From the 1922 George White’s Scandals.
Words by B. G. De Sylva and E. Ray Goetz.
Music by George Gershwin.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I’ve been troubled by a question
And if you were I, no doubt
I think you would be, too
Here’s what it’s all about
Maybe you’ll help me out
Chorus
Where is the man of my dreams?
Where is he, where can he be
The perfect man of my dreams
I’ve looked through Cupid’s bill of fare
And still my heart keeps crying
“Where is my Lothario?”
There should be someone, it seems
There should be some one it seems
To fit in all of my schemes
I need a “Valentino” for my big love scene
Oh, where is the man of my dreams
Sung here by Fred Feild: