Original Sheet Music Cover
(1905)
Lyrics
Sung by Sir Dashemoff Daily
One summer's day
When the skies were blue,
Two little sweethearts
Like me and you,
Strolled and told the story old,
Just as we all have tried.
"If it is true,"
Said the boy impressed,
"That you love me
More than all the rest,
Tell me when you love me best?"
Softly the maid replied:
"I love you when it's sunshine,
I love you when it's gray,
And I love you through the night, love,
And I told you all the day.
No heart could ever carry
More precious trust than mine,
But I don't know when I love you best
For I love you all the time."
But said the boy
In a playful jest,
"There must be times
When you love me best,
Times when you are truer, too
That you will not deny.
Then if it's so
That this all must be,
"When," said the maid,
"Do you best love me?"
Laddie thought,
But quick to see,
He made the same reply.
"I love you when it's sunshine,
I love you when it's gray,
And I love you through the night, love,
And I told you all the day.
No heart could ever carry
More precious trust than mine,
But I don't know when I love you best
For I love you all the time."
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I Love You All the Time
From the 1903 Musical Extravaganza
The Wizard of Oz
Words and Music by
Will R. Anderson
Halfway through ACT I of The Wizard of Oz Sir Dashemoff Daily, the Poet Laureate of Oz, sings a love song about his true love--who happens to be Dorothy Gale.
L. Frank Baum and Paul Tietjens had written a wonderful song for the spot called Love is Love. But every once in a while the actress playing Sir Dashemoff wanted to try something new. One of the first songs to be tried out was I Love You All the Time by Will R. Anderson. You can listen to it by clicking on the record label below.
1904 Victor Record Label
Listen to this 1904 recording!
(2:45 -- 645k)
The role of Sir Dashemoff was created by a fine singing actress named Bessie Wynn. She made a specialty of these "trouser roles" and went on to create the role of Tom Tom in Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland immediately after leaving Wizard.
Eventually, despite many other substitutions, Baum and Tietjens' song, Love is Love, was reinstated. But go ahead and enjoy this charming interpolation as sung by Harry Macdonough back in 1904. You can also print copies of the sheet music for yourself by clicking on the links below.
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