DID YOU MEAN IT?
Phil Baker / Sid Silvers / Abe Lyman

as recorded by Lee Morse  
October 10th 1927


There we were, all alone just you and I,
There we were with our cares thrown to the sky,
Oh how wonderful, oh how glorious, dear!
No-one heard but the moon high up above,
Every word that you spoke to me of love;
Don't you try to hide!
Won't you please confide, dear?

Did you mean it when you said, "I love you!"?
Did you mean it when you said, "I care!"?
Tell me, why are you only just pretending?
If you were, you weren't playing fair!

Did you mean it when you said, "We'll marry!"?
Tell me truthfully, were you sincere?
When I stood before you
And you whispered, "I adore you!",
Tell me, did you really mean it, dear?

Did you mean it when you said, "I love you!"?
Did you mean it when you said, "I care!"?
Now tell me, were you only just pretending?
For if you were, you weren't playing fair!

And did you mean it when you said, "We'll marry!"?
Tell me truthfully, were you sincere?
and when I stood before you
And you whispered, "I adore you!",
Tell me, did you really mean it, dear?



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2013)