They Didn’t Believe Me (Jerome Kern’s breakout song: 1917 )

Jerome David KernAnd when I told them

How beautiful you are

They didn’t believe me

They didn’t believe me

Your lips, your eyes

Your curly hair

Are in a class beyond compare

You’re the loveliest girl that one could ever see

And when I tell them

And I certainly am going to tell them

That I’m the man whose wife someday you’ll be

They’ll never believe me

They’ll never believe me

That from this great big world you’ve chosen me!

 

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Author: The Best American Poetry