A popular song from 1919.
Words by J. Will Callahan.
Music by Max Kortlander.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. I’ve some questions dear
You can make them clear
For your answers I am yearning
Like a schoolboy seeking learning
Altho’ I’ve searched in vain
With my might and main
All the knowledge learned at college
Still that don’t explain
CHORUS
Tell me why nights are lonesome
Tell me why days are blue
Tell me why all the sunshine
Comes just at one time, when I’m with you
Why do I hate to go, dear
And hate to say goodbye?
Now somehow it’s always so, dear
And if you know, dear, please tell me why
2. Every time we meet
My heart starts to beat
Sorrows vanish, cares go winging
All around me birds are singing
And when we say goodbye
Something makes me sigh
Life grows weary, days grow dreary
Can you tell me why