TRUE BLUE LOU
>From the film "The Dance Of Life" (1929)
(Leo Robin / Sam Coslow / Richard Whiting)


Hal Skelly (Film Soundtrack) - 1929
Ethel Waters - 1929
Annette Hanshaw & The New Englanders - 1929
Smith Ballew (with The Ipana Troubadours) - 1929
Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards - 1029
Ben Pollack & His Park Central Orch. (vocal: Burt Lorin) - 1929
Jimmy Noone's Apex Club Orch. - 1929
The Three Belles - 1955
Julie Wilson - 1956
Kay Starr - 1958
Mae Barnes - 1958
Tony Bennett - 1963
Hugh Shannon - 1978
Susannah McCorkle - 1984
Hal Smith's Roadrunners - 2001
Nancy Anderson - 2006

Also recorded by: 
Banu Gibson; Ray Anthony; Nat King Cole; Ginny Angelo; Larry Carr.







As recorded by ANNETTE HANSHAW:

Down in the pool room some of the gang 
Were talkin' of gals they knew
Women are all the same, said Joe

One dizzy bird said, Pal, ain't you heard
The story of True Blue Lou
Listen and get an earful, Beau

Say, she was a dame in love with a guy
She stuck to him, but didn't know why
Everyone blamed her, still they all named her
True Blue Lou

He gave her nothing, she gave him all
But when he had his back to the wall
Who fought to save him, smiled and forgave him
True Blue Lou

He got a break and went away to get a new start
But poor kid, she never got a break
Except the one way down in her heart

Maybe somewhere in Heaven above
There's a reward for that kind of love
Angels won't blame her, they too will name her
True Blue Lou

(Instrumental Break)

He got a break and went away to get a new start
But poor kid, she never got a break
Except the one way down deep in her heart

Maybe somewhere in heaven above
There's a reward for that kind of love
Angels won't blame her, they too will name her
True Blue Lou

That's all!


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2014)