A popular song from 1922.
Words by Martha Lois Wells.
Music by William Axt.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. When first your eyes looked into mine
In my heart there was ecstacy,
When first I heard your voice divine
Then I knew you were made just for me.
If love alone would rule the world
From your side I would never depart;
Though fate should take you far from me
Forever you’d be in my heart
Refrain:
If Love Were All, oh, If Love Were All,
I’d be forever by your side,
I would kiss away your tears when you cried;
When the sun shines bright, or when shadows fall,
What a wondrous world this world would be, dear,
If Love Were All.
2. Dear heart, if you but say the word
To the ends of the world I’d go,
This perfect love I’ll bear for you
Till the waters shall cease in their flow;
But if some day fate should decide
That our pathways must keep us apart,
I swear no matter where I roam,
Your image I’ll wear in my heart