(In The Windows Of Your Eyes)
A popular song from 1919
Words by Harry B. Smith
Music by Hugo Riesenfeld
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- True love like mine is a jewel
I wear it in my heart
But this old world is so cruel
Fondest lovers often part
So if goodbyes are spoken
With many a loving kiss
Each tender thought’s a token
So dear, remember this
Chorus:
Keep the love-lamp burning
In the windows of your eyes
Help the pilgrim for you yearning
Find his Paradise
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
So they say
Hearts that idly wander may return some day
Lovers may be parted by the chances that betray
Still if they’re true hearted
They will find the homeward way
So if fate divide us
There’s a star to guide us
Keep the love-lamp burning
In your eyes for me
- Through storm or radiant weather
At noon-day or at night
While lovers true are together
They need no guiding light
But if across the ocean
I ever chance to roam
Then let me dream, the lamp will gleam
To lead me safely home
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: