GENTLEMAN IS A DOPE, THE
From the Broadway Musical "Allegro" (1947)
(Music: Richard Rogers / Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II)
Lisa Kirk (Broadway Production) - 1947
Jo Stafford - 1947
Dinah Shore - 1947
Charlie Spivak & His Orch. (vocal: Irene Daye) - 1948
Les Brown & His Band (vocal: Eileen Wilson) - 1948
Sylvia Syms - 1955
Ralph Flanagan & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1956
Eydie Gorme - 1957
Marcy Lutes - 1957
Adelaide Robbins (Instr.) - 1957
Australian Jazz Quintet (Instr.) - 1957
Pee Wee Hunt (Instr.) - 1958
Abbe Lane - 1959
Janet Blair - 1959
Marian Bruce - 1959
Blossom Dearie - 1960
Diana Dors - 1960
Bill Holman's Great Big Band (Instr.) - 1960
Ella Fitzgerald with Nelson Riddle's Orch. - 1961
Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie's Orch. - 1961
Marilyn Burroughs - 1964
Pearl Bailey - 1965
Terry Snyder (Instr.) - 1967
Victor Silvester & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1972
Mathilde Santing - 1982
Morgana King - 1987
Terry Morel - 1987
Carla White - 1988
Rosemary Clooney - 1990
Mary Foster Conklin - 1998
Baby Jane Dexter - 2002
Claire Martin - 2002
Cynthia Dale - 2006
Tamela D'Amico - 2009
Laura Ainsworth - 2013
As recorded by JO STAFFORD
with Paul Weston & his Orch., Sept 25th 1947:
The gentleman is a dope
A man of many faults
A clumsy Joe who wouldn't know
A rumba from a waltz
The gentleman is a dope
And not my cup of tea
Why do I get in a dither
He doesn't belong to me
The gentleman isn't bright
He doesn't know the score
A cake will come, he'll take a crumb
And never ask for more
The gentleman's eyes are blue
But little do they see
Why am I beatin' my brains out
He doesn't belong to me
He's somebody else's problem
She's welcome to the guy
She'll never understand him
Half as well as I
The gentleman is a dope
He isn't very smart
He's just a lug you'd like to hug
And hold against your heart
The gentleman doesn't know
How happy he could be
But look at me cryin' my eyes out
As if he belonged to me
He'll never belong to me
(Instrumental Break)
The gentleman doesn't know
How happy he could be
But look at me cryin' my eyes out
As if he belonged to me
He'll never ever
He'll never belong to me
(Contributed by Peter Akers - October 2008)
(Updated by Mel Priddle - December 2015)
