From the 1920 musical comedy “Marjolaine”
Words by Anne Caldwell
Music by Hugo Felix
The sheet music:
Lyrics
When I lay my cheek upon my violin
To it I can whisper all my hope and pain
As I softly draw my bow the strings begin
To tell my love in tender sobbing strain
My heart beats just a wee bit faster when you play
The fiddle’s like a voice that seems to say
Refrain:
I want you
And no one else will ever, ever, ever do
I want you close enough to tease
I want to kiss you if I please
I love you
So, I want to know that you are true, my dearie
I want you
For life without you seems so lonely and so blue
I want you for my very own
Because I long for you alone
And happiness to me means Y-O-U, just you