A popular song from 1916
Words and music by Charles K. Harris
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Last night while I lay sleeping, dear, I dreamed you came to me.
You promised, dear, to love me through all eternity.
I dreamed we’d reach that Isle of Love, where true hearts never part;
I held you close and called you mine, my very own, sweetheart.
Chorus
All I want is a cottage, some roses and you.
Won’t you come back and make my dream true.
I will build you a Castle of Love for your own,
With lilies and heartsease in bloom.
I’ll fill it with sunshine, no care shall you know,
And safe from my keeping you never shall go.
Oh! Come back to me sweetheart and make my dream true.
All I want is a cottage, some roses and you.
Verse 2
The dream, it could not last, dear, and when morning came again
My empty arms I stretched to you and called your name in vain.
But dreams oft’ come again, dear, and I know sometimes come true.
All that I want in this wide world is love, a rose and you.
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: