A popular song from 1919.
Words by Jack Yellen.
Music by Abe Olman.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Sweethearts have believed, lovers have deceived
Since the world began
And in old Japan when a lover’s art
Wins a trusting heart
She will toss a poppy at his feet
And then repeat a tale
Of a poppy blossom waiting in a lonely vale
CHORUS
Poppy Blossom, ‘neath the starlit skies
Poppy Blossom, to the moon she sighs
Find my lover, should you discover
That he loves another, I shall not cry
Say that Poppy sends a farewell kiss
With a blessing, then tell him this
If we must meet no more
What is life worth living for?
That’s Poppy Blossom’s good-bye
2. So the story’s told, still the buds unfold
And the poppies bloom, breathing love’s perfume
Till a summer’s day brings a lover gay
Then another smile, a moment’s bliss
A tender kiss of love
And another Poppy crying to the moon above