A popular song from 1923
Words by Alfred Bryan and Raymond B. Egan
Music by Richard A. Whiting
The sheet music:
Lyrics
- There’s many to love you today, my dear
But silently one by one
Sweethearts will all slip away, my dear
Too many will end in none
Chorus
Too many sweethearts mean too many tears
Too many tears to remember
Too many sweethearts mean too many dears
Telling your love tales so tender
Too many glad nights spent loving the many
Bring many sad nights with few loves if any
For every old sweetheart a teardrop will fall
When you’re all by yourself after all
- I would like to bet you a penny, dear
When your charms are on the wane
You’ll seek for one of the many, dear
And seek for one in vain