From the show “The Doll Girl”, 1913.
Words by Harry B. Smith.
Music by Christine.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Love is a word that so easily is said
Men by that one word think they can turn your head
Cheap Romeo’s are harmless quite
But I can tell you real love at sight
What’s the idea? Don’t you like a gushing swain?
Who hands you talk that speaks a feeble brain?
Talk’s very cheap, but what rings true
Is what a chap will do for you
When one is rash, with ready cash
Refrain:
That’s love, with a capital L
And you can tell it very well
When it brings rings and things
And that is real devotion
A yacht, and a fine house and lot
With say a million or two
Then I’d know you were true
That’s love, yes that is my idea of love
With a great big L
2. When two fond hearts just like one are on the beat
That’s love’s young dream, and they say it’s rather sweet
Those goo-goo eyes and size so deep
Are pleasant and besides they’re cheap
I’ve had enough of those inexpensive thrills
Billing and cooling will never settle bills
Love in the gloam should purr and spoon
And rave about one silver moon
A lover intense, spares no expense