The 1915 song version of the famous instrumental.
words by James F. Burns
music by Felix Arndt
This song was republished in 1959 with lyrics written by Sunny Skylar. There it is in schottische tempo.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- I realize within your eyes
For me there lies a paradise
What other bliss is like a kiss
From pretty lips I idolize
You are so sweet you are so neat
A girl like you I’d never meet
Just to behold you is a treat that’s hard to beat
Nothing I do can show how true
I am to you my only one
Cuddle up near and let me hear
A word to cheer your lonely one
Your winning style my heart beguiles
For one sweet smile I’d walk a mile
Let me enfold you in my arms a while
Chorus:
When you’re near the birds sing in the trees
Pretty harmonies
All the world is humming a melody
When away from you I may be straying
Then my heart keeps saying
You’re the heart of me
Part of me, all of me
Nola, heed and listen while I plead
You’re the one I need
Life for me is nothing but misery
Nola, Nola, hear your lonesome
Lovesick sweetheart calling Nola
Simplified melody:
Nola, Nola, my own sweet Nola
You are the girl for me
In dreams it seems you’re always haunting
You’re always taunting me
Sung here by Fred Feild: