From the musical “Watch Your Step”, 1914
words and music by Irving Berlin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Love, Love
Won’t you come out from your hiding place
Let me see a trace of your hidden face
Love, Love
Wrapped in your mantle of mystery
Makes me ponder, ponder
And wonder what you may be
Refrain
What is love?
Is it gladness? or a form of sadness?
Or a sign of madness?
Should we meet face to face
Will it frighten me?
Kindly enlighten me
What is love?
I keep guessing whether it’s a blessing
Or a thing distressing
Should it come to me
What will it prove to be
When I’m head and heels in love?
- Love, Love
Out of the darkness, I call to thee
Won’t you let me see what you hold for me
Love, Love
I want to have you within my reach
For I’m yearning just to be learning
The things you teach
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: