(Why Should I Pine, For the World To Be Mine)
A popular song from 1913
Words by Andrew K. Allison
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Lyrics
- You ask me why I’m never lonely
I owe my happiness to you
You made my life seem like a dreamland
You made my every dream come true
I used to long for stars and sunshine
I used to long for flowers, too
Now in the world I ask for naught, dear
For I have found my world is you
Refrain:
Why should I sigh for the stars in the sky?
When love’s light I see
Why should I care, if it storms or it’s fair
When your smile brings the sunshine to me
Why should I cry, if the flowers all die
When my Rose of love you’ll be
Why should I pine, for the world to be mine
When you are the world to me
- I thought the stars at night shone brightly
But brighter still are your fair eyes
And though the sunshine fades at twilight
The light of your smile never dies
The fairest flowers soon are gone, dear
My rose of love’s forever true
So even greater than the world, dear
Is this new world I’ve found in you