It Took Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen Years

(To Make a Girl Like You)
A popular song from 1919
Words by F. Tannenhill
Music by Ted Snyder


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. It took six days to make the world
    And on a day called seven
    A thing called love, came from above
    And someone named it Heaven
    Long centuries have passed since then
    The number none can tell
    But love has kept on loving
    Some love wisely, some too well
    The great loves of all time
    Could never equal mine

Chorus:
Adam never loved his Eve as I love you
Cleopatra’s love for Caesar
Proved that she was just a teaser
Romeo loved Juliet
If Shakespeare’s words are true
But it took nineteen hundred and nineteen years
To make a girl like you

  1. You look just as I dreamed you would
    With eyes so soft and tender
    As day passed day, I’d always say
    “Please, Cupid, won’t you send her”
    And you are here and I am near
    Let ring love’s glorious chimes
    This world holds many prizes
    And the greatest prize is mine
    My dear girl that means you
    Let’s hear you say, “Me, too”

Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: