From Michael Todd’s “MEXICAN HAYRIDE,” 1943.
Words and Music by Cole Porter.
Copyright ©24 Dec 1943.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics:
If a love song I could only write,
A song with words and music divine
I would serenade you ev’ry night
Till you’d relent and consent to be mine
But alas, just an amateur am I
And so I’ll not be surprised, my dear
If you smile and politely pass it by
When this, my first love song, you hear.
REFRAIN:
“I love you”
Hums the April breeze
“I love you” echo the hills.
“I love you” the golden dawn agrees
As once more she sees daffodils
It’s spring again
And birds pm the wing again start to sing again
The old melodie
“I love you”
That’s the song of songs,
And it all belongs to you and me.
REPEAT REFRAIN:
CODA:
And it all belongs to you and me.