(Take Another Chance)
A song fox-trot from 1926
Words and music by Ben Selvin, Lew Cobey and Irving Mills
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Just ponder when you wander
Down “Lover’s Lane”
You’re playing a game
The same one that’s been played for ages
She may agree then possibly she’ll say, “No”
I always have found it so
Chorus
Love is just a gamble
Take another chance
Try and make a lucky guess
Take her for a ramble
It may win a glance
That will lead to happiness
Cupid is the dealer
He will start the game
Hearts are trumps that win romance
Of the hand you’re playing
Seems to be dismaying
Always take another chance
- Beginners are sure winners
So don’t delay
You’re bound to win
If you will try the speculation
And tho’ you fail, you needn’t wail at the cost
There’s naught in “Love’s Labour Lost”
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: