If I Had A Girl Like You (1930)

A fox-trot song from 1930
Words and music by Louis W. McDermott


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. I’ve been looking for someone to love
    Someone just like you
    I’ve been asking the stars up above
    To find someone like you
    Now that I have found you, dear
    I’ll always want to keep you near me

Chorus:
I’m lonesome and blue, but when I look at you
There’s one thing I know is true
I wouldn’t be lonesome, I wouldn’t be blue
If I had a girl like you
I’ve waited a lifetime, I’ve hated the night time
Those long nights have made me blue
I wouldn’t be waiting, I wouldn’t be hating
If I had a girl like you
I don’t know why I’m feeling the way I do
I hope that I haven’t made a mistake in you
Everything seems like one of my dreams
Wake me up and say it’s true
I wouldn’t be dreaming, I wouldn’t be scheming
If I had a girl like you

  1. I’ve been wondering just how it seems
    To have someone like you
    I’ve been dreaming in all of my dreams
    About someone like you
    Never knew that dreams came true
    Until the day I first met you, dear