That’s a page from my diary of love
a 1922 popular song
words and music by Alf. J. Lawrance
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Little girlie was reclining
Like Miss Muffett on a Tuffet did one day
Little girlie’s eyes were shining
For she’d made her lovers heart so bright and gay
In a diary he was writing
“Tell me what it is,” she said
With a smile he answered, “You and I dear”
And this is what he read
Chorus
First a rose, then a kiss
That was bliss, perfect bliss
In its moment of surrender
Then a sigh, don’t know why
But it goes with the rose
And the kisses sweet and tender
Then a ring, that will bring
Happy days, happy days
Full of spooning honey mooning
And the rest can be guessed
That’s a page in my Diary of Love
- Years are passing and the June days
Of their life is fast approaching winter grey
And those blissful honeymoon days
Seem a vision that grows fainter every day
And the diary’s long forgotten
Like their youthful days of yore
Till one day old Darby turns the pages
And he feebly writes once more
Chorus
First a rose, then a kiss
That was bliss, perfect bliss
In its moment of surrender
Then a sigh, don’t know why
But it goes with the rose
And the kisses sweet and tender
Then a ring, that will bring
Happy days, happy days
Full of spooning honey mooning
And the rest God knows best
That’s the end of my Diary of Love
Sung here by Fred Feild: