A 1919 popular song.
Words by Gene Buck.
Music by Dave Stamper.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Listen to the evening bells a-ringing
All the windmills now have gone to sleep
Can’t you hear the boatmen sweetly singing
Little stars above begin to peep
Memories so tender and enthralling
Land of dykes where skies are ever blue
Holland I can hear you softly calling
Tulips land, I’m coming back to you
Refrain:
There’s a place that I know where sweet Tulips grow
There is someone I love to see
In the sweet tulip time with her two lips to mine
Just caressing, pressing, tenderly
And in each, every kiss
There’s an ocean of bliss
And our wedding bells soon will chime
And I’ll build her a nest
and I hope we’ll be blest
With a sweet, darling baby
And there maybe more, maybe
Every year, just at Tulip time
2. Dearie you have made the world seem brighter
Brighter yes than you will ever know
And you’ve made this heart of mine feel lighter
Dearie just because I love you so
Everything that you have ever told me
Lingers like a lovely old refrain
Take me in your arms, forever fold me
Whisper to me softly once again