(Jealousy)
A popular song from 1926
Words by Vera Bloom
Music by Jacob Gade
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Jealousy,
Night and day you torture me!
I sometimes wonder,
If this spell that I’m under
Can be only a melody,
For I know no one but me
Has won your heart, but
When the music starts, my peace departs.
From the moment they play that languorous strain,
And we surrender to all its charm once again,
This jealousy that tortures me
Is ecstasy, mystery, pain!
Refrain
We dance to a tango of love,
Your heart beats with mine as we sway.
Your eyes give the answer I’m dreaming of,
That soft word your cruel lips with never say!
I fear that the music will end
And shatter the spell it may lend,
To make me believe,
When your eyes just deceive,
And it’s only the tango you love.
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: