Song of the day: "Younger than Springtime" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein

My vocal range is alto, and since there are no good songs for altos (see the song "Alto's Lament"), I do best singing tenor songs. I've been practicing this song when I walk outside and when I work alone in my office. "Younger Than Springtime" is a slow, romantic ballad and I have a lot of trouble with the three long high notes at the end.

From South Pacific

I touch your hands
And my heart grows strong,
Like a pair of birds
That burst with song.
My eyes look down
At your lovely face,
And I hold a world
In my embrace.

Younger than springtime, are you
Softer than starlight, are you,
Warmer than winds of June,
Are the gentle lips you gave me.
Gayer than laughter, are you,
Sweeter than music, are you,
Angel and lover, heaven and earth,
Are you to me.

And when your youth
And joy invade my arms,
And fill my heart as now they do,
Then younger than springtime, am I,
Gayer than laughter, am I,
Angel and lover, heaven and earth,
Am I with you!

And when your youth
And joy invade my arms,
And fill my heart as now they do,

Then younger than springtime, am I,
Gayer than laughter, am I,
Angel and lover, heaven and earth,
Am I with you.