DREAMER WITH A PENNY
(Johnny Mercer)

recorded by -
Margaret Whiting 1949
Dean Martin

as recorded by Dean Martin
with Dick Stabile & his Orchestra
(radio transcript) 


I'd rather be a dreamer with a penny
Than a rich man with a worried mind.
Here am I with wealth untold,
The moonlight is my silver, the sunshine is my gold.

I'd rather have a shanty filled with laughter
Than a palace someone's tears designed.
Lady luck and I keep walking hand in glove,
Got a gal who loves me for nothing but my love.
I'd rather be a dreamer with a penny
Than a rich man with a worried mind.

I'd rather have a shanty filled with laughter
Than a palace someone's tears designed.
Lady luck and I keep walking hand in glove,
Got a gal who loves me for nothing but my love.
I'd rather be a dreamer with a penny
Than a rich man with a worried mind.



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2016)