From the 1930 film “Bride of the Regiment”
Words by Al Bryan
Music by Eddie Ward
The sheet music:
Lyrics
My song is not of glory
It tells another story
Singing is just a trade
Gay ballad for profit made
But my song is sorrow and gray tomorrow
Refrain:
I’m a broken-hearted lover
Tho’ no ear may discover
My heart is singing, singing my song of love
Tho’ her lips may never answer
Unto her lone romancer
Her heart is singing, singing her song of love
I know that she is near me
And how she thrills to hear me
But she’s afraid to smile at me all the while
She’s longing just to cheer me
I’m a broken-hearted lover
Waiting for the dawn
Just a broken-hearted lover
Calling for only one