From the musical “Sweet and Low”, 1930. Words by Mort Dixon and Billy Rose. Music by Harry Warren.
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The story’s over, he’s gone away
But I’ll be tortured day after day
By friends with good intentions who say
He’s not worth your tears
I know they think they’re comforting me
But how mistaken people can be
Who say there’s other fish in the sea
He’s not worth your tears
They never bother an old weeping willow
They leave it drooping there
So if I want to confide in my pillow
Why should strangers care
My heart is filled with all it can hold
A good long cry might leave it consoled
And that’s why I don’t want to be told
He’s not worth your tears
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