Sheet Music Singer | Wishing (1910) @sheetmusicsinger9651 | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
From the musical “Two Men and a Girl”, 1910
Words by Irving Berlin
Music by Ted Snyder

Lyrics

1. In the days of fairy tales
Most any wish was granted
Granted by some fairy brave
Let’s suppose a fairy rose
In fairy clothes from head to toes
And granted us the wish we’d crave
Would you wish for diamonds, dear
Or would you wish for pearls
Would you wish to rule the land and sea
Would you wish a crown
To rest upon your golden curls?
The maiden sweetly answered “Not for me”

Chorus
I’d wish for a night in June
A silvery moon real soon
A moon that makes you want to spoon
And softly croon love’s tune
Then a tree that I could trust
A bench that holds just two
Then I’d wish for Cupid’s loving dish
And then I’d wish for you

2. Why should I profess to sigh
For precious pearls and diamonds
When my every sigh means you?
All the gold the world may hold
Its wealth untold, I would unfold
To hold a place that just holds two
Hold a place that holds a face
That holds a case of bliss
And that case of bliss would hold you too
Such a place would make me trace
Upon your face a kiss
The fellow answered, “Here’s just what I’d do”

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Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein.
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne.
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