A nostalgic 1912 song about the memory of a college love.
words by Byron D. Stokes
music by F. Dudleigh Vernor
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- When the world goes wrong, as it’s bound to do
And you’ve broken Dan Cupid’s bow
And you long for the girl you used to love
The maid of the long ago
Why, light your pipe, bid sorrow avaunt
Blow the smoke from your altar of dreams
And wreathe the face of your dream girl there
The love that is just what it seems
Chorus
The girl of my dreams is the sweetest girl
Of all the girls I know
Each sweet co-ed, like a rainbow trail
Fades in the after glow
The blue of her eyes and the gold of her hair
Are a blend of the western sky
And the moonlight beams on the girl of my dreams
She’s the sweetheart of Sigma Chi
- Every magic breeze wafts a kiss to you
From the lips of your “Sweet Sixteen”
And one by one the maids you knew
Bow to your Meerschaum Queen
As years drift by on the tides of time
And they all have forgotten but you
Then the girl of your dreams the sweeter seems
She’s the girl who is always true
Sung here by Fred Feild: