From the musical “Rain or Shine”, 1928.
Words and music by Owen Murphy.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I must have been an awful dumb one
Because there’s someone that proved it true
Girls all bored me
When they came toward me, I flew
I really must have had a complex
But those days are o’er
For you have made me love the fair sex
Each day more and more
Chorus
It’s a funny little thing
But I never knew
I could ever feel
The way that I do
Till I looked into
Your sweet eyes of blue
Oh, baby!
Never had a thrill
Till I held your hand
Don’t know what it is
But I understand
That it’s something new
It’s diff’rent, it’s grand
Oh, Baby!
And when you kiss I know I miss
A beat or two in my heart
I don’t mind
There’s nothing more to live for
What if I should die
And travel to where
I would have to climb
The heavenly stair
Wouldn’t it be hell, if you weren’t there
Oh, Baby!
Sung here by Fred Feild: