Frances Farmer - "Aura Lea"
As Lotta Morgan, woman of ill-repute, Frances Farmer stops patrons of LeMaire's bar dead in their tracks whenever she sings "Aura Lea"...
As the blackbird in the spring,
'Neath the willow tree,
Sat and piped, I heard him sing,
Singing "Aura Lea":
"Aura Lea, Aura Lea,
Take my golden ring!
Love and light return with thee,
And swallows with the spring."
When the mistletoe was green,
'Midst the winter snows.
Sunshine on my face was seen,
Kissing lips of rose.
"Aura Lea, Aura Lea,
Take my golden ring!
Love and light return with thee,
And swallows with the spring."
--Music and lyrics by George R. Poulton & W.W. Fosdick (1861)
From the 1936 Samuel Goldwyn production, "Come and Get It", based on Edna Ferber's novel of the same name.