I KNEW YOU WHEN (Coots)
J Fred Coots (m) Herb Magidson (l)

as rec by Connee Boswell w Victor Young & his Orch   
March 30th 1934 New York

also rec by Isham Jones & his Orch  '34


I knew you when,
In the days that used to be,
Once your love belonged to me;
It was divine,
Don't you recall, once you were mine?

I knew you when,
Once I held you in my arms,
Once I thrilled to all your charms;
You loved me too,
That's what you said, but was it true?

You only wanted amusement,
You only wanted to play,
But I just learned what the blues meant
When you went away!

I knew you when
We were lovers long ago,
Now I'm someone you don't know!
Though you forgot,
I can't forget I knew you when!

I knew you when,
In the days that used to be,
It was divine,
Don't you recall, once you were mine?

I knew you when,
Once I held you in my arms,
You loved me too,
That's what you said, but was it true?

You only wanted amusement, (scat)
You only wanted to play,
But I just learned what the blues meant,
Darlin', when you went away!

I knew you when
We were lovers long ago,
Now I'm someone you don't know!
Though you forgot,
I can't forget I knew you when!






(Contributed by Peter Akers - June 2009)