AUTUMN IN NEW YORK
Vernon Duke

Frank Sinatra w Billy May's Orch    
rec 3/10/57 Hollywood
rel on album "Come Fly With Me" 58


also...
Frank Sinatra w Axel Stordahl's Orch 47
Frank Sinatra w Don Costa's Orch 74
Billie Holiday 52
Peggy Lee 52
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 57
Bing Crosby w Pete Moore's Orch 77
Ella Fitzgerald w Nelson Riddle's Orch 82



Autumn in New York,
Why does it seem so inviting?
Autumn in New York,
It spells the thrill of first-nighting.
Glittering crowds
And shimmering clouds
In canyons of steel,
They're making me feel
I'm home.


It's Autumn in New York
That brings the promise of new love,
Autumn in New York
Is of'en mingled with pain.
Dreamers with empty hands,
They sigh for exotic lands,
It's Autumn in New York,
It's good to live again.


This Autumn in New York
Transforms the slums into Mayfair.
Autumn in New York,
You need no castles in Spain.
Lovers that bless the dark
On benches in Central Park,
It's Autumn in New York,
It's good to live again.








(Contributed by Peter Akers - February 2008)