HARLEM NOCTURNE (Nocturne For The Blues)
(Earle Hagen (m) Dick Rogers (l) 1943)

Ted Heath & his Music 1948  1963  1968
The Viscounts 1959
Ken Mackintosh & his Orchestra 1950's
Mel Torme 1963
Ernestine Anderson
Les Brown & his Band Of Renown
Ray Noble & his Orchestra
David Rose & his Orchestra


as recorded by Mel Torme

A nocturne for the blues,
Played on a broken heart string.
It's wailing out the news,
My baby has gone from me!

Dark shadows in the rain,
The telephone that won't ring,
Just memories remain
Of lovers that used to be!

I miss the laughs and the fun,
My spot in the sun
When I was the one,
One and only!

The music and lights,
Those wonderful nights,
The morning mist,
The time we kissed!

The laughs and the fun,
My days in the sun,
They're over and done,
And I'm lonely!

Don't ask me to hide
The heartbreak inside,
The gleaming light is gone,
The light went dark!

This nocturne for the blues,
Took all and left me nothin',
Nothin' but the blues
Till baby comes back to me!

This nocturne for the blues,
Took all and left me nothin',
Nothin' but the blues
Till baby comes back to me,
Till my baby comes back to me,
Till my one and only baby comes back to me,
I'll sing a Harlem nocturne!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2016)