IF IT AIN'T LOVE
(Thomas "Fats" Waller / Andy Razaf / Redman)

as recorded by The Boswell Sisters
with The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
April 9th 1932 New York


If it ain't love,
Why should I feel just like I do?
If it ain't love,
Why am I here longing for you?
What can it be
That makin' me
Dream of you night and day,
Keepin' me blue
All the day through,
Whenever you're away?

If it ain't love,
Then it must be some magic art!
If it ain't love,
How did this song creep into my heart?
Oh why
Do I sigh
To the moon high above?
Please answer me;
What can it be
If it ain't love?

Oh, if it ain't love,
Why should I feel just like I do?
won't you tell me?  Tell me anybody!
If it ain't love,
Why am I here longing for you?
What can it be
That makin' me
Dream of you night and day,
Keepin' me blue
All the day through,
Whenever you're away?

If it ain't love,
Then it surely must be some magic art;
if it ain't love then it must be somethin'!
If it ain't love,
How did this song creep into my heart?
Oh why
Do I sigh
To the moon high above?
(scat)
Please answer me;
What can it be
If it ain't love?



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - December 2013)