From the film “Coquette”, 1928.
Words and music by Irving Berlin.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Just a sweet coquette, so they say and yet
I know how true you can be
Just a butterfly, so they say but I
Know just how much you love me
Refrain
The others you’ve met may call you Coquette
But I’ll always call you “sweetheart”
They think of Coquette as something to pet
But I think of you as “sweetheart”
They say you’re a devil with wonderful charms
But I held an angel that night in my arms
So try and forget the name of Coquette
And only remember “sweetheart”
- Now that I love you, and you love me too
I’ll keep you close to my heart
Now that I can see you belong to me
Nothing can keep us apart
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: