From the 1929 musical “The Grand Parade”.
Words and music by Edmund Goulding and Dan Dougherty.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- On the day we said goodbye
I told you I wouldn’t cry
But I was wrong
‘Cause it hasn’t been so
Now that I’m left all alone
All I do is sit and moan
Why should I lie?
For you might as well know
Chorus
If you ever wake from your sleep
And you hear someone softly weep
Honey, it’s only me, moanin’ for you
‘Taint the howl of the wintry breeze
‘Taint that owl in the lonely trees
Honey, it’s only me, moanin’ for you
And if you ever hear drops
Fall on your window pane
You’ll know they’re just my teardrops
Falling for you like rain
And as long as we’re far apart
Ev’ry song of an aching heart
Honey, is only me, moanin’ for you
- When you hear a happy noise
Or a song of love’s sweet joys
You may be sure
That it isn’t from me
Since you’re gone I rarely smile
Haven’t laughed the longest while
I only sing
In a sad, minor key
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: