Sunbeam
Music by Egbert Van Alstyne
Words by Harry H. Williams
Published 1909

[Verse 1]
Where the stream is a beam and a gleam,
Dwelt a sweet Ve-ne-tian daugh-ter,
And up-on the streets of wa-ter,
Oft a young I-ta-lian sought her.

To his love and his dove up a-bove,
He would toss the flow'r he'd brought her,
Then his gui-tar would twang,
As to his love he sang.

[Chorus]
My sun-beam, won't you shine,
And warm this heart of mine?
For from your eyes each tin-y ray
Drives my lon-li-ness a-way,

Just let your love-light gleam,
And life will bright-er seem,
For I am pin-ing for your shin-ing,
shin-ing, Sweet Sun-beam.

[Verse 2]
Come to me, can't you see, love, said he,
My gon-do-la waits for you, dear?
Don't re-fuse, for if you do, dear,
Like the wa-ter I'll be blue, dear,

Be my bride, and we'll glide like the tide,
To a sun-ny land a-new, dear, And all the way a-long,
Our lives will be one song.

[Repeat Chorus]