DON'T TELL HIM/HER (WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ME)
From the short film "One Good Turn" (1930)
(Music: Ray Henderson / Lyrics: Buddy G. De Sylva & Lew Brown)


Ruth Etting (Film Soundtrack) - 1930
Nick Lukas - 1930
The Boswell Sisters - 1930
Isham Jones & His Orch. (vocal: Eddie Stone) - 1930
Nat Shilkret & The Victor Orch. (vocal: Burt Lorin0 - 1930
Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (vocal: Ed Kirkeby & Elmer Feldkamp) - 1930
Jack Payne & His BBC Dance Orch. - 1930
Marius B. Winter & His Dance Orch. (Instr.) - 1930
Eddy Howard & His Orch. (vocal: Eddy Howard) - 1947
The Orioles - 1951
Kay Starr - 1951

Also recorded by: Tallulah Bankhead with Ray Noble & His Orch.




As recorded by THE BOSWELL SISTERS
(piano - Martha Boswell), 
October 3rd 1930, Los Angeles:


Tell me where he is, tell me where he goes,
Tell me what he does, tell me who he knows,
But don't tell him what happened to me, oh-oh!

Tell me where he is and tell me everywhere he goes,
Tell me what he does and tell me who he knows,
But don't tell him what happened to me!

If he says his life now is like a song,
Tell him he was right and tell him I was wrong,
But don't tell him what happened to me!

Let him remember me as I used to be,
When his love for me made me strong and free.

Ask him if his new kisses are to him divine,
Ask him if they thrill him just as much as mine,
But don't tell him what happened to me!

I loved him, I lost him, but then I find
He is always on my mind.

Tell me where he is, tell me where he goes,
Tell me what he does, tell me who he knows,
But don't tell him what happened to me!
(scat)

Ask him if the new kisses are divine,
Ask him if they thrill just as much as mine,
But don't tell him what happened to poor little me!
(scat)

Let him remember me just as I used to be,
When his love for me made me strong and free, oh!
(scat)

If he says his life now is like a song,
Tell him he was right, tell him I was wrong,
(scat)


(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2013)

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As recorded by CHICK BULLOCK, 1st October 1930, New York:


I loved her, I lost her, she craved a thrill
I can't forget her, I love her still
It's over, all over, and yet I find
That she's always on my mind

Tell me where she is, tell me where she goes
Tell me what she does, tell me who she knows
But don't tell her what's happened to me

If she says her life now is like a song
Tell her she was right, tell her I was wrong
But don't tell her what's happened to me

Let her remember me as I used to be
When her love for me made me strong and free

Ask her if the new kisses are divine
Ask her if they thrill just as much as mine
But don't tell her what's happened to me

Tell me if she's gay, tell me if she's blue
Happy all the day, lonely all night through
But don't tell her what's happened to me

Tell me if she yearns for me now and then
Tell me if she might love me once again
But don't tell her what's happened to me

I'd rather nod away the least sympathy
Rather have her hate, than to pity me

If she finds delight with somebody new
Kissing her goodnight as I used to do
Please don't tell her what's happened to me



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2017)