From the musical “Gowns By Roberta”, 1933.
Words by Otto Harbach.
Music by Jerome Kern.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Yesterday, yesterday
Days I knew as happy sweet sequester’d days
Olden days, golden days
Days of mad romance and love
Then gay youth was mine
Truth was mine
Joyous, free and flaming life forsooth was mine
Sad am I, glad am I
For today I’m dreaming of yesterdays
Sung here by Vancha March: