From the film “Christmas Holiday”, 1943
Words and music by Frank Loesser
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
January and February were never so empty and gray
Tragically I feel like crying
“Without you, my darling, I’m dying”
But let’s rather put it this way
Chorus
Spring will be a little late this year
A little late arriving in my lonely world over here
For you have left me and where is our April of old?
You have left me and Winter continues cold
As if to say Spring will be a little slow to start
A little slow reviving that music it made in my heart
Yes, time heals all things, so I needn’t cling to this fear
It’s merely that Spring will be a little late this year
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: