BLOW GABRIEL BLOW
Cole Porter  1934

as rec by Chris Connor  1958

also rec by-
Enrico Madriguera & his Orch '34
Ethel Merman '34
Jeanne Aubert & The Four Admirals '35
Martha Tilton w Dean Elliott & his Orch '47
Bing Crosby  Mitzi Gaynor  Donald O'Connor & Jeanmaire w Joseph Lilley & his Orch '55
Frank Chacksfield & his Orch
Nat Goneela & his New Georgians


Blow Gabriel blow!
Go on and blow, Gabriel, blow!
I've been a sinner, I've been a scamp,
But now I'm willin' to trim my lamp1
So blow, Gabriel, blow!

I was low, Gabriel, low!
Mighty low, Gabriel, low!
But now, since I have seen the light,
I'm good by day and I'm good by night!
So blow, Gabriel, blow!

Once I was cited for hell,
Once I was headed foe hell,
But when I got to Satan's door,
I heard you blowin' on your horn once more,
so I said, "Satan, farewell!".

And now I'm all ready to fly,
Yes, to fly higher and higher and higher!
'Cause I've gone through that brimstone and fire;
And I've purged my soul and my heart too,
So climb up to the mountain top;

So start to blow, Gabriel, blow!
Go on and blow, Gabriel, blow!
I want to join your happy band
And play all day in the promised land,
So blow, Gabriel, blow!

And now I'm all ready to fly,
Yes, to fly higher and higher and higher!
'Cause I've gone through that brimstone and fire;
And I've purged my soul and my heart too,
So climb up to the mountain top;

So start to blow, Gabriel, blow!
Go on and blow, Gabriel, blow!
I want to join your happy band
And play all day in the promised land,
So blow, Gabriel, blow!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2010)