Farewell to Dreams

A 1937 popular song.
Words by Gus Kahn.
Music by Sigmund Romberg.


Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. We dreamed our little dreams and now we’re waking
    To love a little more the joys we’ll miss
    We’ll smile although our hearts are breaking
    Just whispering this

Chorus
Must we say farewell to dreams?
To our hopes and our golden schemes?
To the lake we roamed hand in hand
To the castles high you and I have planned?
Day will end, the night will fall
In my dreams I will hear you call
Tell me, heart of mine, what am I to do?
Must I say farewell to dreams and you?

  1. Oh, surely there’s a star ‘neath heaven’s awning
    Some tiny beacon shining in the blue
    To light our darkest hour, ere dawning
    Hope rises anew

Sung here by Vancha March: