Lowry refers to the above song in a letter to Carol Brown dated April/May 1926; " Honestly, Carol, I never knew I had it in me to love somebody like I love you. I'm afraid those are more or less the words of a comic song, but in that case I take off my hat to the comic song - It expresses exactly my state of mind. I can't believe that anybody loved like me." (Collected Letters Vol 1 Pg. 18).
The song Lowry is referring to is I Never Knew (I Could Love Anybody Like I'm Loving You) written by Tom Pitts, Raymond B. Egan and Roy K. Marsh published in 1920:
I never knew I could love anybody,
Honey, like I'm loving you;
I couldn't realize what a pair of eyes
And a baby smile could do;
(Oh tell me why) I can't sleep,
(O tell me why) I can't eat,
(and why) I never knew
a single soul could be so sweet,
I never knew I could love anybody,
Honey, like I'm loving you.
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