From the “Music Box Revue”, 1923
Words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I’ve a longing to go where the oranges grow
I know a cozy nest ‘way out west
And I miss it so California my own
Oh how lonely I’ve grown
That’s why I’m on the run
To the one I left there all alone
Chorus
Arm in arm we will rove
Through a sweet orange grove
Far away in California
Like a bird I mean to fly west again
And I’ll hold her close to my breast again
When the blossoms unfold
And the green turns to gold
Some fine day in California
You’ll see a happy girlie and a happy fellow
‘Mid the fields of yellow
In an orange grove
- What a beautiful day for a bridal boquet
When orange blossoms bloom bride and groom
Honor and obey where the heavens are blue
All my dreams will come true
I just received a note and he wrote
I’m coming back to you
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: