Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1910
Lyrics
Ah! sweet mystery of life, at last I’ve found thee,
Ah! I know at last the secret of it all;
All the longing, seeking, striving, waiting, yearning,
The burning hopes, the joy and idle tears that fall!
For ‘tis love, and love alone, the world is seeking;
And ‘tis love, and love alone, that can repay!
‘Tis the answer, ‘tis the end and all of living,
For it is love alone, that rules for aye!
For ‘tis love and love alone, the world is seeking,
For ‘tis love, and love alone that can repay!
‘Tis the answer ‘tis the end and all of living!
For it is love alone that rules for aye!
Recommended Citation
Young, Rida Johnson and Herbert, Victor, "Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life (The Dream Melody)" (1910). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1872.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1872
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Comments
Title: Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life (The Dream Melody)
Subtitle: For It Is Love Alone That Rules For Aye! From Naughty Marietta
Lyrics by: Rida Johnson Young
Music by: Victor Herbert
Publisher: M. Witmark & Sons New York
Copyright: 1910 by M. Witmark & Sons. International Copyright Secured.
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