The Dawning of Love

a 1922 popular song
words and music by Walter Scanlan


The sheet music:


Accompaniment:


Lyrics

  1. Don’t ever think you are safe and secure
    Safe from the arrows of Cupid
    For if you’re wise you will ne’er be too sure
    And all the more if you’re stupid
    You may have vowed you will always be strong
    Never to yield to love’s calling
    But when the right little girl comes along
    Just like the rest you’ll be falling

Chorus:
Some day when you meet her
She will steal a place in your heart
Some day when you greet her
You will feel all your pulses start
Some day like the morning
When the darkness fades up above
Breaking without warning
Will come the dawning of love

  1. Many believers in love at first sight
    Often before that first meeting
    Vowed to resist it with all of their might
    But time brings changes in fleeting
    Just like a bolt from the blue sky above
    Shakes Mother Earth with it’s thunder
    You will be smitten when you fall in love
    Tearing your poor heart asunder

Sung here by Fred Feild: