I'LL GET BY (AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU)
(Roy Turk / Fred Ahlert)

Jack Jones

Ruth Etting - 1929
Harry James & His Orch. (vocal: Dick Haymes) - 1941 
The Ink Spots - 1944
Four King Sisters - 1944
Billy Williams - 1958

Also recorded by: Hadda Brooks; Sasha Dobson; Geraldo (V. Dick James);
Woody Herman; Billie Holiday; Sammy Kaye; Kathy Kirby; Preston Love; 
Charlie Shavers; Art Tatum; Dinah Washington; Ernie Wilkins; 
Teddy Wilson; 101 Strings Orchestra, Bing Crosby and many, many more.


I'll get by
As long as I have you
Though there be rain
And darkness too
I'll not complain
I'll see it through

Poverty
May come to me, it's true
But what care I
Say, I'll get by
As long as I have you.

(Musical Break)

But what care I
Say, I'll get by
As long as I have you.


(Contributed/Transcribed by Bill Huntley - December 2005)


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ALTERNATE VERSION


I’ll get by.... 
As long as I have you, 
Tho’ there be rain and darkness too, 
I’ll not complain, I’ll see it through, 

Tho’ I may.... 
Be far away, it’s true, 
Say, what care I, dear I’ll get by, 
As long as I have you. 

I’ll get by.... 
As long as I have you, 
Tho’ there be rain and darkness too, 
I’ll not complain, I’ll see it through, 


*****

as rec by Buddy Clark & The Ray Charles Singers 
w Mitchell Ayres & his Orch  
Aug 20th 1947 New York


I'll get by as long as I have you,
Though there be rain and darkness too.
I'll not complain,
I'll laugh it through.

Poverty may come to me, it's true,
Say what care I?
Dear, I'll get by
As long as I have you.

I'll get by as long as I have you,
Though there be rain and darkness too.
I'll never complain,
Won't mind the rain,
With you there to warm me
My life can't be stormy!

Though I may be far away, it's true,
Say what care I?
As long as I have you, dear.
How can I lose?
How can I fail
With you to show me the way?
As long as I have you,
I'll get by!






(Contributed by Peter Akers - October 2011)