From the 1905 operetta “Happyland.”
Words by Frederic Ranken.
Music by Reginald de Koven.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Cupid, asked for information
By a little Dove
“Oh, won’t you give me the relation
Of the verb to love?
Quite beyond comparison
And yet compared it must be
Cupid said: “I’ll gladly teach you
Come say now after me, after me, after me”
Refrain:
I love! You love! You love! I love!
That is the lesson, my dear
He loves! She loves! She loves! He loves!
What is the feeling now over me stealing?
Ah, We love, You love! They love! You love!
That’s all there is, dear to learn
From this I glean, dear
All, all it can mean, dear
Is: I love, I love you
2. Strangely now that question olden
Answered I require
Just once to solve the riddle golden
I would fain desire
Give me proper sequence now
Couched in simple phrases true
I will listen and repeat them
Oh, so gladly after you, after me, after you