From the 1944 film “Cover Girl”.
Words by Ira Gershwin.
Music by Jerome Kern.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Dreary days are over
Life’s a four-leaf clover
Sessions of depressions are through
Every hope I longed for, long ago, comes true
Refrain:
Long ago and far away
I dreamed a dream one day
And now that dream is here beside me
Long the skies were overcast
But now the clouds have passed
You’re here at last
Chills run up and down my spine
Aladdin’s lamp is mine
The dream I dreamed was not denied me
Just one look and then I knew
That all I longed for, long ago, was you