From the film “Good News”, 1927
words and music by B. G. De Sylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I don’t ever gamble, sweetheart, I refuse
Not because I hate to
Simply ’cause I always lose
Lucky boys who gamble tell me that it pays
But I’ve got luck, that beats their luck
A thousand diff’rent ways
Refrain
Lucky in love, lucky in love
What else matters, if you’re lucky in love?
Good breaks are few, few skies are blue
But bad luck scatters every time I’m with you
I don’t mind that at poker I’m green
If I stand ace high with a beautiful queen
I say I’m lucky in love
If you take me, that’ll make me
Oh, so lucky in love
- Playing cards and loving
May be lots of fun
Something seems to tell me
That I’d lose at either one
But the game of loving
Does appeal to me
And when I start to play my heart
I only hope I’ll be
Refrain
Lucky in love, lucky in love
What else matters, if you’re lucky in love?
Good breaks are few, few skies are blue
But bad luck scatters every time I’m with you
I won’t mind that at poker I’m green
If my King of hearts only takes in his Queen
I say I’m lucky in love
If you take me, that’ll make me
Oh, so lucky in love
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: