HERE IN MY ARMS

fr "Dearest Enemy" 1925 musical New York sb helen Ford & Charles Purcell
Richard Rodgers (m) Lorenz Hart (l)  1925

as rec by Ella Fitzgerald w Buddy Bregman & his Orch  August 30th 1956 Los Angeles

also rec by-
Leo Reisman & his Orch '25
Phylis Dare & Jack Hulbert '26
Lee Wiley '40
Doris Day '50
Don Cherry 


Here in my arms it's adorable,
It's deplorable
That you were never there!
When little lips are so kissable,
It's permissible
For me to ask my share!

Next to my heart it is ever so lonely,
I'm holding only air,
While here in my arms it's adorable,
It's deplorable
That you were never there!

Next to my heart it is ever so lonely,
I'm holding only air,
While here in my arms it's adorable,
It's deplorable
That you were never there!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - October 2011)