A popular song from 1915
Words by Grant Clarke and Joe McCarthy
Music by Jas. V. Monaco
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I’ve seen many paintings supposed to be grand,
But never a one was like you.
I’ve seen all the statues by each master’s hand,
But they seem to lack something too.
I read the old classics, then I look at you,
And think of what I’d like to do.
Chorus
If I were an artist, I’d paint you so beautiful.
Then all the world could see just how you look to me.
If I were a sculptor, I’d carve you in stone,
As one of the wonders you would be known.
If I but had the gift of a poet
I’d write so they’d read of you too.
But I know nothing of art,
And I have only a heart,
So, all I can do is just love you!
Verse 2
I look at the flowers that blush in the morn’,
And then at the blue in the skies.
The blush in your cheeks makes the flowers forlorn,
And nothing compares with your eyes.
I see all your virtues, and worship them so.
I wish I could let the world know.
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: