From Ziegfeld’s operetta “Rio Rita”, 1929.
Words by Joseph McCarthy.
Music by Harry Tierney.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Sweetheart, everything’s wrong
Sweetheart, lonely so long
Would you, could you drop from the sky?
How I’d huddle you, cuddle you
Lovelight faded too soon
Each night I talk to the moon
Sighing, crying, just to impress
What I am wishing for, maybe you’ll guess
REFRAIN
Why is the bluebird sad and so blue?
Missing his sweetie, what can he do?
He has a blue song, you hear him coo
“Sweetheart, we need each other”
Not like a bluebird, more like a jay
I miss you, sweetie, I get that way
Then like the mocking bird I have to say
“Sweetheart, we need each other!”
How I’m missing you
I’d rather spend my time just kissing you
Bees need the flowers, flowers the dew
We all need someone, Honey, how I need you
Oh, Sweetheart, we need each other