"Sing, My Heart"

from LOVE AFFAIR (1939)

music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Ted Koehler (1939)

Pretend you're glad, my heart.
Although you're sad, my heart,
He mustn't know it.

Remember love is not an easy game.
No two hearts ever beat quite the same.

Go on and dance, my heart.
This is romance, my heart,
So keep pretending.

Do not despair, my heart.
We still may share, my heart,
That happy ending.

If it's to be, we soon shall see,
And if it's not to be,
No power on Earth can make it so.

You know it's spring, my heart.
Go on and sing, my heart,
For if you sing, he'll never know.

...

Go on and dance, my heart.
This is romance, my heart,
So keep pretending.

Do not despair, my heart.
We still may share, my heart,
That happy ending.

If it's to be, we soon shall see,
And if it's not to be,
No power on Earth can make it so.

You know it's spring, my heart.
Go on and sing...
Until we know.

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