a 1932 popular song
words by Oscar Hammerstein II
music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
I make up things to say on my way to you
On my way to you I find things to say
I can write poems too When you’re far away
When you’re far away I write poames too
But when you are near my lips go dry
When you are near I only sigh, Oh, dear
Chorus
I’ve told every little star
Just how sweet I think you are
Why haven’t I told you?
I’ve told ripples in a brook
Made my heart an open book
Why haven’t I told you?
Friends ask me: “Am I in love”
I always answer “Yes”
Might as well confess
If I don’t, they guess
Maybe you may know it too
Oh, my darling, if you do
Why haven’t you told me?
Sung here by Fred Feild: