A popular song from 1904.
Words and music by Will. R. Anderson.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- One summer’s day when the skies were blue
Two little sweethearts like me and you
Strolled and told the story old
Just as we all have tried
“If it is true” said the boy impressed
“That you love me more than all the rest
Tell me when you love me best?”
Softly the maid replied
Refrain
I love you when it’s sunshine
I love you when it’s gray
And I love you through the night, love
And I love you all the day
No heart could ever carry
More precious trust than mine
But I don’t know when I love you best
For I love you all the time
- But said the boy in a playful jest
“There must be times when you love me best
Times when you are truer too
That, you will not deny”
“Then if it’s so that this all must be
“When” said the maid, “do you best love me”
Laddie thought, but quick to see
He made the same reply
Sung here by Vancha March: