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DELISHIOUS
(George and Ira Gershwin (m & l ) ) 1930
As sung by Chester Gaylord with Ben Selvin & His Orchestra 1932
Also sung by:
Raul Roulien
Jennifer Laura Thompson
Stephanie Pope
Sally Sweetland
Bobby Short
Emilia Horn
Paul Small (with Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra)
Note: Throughout this song, all words which end in 'ious' are sung as
'ee-us' including the title and all words that end in 'ion' are sung as
'ee-on'.
(Orchestral lead in)
I'm so delishious [sic]
And so capricious
I grow ambitious
To have you care for me.
In that connection
You're my selection
For true affection
For all the time to be.
Oh I've had one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
nine, ten, girls before
But now there's one
And you're the one
The one girl I adore.
'Cause you're delishious [sic]
And so capricious
If I'm repetitious
It's because you're so delishious. [sic]
(Orchestral lead out)
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An additional lead in verse (below) appears in the Original Broadway
Cast Recording and many of the singers above included it in their
rendition:
What can I say to sing my praise of you?
I must reveal the things I feel.
What can I say?
Each lovely phase of you
Just seems to baffle my descriptive powers
Four and twenty hours of eve'ry day.
What can I say?
What is the thing I'd love to sing?
They've said you're marvellous
They've said you're wonderful
And yet that's not it
Now let me see, I think I've got it.
Notes:
This foxtrot melody derives from the soundtrack of the B & W 1931 Fox
Film 'Delicious', which was a romantic comedy. Historically, this film
was the first in which the brothers Gershwin were hired to compose the
entire score.
Director: David Butler
Leads: Janet Gaynor / Charles Farrell / El Brendel / Raul Roulien
Chester Gaylord was an American singer, piano player and radio announcer
during the 1920s/30s.
This version by Gaylord was contained on a 78 rpm record pressed in
1932. The 'B' side was WAS THAT THE HUMAN THING TO DO? .
(Transcribed by David Story May 2014)
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