I'VE GOT BEGINNER'S LUCK
fr "Shall We Dance" 1937 film

George Gershwin (m) Ira Gershwin (l)  1937

Fred Astaire w The RKO Studio Orch cond by Nat Shilkret (film soundtrack)

also rec by -
Fred Astaire w Johnny Green & his Orch '37
Rose Blaine w Abe Lyman & his California Ambassador Hotel Orch '37
Edythe Wright w Tommy Dorsey & his Orch '37
Chris Connor '57
Ella Fitzgerald w Nelson Riddle & his Orch '59
Maureen McGovern


At any gambling casino
>From Mobnte Carlo to Reno,
They tell you that a beginner
Comes out a winner.
Beginner fishing for flounder
Will catch a seventeen pounder;
That's what I've always heard
And always thought absurd,
But now I believe ev'ry word!

For I've got beginner's luck;
The first time I'm in love
I'm in love with you,
Gosh I'm lucky!

I've got beginner's luck;
There never was such a smile
Or such eyes of blue,
Gosh I'm fortunate!

This thing we've begun
Is much more than a pastime,
For this time is the one
Where the first time is the last time!

I've got beginner's luck,
Lucky through and through,
For the first time that I'm in love,
I'm in love with you!

I've got beginner's luck;
The first time I'm in love
I'm in love with you,
Gosh I'm lucky!

I've got beginner's luck;
They told me beginners win,
Now I know it's true,
Gosh I'm fortunate!

This thing we've begun
Is much more than a pastime,
For this time is the one
Where the first time is the last time!

I've got beginner's luck,
Lucky through and through,
For the first time that I'm in love,
I'm in love with you!






(Contributed by Peter Akers - October 2009)