Steal Me, Sweet Thief
Gian Carlo Menotti * Track #1 On The Old Maid and The Thief
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Album The Old Maid and The Thief
Steal Me, Sweet Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti
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Gian Carlo MenottiAbout
This aria is from Gian Carlo Menotti’s radio opera The Old Maid and The Thief. In a household normally devoid of any male presence, the elderly Miss Todd has taken in a handsome wanderer. News hits the town of an escaped convict, and the description sounds a lot like Bob. Titilated and terrified,...
Steal Me, Sweet Thief Lyrics
[LAETITIA]
(Recitative)
What a curse for a woman is a timid man!
A week has gone by
He's had plenty of chances
But he made no advances
Miss Todd schemes and labors to get him some money
She robs friends and neigbhours, the club and the church
He takes all the money
With a smile that entrances
But still makes no advances
The old woman sighs and makes languid eyes
All the doors are wide open
All the drawers are unlocked!
He nеither seems pleased or shockеd
He eats and drinks and sleeps
He talks of baseball and boxing
But that is all!
What a curse for a woman is a timid man!
(Song Proper)
Steal me, oh steal me, sweet thief
For time's flight is stealing my youth
And the cares of life steal fleeting time
Steal me, thief, for life is brief and full of theft and strife
And then, with furtive step
Death comes and steals time and life
O sweet thief, I pray make me glow
Before dark death steals her prey
Steal my lips, before they crumble to dust
Steal my heart, before death must
Steal my cheeks, before they're sunk and decayed
Steal my breath, before it will fade
Steal my lips, steal my heart, steal my cheeks
Steal, oh steal my breath
And make me die before death will steal her prey
Oh steal me!
For time's flight is stealing my youth
Steal Me, Sweet Thief Q&A
Who wrote Steal Me, Sweet Thief's ?
Steal Me, Sweet Thief was written by Gian Carlo Menotti.
Who produced Steal Me, Sweet Thief's ?
Steal Me, Sweet Thief was produced by NBC.
When did Gian Carlo Menotti release Steal Me, Sweet Thief?
Gian Carlo Menotti released Steal Me, Sweet Thief on Sat Apr 22 1939.