Fifteen

Words and Music by :  Alan Greene - Robert Nemeroff
Theme from "The World, The Flesh And The Devil"

Recording #1 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: Dec 2, 1957 (12:00-18:00),
Master number: H2PB 8143-10,
Playing time: 3:24
Producer: Edward O. Welker
Robert DeCormier: leader; Alfred Vincent Brown: viola; Millard Thomas: guitar/contractor; Victor Messer Jr.: guitar; Norman Keenan: bass; Daniel Barrajanos: drums; George Guadagno: drums; Robert Haring: librarian percussion; Charles Williams: piano; Eugene Bianco: harp; Sylvia Deutscher: bassoon; Charles Russo: clarinet; Harold M. Jones: flute; Ray Alonge: french horn; Harry Smyles: oboe; Charles McCracken: cello; Luverne Tuttle: cello; Alexander Fishman: viola; Julius Shaier: viola; Isidor Lateiner: violin; Eugene Mark: violin; Marvin Morgenstein: violin; Bernard Ocko: violin; Philip Ramone: violin; Herbert Sorkin: violin; Michael Spivakowsky: violin; Maurice Wilk; violin; Elvira Woloschuk: violin.

CD: BCD16262,


Recording #2 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date:
Playing time: 2:50
45 : 47-7550, EPA-9666, 45RCA-1125, 45-338,
LP : LPM1927, PJL-27500, PL45317, HP-510,
Tape: CPS-152
CD: PD89796, RGMCD006


Lyrics:

The sweetest wine in the world
Is the fruit on the vine
The sweetest love and our truth
Is the love of your youth

At fifteen I saw her and thought her
So beautiful I kissed her from a distance
For my young love was locked inside

The sweetest wine in the world
Is the fruit on the vine
The sweetest love ‘neath the skies
Is the love she denies

At sixteen I met her and Yet her
Sweet loving lips were eager for another
And my young love was cast aside

The sweetest wine in the world
Is the fruit on the vine
The sweetest love I had learned
Is the love that’s returned

At eighteen I mood her
Afraid love would once again you loot her
I pursued her and I made her my darling bride

She’s mine now forever and ever
I’ll sip the wine of fifteen, sixteen, eighteen
For the fruit on the vine is mine