Over the banister

Watched 'Meet Me in St. Louis,' one of my favourite musicals starred by Judy Garland (just recently purchased the DVD, been watching all the songs over and over...)

The poem below was sung by Esther Smith (Ms. Garland), which I think is beautiful (she did not sing the whole length of it, though...)

::Over the banister::

(Author unknown)

Over the banister leans a face

Tenderly sweet, beguiling

While below with her tender grace

He watches the picture smiling

The light burns dim in the hall below

Nobody sees them standing

Saying 'goodnight' again soft and low

Halfway up to the landing

Nobody only those eyes of brown

Tender and full of meaning

Gaze on the loveliest face in town

Over the banister leaning

Timid and tired with downcast eyes

I wonder why she lingers

After all the goodnights are said?

Somebody holds her fingers

Holds her fingers and draws her down

Suddenly growing bolder

Till her lovely hair lets its masses down

Like a mantle over his shoulder

A question asked

A swift caress

She had fled like a bird from the stairway

But over the banister comes a "yes!"

That brightens the world for him alway.

I just gotta say one last thing. John Truitt in a tux. Wow.