From the 1918 musical “Oh, My Dear!”
Words by P. G. Wodehouse
Music by Louis A. Hirsch
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Down in the valley where sunbeams grow
And stars go to rest when they’re old
Stands, ever covered in sunset glow
A wonderful city of gold
Often I hoped I should see some day
That city that others have known
It’s easy to find if you know the way
But no one can find it alone
Refrain:
Dear golden city!
Life is happy and serene there
Where lovers go
When it’s spell they can’t resist
And how I pity all the folks who’ve never been there
They’ll never know
All the wonders they have missed
I’m going to stray there
I’ve someone now to show the way there
We’ll go and stay there
It’s much more simple than it seems
No one will find us
For we’ll leave the world behind us
In our dear city, our city of dreams
2. Many are going there every day
And though some have sought it in vain
No one who ever has found the way
Can ever forget it again
Close to a river whose wavelets creep
And splash on the silvery sand
It’s not ver far from the Hills of Sleep
And they are in Fairy Land