From the musical “Sweet Adeline”, 1929 Words by Oscar Hammerstein, 2nd Music by Jerome Kern
Sheet Music
Accompaniment
Lyrics
Though new young blossoms are born each May
They burst their buds in the same old way
So love that’s true is a story told
As ever new in a world that’s old
Refrain:
‘Twas not so long ago
That pa was mother’s beau
And though their styles and fads
Have gone like old sachet
The things pa said to ma
The things ma said to pa
Were quite the same as all the things
That lovers say today
Refrain:
(‘Twas not so) long ago
That Pa was Mother’s beau,
And tho’ their styles and fads
Have gone like old sachet,
The way that Pa kissed Ma,
The way that Ma kissed Pa,
Is one thing that will never be
Improved upon today
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