CAST YOUR FATE TO THE WIND
(Music: Vince Guaraldi / Lyrics: Carel Werber)


Mel Torme - 1963
We Five - 1965
Steve Alaimo - 1965  
The Sandpipers - 1966 
Helen Gamboa - 1966
Anita Kerr Singers - 1966
Ed Ames - 1966 
Shelby Flint - 1966
Johnny Rivers - 1966
Inez Amaya - 1966

Also recorded by: June Christy; Karin Plato.









As recorded by THE SANDPIPERS:

A month of nights, a year of days
Octobers drifting into Mays
I set my sail when the tide comes in
And I just cast my fate to the wind

I shift my course along the breeze
Won't sail upwind on memories
The empty sky is my best friend
And I just cast my fate to the wind

There never was, there couldn't be
A place in time for men like me
Who'd drink the dark and laugh at day
And let their wildest dreams blow away


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As recorded by WE FIVE:

A month of nights, a year of days
Octobers drifting into Mays
You set your sail when the tide comes in
Then you just cast your fate to the wind

I shift my course along the breeze
Won't sail upwind on memories
The empty sky is my best friend
And you just cast your fate to the wind

The time has such a way of changing 
A man throughout the years
And now I'm rearranging 
My life through all the tears
Alone, alone, alone

There never was, there couldn't be
A place in time for men to be
Who'd drink the dark and laugh at day
And let their wildest dreams blow away

So now you're old, you're wise, you're smart
You're just a man with half a heart
You wonder how it might have been
Had you not cast your fate to the wind


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As recorded by MEL TORME:

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

A month of nights, a year of days
Octobers drifting into Mays
I set my sail when the tide comes in
And I cast my fate to the wind

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

I shift my course round with the breeze
Won't sail upwind on memories
The empty sky is my best friend
And I cast my fate to the wind

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

(Instrumental Break)

Set sail with the tide, boy
Shift course with the breeze
Let dreams blow away, boy
Those sad memories

Well, now I'm  old, I'm wise, I'm smart
I'm just a man with half a heart
I wonder how it might have been
Had I not cast my fate to the wind

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

A month of nights, a year of days
Octobers drifting into Mays
I set my sail when the tide comes in
And I cast my fate to the wind

(Cast your fate to the wind)
(Cast it now forevermore)
Cast your fate to the wind
Cast it now forevermore


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INSTRUMENTAL RECORDINGS:

Vince Guaraldi Trio - 1962
Quincy Jones & His Orch. - 1963
Ray Anthony & His Orch. - 1963
Bill Justis & His Orch. - 1963
The Cambridge Strings - 1963
Sounds Orchestral - 1964
George Martin - 1965
Horst Jankowski - 1965
Hugo Winterhalter & His Orch. - 1965
Camarata & His Orch. - 1965
Ronnie Aldrich & His two Pianos - 1966
Billy Strange & The Challengers - 1966
Baja Marimba Band - 1967
Chet Atkins - 1967
Ramsey Lewis - 1967
Roberto Delgado & His Orch. - 1969
Klaus Wunderlich - 1971
Apollo 100 - 1972
David Axelrod - 1974
George Benson - 1975
Earl Klugh - 1977

Other Instrumental Recordings:

Allen Toussaint; Martin Denny & His Orch.; David Benoit; Dave Brubeck; 
George Winston; James Gang; Floyd Cramer; Arthur Lyman; 101 Strings;
Warren Covington & His Orch.; Pete Fountain; Xavier Cougat & His Orch.;
.................. and many others.






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2015)