Younger Than Springtime Younger Than Springtime "Younger Than Springtime" is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific". It has been widely recorded as a jazz standard. The song is performed in the first act by Lieutenant Cable when he makes love to his adored Liat, to whom he was only recently introduced by her mother Bloody Mary. The song shows that love just happens and does not follow the rules of racial separation prevalent in the United States at that time. In the original Broadway show, the song was performed by William Tabbert whilst in the 1958 film,
Springtime for the World powerful though well constructed, was almost fully instrumental, except for the intro and some other additional tiny bits of vocals here and there, making it sound as a kind of temporary structural sketch for the final cut. "La Passionara" was actually released as a double A-Side single, also containing one of the album's stand-out tracks, "If You Love Somebody". This song, the Balearic vocal remix, and the LP's title-track were also included on a joint release, a maxi single extended play, which took the same name as the album and first single, "Springtime for the World", featuring four tracks, the