(I’m Dreaming of You)
A popular song from 1912
Words by Marvin Lee
Music by Leo Friedman
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- When the nightingale’s singing its sweet melodies,
And the scent of the flowers perfumes the night breeze,
Then I dream of my old home far over the sea,
By the Lake of Kilarney, where I long to be.
And I see you, it seems, waiting there on the shore,
Where together we stray’d in the sweet days of yore,
I am thinking, tonight, of my Colleen so true:
When I dream of Old Erin, I’m dreaming of you.
Refrain
When I dream of old Erin
I’m dreaming of you
With your sweet, roguish smile
And your true eyes of blue
For my love, like the Shamrock
Each day stronger grew
When I dream of Old Erin
I’m dreaming of you
- I can see the old cottage, just o’er the hill there;
‘Tis those fond recollections bring happiness rare.
Sure the lassie I love with a heart that is true,
She is waiting for someone, while someone waits too.
And my love’s growing stronger each day, more and more,
‘Tis the same old love story that’s told o’er and o’er,
So, -cush-la my Colleen, it seems that you knew,
When I dream of Old Erin, I’m dreaming of you.
Sung here by Vancha March: