I NEARLY LET LOVE GO SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERS
From the film "It's Love Again" (1936)
(Harry Woods)

Jessie Matthews (Film Soundtrack) - 1936
Bunny Berigan & His Boys (vocal: Chick Bullock) - 1936
Eddy Duchin & His Orch. - 1936
Mrs. Jack Hylton & Her Orch. - 1936
Jay Wilbur & His Orch. - 1936
Hal Kemp & His Orch. - 1936


I'm foolish, I'm silly
I'm absolutely daft
As a sailor on a sea of love
I don't know half of half

Admit it, I'll have to
Almost without defence
And here's the proof
I'm a silly goof
Without a grain of common sense

I nearly let love go slipping through my fingers
Oh yes, I did, I know I did

Like golden sand, right through my hand

But I woke in time
And I saved my prize
Yet though love is mine
I tremble when I realise

I nearly let love go slipping through my fingers
Oh, yes I did, foolishly
For without love, where in this world would I be?
For without love, Where in this world would I be?


(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - December 2004)