Sheet Music, 1920-1929
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ISBN
MUM00682, 0210
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States
Relational Format
music score
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scores
Original Collection
Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Lyrics
Lyrics:
First verse
I'm sitting alone by the fireside Watching the shadows fall, I'm dreaming again of you dear, And the days beyond recall. But all of our castles have vanished. They could not be it seems, But I'll build them all again, dear, In that mistic land of dreams.
Chorus
I'm drifting back to dreamland, I'm sure I'll find you there, With a smile for ev'ry tear, And a kiss for ev'ry care, I'm lonesome but I'm happy, For I know you'll wait for me. Where the silver sands of dreamland. Meet the sea of memory. I'm drifting back to dreamland, I'm sure I'll find you there, With a smile for ev'ry tear, And a kiss for ev'ry care, I'm lonesome but I'm happy, For I know you'll wait for me. Where the silver sands of dreamland. Meet the sea of memory.
Second verse
The days and the nights seem so lonely Missing you all the while, I'd give all I own if only, It would bring me back your smile. But all of our castles have vanished. They could not be it seems, But I'll build them all again, dear, In that mistic land of dreams.
(Chorus)
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