I ONLY SAW HIM ONCE
Lyrics: Joan Whitney - Music: Alex Kramer

recorded by
Rosemary Clooney 1950

also recorded by Jeanne Carson


I only saw him once as he came passing by,
But I know that I will love him 'til the day I die. 

I don't know where he comes from,
And I blush with shame,
For I must confess
That I don't even know his name 

There was something in his smile 
When he looked at me, and then
There was something in my heart 
That knew he'd come my way again. 

I only saw him once as he came passing by
But I know that I will love him 'til the day I die. 

I only saw him once as he came passing by
but I know that I will love him 'til the day I die! 

I don't know where he comes from -
No one knows his name,
But I must confess 
That he has set my heart aflame. 

There was something in his smile
When he looked at me, and then
There was something in my heart
That knew he'd come my way again. 

I only saw him once as he came passing by.
But I know that I will love him 'til the day I die. 


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2004
Lou Rugani - The Music of the Stars (WLIP) - September 2012)