"I Have Dreamed" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. In the original Broadway production it was sung by Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas. It has since become a standard, with many artists recording the song. The tune has been accused of similarities to Alfred Newman's track, "The Hill of the Brilliant Green Jade", from the 1944 film The Keys of the Kingdom starring Gregory Peck,^[1] though only 7 notes are the same.

In the show, the characters of Lun Tha and Tuptim sing of how they have dreamt of their true love blossoming, as they prepare to escape from the King's palace. This is in contrast to the subdued mood of the song We Kiss in a Shadow, when they fear that the King would know about their love.

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I Have Dreamed

I have dreamed that your arms are lovely
I have dreamed what a joy, you'll be
I have dreamed every word, you whisper
When you're close, close to me

How you look in the glow of evening
I have dreamed and enjoyed the view
In these dreams, I've loved you so
That by now I think, I know
What it's like to be loved by you
I will love being loved by you

 
Alone and awake, I've looked at the stars
The same that smile on you
And time and again, I've thought all the things
That you were thinking too

 
How you look in the glow of evening
I have dreamed and enjoyed the view
In these dreams, I've loved you so
That by now I think, I know
What it's like to be loved by you
I will love being loved by you

--song written by Rodgers and Hammerstein

Nancy LaMott (December 30, 1951 in Midland, Michigan–December 13, 1995 in New York City) was a singer,^[1] popular on the New York City cabaret circuit in the 1990s. LaMott performed twice at the White House for President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.^[2] In 2008, her posthumously-released album Ask Me Again, featuring songs she recorded between 1988 and 1995, reached #12 on Billboard magazine's Top Jazz Albums chart.^[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Lamott

This lady did an outstanding transformation of this classic musical theatre piece into an unforgetable intimate venue cabaret torch-song. Her passing was a great loss to civilized music. I love her. My tears prove it. (Unless I'm just turning into a sentimental old codger...) Wish I'd known her.

Bonus track:

"Listen To My Heart"

Listen. You will not be sorry. I guarantee.