From the 1930 film “Check And Double Check”.
Words by Bert Kalmar
music by Harry Ruby.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Three words in my dictionary I never could see
But to my vocabulary I’ve added those three
I’m waiting for someone to say them to me
Chorus
Three little words
Oh, what I’d give for that wonderful phrase
To hear those three little words
That’s all I’d live for the rest of my days
And what I feel in my heart, they tell sincerely
No other words can tell it half so clearly
Three little words, eight little letters
Which simply mean “I love you!”
- I used to pay no attention whenever I’d hear
Some lonesome Romeo mention “I love you, my dear”
Now I want to hear it each time you draw near
Sung here by Fred Feild: