A popular song from the year 1900.
words by Will D. Cobb
music by Gus Edwards
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- On a summer’s day in the month of May
A story sweet was told
By a lonesome lad, with a heart grown sad
To a lass with a heart grown cold
“Have I loved in vain?” he cried in pain
She answered, “No” and sighed
“But I’d like you to tell
Why you love me so well”
The the lad to the maiden replied
Chorus
I can’t tell why I love you, but I do-oo-oo
This world is full of maids the same as you-oo-oo
But something I can’t tell
Seems to hold me in its spell
I can’t tell why I love you, but I do-oo-oo
- If I go away, for a single day
I leave all joy behind
Everything goes wrong, and the day seems long
No pleasure can I find
For a face I see, that follows me
Of a girl I love so well
She has set me a-whirl
And sweetheart, you’re the girl
But the reason I never can tell
Sung here by Fred Feild: