Like so many music hall songs, Let Me Call You Sweetheart has a memorable chorus, but the verses are less so. In fact most artists who have recorded this song only sing the chorus, filling it out by playing an instrumental then singing the chorus again.
I was able to find one version of the whole song, so I am performing the whole song.
The song was written by Leo Friedman with lyrics by Beth Slater Whiston and published in 1910.
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Leo Friedman and Beth Slater Whitson
Capo at 2nd fret, so I am really playing and singing in the key of A
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Leo Friedman and Beth Slater Whitson
G D D7
I am dreaming Dear of you, day by day
G
Dreaming when the skies are blue - when they're grey
B7 Em A7 D7
When the silv'ry moonlight gleams, still I wander on in dreams
Em D B7 E7 A7 D7
In a land of love, it seems, just with you
Chorus:
G C E7 A7
Let me call you \"Sweetheart,\" I'm in love with you
D7 G D D7
Let me hear you whisper that you love me too
G C E7 A7
Keep the love-light glowing in your eyes so true
C D G E7 A7 D7 G
Let me call you \"Sweetheart,\" I'm in love with you
G D D7
Longing for you all the while, more and more,
G
Longing for the sunny smile, I adore
B7 Em A7 D7
Birds are singing far and near, roses blooming ev'rywhere
Em D B7 E7 A7 D7
You, alone, my heart can cheer; you, just you
