HANG ON TO ME
From the Broadway show "Lady Be Good" (1924)
(George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin)

Fred & Adele Astaire (Piano: George Gershwin)
(London Stage Production) - 1926

Also recorded by:
Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards (1943); Mel Tormé (1964);
Travis Hudson & Ronny Whyte; Jack Gibbons; George Gershwin.


FRED:
Trouble may hound us, shadows surround us
Never mind, my Dear
Don't be downhearted, when we get started
They will disappear

Listen to Brother, while we've each other
There's no need to fear
For like Hansel and Gretel
We will prove our mettle

If you'll hang on to me while I hang on to you
We'll dance into the sunshine out of the rain
Forever and a day

ADELE:
Don't sigh, we'll get along, just try humming a song
And my, soon we shall hear the bluebird again

FRED:
That's right, hold tight
We're on our way
ADELE:
Uphill, until
BOTH:
We lose the shadows

BOTH:
If you'll hang on to me (Doo-doo)
While I hang on to you (Doo-doo)
We'll dance into the sunshine out of the rain

(Piano Solo)

FRED:
That's right, hold tight
We're on our way
ADELE:
Uphill, until
BOTH:
We lose the shadows

BOTH
If you'll hang on to me (Doo-doo)
While I hang on to you (Ooh-ooh)
We'll dance into the sunshine out of the rain
Forever and a day
We'll make a cabaret
That's all I've got to say


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2005)