IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD
From the London revue "The Bing Boys Are Here" (1916)
(Nat. D. Ayre / Clifford Grey)


George Robey & Violet Lorraine (London Production) - 1916
Perry Como - 1946
Tex Beneke & The Glenn Miller Orch. - 1946
Dean Martin - 1964
Barbra Streisand - 1965

Also recorded by: Dick Haymes; Acker Bilk; Frankie Vaughan;
Danny Polo & His Swing Stars; Josephine Baker; Gary Miller;
Michael Ball; George Chisholm; Webster Booth & Anne Ziegler;
Mike Sammes Singers; Gene Krupa; Louis Prima; Lawrence Welk;
Claude Thornhill & His Orch; Rebecca Kilgore; Paul Nicholas;
Nat Gonella; Georgia Brown: ............... and many others.



Opening verse as recorded by HENRY BURR:



Sometimes, when I feel bad and things look blue
I wish, the girl I had was say, one like you
Someone within my heart to build her throne
Someone who'd never part, to call my own
I’ll try, a love to keep dear, strong and true
I’ll try, a world to reach dear, just made for me and you



(Transcribed by Lizzi - August 2014)


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As sung in 1916 by GEORGE ROBEY & VIOLET LORRAINE:


VIOLET:
Sometimes when I feel low and things look blue
I wish a boy I had, say, one like you
GEORGE:
Someone within her heart to build a throne
Someone who'd never part, to call my own

GEORGE: If you were the only girl in the world
VIOLET: And you were the only boy
GEORGE: Nothing else would matter in this world today
We could go on loving in the same old way
VIOLET: A Garden of Eden just made for two
With nothing to mar our joy
GEORGE: I could say such wonderful things to you
VIOLET: There would be such wonderful things to do
GEORGE: If you were the only girl in the world
VIOLET: And you were the only boy

VIOLET:
No one I'd ever care for, dear, but you
No one I'd fancy there for to love me too
GEORGE:
Your eyes can set me dreaming all night long
Your eyes have set me scheming, right or wrong

GEORGE: If you were the only girl in the world
VIOLET: And you were the only boy
GEORGE: Nothing else would matter in this world today
We could go on loving in the same old way
VIOLET: A Garden of Eden just made for two
With nothing to mar our joy
GEORGE: I could say such wonderful things to you
VIOLET: There would be such wonderful things to do
GEORGE: If you were the only girl in the world
VIOLET: And you were the only boy


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2007)


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As recorded by PERRY COMO:


If you were the only girl in the world
And I were the only boy
Nothing else would matter in the world today
We could go on loving in the same old way
A Garden of Eden just made for two
With nothing to mar our joy
I would say such wonderful things to you
There would be such wonderful things to do
If you were the only girl in the world
And I were the only boy

(Instrumental Break)

A Garden of Eden just made for two
With nothing to mar our joy
I would say such wonderful things to you
There would be such wonderful things to do
If you were the only girl in the world
And I were the only boy