PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
009 - I’ve Told Every Little Star
Verse 1
I’ve told ev-‘ry lit-tle star,
just how sweet I think you are –
^ why have-n’t I told you?
Verse 2
I’ve told rip-ples in a brook,
made my heart an o-pen book -
^ why have-n’t I told you?
Middle 8
Friends ask me: Am I in love?
I al-ways an-swer ‘Yes’
Might as well con-fess –
if I don’t they’ll guess.
Verse 3
May-be you may know it too,
oh my dar-ling, if you do,
^ why have-n’t you told me?
[8 x Bar Instrumental]
Verse 2 repeat
I’ve told rip-ples in a brook,
made my heart an o-pen book -
^ why have-n’t I told you?
Middle 8 repeat
Friends ask me: Am I in love?
I al-ways an-swer ‘Yes’
Might as well con-fess –
if I don’t they’ll guess.
Verse 3
May-be you may know it too,
oh my dar-ling, if you do,
^ why have-n’t you told me?
A popular song with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, published in 1932, introduced in the musical play, Music In The Air