Bamforth & Co., 17 slides, 1908)

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Slide 1**

Slide 2**

He stood in a beautiful mansion surrounded by riches untold

Slide 3**

He gazed at a beautiful picture that hung in a frame of gold

Slide 4**

Twas a picture of a lady so beautiful, young, and fair

Slide 5**

If those lips could only speak, if those eyes could only see

Slide 6**

Could I only take your hand as I did when you took my name

Slide 7**

It's only a beautiful picture in a beatiful golden frame

Slide 8**

With all his great power and his riches he knows he can never replace

Slide 9

And each time he sees her picture these same words he'll always say

Slide 10**

All my wealth I would freely forfeit and toil for you night and day

Slide 11**

Slide 12**

He sat there and gazed at the painting, then slumbered, forgetting all pain

Slide 13**

And there in that mansion in fancy she stood by his side again

Slide 14**

Then his lips they softly murmured the name of his once sweet bride

Slide 15**

With his eyes fixed upon the picture he awoke from his dream and cried

Slide 16**

Slide 17**

** there are alternative versions or views of this slide

Number of slides

Manufacturer

Bamforth & Co., England

Main type of image

life model

Main usage of set

song

Date of first manufacture

1908

Reading or song

Charles Ridgwell, Will Godwin, Charles Ridgwell, If those lips could only speak (London: Francis, Day & Hunter, 1906)

Collections

16 slides known to exist in private collection

17 slides known to exist in private collection

Subject keyword

creative arts – music – songs

Lucerna ID 3002574

Record created by Richard Crangle and Richard Crangle [A]. Last updated 23 November 2016

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Slide set: If those lips could only speak (song: Bamforth & Co., 17 slides, 1908)