A popular song from 1905.
Words by Arthur J. Lamb.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
If tears were pearls, then I would
Weave a chain of pearls for thee
And not a necklace ever worn
Would half as lovely be
Such pearls I’d weave, as ne’er were found
Beneath the deepest sea
Ah! yes, if tears were pearls
I’d weave a chain of pearls for thee
If tears were pearls, I would not
Ask a single pearl from thee
Nor have aught dim thy lovely eyes
So sweet with constancy
But all the sorrows of my life
Thy happiness should be
If only tears were pearls
I’d weave a chain of pearls for thee
Sung here by Vancha March: