Original Broadway Cast of South Pacific
Barbara Luna & Michael DeLeon
Mary Martin
Mary Martin & Ezio Pinza
Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast of South Pacific
Original Broadway Cast of South Pacific &
Juanita Hall
Original Broadway Cast of South Pacific & Mary Martin
Original Broadway Cast of South Pacific & Mary Martin
William Tabbert
Juanita Hall
Mary Martin
William Tabbert
Ezio Pinza
Original Broadway Cast of South Pacific & Ezio Pinza & & Mary Martin
Emile sings this song about how he had lost his true love, Nellie after she had found out about his mix-raced children. She left him because of his half-Polynesian children.
[EMILE]
One dream in my heart
One love to be livin' for
One love to be livin' for
This nearly was mine
One girl for my dream
One partner in paradise
This promise of paradise
This nearly was mine
Close to my heart she came
Only to fly away
Only to fly as day flies from moonlight
Now, now I'm alone
Still dreamin' of paradise
Still sayin' that paradise
Once nearly was mine
I'll keep rememberin' kisses
From lips I've never owned
And all that lovely adventures
That we have never known
One dream in my heart
One love to be livin' for
One love to be livin' for
This nearly was mine
Close to my heart she came
Only to fly away
Only to fly as day flies from moonlight
Now, now I'm alone
Still a-dreamin' of paradise
Still sayin' that paradise
Once nearly was mine
This Nearly Was Mine was written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II & Rodgers & Hammerstein.
This Nearly Was Mine was produced by Goddard Lieberson.