(I Loved You Long Ago)
From the musical “The Dream Girl”, 1924
Words by Rida Johnson Young
Music by Victor Herbert
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Oh, smiling lips if you could only answer
Oh, lovely eyes if you could only tell
Why every single fibre of my being
Responds to you as to some magic spell
Why do I feel as though I’d always known you
What is this thrill of mingled joy and pain?
Oh, have we met before through all the ages
And shall we meet and love once more again?
Refrain
My dream girl, oh, my one only dream girl
I’m waiting for I’ll meet you I know
Oh, tell me that you’ll know me and love me
For I’ve loved you, loved you, long ago