HE'S MY SECRET PASSION
(Arthur Young / V. Valentine)


Lee Morse - 1930
Marion Harris - 1930
Mckinney's Cotton Pickers - 1930
Danny Yates & His Orch. (vocal: Smith Ballew) - 1930
Earl Melville & His Hawaiians (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1930
Ambrose & His Orch. (vocal: Sam Browne) - 1930








As recorded by LEE MORSE, November 26th 1930:


I don't know his name, or from where he came
But I think of him night and day
He doesn't know me, never seems to see
The lovelight in my eyes when I look his way

I'm at my window each morning at eight
My day begins when he passes the gate
He doesn't know it, but someday he will
He's my secret passion

I gaze for hours at the house where he lives
You can't imagine the thrill that it gives
I know I show it, but that's how I feel
He's my secret passion

I'll try to find among my friends
One who knows him too
I'll be introduced to him by friends
If it's the last thing that I do

And at the café where he dines at nine
I sit and wish that the cooking were mine
He doesn't know it, but someday he will
He's my secret passion

I'm at my window each morning at eight
My day begins when he passes the gate
He doesn't know it, but someday he will
For he's my secret passion

I gaze for hours at the house where he lives
You can't imagine the thrill that it gives
I know I show it, but that's how I feel
For he's my secret passion

I'll try to find among my friends
The one who knows him too
I'll be introduced to him by a friend
If it's the last thing that I do

And at the café where he dines at nine
I sit and wish that the cooking were mine
He doesn't know it, but someday he will
For he's my secret passion


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2013)


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As recorded by McKINNEY'S COTTON PICKERS:


I'm at my window each morning at eight
My day begins when she passes the gate
She doesn't know it, but someday she will
She's my secret passion

I gaze for hours at the house where she lives
You can't imagine the thrill that it gives
I know I show it, but that's how I feel
She's my secret passion

Try to find among my friends
One who knows her too
I'll be introduced to her by a friend
If it's the last thing that I do

I catch the same train she catches at night
I sit beside, just dumb with delight
She doesn't know it, but someday she will
She's my secret passion





(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2013)