Without Kissing, Love Isn’t Love

From the musical “What’s in a Name”, 1920.
Words by John Murray Anderson and Jack Yellen.
Music by Milton Ager.


Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Since my love days embryonic
    Real affection I have sought
    Not the sentiment platonic
    Girls of now-a-days are taught
    Those attachments intellectual
    Seems to me so ineffectual

Chorus
Without kissing, love isn’t love
When it’s missing, love isn’t love
True affection can never express
It’s perfection without a caress
Love embraceless cannot suffice
It’s so tasteless, lacking in spice
Turtle doving puts the love into loving
Without it, love isn’t love

  1. Tho’ it may seem out of fashion
    I prefer a yearning glance
    Telling of a secret passion
    And a longing for romance
    Kissless love while there’s no harm in it
    Still there’s very little charm in it

Sung here by Fred Feild: