From the 1937 film “You Can’t Have Everything”.
Words and music by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
You have such a lovely way about you
You come under the heading of art
Got a chorus of nice things to say about you
Where shall I begin, how shall I start?
Chorus
The beam in your eyes
The smile on your face
The touch of your hand
The thrill of your embrace
Darling, even heaven never could replace
The loveliness of you
The warmth of your lips
The way that they cling
The sound of your voice
It’s like a breath of Spring
Darlin, what’s the theme
Of every song I ever sing?
The loveliness of you
When we’re cheek to cheeking
Words may fail me it is true
But unaccustomed as I am to public speaking
I’ll tell the world all about you
Your charm and your grace
You dance so divine
The joy that I know
To know that you are mine
I’d need a million phrases to properly define
The heaven above-liness
The loveliness of you
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: