GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE
From the film "Wake Up And Dream" (1946)
(Rube Bloom / Harry Ruby)
June Haver & John Payne (Film Soundtrack) - 1946
Benny Goodman & His Orch. (vocal: Liza Morrow) - 1946
Bing Crosby (with Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch.) - 1946
Jo Stafford - 1946
Tony Bennett - 1955
Carmen McRae - 1956
Beverly Kenney - 1956
Dakota Staton - 1957
June Christy - 1957
Annie Ross (with Gerry Mulligan Quartet) - 1958
Julie London - 1959
Rosemary Clooney - 1960
Debbie Reynolds - 1960
Ella Fitzgerald - 1961
Etta Jones - 1962
Lorez Alexandria - 1964
George Shearing & Mel Tormé - 1982
Carol Sloane - 1994
Steve Tyrell - 1999
Rebecca Kilgore & Lyle Ritz - 2007
Dana Lauren - 2010
Bruce Forsyth - 2011
Also recorded by:
Morgana King; Jamie Cullum; Wesla Whitfield; Bing Crosby;
Jonny Abeles; Billy Taylor; Donald Brown; Barbara Carroll;
Keiko McNamara Trio; Marian McPartland; Patrick Morrissey;
The Four Freshmen; Stan Getz; Dick Haymes; Phillip Manuel;
Anita O'Day; Joanna Pascale; Oscar Peterson; Shirley Scott;
Betty St. Claire; Somethin' Smith; Susan Krebs; Sammy Kaye;
Hanna Richardson; Jerri Adams; Cal Tjader; Harry Lookofsky;
Page Cavanaugh Trio...........and many others.
I don't believe in frettin' and grievin'
Why mess around with strife
I never was cut out to step and strut out
Give me the simple life
Some find it pleasant dining on pheasant
Those things roll off my knife
Just serve me tomatoes and mashed potatoes
Give me the simple life
A cottage small is all I'm after
Not one that's spacious and wide
A house that rings with joy and laughter
And the ones you love inside
Some like the high road, I like the low road
Free from the care and strife
Sounds corny and seedy, but yes indeedy
Give me the simple life
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As recorded by JULIE LONDON:
I don't believe in frettin' and grievin'
Why mess around with strife
I never was cut out to step and strut out
Give me the simple life
Some find it pleasant dinin' on pheasant
Those things roll off my knife
Just serve me tomatoes and mashed potatoes
Give me the simple life
A cottage small is all I'm after
Not one that's spacious and wide
A house that rings with joy and laughter
And the ones you love inside
Some like the high road, I like the low road
Free from the care and strife
Sounds corny and seedy, but yes indeedy
Give me the simple life
(Piano Solo)
I'm crazy about sleep, can't do without sleep
Give me the simple life
(Vibraphone Solo)
I don't aim to worry, hustle or hurry
Give me the simple life
I greet the dawn when I awaken
The sky is clear up above
I like my scrambled eggs and bacon
Served by someone I love
(Guitar Solo)
Sounds corny and seedy, but yes indeedy
Corny and seedy, but yes indeedy
Life!
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2011)
