Blue nights and you
alone with me.
My heart has never known such ecstasy.
Am I on earth? Am I in Heaven?
Can it be the trees that fill the breeze
With rare and magic perfume?
Oh no, it isn't the trees.
It's love in bloom.
Can it be the spring that seems to bring.
The stars right into this room
Oh no, it isn't the spring. It's love in bloom.
My heart was a desert. You planted a seed.
And this is the flower this hour of sweet fulfillment.
Is it all a dream, a joy supreme
That came to us in the gloom?
You know it isn't a dream. It's love in bloom.
My heart was a desert, but you planted a seed.
And this is the flower, this hour of sweet fulfillment.
Is it all a dream, a joy supreme?
That came to us in the gloom?
You know it isn't a dream. It's love in bloom.
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Bing Crosby sang the song in the 1934 movie
She Love's Me Not. It was a hit that rose to number 1 where it stayed for six weeks. It was the first
Oscar-nominated song that Crosby introduced in his movies.
Jack Benny stated in a biography:
"One night Mary and I were in this supper club and the band asked me to join them for their next number. I borrowed a fiddle and, just following the sheet music, I played
Love in Bloom. I guess it sounded pretty funny, the violin playing, I mean, not the tune! My spontaneous performance turned up being written about in some column, with the writer wisecracking that
"Jack Benny playing Love in Bloom sounded like a breath of fresh air
. . . if you liked fresh air . . ." The following week, Mary and I went to another club. As we entered, the orchestra leader started playing
Love in bloom. Obviously, he had seen the item in the paper. The thing just caught on, so I decided to adopt it as my theme song. Let's face it, it's also a pretty easy tune to play on the fiddle. I love it from that aspect, but actually
Love in Bloom has nothing to do with a comedian . . . . sounds more like it should be the theme song of a dog -- not a comic!"
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