From “Girls Will Be Girls”, 1916
Words by Harry B. Smith
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Mm, Mm, Mm, M-M-M
In the land of Lovers’ Fancy fair
Where they build castles in the air
The lotus blossoms grow
And a mystic river flows
You may have no guide to lead you there
But you may find it unaware
‘Tis often found by chance
In the byways of romance
Discover it, someday, you may
And then, with me, today, you’ll say
Refrain
Drift with me under the azure sky
All unheeded, the golden moments fly
Here, life holds no regret
And for a little while we may forget
That river fair is lover’s dreams
A silver thread, it brightly gleams
Thro’ the youth that’s like a summer day
Drift on to Eden far away
To the Eden far away
- Mm, Mm, Mm, M-M-M
On the river bank, the lotus flowers
With lulling perfumes, charm the hours
The world of work-a-day
For a while is far away
All the day, the sky is cloudless blue
At night, the stars shine just for you
All sorrows disappear
In that land of Souvenir
All cares are gone, all joys are new
And happy voices sing to you