(You picked me when I picked you)
a popular song from 1917
words by Jack Yellen
music by Percy Wenrich
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I saw a berry bush
As I was coming home tonight
And somehow it brought back a bygone day
When you and I went berry picking
Many years ago
Along a country lane so far away
How well I do remember
That sweet day when first we met
Has left a picture in my heart
I never will forget
Chorus
We were picking berries at old aunt Mary’s
When I picked a blushing bride
As we rode home together I just wondered
Whether I could win you for ever if I tried
And at love’s suggestion I popped the question
And asked you to be mine
From your kisses I knew
You picked me when I picked you
In berry pickin’ time
- How sweet you looked that day
Dressed in a simple gingham gown
To me you were as lovely as a queen
From underneath your bonnet
Peeked a pair of golden curls
And the bluest eyes that I had ever seen
Your lips were red as berries
But they tasted twice as sweet
It only took one kiss to make
My happiness complete
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: