Got the cutest little way Like to watch you all the day And it certainly seems fine Just to think that you'll be mine When I see your pretty smile Makes the living worth the while So I've got to run around Telling people what I've found And when I told them how beautiful you are They didn't believe me, they didn't believe me Your lips, your eyes, your cheeks, your hair Are in a class beyond compare You're the loveliest girl that one could see And when I tell them And I certainly am goin' to tell them That I'm the man whose wife one day you'll be They'll never believe me, they'll never believe me That from this great big world you've chosen me Don't know how it happened quite May have been the summer night May have been; well, who can say? Things just happen any way All I know is I said "yes" Hesitating more or less And you kissed me where I stood Just like any fellow would And when I told them how wonderful you are They didn't believe me, they didn't believe me Your lips, your eyes, your curly hair Are in a class beyond compare You're the loveliest thing that one could see And when I tell them And I certainly am goin' to tell them That I'm the girl whose boy one day you'll be They'll never believe me, they'll never believe me That from this great big world you've chosen me
One funny glitch in the original lyric is the line "And I certainly am goin' to tell them". The "certainly am" (4 syllables) is supposed to be sung over a 3-note triplet as "cert'n-ly am". Almost every singer who has ever performed it changes that to "and I'm certainly goin' (or "gonna", as here) tell them", which is much more natural and easy to sing. Herbert Reynolds was either still learning the ropes, or didn't bother to run this by a singer before turning in his lyric. New York-based singer Nancy Anderson recorded a very tender version of this song for an album by Uri Caine that tried to recreate the musical styles of the 1900-1920 period: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dWorHHgkthA.html
"hit shows here prefabricated here (London) and then exported to New York" during the Edwardian era, Broadway had many hit shows but it seems that most didn't really become successes across the pond
@@potdog1000 hi, I tried to find it but no luck. Do you remember the name of the series by any chance? Was it specifically about musicals or songwriters?
@@PhrygianPhrog I just looked on catch up but I couldn't find it, I think it was an Arena program from BBC4, BTW I have just finished watching Tunes fo tyrants which is a fantastic program with the brilliant Suzy Klein
@@potdog1000 That should be enough clues to find it, thanks! The tyrants program looks fascinating, I note it features Kurt Weill, who wrote some notable jazz standards. My interest in Kern and musicals in general is through playing jazz. I find it's best to go to the original source to help in interpreting these lovely songs in a jazz setting, as opposed to a "play by numbers" approach whereby one simply plods through the notes, of context, from a Real Book. Best wishes.
