HARLEM IN MY HEART
Dyrenforth / Ansell

as recorded by Elisabeth Welch
with Orchestra conducted by Eric Ansell
July 6th 1937 London


Harlem, why do you call? 
I wandered too far, can't come back at all!
I know I left you, I was so smart,
But you're calling me Harlem, you're still in my heart!

I told you, Harlem you were too small
For someone like me, I'm crazy that's all!
And I've been sorry right from the start,
'Cause Harlem, you're still in my heart!

I thought I wanted the world,
I meant to have it all too!
But now I know that the world
Begins and ends for me 'round Lennox Avenue!

Oh Harlem, I didn't know
When I went away I'd long for you so!
I want to go back, never to part,
'Cause Harlem, you're still in my heart!

Harlem, can't you leave me alone,
Why do you stay in my mind?
I left you flat, went away on my own,
But it's just no use I find!

I hardly waited to pack,
Left you and cut all the strings!
But some day I'm coming back,
If I have to swim to you on water wings!

So Harlem, why did I roam?
Please write me to say you wish I'd come home.
And when I do, then we'll never part,
For Harlem, you're still in my heart!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2016)