These lyrics are from a broadside found at Duke University. The same broadside can also be seen at The Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University.


I'LL BE ALL SMILES TO-NIGHT

[1] I'll deck my brow with roses.
The loved one may be there.
The gems that others gave me
Will shine within my hair,
And even them that know me
Will think my heart is light.
Though my heart will break to-morrow,
I'll be all smiles tonight.

CHORUS. I'll be all smiles to-night, love.
I'll be all smiles to-night.
Though my heart will break to-morrow,
I'll be all smiles to-night.

[2] And when the room he entered,
The bride upon his arm,
I stood and gazed upon him
As if he were a charm.
So once he smiled upon her.
So once he smiled on me.
They know not what I've suffered.
They found no change in me.

[3] And when the dance commences,
Oh! how I will rejoice.
I'll sing the song he taught me
Without one faltering voice.
When flatterers come around me,
They will think my heart is light.
Though my heart will break to-morrow,
I'll be all smiles to-night.

[4] And when the dance is over
And all have gone to rest,
I'll think of him, dear mother,
The one that I love best.
He once did love, believe me,
But now has grown cold and strange.
He sought not to deceive me.
False friends have brought this change.

A. W. AUNER'S
CARD AND JOB PRINTING ROOMS,
Tenth and Race Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.

Another broadside in the latter collection has a slightly different title:


84
I'LL BE ALL SMILES TO-NIGHT, LOVE.
The Words and Music of this Song will be sent to any address, post-paid, on receipt of 40 cents, by H. J. Wehman, P. O. Box 1823, New York City. Catalogue of Songs, Books, Novelties, &c., sent free.

[Song text is identical to that above.]

H. J. Wehman, Song Publisher. New York.

[Note: The Popular Music web site, in its index, attributes the song to T. B. Ransom, but it doesn't say why. The name doesn't appear on either broadside.]