a 1913 popular song
words by F. B. Silverwood
music by A. F. Frankenstein
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I love you, California
You’re the greatest state of all
I love you in the winter, summer
Spring and in the fall
I love your fertile valleys
Your dear mountains I adore
I love your grand old ocean
And I love her rugged shore
Chorus
Where the snow crowned Golden Sierras
Keep their watch o’er the valleys bloom
It is there I would be in our land by the sea
Every breeze bearing rich perfume
It is here nature gives of her rarest
It is Home Sweet Home to me
And I know when I die
I shall breathe my last sigh
For my sunny California
- I love your redwood forests
Love your fields of yellow grain
I love your summer breezes
And I love your winter rain
I love you, land of flowers
Land of honey, fruit and wine
I love you, California
You have won this heart of mine - I love your old gray Missions
Love your vineyards stretching far
I love you, California
With your Golden Gate ajar
I love your purple sunsets
Love your skies of azure blue
I love you, California
I just can’t help loving you - I love you, Catalina
You are very dear to me
I love you, Tamalpais
And I love Yosemite
I love you, Land of Sunshine
Half your beauties are untold
I loved you in my childhood
And I’ll love you when I’m old
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: