DON'T MENTION LOVE TO ME
>From the film "In Person" (1935)
(Music: Oscar Levant / Lyrics: Dorothy Fields)


Ginger Rogers (Film Soundtrack) - 1935
Mario Braggiotti & His Orch. (vocal: Chick Bullock) - 1935
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. - 1935
Isham Jones & His Orch. - 1935
Kay Thompson & The Boys - 1936
Bobby Short - 1971





There is one thing I know
If I let myself go
And our lips should ever touch
I would love you much too much

It is better far to share
Just a casual affair
So, before a kiss is born
I must tell you this to warn you

My heart is not a plaything
Parting is not a gay thing
Darling, don't mention love to me

Romance may bring us sorrow
Let's be friends on the morrow
Darling, don't mention love to me

I can't like you discreetly
No halfway measures with me
I must love you completely
If this should end, where would I be

You smile, I'm overpowered
I'd fall, but I'm a coward
Darling, don't mention love to me






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2015)