Somebody’s Waiting For Someone

A beautiful song ballad from 1919
words by Andrew B. Sterling
music by Harry Von Tilzer

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

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Lyrics

1. She sits by the window
   In the sunshine or rain
   Her dear face pressed close
   To the cold window pane
   Her poor heart is yearning
   She’s waiting each day
   For someone’s returning
   Someone far, far away

Chorus
Somebody’s waiting for someone
In the house across the way
Somebody’s waiting
Watching and waiting day by day
At night there’s a light in the window
For someone across the foam
And somebody’s waiting for someone
I wonder if he’ll come home

2. The sound of each footstep
   That comes from the street
   Brings hope to her eyes
   And her poor heart will beat
   My boy is returning
   She’ll tenderly sigh
   But always, yes always
   All the footsteps go by

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Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: