I Have Dreamed (song)

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“I Have Dreamed”
Single by The Lettermen
from the album I Have Dreamed
B-side "The Pendulum Swings Both Ways"
Released 1969
Format 7" single
Length 2:53
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
The Lettermen singles chronology
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder"
(1968)
"I Have Dreamed"
(1969)
"Hurt So Bad"
(1969)

"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.

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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