WHEN I WAS A DREAMER (AND YOU WERE MY DREAM)

(Egbert Van Alstyne (m) / Roger Lewis & George A. Little (l) )

Lyric Quartet (Harry Macdonough / Werrenrath / Baker / Kline)

I wandered tonight where the moon softly beams
Into the park through a thousand of dreams
There I will linger with you dear, once more
As I did in the days of yore.

When I was a dreamer and you were my dream
We lived in a palace of gold
Each beautiful dream brought you nearer it seemed
Close in my arms to enfold.

I dreamed that you always would love me
I dreamed of a world just for two
But I was a dreamer and you were my dream
A dream that has never come true.

(chorus)
When I was a dreamer and you were my dream
We lived in a palace of gold
Each beautiful dream brought you nearer it seemed
Close in my arms to enfold.

(Macdonough)
I dreamed that you always would love me
I dreamed of a world just for two

(Chorus)
But I was a dreamer and you were my dream
A dream that has never come true.


NOTES:

Lyrics as released by the Lyric Quartet on April 21 1915 
in Camden New Jersey USA under the Victor label.

The music/lyrics for this song are preserved and available 
for listening at the Library of Congress Packard Campus in 
Washington DC USA.


(Transcribed by David Story - January 2014)