They Didn't Believe Me
Composer(s): Herbert Reynolds - Jerome Kern
First performance by: Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian - 1914
Covered by multiple other artists



(he)
Got the cutest little way
Like to watch you all the day
And it certainly seems fine
Just to think that you'll be mine
When I see your pretty smile
Makes the living worth the while
So I've got to run around
Telling people what I've found

Refrain

(Boy)
And when I told them how beautiful you are
They didn't believe me  
They didn't believe me!
Your lips, your eyes, your cheeks, your hair
Are in a class beyond compare
You're the loviest girl that one could see!
And when I tell them
And I cert'nly am goin' to tell them
That I'm the man whose wife one day you'll be
They'll never believe me 
They'll never believe me
That from this great big world you've chosen me!

(she)
Don't know how it happened quite
May have been the summer night
May have been, well, who can say
Things just happen any way
All I know is I said "yes!"
Hesitating more or less
And you kissed me where I stood
Just like any fellow would

Refrain

(Girl)
And when I told them how wonderful 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 lovliest thing that one could see!
And when I tell them
And I cert'nly am goin' to tell them
That I'm the girl whose boy one day you'll be
They'll never believe me  
They'll never believe me
That from this great big world you've chosen me!