213. Solitude (1934)

lyrics by  Eddie DeLange & Irving Mills

music by Duke Ellington 

follows 4 versions of this song

In my solitude you’ll haunt me
With reveries of days gone by
In my solitude you’ll taunt me
With memories that never die

I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I’ll soon go mad

In my solitude I’m praying
Dear Lord above
Send back my love

(bridge)

I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I’ll soon go mad

In my solitude I’m praying
Dear Lord above
Send me back my love

 

2nd version

Introducing Billie as “our Trouville Star”
(poor sound quality)

In my solitude you haunt me
With reveries of days gone by
In my solitude you taunt me
With memories that never die

I sit in my chair
I’m filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I’ll soon go mad

In my solitude
I’m praying
…
(recording is cut)

 

2nd version

In my solitude you haunt me
With reveries of days gone by
In my solitude you taunt me
With memories that never die

I sit in my chair
I’m filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I’ll soon go mad

In my solitude
I’m praying
Dear Lord above
Send back my love

(Very small bridge)

I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I’ll soon go mad

In my solitude
I’m praying
Dear Lord above
Send me back my love

 

3rd version

In my solitude you haunt me
With reveries of days gone by
In my solitude you taunt me
With memories that never die

I sit in my chair
I’m filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I’ll soon go mad

In my solitude
I’m praying
Dear Lord above
Send back my love

(Very small bridge)

I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I’ll soon go mad

In my solitude
I’m praying
Dear Lord above
Send me back my love

 

4th version

In my solitude you haunt me
With reveries of days gone by
In my solitude you taunt me
With memories that never die

I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I’ll soon go mad

In my solitude
I’m praying
Dear Lord above
Send back my love

I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
There’s no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I’ll soon go mad

In my solitude
I’m praying
Dear Lord above
Send me back my love

 

212. Softly

Beal & Greene

Softly, baby
Softly, baby
Take me in your arms
Oh, easy, baby
Easy, baby
As I sample your charms
Your lips little daddy
Are the doors to ecstasy
Let’s not get excited
Love spark has ignited

Softly, Baby
Softly, baby
Whisper from you heart
Oh, love me baby
Love me baby
Make me yours from the start
Now I know myself
I’m willing to throw myself
On passion’s path on the fly
Take it easy, baby
Softly, baby
I’ll be yours by and by
Softly, baby

Many thanks to Jerry Meyer from NY for his very accurate revision in the transcription.

211. Sentimental And Melancholy

Richard Whiting & Johnny Mercer

Sentimental and melancholy
Whenever I think about you
It’s only a mood
A brief interlude
That’s better described as just feeling blue

I suppose that it’s just my folly
To keep it alive as I do
But it’s a kind of sugar coated misery
And foolish as it seems
I thought I’d like to be

Sentimental and melancholy
Whenever I think about you

210. Says My Heart (1938)

lyrics by Frank Loesser

music by Burton Lane

Fall in love fall in love
Says my heart
It’s romance take a chance
Says my heart

But each time that I’m almost in your arms
This old schoolteacher brain of mine
Keeps bringing in false alarms

Then my head rules instead and I’m wise
To the scheme of that gleam in your eyes
So I kiss and run
But the moment we’re apart
Oh! you fool that was love
Says my heart

(bridge)

Then my head rules instead and I’m wise
To the scheme of that gleam in your eyes
So I kiss and run
But the moment we’re apart
Oh! you fool that was love
Says my heart

It wasn’t the moon it wasn’t the stars
That was love!
Says my heart

 

2nd version

Fall in love fall in love
Says my heart
It’s romance take a chance
Says my heart

But each time that I’m almost in your arms
This old schoolteacher brain of mine
Keeps bringing in false alarms

Then my head rules instead and I’m wise
To the scheme of that gleam in your eyes
So I kiss and run
But the moment we’re apart
Oh! you fool that was love
Says my heart

(bridge)

Then my head rules instead and I’m wise
To the scheme of that gleam in your eyes
So I kiss and run
But the moment we’re apart
Oh! you fool that was love
Says my heart

It wasn’t the moon it wasn’t the stars
That was love!
Says my heart

to be checked

209. Say It With A Kiss (1938)

lyrics by Johnny Mercer 

music by Harry Warren

Let me hear you say it
Say it with a kiss
If you mean that look I’ve seen
Say it with a kiss
There is wine and candle shine
And music in your lips
Music in the tops
Of your fingertips

Words may not convey it
Say it with a kiss
And your look might speak a book
That my eyes might miss
You don’t have to know the words
To love’s familiar tune
Say it with a kiss
And say it soon

208. Say It Isn’t So (1932)

lyrics and music Irving Berlin

Say it isn’t so
Say it isn’t so
Everyone is saying you don’t love me
Say it isn’t so

Everywhere I go
Everyone I know
Whispers that you’re growing tired of me
Say it isn’t so

People say that you
Found somebody new
And it won’t be long before you leave me
Say it isn’t true

Say that everything is still okay
That’s all I want to know
And what they’re saying
Say it isn’t so

(double tempo)

Say it isn’t so
Say it isn’t so
Everyone is saying you don’t love me
Say it isn’t so

Everywhere I go
Everyone I know
Whispers that you’re growing tired of me
Say it isn’t so

People say that you
Found somebody new
And it won’t be long before you leave me
Say it isn’t true

(single tempo)

Say that everything is still okay
That’s all I want to know
And what they’re saying
Say it isn’t so

 

2nd version

Say it isn’t so
Say it isn’t so
Everyone is saying you don’t love me
Say it isn’t so

Everywhere I go
Everyone I know
Whispers that you’re growing tired of me
Say it isn’t so

People say that you
Found somebody new
And it won’t be long before you leave me
Say it isn’t true

Say that everything is still okay
That’s all I want to know
And what they’re saying
Say it isn’t so

Say it isn’t so
Say it isn’t so
Everyone is saying you don’t love me
Say it isn’t so

Everywhere I go
Everyone I know
Whispers that you’re growing tired of me
Say it isn’t so

People say that you
Found somebody new
And it won’t be long before you leave me
Say it isn’t true

Say that everything is still okay
That’s all I want to know
And what they’re saying
Please say it isn’t so

207. Saddest Tale (aka Big City Blues)

Duke Ellington

N.A.