GIVE MYSELF A PARTY
(Don Gibson)


Don Gibson - 1958
Johnny Dane - 1959 (German title "Du Mußtest Ihn Lieben, oh Rosemarie")
Sue Thompson - 1961
Rosemary Clooney - 1961
Tommy - 1962 (Danish recording)
Frank Ifield - 1966
Jeannie C. Riley - 1972
Mandy Barnett - 1999



I've got a lot o' memories to last me the rest of my life
So if you don't wanta love me, baby that'll be all right
I'm gonna take all the lovin' that I have for you
Gonna take all the loneliness and sit right down with the blues

I'm gonna give myself a party and serve old memories
Give myself a party, think of how it used to be
Remember all the happiness that we once knew
I'm gonna give myself a party, just me and the blues

A few of your love letters, a photograph or two
A gift you gave me on my birthday with words of I love you
There's lots o' things to think about when you're happy feeling blue
So I'm gonna take all the loneliness and sit right down with the blues

I'm gonna give myself a party and serve old memories
Give myself a party, think of how it used to be
Remember all the happiness that we once knew
I'm gonna give myself a party, just me and the blues



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2017)