A popular song from the year 1909.
words by Harry Williams
music by Egbert Van Alstyne
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Where the stream is a beam and a gleam
Dwelt a sweet Venetian daughter
And upon the streets of water
Oft a young Italian sought her
To his love and his dove up above
He would toss the flow’r he’d brought her
Then his guitar would twang
As to his love he sang
Chorus
My sunbeam, won’t you shine
And warm this heart of mine?
For from your eyes each tiny ray
Drives my loneliness away
Just let your lovelight gleam
And life will brighter seem
For I am pining for your shining, shining
Sweet Sunbeam
2. Come to me, can’t yo see, love, said he
My gondola waits for you, dear?
Don’t refuse, for if you do, dear
Like the water I’ll be blue, dear
Be my bride, and we’ll glide like the tide
To a sunny land anew, dear
And all the way along
Our lives will be one song
Sung here by Fred Feild: