ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER (FOR SOMEBODY ELSE)
(Music: Harry Warren / Lyrics: Al Lewis / Joe Young)

Bernie Cummins & His New Yorker Hotel Orch. (vocal: Paul Small) - 1930
Karl Radlach & His Orch. (vocal: Walter Cummins) - 1930
Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys - 1930
Tom Gerun & His Orch. - 1930
Orrin Tucker & His Orch. (vocal: Bonnie Baker) - 1941
Dean Martin - 1948
Ames Brothers - 1952


If you should leave me, I know it would grieve me
So, honey, please remember
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
For somebody else

I love you dearly, I'm yours sincerely
But, honey, please remember
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
For somebody else

When the cat's away, the mice will play
I don't say I will, but still I may
I may be blue away from you
And then again I may be gay

When I get fretful, I get forgetful
So, honey, please remember
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
For somebody else


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2017)