From “George White’s Scandals”, 1924
Words by B. G. De Sylva and Ballard MacDonald
Music by George Gershwin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
When the world began, it was heaven’s plan
There should be a girl for every single man
To my great regret, someone has upset
Heaven’s pretty program, for we’ve never met
I’m clutching at straws, just because
I may meet her yet
Refrain
Somebody loves me, I wonder who
I wonder who she can be
Somebody loves me, I wish I knew
Who can she be worries me
For every girl who passes by I shout
“Hey! maybe you were meant
To be my loving baby”
Somebody loves me, I wonder who
Maybe it’s you
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: