A popular song from 1931
Words and music by Wilfred E. Dube
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- We walked a few points west
And reached our lover’s nest
My heart full of fire
Her heart tangled like wire
Of the things she did with her own desire
She tried to win my heart
The same old bluffing way
But I began to say
Chorus:
How can I believe you? anything you say
How can I receive you when you stay away
You were all the world, dear, everything in life
I was planning some day you would be my wife
Pretty little lovebirds in a country home
Just to make us lovers, feel content alone
If you made a promise, would you even try?
How can I believe you, tell me how can I?
- Beneath that old oak tree
She sure did look at me
Wondering how I knew
Wondering what she would do
For she knew that I was the don’t lie
Before our time to part
It more than broke her heart
When I began to say