Lyrics to 1930s songs pt 1
I wish that I could find more audio recordings to go with these 1930s song lyrics from Popular Songs Magazine: October 1935, but no luck š This page of lyrics, in particular, I wonder how the music to them sounded. How quickly that way of life was lost!
THE GIRL IN THE GARDEN
(By Lee David. Jimmy Covanaugh
and John Redmond)
What a lovely picture,
Unfolds itself to me,
Iām looking thru my window,
And what do you think I see:
(Chorus)
Thereās a girl in the garden,
Thereās a boy at the gate,
The boy at the gate,
Wants to get inside,
But the girl in the garden,
Wonāt open up the gate,
So the boy at the gateās gotta wait.
The girl in the garden,
Went to pick pretty flowārs,
The boy at the gate,
Waited hours and hours,
āBut the girl in the garden,
Wouldnāt open up the gate,
So the boy at the gate had to wait.
A little bluebird came,
And whispered in her ear,
āNow thatās a downright shame,
He loves you so, my dearā,
The girl in the garden,
Finālly got to the gate,
The boy at the gate,
Took the gate, didnāt wait,
Now the boy is sighing,
And the girl is crying,
Cause she got to th ate too late.
IT’S A SIN TO TELL A LIE
(By Billy Mayhew)
You know itās a sin to tell a lie,
Still you keep saying, āI love youā;
It may be true,
I wish I knew.
But Iām giving fair warning to you:
(Chorus)
Be sure itās true
When you say āI love you,ā
Itās a sin to tell a lie.
Millions of_ hearts
Have been broken,
Just because these words were
spoken
I love you, yes I do, I love you,
If you break my heart Iāll die.
So be sure itās- true
Nhen you say āI love you,ā
Itās a sin to tell, a lie.
THE SWING WALTZ
(By Ed East and Lindsay McPhail)
Whatās this I hear?
Whatās this I hear?
Something new?
Canāt be true!
Eāvāry one you meet,
Says itās all the rage,
Here and there, everywhere,
Itās a new sensation;
Just a funny little waltz,
With a naughty syncopation,
Itās the:
(Chorus)
Swing .1 waltz,
Just a new waltz in blue,
Evāryoneās dancing the Swing waltz,
Thereās romance when we dance,
Rhythm , so entrancing,
Hum the tune as we sway,
Hum your troubles away,
Swing to the new creation,
That captured, enraptured a nation,
The swing waltz,
All the ādebs, big celebsā 7
Seem to want to swing time,
Like springtime,
It will lead to romance,
And to-night at the dance,
The swing waltz āwill find you in my
arms.
(COPYRIGHT BY WORDS ‘AND MUSIC, INC.)
BLUE ILLUSION
(By B. Musicant, T. Gindharl,
E. P. Lu Freniere) .
(Chorus)
Blue illusion,
Pardon this rude intrusion,
Why did you start,
By thrilling my heart,
In playing the part of love?
Blue illusion,
Why did you bring confusion? i
Why must you stay,
While love tries a way,
To brighten the gray above,
My hopes were high,
My heart couldnāt wait, I
That love couldnāt die, 1
It seemed my fate! 5
But love went past,
Your spell was fast,
I beg you to depart, j
For youth canāt last,
Blue illusion
Why bring a sad conclusion,
Take wings of flight,
Back into the night,
And give me the right to love.
(COPYRIGHT BY BOY,MUSIC INC)
THE SCENE CHANGES
(By Billy Hill)
Planes in the air,
To fly me anywhere,
Ships on the sea,
To carry me away from you,
But no matter where I go, Iām blue:
(Chorus)
The scene changes,
Iām in a park in Paris,
But itās so dark in Paris,
Because Iām away from you.
The scene changes,
Iām in a lane in London,
But there is rain in London,
Because Iām away from you.
Iāve been a fool to run away,
To say that Iāve done away with love,
Althoā the earth should swallow me,
Your face would follow me forever.
The scene changes,
My ship at last is homebound,
Iāll travel fast,
For Iāve found
Iāll alwaysā belong to you.
(COPYRIGHT BY SHAPIRO, BERNSTEIN & (30., Inc.)
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