YOU'RE A REAL SWEETHEART
(Music: Cliff Friend / Lyrics: Irving Caesar)
Nick Lucas - 1928
Sam Coslow - 1928
Eva Taylor - 1928
Irene Williams - 1928
Charlie Davis & His Orch. (vocal: Dick Powell) - 1928
Abe Lyman's California Orch. (vocal: Phil Neely) - 1928
Bob Haring & His Orch. (vocal: Scrappy Lambert) - 1928
Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orch. (vocal: Frankie Marvin) - 1928
Louis Armstrong & His Hot 4 (vocal: Lillie Delk Christian) - 1928
Duke Yellman & His Orch. (vocal: Tommy Weir) - 1928
Sam Lanin's Dance Orch. (vocal: Ralph Haines) - 1928
Bill Wirges & His Orch. (vocal: Al Bernard) - 1928
The New Yorkers (vocal: Carl Mathieu) - 1928
Melody Makers (vocal: Eddie Thomas) - 1928
Broadway Nitelites - 1928
Van Dyke Parks - 1975
It's mighty hard to find a sweetheart
Someone who's different from the rest
And when I'm talking of a sweetheart
I mean someone who'll stand the test
They are so few and far between
They're not like you, here's what I mean
When my pals turned me down
You're the one pal I found
You're a real sweetheart
When my darkest day came
You smiled on just the same
You're a real sweetheart
Most ev'rybody needs a few friends
No one on earth can stand alone
But what we need is tried and true friends
Whom we can call our very own
You are my friend, my pal, what's more
You are the sweetheart I live for
When my pals turned me down
You're the one pal I found
You're a real sweetheart
When my darkest day came
You smiled on just the same
You're a real sweetheart
Now that I find fate has been kind
I'll build you a lovenest that's all silver lined
And I'll work and I'll slave
For the things that you crave
You're a real sweetheart
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As recorded by SAM COSLOW, August 14th 1928:
It's mighty hard to find a sweetheart
Someone who's different from the rest
And when I'm talking of a sweetheart
I mean someone who'll stand the test
They are so few and far between
They're not like you, here's what I mean
When my pals turned me down
You're the one pal I found
You're a real sweetheart
When my darkest day came
You smiled on just the same
You're a real sweetheart
Now that I find fate has been kind
I'll build you a lovenest that's all silver lined
And I'll work and I'll slave
For the things that you crave
You're a real sweetheart
SPOKEN:
When all of my pals turned me down
Who was the one little pal I found
It was you, you're a real sweetheart
When I said farewell to good luck
Who was the only one in the bunch that stuck
Why, honey, you're what I call a real sweetheart
You know, all my life I've been blind
I really didn't understand your kind
But now my eyes are open and I've made up my mind
>From now on I'm gonna work and I'm gonna slave
So you can have everything you crave
You're a real sweetheart
(Musical Interlude)
Now that I find fate has been kind
I'll build you a lovenest that's all silver lined
And I'll work and I'll slave
For the things that you crave
You're a real sweetheart
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2016)
