(I Love You Dear)
from the 1911 musical “The Red Widow”
words by Channing Pollock and Rennold Wolf
music by Chas. J. Gebest
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- When all seemed sad and dreary
Love, to me you came
Your glance so sweet, so tender
Set my heart a-flame
I cared not where the path might lead
Life had not been lived in vain
With your hand in mine
From all sorrow freed
No thought of tomorrow’s pain
And this, whate’er befall
My pledge beyond recall
Chorus
I love you, dear, I love you near
I love you far away
Eternity with you and me
Would pass by like a day
I love your lips, your fingertips
By all the stars above
I love your eyes, your smiles, your sighs
And I love love
- But shadows follow sunshine
After day comes night
The dreams of bliss are shattered
Now our hopes take flight
Though memories are all that cling
Of visions when first we met
The pain of our parting must always bring
A whisper of sad regret
And this, whate’er befall
My pledge beyond recall