If We Can’t Be The Same Old Sweethearts

. . . We’ll just be the same old friends, 1915.
Words by Joe McCarthy.
Music by James V. Monaco.
Requested by Tommy Nevils.


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Once we were sweethearts
    Not so long ago
    Then I loved you so
    But you didn’t know
    You couldn’t learn to love me
    You’re not to blame
    But I like you just the same

Chorus
If we can’t be the same old sweethearts
Then we’ll just be the same old friends
For I want someone like you
Just to tell my troubles to
My happiness on you it all depends
For I’ve known you too long to forget you
And my old dream of love never ends
Though I know you can’t be mine
We will meet from time to time
And we’ll just be the same old friends

  1. You said you loved me
    Not so long ago
    But you didn’t know
    Sweethearts come and go
    Some day you’ll love another, and later on
    You may want me, when he’s gone

Sung here by Fred Feild: