From the musical “Hold On To Your Hats”, 1940.
Words by E. Y. Harburg.
Music by Burton Lane.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
My, the world was big just a day ago
For just a day ago who
Who would ever dream
I’d be dancing with you
Ev’ry star was far just a night ago
And just a night ago too
I seemed so all miscast
Just getting nowhere fast
Refrain
Here was I a gypsy
Looking for a world to roam in
Now the world is in my arms
No more aimless searching
For a place to feel at home in
For the world is in my arms
Mexican hills, Florida skies
Tropical seas, here in your eyes
When I see you smile
I see the sunsets of Geneva
What’s that magic in your charms?
When I hold you I hold the world
Right here in my arms