From the film “We’re Not Dressing”, 1934
Words by Mack Gordon
Music by Harry Revel
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Why does my heart
Pound like a hammer?
Why do I start
To stutter and stammer?
When I’m near the one I adore
The girl I love
If I were sure that I meant anything to her
I’d be brave and here’s the song
I’d bring to her, I’d sing to her
Chorus
May I be the only one to say I
Really fell in love the day I
First set eyes on you
May I with your very kind permission
Tell you that my one ambition
Is to share a love affair with you
Here I wait, Do give me a chance
Do tell me my fate
What is your answer?
May I hold you to my heart and pray I
Will be there beside you
When they groom and bride you
May I hear you say “I do”
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: