I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS
From the Broadway Musical "Too Many Girls" (1939)
(Music: Richard Rodgers / Lyrics: Lorenz Hart)

Richard Kollmar & Marcy Westcott (Broadway Production) - 1939
Benny Goodman & His Orch. (vocal: Louise Tobin) - 1939
Jimmy Dorsey & His orch. (vocal: Bob Eberly) - 1939
Artie Shaw & His Orch. - 1939
Bea Wain - 1939
Trudy Erwin (as the singing voice of Lucille Ball in the film version) - 1940
June Christy - 1949
Peggy Lee - 1953
Anita O'Day - 1954
Doris Day - 1955
Ted Heath & His Orch. - 1955
Ella Fitzgerald - 1956
Billie Holiday - 1956
Nat King Cole - 1956
Frank Sinatra (feat. in the film "Pal Joey") - 1957
Gogi Grant - 1959
Barbara Cook - 1959
Tony Bennett - 1960
Loretz Alexandria - 1960
Bobby Darin - 1961
Bobby Timmons - 1961
Joni James - 1962
Carmen McRae - 1963
Little Jimmy Scott - 1963
The Crampton Sisters - 1964
The Supremes - 1967
Ray Charles - 1969
Betty Carter - 1970
Julie Andrews - 1970
Earnestine Anderson - 1983
Cassandra Wilson - 1988
Karrin Allyson - 1992
James Taylor (feat. in the film "A League Of Their Own") - 1992
Eden Atwood - 1992
Ian Shaw - 1996
Barbara Sfraga - 1998
Gisele Jackson - 1998
Dena De Rose - 2002

Also recorded by:
Sarah Vaughan; Jo Stafford; Brook Benton; Julie London; Dinah Shore;
Bob Ackerman; Jackie Allen; Laurindo Almeida; Lew Anderson Big Band;
Les Brown; Dean Elliott; Carmen Cavallaro; Sonny Clark; Matt Dennis;
Brad Mehldau; Al Ferguson; Dardanelle; Lester Young; Eileen Farrell;
Dorothy Dandridge; Count Basie; Art Blakey; Ruby Braff; Donna Brooks;
Shirley Horn; Dudley Moore; Charlie Parker; Gloria Cooper; Art Tatum;
Jack Teagarden; Kiri Te Kanawa; Dawn Upshaw; Chick Corea; Kenny Drew;
Oscar Peterson; Diane Delin; Margaret Whiting ............ and othes.




Once I was young, yesterday, perhaps
Danced with Jim and Paul and kissed some other chaps
Once I was young, but never was naive
I thought I had a trick or two up my imaginary sleeve
And now I know I was naive

I didn't know what time it was
Then I met you
Oh, what a lovely time it was
How sublime it was too!

I didn't know what day it was
Then you held my hand
Warm like the month of May it was
And I'll say it was grand

Grand to be alive, to be young
To be mad, to be yours alone
Grand to see your face, feel your touch
Hear your voice say I'm all your own

I didn't know what year it was
Life was no prize
I wanted love and here it was
Shining out of your eyes

Once I was old, twenty years or so
Rather well preserved, the wrinkles didn't show
Once I was old, but not too old for fun
I used to hunt for little girls up my imaginary gun
But now I ain't for only one

I'm wise and I know what time it is now
I'm wise and I know what time it is now
I'm so wise and I know what time it is now


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As recorded by DORIS DAY:


I didn't know what time it was,
Then I met you.
Oh, what a lovely time it was,
How sublime it was too!
I didn't know what day it was,
You held my hand.
Warm like the month of May it was,
And I'll say it was grand.
Grand to be alive, to be young,
To be mad, to be yours alone!
Grand to see your face, feel your touch,
Hear your voice say I'm all your own.
I didn't know what year it was,
Life was no prize.
I wanted love and here it was
Shining out of your eyes.
I'm wise,
And I know what time it is now.

(Orchestral Break)

I wanted love and here it was
Shining out of your eyes.
I'm wise,
And I know what time it is now.


(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - January 2005)