[sodpoodle]

Received an email with the 'fable' of Taps, which is very seductive, so I checked the internet for backup.

I have never seen all the words to the song until now. I didn't even know there was more than one verse.

[sodpoodle]

The version shown above is the “Fantasy”

[Fiji Hill]

Any UC Berkeley football fans in the crowd? You will instantly recognize this famous march based on "Taps."

"Lights Out" March<-Arthur Pryor's Band (1911)

[Fiji Hill]

This tune, based on "Taps," was a smash hit in Europe from Madrid to West Berlin in the summer and fall of 1965 but went nowhere in the US. After 1965, I wouldn't hear it again until it became available over the Internet.

During the break in the middle of the tune, the performer, Nini Rosso says,

"Buonanotte, amore, ti vedrò nei miei sogni.
Buonanotte a te che sei lontana."

(Good night, my love, I'll see you in my dreams
Good night to you, so far away.)

Il Silenzio (the silence)--Nini Rosso (1965)