I Love You As I Never Loved Before - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
I LOVE YOU AS I NEVER LOVED BEFORE. Copyright, 1895, by T. B. Harms & Co. Words and Music by Edgar Selden. 
In a crowded tenement, where she helps to pay the rent, Dwells a little girl that's all the world to me; She's a shop-girl trim and neat, and she is so pure and sweet, I'd spend my wages on her, to a cent, And so, last Sunday night, while the lamp was burning bright, In her mother's cozy parlor sat we two; I took both her hands in mine, for she seemed to me divine; And said, "Please listen while I tell my love for you." 
Chorus. I love you as I never loved before; You're the only girl on earth that I adore; Do not bid me go away, let us name the wedding day; I love you as I never loved before. 
Then, as anyone may guess, she blushed somewhat, more or less, For our hearts beat faster than the ticking clock: Would she answer "yes" or "no?" would she bid me stay or go? I could not bear to lose her, I confess; So, as I went to start, she brought joy into my heart; For she laid her pretty head upon my sleeve, And with such a teasing smile, said, "Perhaps, but wait awhile; Repeat to me again those words before you leave." -Chorus.