From “The Wild Rose”, 1926.
Words by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein IInd.
Music by Rudolf Friml.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
When love comes flying
There’s no use trying
Explaining how or why
There isn’t much that one can say
And so you rave all day
Refrain
Her eyes are brown, they smile, they frown
I like them, that’s why I love her
Her raven hair, the wavelets there
I like them, that’s why I love her
But if those eyes were blue as summer sky
And if her hair were blonde or fair as flame
She still would be the one for me
And I would love her all the same