a 1917 song about emotions and love
words by J. Will Callahan
music by Lee S. Roberts
This idea came from a music dealer’s business convention where a lecturer talked about the value of smiles. The lyricist altered the application from business to love relationships. Smiles was popular during the WWI years and was a happy morale booster for the country. The music can be used for Fox Trot at a medium speed as here, or faster.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Dearie, now I know, just what makes me love you so
Just what holds me and enfolds me, in its golden glow
Dearie, now I see, ’tis each smile so bright and free
For life’s sadness turns to gladness, when you smile on me
Refrain
There are smiles that make us happy
There are smiles that make us blue
There are smiles that steal away the teardrops
As the sunbeams steal away the dew
There are smiles that have a tender meaning
That the eyes of love alone may see
And the smiles that fill my life with sunshine
Are the smiles that you give to me
- Dearie, when you smile, everything in life’s worthwhile
Love grows fonder as we wander, down each magic mile
Cheery melodies, seem to float upon the breeze
Doves are cooing while they’re wooing, in the leafy trees
Sung here by Fred Feild: