A popular song from 1928
Words by Reuben C. Riddick
Music by Lewis C. Smith
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Sweetie, I am writin’ you
Just because I feel so blue
And I just want you to know
Somehow I miss you so
When you left you didn’t say
Just how long you’d stay away
There’s a pain down in my heart
Why did we ever part?
Chorus
Since you went away
How I’ve been missin’ you
Since you went away
I feel so lonesome and blue
Can’t make myself contented somehow
Life doesn’t mean a thing to me now
Since you went away
I’ve drifted in despair
Somehow I just don’t care
What comes my way
It’s awful hard, I find
To keep you off my mind
Since you went away
- Everything is goin’ wrong
And each day seems twice as long
Sweetie, can’t you see my tears
When lonely night appears
In my heart I hope and yearn
For the day when you’ll return
If you’d come back dear, I know
I’d never let you go
Sung here by Felix Chaplin: