(I says to myself, says I, says I)
Theme song for the 1929 show “Bulldog Drummond”.
Words by Jack Yellen.
Music by Harry Akst.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I am a plain-spoken fellow
No flowery language is mine
A little uncouth
And to tell you the truth
Poetry’s not in my line
Still, let me try with a song
To tell you what happened
When you came along
Chorus
I saw your smile as you passed me by
And I says to myself, says I, says I
“There’s the one, the only one for me”
I caught a glimpse of a rougish eye
And I says to myself, says I, says I
“There’s the one, the only one for me”
A poet might speak of the blush in your cheek
As the bloom of a rose newly born
And your voice
The refrain of the song of the rain
In the light of a bright April morn
I saw an Angel from out the sky
And I says to myself, says I, says I
“There’s the one, the only one for me”
- I’ll not pretend you’re the first one
I’ve courted a lassie or two
I’ve trifled a bit
And quite frankly admit
I have kissed more than a few
I may have fibbed in my youth
But this time, believe me
I’m telling the truth
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: