THREE LITTLE WORDS
From the film "Check And Double Check" (1930)
(Lyrics: Bert Kalmar / Music: Harry Ruby)
Duke Ellington & His Orch. with The Rhythm Boys (Film Soundtrack) - 1930
Jacques Renard & His Orch. - 1930
Sam Lanin's Ipana Troubadors - 1930
Nick Lucas - 1930
Ethel Waters - 1931
Frank Crumit - 1931
Seger Ellis & His Orch. - 1931
Sid Philips & His Melodeans (vocal: Sam Browne) - 1931
Claude Hopkins & His Orch. - 1934
Gene Krupa and His Chicagoans - 1936
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Jo Stafford) - 1942
Spike Jones & his City Slickers (vocal: King Jackson) - 1942
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. - 1942
Fred Astaire (feat. in the film "Three Little Words") - 1950
Nat "King" Cole - 1950
Sid Philips & His Orch. (vocal: Johnnie Eager) - 1950
Lester Young & His Orch. - 1952
Jerry Wald & His Orch. - 1955
Will Bradley & His Orch. - 1955
Nellie Lutcher - 1956
Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio (Instr.) - 1958
Sarah Vaughan - 1958
Lou Donaldson & The 3 Sounds - 1959
Patti Page - 1959
The Three Suns - 1961
Al Hirt (Instr.) - 1961
Chet Atkins (Instr.) - 1968
Also recorded by:
Stéphane Grappelli; Coleman Hawkins; Ella Fitzgerald; Carmen McRae;
June Christy; Teddy Wilson; Al Martino; Django Reinhardt; Bob Crosby;
Jimmy Dorsey; Les Paul & Mary Ford; Benny Carter; Benny Goodman;
Lester Young; Jack Teagarden; André Previn; Mel Tormé; Count Basie;
Les Brown; Beryl Bryden; Art Tatum ............... and many, many others.
Three words in my dictionary I never could see
But to my vocabulary I've added those three
I'm waiting for someone to say them to me
Three little words
Oh, what I'd give for that wonderful phrase
To hear those three little words
That's all I'd live for the rest of my days
And what I feel in my heart, they tell sincerely
No other words can tell it half so clearly
Three little words, eight little letters
Which simply mean "I love you!"
I used to pay no attention whenever I'd hear
Some lonesome Romeo mention "I love you, my dear"
Now I want to hear it each time you draw near
Three little words
Oh, what I'd give for that wonderful phrase
To hear those three little words
That's all I'd live for the rest of my days
And what I feel in my heart, they tell sincerely
No other words can tell it half so clearly
Three little words, eight little letters
Which simply mean "I love you!"
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2013)
