YOU ARE THE IDEAL OF MY DREAMS
(Herbert Ingraham)


William H. Thompson - 1910
Church City Four - 1910
Frank Mullane - 1910
Annette Cooper - 1910
Oliver Hardy (feat. in the film "Beau Hunks") - 1931


Also recorded by: Sophie Tucker; Charlie Chase.




At last I meet you face to face
The ideal of my dreams
I've waited to behold you, dear
For years and years 'twould seems


And now you've come to live, to breathe
>From out the mystic night
My burning heart, my very soul
Cries out in all it's might


I love you, I love you, I love you
You are the ideal of my dreams
I always knew, t'would be someone like you
I've loved you forever it seems


For years in my mind's fondest fancy
A picture of your face I drew
And I knew you somehow
When I met you just know
You are the ideal of my dreams


Somehow I feel you can't be real
You'll vanish like the mist
Before I hold you in my arms
Before your lips I've kissed


But no, you speak, you really live
Warm blood through your veins flows
Come nestle to my throbbing breast
I want the world to know


I love you, I love you, I love you
You are the ideal of my dreams
I always knew, t'would be someone like you
I've loved you forever it seems


For years in my mind's fondest fancy
A picture of your face I drew
And I knew you somehow
When I met you just know
You are the ideal of my dreams




(Contributed by  - July 2007)