179. My Old Flame (1934)
lyrics by Sam Coslow
music by Arthur Johnston
follows 4 versions of this song
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1944 | MT | 162 | Complete Commodore v.1 | 15 | 3’01” |
My old flame
I can’t even think of his name
But it’s funny now and then
How my thoughts go flashing back again
To my old flameMy old flame
My new lovers all seem so tame
For I haven’t met a gent
So magnificent or elegant
As my old flameI’ve met so many men
With fascinating ways
A fascinating gaze in their eyes
Some who sent me up to the skies
But their attempts at love
Were only imitations ofMy old flame
I can’t even think of his name
But I’ll never be the same
Until I discover what became
Of my old flameI’ve met so many men
With fascinating ways
A fascinating gaze in their eyes
Some who sent me up to the skies
But their attempts at love
Were only imitations ofMy old flame
I can’t even think of his name
But I’ll never be the same
Until I discover what became
Of my old flame
2nd version
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1944 | AT | 162a | Complete Commodore v.1 | 12 | 3’18” |
My old flame
I can’t even think of his name
But it’s funny now and then
How my thoughts go flashing back again
To my old flameMy old flame
My new lovers all seem so tame
For I haven’t met a gent
So magnificent or elegant
As my old flameI’ve met so many men
With fascinating ways
A fascinating gaze in their eyes
Some who sent me up to the skies
But their attempts at love
Were only imitations ofMy old flame
I can’t even think of his name
But I’ll never be the same
Until I discover what became
Of my old flameI’ve met so many men
With fascinating ways
A fascinating gaze in their eyes
Some who sent me up to the skies
But their attempts at love
Were only imitations ofMy old flame
I can’t even think of his name
But I’ll never be the same
Until I discover what became
Of my old flame
3rd version
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1944 | AT | 162b | Complete Commodore v.1 | 13 | 3’03” |
My old flame
I can’t even think of his name
But it’s funny now and then
How my thoughts go flashing back again
To my old flameMy old flame
My new lovers all seem so tame
For I haven’t met a gent
So magnificent or elegant
As my old flameI’ve met so many men
With fascinating ways
A fascinating gaze in their eyes
Some who sent me up to the skies
But their attempts at love
Were only imitations ofMy old flame
I can’t even think of his name
But I’ll never be the same
Until I discover what became
Of my old flameI’ve met so many men
With fascinating ways
A fascinating gaze in their eyes
Some who sent me up to the skies
But their attempts at love
Were only imitations ofMy old flame
I can’t even think of his name
But I’ll never be the same
Until I discover what became
Of my old flame
4th version
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1944 | AT | 162c | Complete Commodore v.1 | 14 | 3’09” |
My old flame
I can’t even think of his name
But it’s funny now and then
How my thoughts go flashing back again
To my old flameMy old flame
My new lovers all seem so tame
For I haven’t met a gent
So magnificent or elegant
As my old flameI’ve met so many men
With fascinating ways
A fascinating gaze in their eyes
Some who sent me up to the skies
But their attempts at love
Were only imitations ofMy old flame
I can’t even think of his name
But I’ll never be the same
Until I discover what became
Of my old flameI’ve met so many men
With fascinating ways
A fascinating gaze in their eyes
Some who sent me up to the skies
But their attempts at love
Were only imitations ofMy old flame
I can’t even think of his name
But I’ll never be the same
Until I discover what became
Of my old flame
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This song first appeared in the film Belle of the Nineties with Mae West and Duke Ellington