A popular song from 1938
Words and music by Larry Clinton
Melody based on Claude Debussy’s “Reverie”
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Bells were ringing, birds were singing
Yet my heart was lonely
Till I found you were so near me
In my reverie
Chorus
Our love is a dream, but in my reverie
I can see that this love was meant for me
Only a poor fool never schooled in the whirlpool
Of romance could be so cruel
As you are to me
My dreams are as worthless as tin to me
Without you life will never begin to be
So love me
As I love you in my reverie
Make my dream a reality
Let’s dispense with formality
Come to me in my reverie
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: