From the musical comedy “The Wizard of Oz”, 1902.
Words by L. Frank Baum.
Music by Paul Tietjens.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
1. Though men are all protesting
In accents interesting
A love that’s warmer than the summer sun
And passionately pleading
Their tender hearts are bleeding
And you are certainly “the only one”
‘Tis well to take their protestations
With a grain of salt
They may have said the same sweet thing before
For all their eloquence
Their pretty compliments
Are quite appropriate to state to ladies by the score
Chorus
Love is Love, and cannot be dissembled
Love is Love, and cannot be assumed
When true love upon your lips has trembled
To its thrall you’re quickly doomed
Love is Love, its signet is devotion
Love is Love, that signet all may read
He who forges love must have a notion
Maiden’s hearts are very innocent and soft, indeed
2. A girl may seem exacting
To lovers, and distracting
Unless a man can prove his love be true
Perhaps she’s arbitrary
And cold and quite contrary
And calmly leads him on to madly woo
And yet the girl has no intention
To become his wife
That’s quite another question, don’t you see?
She knows though he may plead
He never will succeed
Unless her own elusive heart succumbs to love’s decree
Chorus
Love is Love, and will not bear denying
Love is Love, the arbiter of fate
So ’tis useless love to be defying
Or its follies to debate
Love is Love, a champion all undaunted
Love is Love, the Prince who charms us all
So take care that love is never flaunted
Every loyal heart should answer gladly to his call
Sung here by Vancha March: