From the 1934 film “Murder At The Vanities”.
Words and music by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Once I was ready to ridicule
Those who spent their time reciting verse
Somehow I too have become a fool
Only it seems I’m much worse
I look at your photograph all day
And tenderly keep saying
Refrain:
Lovely one, your sweet exquisite loveliness
Is ever haunting me
Lovely one, your voice will still be echoing
Through all the years to be
I can’t forget the beauty of your silhouette
Against the setting sun
Though we’re apart, within my heart
There lives an image of my lovely one