Don’t Wake Me Up I Am Dreaming

A top hit song from 1910
Words by Beth Slater Whitson
Music by Herbert Ingraham

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The sheet music:

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Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

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Lyrics

1. Dreaming I stray, back love’s sweet way
   Ev’rywhere I find but gladness;
   Tho’ mem’ry sees visions like these,
   In my heart there is no sadness,
   And for the world tho’ great it seem,
   I would not give my one sweet dream.

Refrain
Don’t wake me up I am dreaming,
Dreaming of one I love
Don’t wake me up I am dreaming,
Where skies are blue above
Dreaming of days spent together,
Days when you loved me, too.
If I should wake, my heart would break,
Let me dream, dream, dream.

2. Stars brightly gleam, there in my dream,
   Moonlight so softly is shining;
   Someone like you, eyes just as blue,
   Whispers “I’ll not leave you pining”
   So sweet the dream, so soon ‘tis past,
   I only long ‘twill always last

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