by Jerome D. Kern

“ He grew some more and he fell in love, And he chose himself a bride; But the morning of their wedding day all her friends took her aside, And said, My dear! Have you seen Augustus? He does look queer, But then you can trust us, Then the blushing bride replied with cheeks aglow, "Well I don't know!" (SPOKEN.) But you are quite right dears. There's something rather odd about Augustus! It almost sets one thinking, Augustus has been Oh! No! He is so nice, he is so kind! But all the same well, never mind, There's something rather odd about Augustus. ”

“ In gaunty way, I'll smile, I'll joke, Be gay, I'll take her hand and look quite boldly in her eyes, And say "I love you with a love that the world defies," Oh no, I won't, When she's in sight, I grow quite cold with fright, My nerves and courage always seem to leave me quite. To tell her tell her tell her all. [Refrain]
Dame Nicotine, Pray intervene, For an unfortunate lover, What do these smoke rings mean? Lightly above me they hover, Are they a sign shes to be mine? Or is my love but a joke? Will it all end in smoke? Will it all end in smoke. ”

“ And that voice calls to me!
There's the love that is folly's gay dance,
There's the charm of a moonlight romance,
There's the lure of the danger that lies,
In the passion that lies in a fool's Paradise,
All the songs for an hour we may prize,
But there's none like the one.
And that voice call to me.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1928.
The longest-living author of this work died in 1949, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 73 years or less. ”