(George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin)
Also recorded by: Fred Astaire; Chet Baker; Chris Barber; Count Basie;
BBC Big Band; Tex Beneke; Earl Bostic; Dave Brubeck; Charlie Byrd;
Benny Carter; George Chisholm; Nat King Cole; Bing Crosby; Miles Davis;
Buddy DeFranco; Roy Eldridge; Duke Ellington; Ella Fitzgerald;
Erroll Garner; George Gershwin; Dizzy Gillespie; Benny Goodman;
Stephane Grappelli; Lionel Hampton; Coleman Hawkins; Woody Herman;
Earl Hines; Jack Hylton; Harry James;
Felix Mendelssohn & the Hawaiian Serenaders; Sir Yehudi Menuhin;
Glenn Miller; Gerry Mulligan; Ray Noble; Red Norvo; Kid Ory;
Charlie Parker; Oscar Peterson; André Previn; Django Reinhardt;
Ronnie Scott; Peter Sellers; Artie Shaw; George Shearing; Zoot Simms;
Claude Thornhill; Mel Tormé; Paul Whiteman Orch.; .... and many more.
Listen to my tale of woe,
it's terribly sad but true,
All dressed up, no place to go
Each evening I'm awfully blue.
I must win some handsome guy
Can't go on like this,
I could blossom out I know,
With somebody just like you. So...
Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good
Oh, lady, be good to me
I am so awfully misunderstood
So lady, be good to me
Oh, please have some pity
I'm all-alone in this big city
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
So lady be good to me.
Oh, please have some pity
I'm all alone in this big city
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
So lady be good to me.
Oh lady be good to me.
Also recorded by: Fred Astaire; Chet Baker; Chris Barber; Count Basie;
BBC Big Band; Tex Beneke; Earl Bostic; Dave Brubeck; Charlie Byrd;
Benny Carter; George Chisholm; Nat King Cole; Bing Crosby; Miles Davis;
Buddy DeFranco; Roy Eldridge; Duke Ellington; Ella Fitzgerald;
Erroll Garner; George Gershwin; Dizzy Gillespie; Benny Goodman;
Stephane Grappelli; Lionel Hampton; Coleman Hawkins; Woody Herman;
Earl Hines; Jack Hylton; Harry James;
Felix Mendelssohn & the Hawaiian Serenaders; Sir Yehudi Menuhin;
Glenn Miller; Gerry Mulligan; Ray Noble; Red Norvo; Kid Ory;
Charlie Parker; Oscar Peterson; André Previn; Django Reinhardt;
Ronnie Scott; Peter Sellers; Artie Shaw; George Shearing; Zoot Simms;
Claude Thornhill; Mel Tormé; Paul Whiteman Orch.; .... and many more.
Listen to my tale of woe,
it's terribly sad but true,
All dressed up, no place to go
Each evening I'm awfully blue.
I must win some handsome guy
Can't go on like this,
I could blossom out I know,
With somebody just like you. So...
Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good
Oh, lady, be good to me
I am so awfully misunderstood
So lady, be good to me
Oh, please have some pity
I'm all-alone in this big city
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
So lady be good to me.
Oh, please have some pity
I'm all alone in this big city
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
So lady be good to me.
Oh lady be good to me.