A popular song from 1928
words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Love is a flower that blooms in May
Fresh for a moment then fades away
Love is a vow while springtime hums
To be forgotten when winter comes
Refrain
To have, to hold, to live for just a moment
In ecstasy and then to be forgotten
To laugh at life and learn to sing a love song
A melody that’s soon to be forgotten
When love is ended to cry
But when your heart is mended to love again
A night of bliss but when the dawn is breaking
A memory that’s soon to be forgotten
- Love makes the sweetest dreams come true
Then brings you gloom as it bids adieu
Love is a vow when skies are clear
To be forgotten when clouds appear
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: