IF I'D ONLY BELIEVED IN YOU
(Benny Davis / Harry Akst)


Annette Hanshaw - 1926
Jane Green - 1926
Ben Bernie & His Hotel Roosevelt Orch. (vocal: Scrappy Lambert & Bill Hillpot) - 1926
Ben Selvin's Radiolites (vocal: Charles Kaley) - 1926
Bert Kaplan & His Collegians (vocal: Arthur Fields) - 1926
Sam Lanin's Broadway Bell-Hops - 1926







As recorded by ANNETTE HANSHAW, 22nd October 1926:

Gone is the gladness, now there is sadness
My heart is broken, never to mend
Why did I doubt you, now I'm without you
If I had known, dear, how it would end

I wouldn't be blue somehow
I wouldn't be crying now
If I'd only believed in you

I wouldn't be wondering who 
You're giving your kisses to
If I'd only believed in you

I was a fool to listen to 
The tales that they brought
I learned that they were lies
Oh, what a lesson it taught

We wouldn't me miles apart
You still would be my sweetheart
If I'd only believed in you

(Piano Solo)

I wouldn't be blue somehow
I wouldn't be crying now
If I'd only believed in you

I wouldn't be wondering who 
You're giving your kisses to
If I'd only believed in you

I was a fool to listen to 
The tales that they brought
I learned that they were lies
Oh, what a lesson it taught

We wouldn't me miles apart
I still would be your sweetheart
If I'd only believed in you-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo

That's all!






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2014)