Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_leave-me-with-a-smile_all-star-trio-and-their-orchestra-charles-koehler-earl-burtne_gbia0014587b
https://archive.org/details/78_leave-me-with-a-smile_carl-fentons-orchestra-burtnett_gbia0003516a
https://archive.org/details/78_leave-me-with-a-smile_carl-fentons-orchestra-burtnett_gbia0009528a
https://archive.org/details/78_leave-me-with-a-smile_carl-fentons-orchestra-burtnett_gbia0017282a
https://archive.org/details/78_leave-me-with-a-smile_charles-harrison-chas-koehler-earl-burtnett_gbia0015641b
https://archive.org/details/78_leave-me-with-a-smile_royal-dance-orchestra_gbia0004122a
https://archive.org/details/78_leave-me-with-a-smile_rudy-wiedoefts-californians-koehler-burtnett_gbia0037133b
https://archive.org/details/78_leave-me-with-a-smile_the-happy-six-koehler-and-burtnett-snyder_gbia0011706b
https://archive.org/details/78_leave-me-with-a-smile_the-happy-six-koehler-and-burtnett-snyder_gbia0011752bPublication Date
1921
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Just like the sunrise, you came to me it seems,
Just like the sunrise, you woke me from my dreams. You were my sunshine, in days that used to be;
I await the sunset, for now you’re leaving me.
[Chorus]
Tho’ it’s time for parting, and my tears are starting, Leave me with a smile.
Tho’ your heart may cry dear;
When you say good-bye, dear,
Leave me with a smile.
Maybe it’s forever,
So while we’re together,
For a little while;
Hold me like a flower,
For one little hour,
And leave me with a smile.
[Verse 2]
Your smiles are sunshine upon a rainy day,
They bring me gladness, and drive my blues away. Before you go, dear, just smile once more for me;
It will always be, dear,
My treasured memory.
[Chorus]
Recommended Citation
Burtnett, Earl and Koehler, Chas., "Leave Me With a Smile" (1921). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1417.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1417
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
MacIntosh Collection
Artist: Barbelle
Canada: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., (1921)
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