A popular song from 1910.
Words by Irving Berlin.
Music by Ted Snyder.
Cover by John Frew.
Copyright ©18 Apr 1910.
Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Dear Mayme, I Love You
Lyrics
VERSE 1
Dear Mayme: I want to explain
Why I sat down to write you this note.
Gee, Mayme, I do feel ashamed,
It’s the first letter I ever wrote.
There’s some little something ’way down in my heart
I haven’t the nerve to say;
But sooner or later I must make a start,
So it might as well be today.
CHORUS
I love you, I love you, I love you, Mayme,
I’d like to be there with a real pretty spiel,
But three simple words can explain how I feel,
I love you, I want you, I need you,
Is all that I know.
My love to your ma,
Kind regards to your pa,
And kisses to you from Joe.
VERSE 2
P.S. Dear Mayme, can you guess
Who I saw? Well, it’s old Parson Brown,
Gee whiz, he was chock full of biz’,
And he wants you and me to come ’round.
Now I’ve bought a bargain, a nice wedding ring,
Worth twenty, I bought it for ten;
Jim Jones wants to buy it for fifteen next spring,
Do you want me to sell it again?
REPEAT CHORUS