(Tell me, do you love me)
A famous song from 1892
words and music by R.M. Stults
A sentimental love song with strong heart appeal. The refrain is a gavotte. Oddly, it was featured on minstrel shows as it was just about everywhere else, too. Sold in the millions.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Oh answer me a question, love I pray
My heart for thee is pining day by day
Oh answer me, my dearest, answer true
Hold me close as you were wont to do
Whisper once again the story old
The dearest, sweetest story ever told
Whisper once again the story old
The dearest, sweetest story ever told
Refrain
Tell me, do you love me?
Tell me softly, sweetly, as of old!
Tell me that you love me
For that’s the sweetest story ever told
Tell me, do you love me?
Whisper softly, sweetly, as of old
Tell me that you love me
For that’s the sweetest story ever told
- Oh tell me that your heart to me is true
Repeat to me the story ever new
Oh take my hand in yours and tell me, dear
Is it joy to thee when I am near?
Whisper o’er and o’er the story old
The dearest, sweetest story ever told
Whisper o’er and o’er the story old
The dearest, sweetest story ever told
Sung here by Fred Feild: