Once In A While

A 1937 popular song.
Words by Bud Green.
Music by Michael Edwards.


Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Goodbye means our affair is ended
    Goodbye means that there’s someone new
    Though my heart-break cannot be mended
    Dear, I ask only this of you

Chorus
Once in a while will you try to give one little thought to me
Though someone else may be nearer your heart
Once in a while will you dream of the moments I shared with you
Moments before we two drifted apart
In love’s smoldering ember one spark may remain
If love still can remember the spark may burn again
I know that I’ll be contented with yesterday’s memory
Knowing you think of me once in a while

  1. Goodbye though when the words are spoken
    Hopes die, and all the world is grey
    With my dreams lying round me broken
    Still I ever for you will pray

Sung here by Vancha March: