Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_yesterday_dorothy-donegan-oliver-coleman-rail-wilson-jerome-kern-otto-harbach_gbia0002694b
https://archive.org/details/78_yesterday_gene-austin-charlie-harrison-monte-wilhite_gbia0016411b
https://archive.org/details/78_yesterday_gene-austin-monte-wilhite-charlie-harrison_gbia0008694b
https://archive.org/details/78_yesterday_gene-austin-monte-wilhite-charlie-harrison_gbia0010886b
https://archive.org/details/78_yesterday_the-artist-ensemble-wilhite-and-harrison_gbia0008932a
https://archive.org/details/78_yesterday_the-sterling-orchestra-lewis-james-wilhite-harrison_gbia0009464b
Publication Date
1907
Lyrics
VERSE 1
The world seemed bright, my heart was beating,
Because my love was by my side;
He was so loving and so tender,
I cared not then whate’er betide.
His burning words of love enthralled me
My soul enraptured with delight,
He vowed he’d die just for my sake,
For love of me his heart would break.
REFRAIN
He told me that he loved me so,
But that was yesterday.
He kissed me and caressed me too,
I could not say him nay;
And as I gazed into his eyes I heard him softly say
“You are the idol of my heart,”
But that was yesterday.
VERSE 2
Dark is the night, the world seems lonely,
As all alone I sit and dream,
No more I hear my lover calling,
“Come to my arms, my own sunbeam.”
I can’t restrain the tears from falling
I feel his kisses warm and sweet,
And I believed each word he said,
“’Twere better far that I were dead.
REFRAIN
Recommended Citation
Harris, Charles K., "Yesterday" (1907). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1743.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1743
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
By Chas. K. Harris composer of "AFTER THE BALL", "WOULD YOU CARE." "SOMEWEHRE." etc.
Illustrator: William Austin Starmer
Published by Chas. K. Harris New York
Canadian American Music Co., Ltd. Toronto, Canada
Albert and Son, London and Sydney
Yesterday by the author of the world famous song AFTER THE BALL
Copyright MCMVII by Chas. K. Harris. British Rights Secured.
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