From the musical “Oh Boy”, 1917
Words by P. G. Wodehouse
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- A girl in love does not need words
To say so to a man
For love has a language of its own
Can she learn it? She can
Would he understand it? Who
Why the chap she’s talking to
If she didn’t say a thing
We don’t see how he could
It’s an easy thing to do
It’s an easy thing to do
Refrain
If every day, he reads the message
He sees in her eyes
If, when he gazes fondly in them
She droops them and sighs
Then he will know she loves him dearly
What e’er may befall
So, now you understand why words
Are not needed, at all
- Then flowers are quite a help
For each means something I am told
A rose may say, I love you, dear
Yes, we know, but that’s old
Can’t you tell us something new?
That’s an easy thing to do
For the language of the flowers
Has been overdone
Jewels have their language, too
Jewels have their language, too
Refrain
If every day, he sends her diamonds
Or pearls on a string
If, every day, she gets a pendant
Or bracelet or ring
Then she will know
How very deeply in love, he must be
When people love each other
Words are not needed, you see