A popular song from 1926.
Words and music by Walter Donaldson and Abe Lyman.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- I don’t know why, I made you cry
I’m sorry sweetheart and yet
Tho’ you shouldn’t be lenient with me
I hope you’ll forgive and forget
Chorus
What can I say, dear, after I say I’m sorry?
What can I do to prove it to you, I’m sorry
I didn’t mean to ever be mean to you
If I didn’t care I wouldn’t feel like I do
I was all wrong but right or wrong I don’t blame you
Why should I take somebody like you and shame you
I know that I made you cry, and I’m so sorry dear
So what can I say, dear, after I say I’m sorry?
- You made me glad, I made you sad
I made you lonesome and blue
And whoever knew, who’d ever think
That I would be crying to you