From the musical “Rosalie”, 1927
Words by P. G. Wodehouse
Music by Sigmund Romberg
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
On a day not far away
But, Oh! how distant it seems
I began to shape and plan
A golden palace of dreams
Gallant and shining and splendid
It grew and grew and grew so beautiful
Soaring high, it touched the sky
All bright and new
And now in smoke it’s ended
As castles of dreams always do
Refrain
I built it of moonlight and madness
Each stone was a true lover’s vow
And ruin and heartache and sadness
Are all that is left of it now
Oh! why should love set us a-scheming
If love is to melt like the dew?
And why must we always be dreaming
If dreaming can never come true?