A popular ballad from 1921
Words and music by Mary M. Hopkins
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. When butterflies forsake the rose
And memories throng at twilight’s close
I listen for your coming, dear
And as of old, I want you near
CHORUS:
I want you tonight as the embers glow
I want you, dear heart, to want me
I want you to share all my dreaming, dear
I want you alone on life’s sea
I want you with me on the judgement day
I want you my haven of love to be
I want you with me thru eternity
And I want you, dear heart, to want me
2. Your eyes can always understand
There’s sympathy in your dear hand
The embers mock me with their glow
For dreaming but, I want you so