THIS IS ALL I ASK
(Gordon Jenkins)


Nat King Cole - 1958
Tony Bennett (with the Ralph Sharon Trio) - 1963
Burl Ives - 1963
Perry Como - 1963
Carmen McRae - 1963
Jimmy Durante - 1964
Robert Goulet - 1964
Frank Sinatra - 1965
Johnny Mathis - 1965
Jack Jones - 1966
Tiny Tim - 1968
Harry Nilsson - 1973
George Benson - 1989
Shirley Horn - 2003
Nancy Wilson - 2006
Tony Bennett & Josh Groban - 2011

Also recorded by:
Howard Keel; Dorothy Squires; Mabel Mercer;
Matt Monro .............and many others.





As I approach the prime of my life
I find I have the time of my life
Learning to enjoy at my leisure
All the simple pleasures
And so I happily concede
This is all I ask, this is all I need

Beautiful girls**
Walk a little slower when you walk by me**
Lingering sunsets
Stay a little longer with the lonely sea

Children everywhere
When you shoot at bad men, shoot at me
Take me to that strange enchanted land
Grownups seldom understand

Wandering rainbows
Leave a bit of colour for my heart to own
Stars in the sky
Make my wish come true before the night has flown

And let the music play
As long as there's a song to sing
And I will stay younger than spring



**For female recordings, these lines are sometimes replaced with:

Soft spoken men
Speak a little softer when you speak to me






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2013)