HOW COULD WE BE WRONG?
From London Musical "Nymph Errant" (1933)
(Cole Porter)

Gertrude Lawrence (London Stage Production) - 1933
Ray Noble & His Orch. (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1933
Henry Hall & His Orch. (vocal: Les Allen) - 1933
Lew Stone & His Band (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1933
Ambrose & His Orch. (vocal: Sam Browne) - 1933
Carroll Gibbons & John W. Green (Pianoforte Duet) - 1933

Also recorded by:
Chris Barrett; Dick Sudhalter; Justin Hayford; Bobby Short; Michael Law.





As performed by GERTRUDE LAWRENCE:


The moment I saw him and he looked my way
That moment of moments I started to say
"Could this be my long-lost dream come true?"
The moment we touched, I knew

How could we be wrong
When we both are so set on it
How could we be wrong
Our love is so strong
I'd be willing to bet on it
How could we be wrong

Why should it ever die
Darling, you and I
Are too wonderfully happy today
To throw it away
Now, life is a song
If we build a duet on it
How could we be wrong

(Instrumental Interlude)

Why should it ever die
Darling, you and I
Are too wonderfully happy today
To throw it away
Now, life is a song
If we build a duet on it
How could we be wrong


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2015)


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As recorded by AL BOWLLY
with Lew Stone & His Band, 3rd November 1933:


How could we be wrong,
When we both are so set on it,
How could we be wrong?
Please tell me our love is so strong,
I'd be willing to bet on it,
How could we be wrong?

Why should it ever die?
Darling, you and I
Are so wonderfully happy today
To throw it away!
Now, life is a song,
If we build a duet on it,
How could we be wrong?


(Contributed by Peter Akers - October 2015)