From the film “Happiness Ahead”, 1934
Words by Mort Dixon
Music by Allie Wrubel
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Look here, my pals, and all you little gals
Don’t pretend you’ll never fall in love
‘Cause Love strikes you down like lightning
Out of the blue above
Don’t ever say there’ll never come a day
When you’ll get a big romantic kick
Love is a great surpriser
Here’s how it does the trick
Refrain
Quite unexpectedly, a lovely face you see
And suddenly, “Pop!” goes your heart
Without a warning word, a charming voice is heard
And suddenly, “Pop!” goes your heart
When life is just a bowl of withered fruit
So sour and dry, you just want to cry
Then ‘Presto, change-o”, you’re in love
And life is a cherry pie
You don’t amount to much
Then someone’s hand you touch
And suddenly, “Pop!” goes your heart
The clouds of grey roll away
On the day your love dreams get their start
But if you chance to quarrel
You’ll say Goodbye and then
Quite unexpectedly that lovely face you see
And suddenly, “Pop!” goes your heart again
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: