This is a very gorgeous song, sung by the best, the great Mario Lanza. His beautiful voice and photos of him are combined with appropriate paintings by master artists to accompany the song lyrics.
The beginning photo of Mario Lanza was taken from “The Great Caruso“ the rest of the photos of him were taken from his film “That Midnight Kiss“. Both are available for purchase from Turner Classic Movies.
Rudolf Friml excelled with operetta style American musical theater. The story of The Vagabond King, “... originated in a hit 1901 drama, If I Were King, by Justin Huntly 1925 Broadway operetta had a book by W.H. Post and Brian Hooker. Hooker was also the lyricist. He was a scholar of French literature known for an outstanding English translation of Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac.“ (Quote is from: )