DARN THAT DREAM
From the Broadway musical "Swingin' The Dream" (1939)
(Jimmy Van Heusen / Eddie DeLange)

Maxine Sullivan & Louis Armstrong (Broadway Production) - 1939
Benny Goodman & His Orch. (vocal: Mildred Bailey) - 1939
Blue Barron & His Orch. (vocal: Tommy Ryan) - 1940 
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Anita Boyer) - 1940
Billie Holiday - 1940
Doris Day - 1950
Pinky Winters - 1954
Dinah Washington - 1954
Tony Bennett - 1955
Patti Page - 1955
Billie Holiday -1958
Teresa Brewer - 1958
Johnny Nash - 1958
Petula Clark - 1959
Lena Horne - 1962
Ella Fitzgerald - 1962
Nancy Wilson - 1989



Darn that dream I dream each night
You say you love me and hold me tight
But when I awake, you're out of sight
Oh, darn that dream

Darn your lips and darn your eyes
They lift me high above the moonlit sky
Then I tumble out of paradise
Oh, darn that dream

Darn that one track mind of mine
It can't understand that you don't care
Just to change the mood I'm in
I'd welcome a nice old nightmare

Darn that dream, bless it too
Without that dream I never would have you
But it haunts me and it won't come true
Oh, darn that dream


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2017)