BIDIN' MY TIME
From the Broadway Musical "Girl Crazy" (1930)
(George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin)
The Foursome (Broadway Production) - 1930
The Bluejeans - 1930
Edgar Jackson’s Gargoyle Five (vocal: Bill Smith) - 1942
Judy Garland (feat. in the film "Girl Crazy") - 1943
The Four Lads - 1956
Sarah Vaughan - 1957
Jack Lemmon - 1958
Ella Fitzgerald - 1959
Nat King Cole - 1964
Joni James - 1964
Cleo Laine - 1966
Julie London - 1968
Also recorded by:
Los Admiradores; David Basse; Stanley Black; Jackie Cain; Carol Kidd;
Les & Larry Elgart; George Gerswhin; Johnny Hartman; Jonathan Swift;
Dean Martin; Mary Martin; Mitch Miller; Dick Haymes; Richard Hayman;
Joe Pass; Bruce Hubbard; Lena Jansson; Billy Butterfield; Baker Knight;
Skitch Henderson; Herman's Hermits; The Modernaires;Woody Herman;
Oscar Levant; Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians; Kirby Stone Four;
......... and many others.
Some fellows love to tiptoe through the tulips
Some fellows go on singing in the rain
Some fellows keep on painting skies with sunshine
Some fellows must go swinin’ down the lane
But I'm bidin' my time
‘Cause that's the kind of guy I'm
While other folks grow dizzy
I keep busy, bidin' my time
Next year, next year
Something's bound to happen
This year, this year
I'll just keep on nappin'
And bidin' my time
"Cause that's the kind of guy I'm
There's no regrettin'
When I'm settin'
Bidin' my time
(Orchestral Interlude)
I'm bidin' my time
"Cause that's the kind of guy I'm
Beginnin' on a
Right through Sunday
Bidin' my time
Give me, give me
Glass that's bright and twinkles
Let me, let me
Dream like Rip Van Winkle
He's bided his time
Like that Winkle guy
I'm chasin' 'way flies
How the day flies
Bidin' my time
(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - November 2004)
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As recorded by TERESA BREWER:
Doo-doo-dee-doo-doo-doo-dee-doo-doo-doo
Doo-dee-dootin-doo-ee-ooh-ooh
Oh, let the other kids grow dizzy
I'm so busy just sittin' here, ain't it sublime
The way I'm bidin' my time
Well that's the kind o' gal I'm
Beginning on Monday, right through Sunday
I'm bidin' my time
Next year, next year,
Somethin's bound to happen
This year, this year
I'm gonna keep on a-nappin'
And bidin' my time
'Cause that's the kind o' gal I'm
No regrettin' when I'm settin'
Bidin' my time
(Instrumental)
Let me dream, let me dream
Let me dream like Rip Van Winkle
He bided his time
Like that Winkle guy I'm
Chasin' way flies, my how the day flies
Biding my time
Oh, one o'clock or two o'clock
It's all through o'clock, gonna be a time
Just waitin' Sunday morning
When the workin' is through
I watch the day go by
Biding my time
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2019)
