Sheet Music, 1910-1919

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MUM00682, 0325

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States

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Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Lyrics

Lyrics:
First verse
Tonight it seemed I felt your presence near And tenderly I whispered your dear name Then time rolled back and in that Great Somewhere You heard me calling for you, and you came; I know not where, now when, now how we met, I only know I loved and love you yet.
Refrain
Give me the smile tonight, dear heart, The smile that I used to know Give me the heart that you promised me Ages and ages ago! Deep in your eyes let the love light shine Shine from your soul, from your heart into mine Love me again, like you loved me then Somewhere, before the world began. Give me the smile tonight, dear heart, The smile that I used to know Give me the heart that you promised me Ages and ages ago! Deep in your eyes let the love light shine Shine from your soul, from your heart into mine Love me again, like you loved me then Somewhere, before the world began.
Second verse
You came into my heart a wondrous dream, My mem'ry wanders back thro' endless space For somewhere, tho' I know not where, it seems I looked with tender eyes on your dear face; And in that paradise of long ago, My heart was glad, for then you loved me so.
(Refrain)

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Before the World Began / music by Alfred Solman; words by Andrew B. Sterling

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