From Billy Roses’s “Jumbo”, 1935
Words by Lorenz Hart
Music by Richard Rodgers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I won’t kiss your hand, madam
Crazy for you though I am
I’ll never woo you on bended knee
No, madam, not me
We don’t need that flowery fuss
No sir, madam, not for us
Chorus
My romance doesn’t have to have
A moon in the sky
My romance doesn’t need
A blue lagoon standing by
No month of May, no twinkling stars
No hideaway, no soft guitars
My romance doesn’t need
A castle rising in Spain
Not a dance
To a constantly surprising refrain
Wide awake I can make
My most fantastic dreams come true
My romance
Doesn’t need a thing but you