GIVE ME A HEART TO SING TO
(Ned Washington, Victor Young, Maxon Judell)
As recorded by:
Roy Fox & His Band
V. Denny Dennis
Recorded 16th December 1934
Also recorded by:
Bing Crosby / Irving Aaronson & His Commanders
Ethel Waters
Helen Morgan / Ruth Etting
Thelma Carpenter
Carroll Gibbons
Will Osborne / Red Nichols
Arthur Tracy
Give me a heart to sing to
Or my song you’ll never hear
For I must have a heart to sing to
Or my song wouldn’t be sincere
Give me your love to guide me
Let us find a world apart
And as long as you’re there beside me
There’ll be melody in my heart
I’m in your hands to take and hold me
To make or mould me, if you but knew
In you I find my consolation
My destination depends on you
Love must have love to cling to
As a leaf clings to a tree
So I must have a heart to sing to
And a heart that will sing to me.
Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection
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As recorded by Bing Crosby.
Something inside of my heart that cries
It cries for it wants to live
A song of devotion, a song that speaks of love
It’s hard to believe that you can’t surmise
The treasure I have to give
Is love out of fashion, the thing that I’m dreaming of.
Give me a heart to sing to
Or my song you’ll never hear
For I must have a heart to sing to
Or my song wouldn’t be sincere
Give me your love to guide me
Let us find a world apart
And as long as you’re there beside me
There’ll be melody in my heart
I’m in your hands to take and hold me
To make or mould me, if you but knew
In you I find my consolation
My destination depends on you
Love must have love to cling to
As a leaf clings to a tree
So I must have a heart to sing to
And a heart that will sing to me.
(Musical Break)
I’m in your hands to take and hold me
To make or mould me, if you but knew
In you I find my consolation
My destination depends on you
Love must have love to cling to
As a leaf clings to a tree
So I must have a heart to sing to
And a heart that will sing to me.
(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - August 2013)
