From the comic opera “Blue-Eyed Susan”, 1892
Words by Geo. R. Sims and Henry Pettitt
Music by Osmond Carr
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
There is a language in the eyes
There is a language in the hand
And there’s a language in the flowers
Which lovers understand
Forget-me-not means my true love
The pansy if for thought
The honey-suckle bond of love
In which my sweetheart’s caught
There is a language in the eyes
There is a language in the hand
And there’s a language in the flowers
Which lovers understand
The primrose blooms in early Spring
Just as my love has bloomed for you
The daffodils are spring flowers, too
And mean that you’re untrue
The violet stands for modesty
I modest am you know
The narcissus means vanity
And that you also show
There is a language in the eyes
There is a language in the hand
And there’s a language in the flowers
Which lovers understand
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: