A popular song from 1928
Words by Irving Caesar
Music by Harry Rosenthal and Con Conrad
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- We wait a lifetime for love that is real
Love that can come in a day
Till fate sent me you
Now I wish I knew
Refrain
Was it love when your arms came to hold me
And your lips brought a thrill so divine?
Was it love when so gently you told me
You were sent, you were meant to be mine?
A sigh, a kiss, a glance made life complete
That night of sweet romance
But I found with the dawn you were gone, dear
Was it love tell me, dear, was it love?
- One fleeting moment so happy was I
Then ever after so sad
One sweet caress, then forever goodbye
Is love merely this, a vanishing kiss?
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: