I NEVER DREAMT (YOU'D FALL IN LOVE WITH ME)
>From the London Revue "Will O' The Whispers" (1928)
(Music: Vivian Ellis / Lyrics: Donovan Parsons)


"Whispering" Jack Smith - 1928
University Syncopators - 1928
Carroll Gibbons' New Mayfair Orch. - 1928
Jack Hylton & His Orch. - 1928
Lido Dance Orch. - 1928
Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - 1930
Sam Lanin's Ipana Troubadours (vocal: Smith Ballew) - 1930
Ruth Etting - 1930
Chester Gaylord - 1930
Seger Ellis - 1930
Bert Lown & His Orch. (vocal: Buddy Blue) - 1930
Dr. Eugene Ormandy's Salon Orch. (vocal: Smith Ballew) - 1930
Barney Trimble & His Oklahomans (vocal: Robert Woo) - 1930
Earl Hines & His Orch. (vocal: Madeline Greene) - 1942
Mary Mayo - 1950
Dakota Staton - 1955

Also recorded by: 
Gladys Rice; Reggy Sells; Artie Collins Orch.



 




As recorded by "WHISPERING" JACK SMITH 
with Bert Ambrose & His Orch.:


I've had romances, not as our romance is
But the sort that don't last long
I longed to find you, now that I have found you
I find life is one sweet song

I built my hopes on mountains high
There was no ceiling to my sky
But I never dreamt you'd fall in love with me

I dreamt my phantom ships came home
All safe and sound across the foam
But I never dreamt you'd fall in love with me, you see

Little did I dream that love could ever be so nice
And little did I dream that love was no fool's paradise

I dreamt I lived where rich men strolled
And all the streets were paved with gold
But I never dreamt you'd fall in love with me

(Instrumental Break)

Little did I dream that love could ever be so nice
And little did I dream that love was not fool's paradise

I built my hopes on mountains high
There was no ceiling to my sky
But I never dreamt you'd fall in love with a boy like me


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As recorded by RUDY VALLÉE, 19th February 1930:


Some dreams come true, dear, yet
My dreams of you dear all seem too good to be true
I longed to find you and now I have found you
I feel life is one sweet song

I built my hopes on mountains high
There was no ceiling to my sky
But I never dreamt you'd fall in love with me

I dreamt my dream ships all came home
All safe and sound across the foam
But I never dreamt you'd fall in love with me

Little did I dream that love could ever be so nice
Little did I dream that I would find sweet paradise

I dreamt I was a king of old
And all the streets were paved with gold
But I never dreamt you'd fall in love with me






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2015)