Theme song from “The Shopworn Angel”, 1928
Words and music by Lou Davis and J. Fred Coots
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I was on my way to Dr. Cupid
I was all upset, I was in doubt
Suddenly I laughed with glee
There was nothing wrong with me
For I guessed what it was all about
Chorus
Why does my heart miss a beat
At some footsteps on the street
It’s a precious little thing called love
Why am I content alone
When I know someone will phone
It’s a precious little thing called love
I see a day in June, a wedding tune
A honeymoon cruise
Friends I know who will throw
Some rice and old shoes
What’s the one thing makes me say
Heaven’s just across the way
It’s a precious little thing called love
- Skies are very blue now that I’ve met you
Day and night there’s joy in all my dreams
Flowers tell the birds and bees
Now the birdies tell the trees
Anyway that’s just the way it seems
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: