(I'M A DREAMER) AREN'T WE ALL?
From the film "Sunny Side Up" (1929)
(Buddy G. DeSylva / Lew Brown / RayHenderson)

Janet Gaynor (Film Soundtrack) - 1929
Annette Hanshaw & The Three Blue Streaks - 1929
Earl Burtnett & His L.A. Biltmore Hotel Orch. - 1929
Paul Whiteman & His Orch. (vocal: Bing Crosby) - 1929
The California Ramblers - 1929
The High Hatters - 1929
The Harmonians (vocal: Jim Andrews) - 1929
Gracie Fields - 1929
Annette Hanshaw & The Three Blue Streaks - 1931
Carmen McCrae (with Jack Pleis & His Orch.) - 1955
Howard McGhee (Instr.) - 1956
Norrie Paramor & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1957
Pat Healy - 1958
Lenny Dee (Instr.) - 1958
New York Quartet (Instr.) - 1958
Sylvia Syms - 1959
Cleo Laine (with Johnny Keating & His Orch.) - 1962
Bill Doggett (Instr.) - 1962
André Previn (Instr.) - 1963
Marcy Jo - 1963
John Coltrane (Instr.) - 1964
Daryl Sherman - 1983
Audrey Morris - 1984

Also recorded by:
Sammy Kaye & His Orch.; Jan Garber & His Orch.; Donald Peers;
Wayne King & His Orch.; Robert Farnon & His Orch.; Gogi Grant;
Connie Jones & Dick Sudhalter; Bill Carrothers; Charlie Barnet;
Geoff Love & His Orch.; Michael Feinstein ......... and others.






As performed by JANET GAYNOR
in the 1929 film "Sunny Side Up":


Aren't we all in search of happiness
To each one it means a different thing
To some it's wealth, to some it's health
To some it's only what love can bring
Please don't blame me if I'm human, too
I'm the same as you and you and you

I'm a dreamer, aren't we all
Just a dreamer, aren't we all
In my dreams each night it seems
My lover comes to call

He's so charming, strong and tall
It's alarming how I fall
He's ideal, but then he isn't real
And I'm a fool, but aren't we all

I'm a dreamer, aren't we all
Just a dreamer, but aren't we all
In my dreams each night, each night it seems
That my lover, my lover comes to call

He's so charming, so strong and tall
It's alarming how I fall
Oh, he's ideal, but then he isn't real
And I'm a fool, but aren't we all


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2013)


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In the ANNETTE HANSHAW recording,
she sings the last verse as:


He's so charming, so big and tall
It's alarming how I fall
He's divine, but then he can't be mine
And I'm a fool, but aren't we all


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As recorded by EARL BURTNETT
& His L.A. Biltmore Hotel Orch.:


I'm a dreamer, aren't we all
Just a dreamer, aren't we all
Ev'ry night in dreams it seems
My sweetheart comes to call

She's so charming, just divine
It's alarming how I pine
She's ideal, but still she isn't real
And I'm a fool, but aren't we all


(Contributed by Ken Massey - January 2011)
(Updated by Mel Priddle - March 2013)