A popular song from 1927.
Words by Edgar Leslie.
Music by Horatio Nicholls.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Your eyes once told me a story
I built my castles on air
Life soon was dimmed of its glory
I loved but you ceased to care
Chorus
There’s nothing left for me
Of days that used to be
I love in memory among my souvenirs
Some letters tied with blue
A photograph or two
I see a rose from you among my souvenirs
A few more tokens rest within my treasure chest
And tho’ they do their best
To give me consolation
I count them all apart
And as the tear drops start
I find a broken heart among my souvenirs
- You broke the news to me kindly
I can’t say you were not fair
Yet, just because I loved blindly
I have the burden to bear
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: