Thank you, both Peters.
I knew June Bronhill wasn't singing: "But for woman and man love is surely forever and aye!" That's what's written in the script, and I understood its meaning because Browning also uses "forever and aye" -- in a song or at least in his writing.
But Bronhill is singing: "But the heart is a call that a woman will never deny!" It's just that she pauses, probably to breathe, before "deny," and then somehow sings it as one syllable. To me, that always sounded like it contained an O, and that's how I got to "know." Unfortunately, that didn't rhyme with "lie," in this otherwise carefully rhymed song.
So now at least I know what Bronhill was singing, and I don't need to know how she negotiated with the lyricist to sing the more straight forward line. Again, thanks. |
