By the Sapphire Sea

a 1922 popular song
words by Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler
music by Ted Snyder


The sheet music:


Accompaniment:


Lyrics

  1. Somewhere over there by the Sapphire Sea
    The whispering palm trees are calling me
    To skies ever blue, there alone with you
    Is where I am longing to be
    The world we’ll forget, and your lips and eyes
    Will show me the way to love’s paradise
    To that land of summertime far away
    I’m going to take you some day

Chorus
Merrily we’ll sail upon the Sapphire Sea
To a little isle where happy we will be
Where moon beams bright, kiss you each night
Beside the silver waves we’ll be together
While the stars are shining thru the waving palms
Sweetheart, I will hold you in my loving arms
And life will seem, just like a dream
With you beside the Sapphire Sea

  1. On that sunny island, the roses rare
    Are blooming to give us a welcome there
    And we’ll be alone, in a world our own
    Forgetting all trouble and care
    We’ll watch by the sea while the sails go by
    Till stars shine above in the evening sky
    You’ll rest in my arms while the moon beams bright
    And dream thru the mid-summer night

Sung here by Fred Feild: