AFTER I'VE CALLED YOU SWEETHEART (HOW CAN I CALL YOU FRIEND)
(Music: Little Jack Little / Lyrics: Bernie Grossman)


Esther Walker - 1927
Ben Selvin's Cavaliers - 1927
Johnny Marvin & Ed Smalle - 1927
Walter Anderson & His Golden Pheasant Hoodlums - 1927
Al Friedman & His Orch. - 1927
V.C.Cardinal Orch. - 1927 
Harold Lambert - 1927
Charles Kaley - 1927
Jerry White - 1927
Charles Harrison - 1927
Jesse Crawford (Instr.) - 1927





I tried my best to be all that I hoped to be
True to you
Now you confess I'm not all that you thought I'd be
And you're through
Still you say friends we can be
You're asking too much of me

After I've called you sweetheart
How can I call you friend
Why live a lie that can never be true
After the love and the dreams that we knew

Let go, forget we met, dear
Every beginning must end
After I've called you sweetheart
How can I call you friend

(Orchestral Interlude)

And so forget we met, dear
Every beginning must end
After I've called you sweetheart
How can I call you friend






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2013)