A popular song from 1924.
Added to the “MUSIC BOX REVUE,” 1923.
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Copyright ©10 Mar 1924.
Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
The sheet music Cover Art by R.S. Rosebud-Rosenbaum Studio:
The sheet music Cover Art by Malcolm Perret.
The sheet music credited to 1924 film, “What Shall I Do” starring Dorothy MacKaill.
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Gone is the romance that was so divine
‘Tis broken and cannot be mended
You must go your way and I must go mine
But now that our love dreams have ended
Chorus
What’ll I do when you are far away
And I am blue, what’ll I do?
What’ll I do when I am wond’ring who
Is kissing you, what’ll I do?
What’ll I do with just a photograph
To tell my troubles to?
When I’m alone with only dreams of you
That won’t come true, what’ll I do?
- Do you remember a night filled with bliss?
The moonlight was softly descending
Your lips and my lips were tied with a kiss
A kiss with an unhappy ending
Sung here by Felix Chaplin: