You can view a clip of Marianne and Willoughby singing at a page for actor Peter Woodward, the link is halfway down the page. My heart is all over if I rove through the sea. May the oceans turn desert and the elements move.įor wherever I shall be I'll be constant to thee If ever I prove false to my soft little girl,
I do lay thee so well, I'll maintain you so fair,Īs no lady in the Navy with you can compare. Wherever you dine there you shall dream of mineĪnd so sweetly in the season when you will be mine. My ship she's a-loaded, just come in from Spain.” “Dear Phyllis,” says he, “Can you fancy me?Īll in your soft bowers a crown it shall be.Īnd you shall take no pain, I will you maintain. Most pleasant it is in season to hear the groves ring.ĭown by a riverside a young captain I espiedĮntreating of his true love for to be his bride. I've been singing it these last couple days because I have a resident named Phyllis at the Alzhiemer's home so I've been singing to her.ĭown by a crystal spring where the nightingale sing, The lyrics to the song below are quite pretty and sweet and the song was sung by Marianne and Willoughby and the tune used throughout. It also features a couple old English ballads that are perfect for the time period and I think they have lovely lyrics. It's a very good adaptation of the book and the characters are cast fairly well. It's unlike other adaptations of the same time lacking the dryness and melodrama of Emma or Persuasion or especially Northanger Abbey.
The photo above is from the BBC's Sense & Sensibility (1981) which I've always really enjoyed. They read, they talked, they sang together his musical talents were considerable and he read with all the sensibility and spirit which Edward had unfortunately wanted." - Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility "His society became gradually her most exquisite enjoyment.