I'M TELLIN' THE BIRDS, TELLIN' THE BEES (HOW I LOVE YOU)
aka HOW I LOVE YOU (I'M TELLIN' THE BIRDS, TELLIN' THE BEES)
(Lew Brown / Cliff Friend)

The Westerners (vocal: Frank Bessinger) - 1926
Clyde Doerr's Orch. - 1926
Wendell Hall & Carson Robison - 1926
Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards & His Hot Combination - 1926
Ben Bernie & His Hotel Roosevelt Orch. - 1927
Paul Ash & Orch. - 1927
Frederick Kinsley (Pipe Organ Inst.) - 1927
Also recorded by: Charles Kaley; Art Fowler;
"Whispering" Jack Smith; The Radio Imps.


Through fields of golden flowers
Where we spent sunny hours
I'm strolling along, thinking of you

I told the four leaf clover
My lonesome days are over
I talk about you all the day through

I'm tellin' the birds, tellin' the bees
Tellin' the flowers, tellin' the trees
How I love you

I'm tellin' the moon, tellin' the sun
Tellin' the stars and tellin' each one
How I love you

I feel so happy and I show it
I want the whole wide world to know it

The shady old nook, the shadows that fall
The little old brook, I'm tellin' them all
How I love you

(Instrumental Break)

Tellin' the birds, tellin' the bees
Tellin' the flowers and tellin' the trees
How I love you

Tellin' the moon, tellin' the sun
Tellin' the stars and tellin' each one
How I love you

I feel so happy and I show it
I want the whole wide world to know it

The shady old nook, the shadows that fall
The little old brook, I'm tellin' them all
How I love you



(Transcribed by Monique Adriaansen & Mel Priddle - June 2004)