THE WORLD’S GREATEST SWEETHEART IS YOU

(Andy Razaf, Paul Denniker)


As recorded by:
Studio Band Dir. By Harry Hudson
V. Stanley Kirby
Recorded 1st November 1929

Also recorded by:
Pat O’Dell  (Cavan O’Connor?)



Never like to boast of what I value most
But here’s one time that I must speak my mind
Fate on me has smiled, 
I’m fortune’s favourite child
I’ve found the treasure no one else could find

The world’s greatest bliss is
To taste your kisses
The world’s greatest sweetheart is you

There’s no greater glory
Than our love story
The world’s greatest sweetheart is you

I know I’ll never discover another so true
My long days of searching are through

When your hair is greying
I’ll still keep saying
The world’s greatest sweetheart is you

You’ve made living seem
A dream within a dream
I touch you just to see if you are real
Never thought there’d be
Such luck on earth for me
I want the world to know just how I feel

The world’s greatest bliss is
To taste your kisses
The world’s greatest sweetheart is you

There’s no greater glory
Than our love story
The world’s greatest sweetheart is you

I know I’ll never discover another se true
My long days of searching are through

When your hair is greying
I’ll still keep saying
The world’s greatest sweetheart is you




Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection

(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - July 2013)