I WISH I HAD YOU
Claude Thornhill / Green / Stillman   1938

as rec by Billie Holiday & her orch  
June 23rd 1938 New York

also rec by Adrian Rollini & his Quintette  '39


Joys that come to others
seldom come to me,
But if I were only Latin,
How different things would be!

Every time I wish, I wish I had you.
Every time I dream, the dream is for two.
You're the part within my heart that beats all day,
Seems to say, "I love you!".

Everywhere I go, you're all that I see,
Wonder if you know what you mean to me.
Wishes would be grand if only they came true,
For every time I wish, I wish I had you.

Everywhere I go, you're all that I see,
Wonder if you know what you mean to me.
Wishes would be grand if only they came true,
For every time I wish, I wish I had you.





(Contributed by Peter Akers - July 2009)