Kern–Oh, Boy Words are Not youtube

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Facebook has been experiencing technical problems today. FB gobbled up today’s post; it is gone forever. However, I have the wonderful song that was supposed to be posted today; it is the lush melody from “Words Are Not Needed,” from the 1919 London production. The recording features Tom Powers and Dot Temple; again, we are grateful to jacksonupperco.com for the post to youtube. And here are the lyrics:

A girl in love does not need words to say so to a man.
For love has a language of its own.
Can she learn it? She can.
Would he understand it? Who?
Why, the chap she’s talking to.
If she didn’t say a thing,
We don’t see how he could.
It’s an easy thing to do.

If, every day, he reads the message he sees in her eyes,
If, when he gazes fondly in them, she droops them and sighs—
Then he will know she loves him dearly, whate’er may befall.
So, now you understand why words are not needed, at all.

Then flowers are quite a help, for each means something, I am told.
A rose may say, I love you, dear! Yes, we know, but that’s old.
Can’t you tell us something new?
That’s an easy thing to do.
For the language of the flowers has been overdone.
Jewels have their language, too.

If, every day, he sends her diamonds or pearls on a string,
If, every day, she gets a pendant or bracelet or ring—
Then she will know how very deeply in love he must be.
When people love each other, words are not needed, you see.