There’s ‘Yes, Yes’ in Your Eyes

There’s ‘Yes, Yes’ in Your Eyes, 1920s sheet musicLast week I went shopping for vintage sheet music to use in my mixed media artwork. I was looking for more music from around 1910, similar to a piece I had already used. It was such a lovely shade of pale green printed with black.

Although I didn’t find any more quite the same, I did find some quaint and beautifully distressed sheets from the Belle Époque era, and the 1920s and 30s. (Anything older I don’t really like, as they start getting too garish from the 40s onwards.)

There’s ‘Yes, Yes’ in Your Eyes (back cover), 1920s sheet musicPerhaps the quaintest piece was from the 1920s, titled There’s ‘Yes, Yes’ in Your Eyes – a song written by Cliff Friend. Not only is the illustration on the cover gorgeous, but the lyrics made me chuckle in delight. I couldn’t resist buying it even though I won’t use it in my artwork, for the design is too busy and detailed for my purposes.

You fooled me dear now for a year
My heart you tantalize
But without doubt I have found out
The secret in your eyes …

(Chorus)
Your lips tell me no! no!
But there’s yes! yes! in your eyes
I’ve been missin’ your kissin’
Just because I wasn’t wise
I’ll stop scheming and dreaming
’Cause I realize
Your lips tell me no! no!
But there’s yes! yes!
In your eyes your eyes

I never knew just what to do
You had me fooled somehow
You made me guess but I confess
I know your secret now

(Chorus)

I’d really love to sit down with someone at a piano and learn this one. Many years ago I used to take singing lessons (I have ‘a pleasant little voice’ my teacher told me), and this is right up my alley.

Scroll down to see some of the other vintage sheet music I found.