. . . I’d Buy the World For You, a song from 1911.
Words by J. F. Bradley & C. F. Quigley.
Music by George Christie.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- You ask me, sweetheart, if I love you
Love you just the same today
I falter when I try to tell you
The thoughts I’m longing so to say
You are the dream of my dreams, dear
You are the goal that I seek
Your heart’s the treasure that I want, dear
To win it all bid me to speak
Refrain
If all my dreams were made of gold
I’d buy the world for you
And at your wish I would unfold
The rarest gem to view
I’d give the sun, the stars
The sea to you eternally
If all my dreams were made of gold
I’d buy the world for you
- You ask me, sweetheart, and I answer
Love like mine can never fail
Your love, my dear, will lead me onward
When suns grow cold and stars turn pale
Sweetheart, to me you’ll be fairer
Lovelier grow day by day
And I know that I’ll love you better
When you are old and I am gray