A popular song from 1926
words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- A fellow with his lady friend
Walking and talking of love
A moon that has a silvery lining
Is shining above
The girlie says you certainly do like
To coo like a dove
A nervous youth, a jealous miss
Who wants the truth is asking this
Chorus
How many times have you said, “I love you”
How many times have you said, “I’ll be true”
How many wonderful sweeties
Have you told that to
How many times has a certain feeling
Troubled you so that you “hit the ceiling”
How many hands have you held all alone
How many lips have you pressed to your own
I’d hate to think that you kissed too many
But I’d feel worse if you hadn’t kissed any
Please tell me how many times
- A certain thing has puzzled me greatly
Just lately, my dear
Why does a fellow always get stupid
When Cupid is near
Although I was the smartest at college
That knowledge, I fear
Could never bring a Romeo
The only thing he wants to know
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: