I'M ON A DIET OF LOVE
From the film "Happy Days" (1929)
(Music: Abel Baer / Lyrics: L. Wolfe Gilbert)


Marjorie White & Richard Keene (Film Soundtrack) - 1929
George Olsen & His Music (vocal: Ethel Shutta) - 1929
Ambrose & His Mayfair Hotel Orch. (vocal: Sam Browne) - 1930
The Boswell Sisters - 1930


You wonder why I look so cheerful
What makes me grin from day to day
Get right over here, you'll get an earful
How come I feel this way

I'm so happy, watch me smile
Oh, so happy all the while
You should try it
I'm on a diet of love

Breakfast kisses, such a bunch
Sweet embraces for your lunch
It's a riot
I'm on a diet of love

One thing that makes it great
You can have more than your share
It don't affect your weight
When you have that bill-of-fare, of sweetness

Cheeks like apples, eyes like stars
Things they don't put up in jars
You should try it
I'm on a diet of love

I'm so happy, watch me smile
Oh, so happy all the while
You should try it
I'm on a diet of love

Breakfast kisses, such a bunch
Sweet embraces for your lunch
You shouls try it
I'm on a diet of love

One thing that makes it great
You can have more than your share
It don't affect your weight
When you have that bill-of-fare, of sweetness

Hugs for dinner never hurt
And some pettin' for dessert
You should try it
I'm on a diet of love

Sugar-coated fingertips
Tantalising honey lips
You should try it
I'm on a diet of love

Underneath the sugar moon
Harmonise the sweetest tune
You should try it
I'm on a diet of love

One thing that makes it great
You can have more than your share
It don't affect your weight
When you have that bill-of-fare, of sweetness

Hugs for dinner never hurt
And some pettin' for dessert
You should try it
I'm on a diet of love






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2011)