"Some Enchanted Evening" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. It is "the single biggest popular hit to come out of any Rodgers and Hammerstein show."
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Famous quotes containing the words enchanted evening, enchanted and/or evening:
“Some enchanted evening,
You may see a stranger,
You may see a stranger,
Across a crowded room.”
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