Cheerful Little Earful

Written for: Sweet And Low (1930)
Performer: INFORMATION UNAVAILABLE
Lyric: Ira Gershwin & Billy Rose
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1930
Original publisher: Remick Music Corp.

Verse 1:

I'm growing tired of lovey-dove theme songs,
That fifty million pianos pound;
And in an age where these radios scream songs,
I only want one phrase around me:

Chorus:

There's a cheerful little earful,
Gosh, I miss it something fearful;
And this cheerful little earful
Is the well-known, "I love you."
Stocks can go down, bus'ness slow down,
But the milk and honey flow down
With a cheerful little earful
Of the well-known, "I love you."
In ev'ry play, it's a set phrase,
What the public get phrase,
But, as a pet phrase,
It'll do, do, do.
Poopa roo-it, soft and cue it,
Make me happy, you can do it,
With a cheerful little earful
Of the well-known, "I love you."

Verse 2 (from British sheet music):

When Mars would make a speech to that peach, Venus,
His honeyed words were far from new;
And should I ever see shadows between us,
I'd have to whisper, "I love you, too";

Chorus (from British sheet music):

There's a cheerful little earful,
Gosh, I miss it something fearful;
And this cheerful little earful
Is the well-known, "I love you."
Stocks can go down, bus'ness slow down,
But the milk and honey flow down
With a cheerful little earful
Of the well-known, "I love you."
In ev'ry play, it's a set phrase,
What the public get phrase,
But, as a pet phrase,
It'll do, do, do.
If a chappie makes it snappy,
He can make his girlie happy,
With a cheerful little earful
Of the well-known "I love you."