284. Yesterdays (1933)
lyrics by Otto Harbach
music by Jerome Kern
follows 5 versions of this song
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1939 | MT | 118 | Complete Commodore v.1 | 3 | 3’23” |
Yesterdays
Yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and love
Then gay youth was mine
Truth was mine
Joyous free and flaming life
Then sooth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I’m dreamin’ of
Yesterdays(2nd section, double-time)
Yesterdays
Yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and love
For then gay youth was mine
Truth was mine
Joyous free and flaming life
Then sooth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I’m dreamin’ of
YesterdaysYesterdays
2nd version
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1939 | AT | 118a | Complete Commodore v.1 | 4 | 2’58” |
Yesterdays
Yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and love
Then gay youth was mine
Truth was mine
Joyous free and flaming life
Then sooth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I’m dreamin’ of
Yesterdays(2nd section, double-time)
Yesterdays
Yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and love
For then gay youth was mine
Truth was mine
Joyous free and flaming life
Then sooth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I’m dreamin’ of
YesterdaysYesterdays
3rd version
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1952 | MT | 237 | Complete On Verve v.2 | 12 | 2’48” |
Yesterdays
Yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and love
Then gay youth was mine
Truth was mine
Joyous free and flaming life
Then sooth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I’m dreamin’ of
Yesterdays(2nd section, double-time)
Yesterdays
Yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and love
Then gay youth was mine
Then truth was mine
Free and flaming life
Sooth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I’m dreamin’ of
YesterdaysYesterdays
4th version
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1952 | MT | 237 | Complete on Verve v.2 | 12 | 2’48” |
Yesterdays
Yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and loveThen gay youth was mine
Then truth was mine
Joyous free and flaming life
Then sooth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I’m dreaming of
Yesterdays2nd section, double-time
Yesterdays
Yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and love
Then gay youth was mine
Then truth was mine
Free and flaming life
Sooth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I’m dreaming of
Yesterdays
5th version
| rec date | type | # | discography | tk | rec time |
| 1956 | LR | 168 | Complete on Verve v.8 | 10 | 1’16” |
Shorter version, double-time
Yesterdays,
Yesterdays
Days I knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and love
Then gay youth was mine
Truth was mine
Free and flaming life
Than sooth was mine
Sad am I
Glad am I
For today I’m dreaming of
Yesterdays(applauses)
Notes |
Special thanks to Jerry Meyer (NY) who contributed in this transcription.
From the play Roberta with Fay Templeton