If I Didn’t Care (1934)

A popular song from 1934.
Words and music by Joe Young, Jean Schwartz and Milton Ager.


Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Somebody lied; lied when they said
    I never cried and cried when you said
    “Goodbye, goodbye”
    Somebody’s wrong, wrong when they say
    I didn’t care when you went away
    They lie! They lie!

Chorus
If I didn’t care, would I feel like I do?
If I didn’t care, would I still cry for you?
Would I go around the town down-hearted?
If I didn’t really feel down-hearted?
If I never cared, would I remember still
Ev’ry kiss we shared and ev’ry other thrill?
I wouldn’t miss you like I do
If I didn’t care for you

  1. Who could have said, who could have said
    I never cared that our love was dead?
    They lie! They lie!
    Little they know, little they know
    How much I’ve paid for loving you so
    Here’s why! Here’s why!

Sung here by Fred Feild: