248. They Can’t Take That Away From Me (1936)
lyrics by Ira Gershwin
music by George Gershwin
follows 4 versions of this song
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1937 | MT | 54 | Complete on Columbia v.3 | 6 | 3’02” |
The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, no they can’t take that away from meThe way your smile just beams
The way you sing off-key
The way you haunt my dreams
No, no they can’t take that away from meWe may never, never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still I’ll always, always keep the memory ofThe way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no they can’t take that away from me
No, they can’t take that away from me(bridge)
We may never, never meet again
On that bumpy road to love
Still I’ll always, always keep the memory ofThe way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no they can’t take that away from me
No, they can’t take that away from me
2nd version
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1937 | AT | 54a | Complete on Columbia v.7 | 21 | 2’57” |
The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, no they can’t take that away from meThe way your smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No, no they can’t take that away from meWe may never, never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still I’ll always, always keep the memory ofThe way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no they can’t take that away from me
No, they can’t take that away from me(bridge)
We may never, never meet again
On that bumpy road to love
Still I’ll always, always keep the memory ofThe way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no they can’t take that away from me
No, they can’t take that away from me
3rd version
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1937 | LR | 2 | Complete on Columbia v.8 | 3 | 3’17” |
The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, no they can’t take that away from meThe way your smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No, no they can’t take that away from meWe may never, never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still I’ll always, always keep the memory ofThe way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no they can’t take that away from me
No, they can’t take that away from me(bridge)
We may never, never meet again
On that bumpy road to love
Still I’ll always, always keep the memory ofThe way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no they can’t take that away from me
No, they can’t take that away from me
4th version
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1957 | MT | 303 | Complete on Verve v.9 | 17 | 4’10” |
The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, no they can’t take that away from meThe way your smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No, no they can’t take that away from meWe may never, never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still I’ll always, always keep the memory ofThe way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no they can’t take that away from me(bridge)
The way you wear your hat
The way you sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, no they can’t take that away from meThe way your smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No, no they can’t take that away from meWe may never, never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still I’ll always, always keep the memory ofThe way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no they can’t take that away from me
No, they can’t take that away from me
Notes |
From the film Shall We Dance? with fred Astaire