LET’S SIT THIS ONE OUT
(Jimmy McHugh / Dorothy Fields)
Eve Becke & Harry Bentley w/ Charlie Kunz & His Orchestra

Also recorded by:

Les Paul & Mary Ford.


EVE (Spoken)
I rather like this tune, don’t you Harry?

HARRY (Spoken)
I don’t mind it a lot
I say, Eve, your dancing is improving lately

EVE (Spoken) 
Oh, do you really think so, Harry?

HARRY (Spoken)
Well, you’re dancing on your own feet now.

EVE (Spoken)
Thank you!
What a lot of people here tonight

HARRY (Spoken)
Yes, there are, rather; I was just going to say

EVE (Spoken)
I hate crowds, don’t you?

HARRY (Spoken)
Mmm, I don’t like them a lot

EVE (Spoken)
Too many people in them, Hmm?

HARRY (Spoken)
Yes, quite (heh!)
Do you think we ought to sit out?

EVE (Spoken)
I think I’d like to. There’re two chairs over there
They look frightfully lonely.

HARRY (Spoken)
Shall we join them?

EVE (Spoken)
OK, I’d love to.

HARRY (Spoken)
Great.

That’s better. Ooh. Rather hard, would you like a cushion?

EVE (Spoken)
No thank you, Harry

HARRY (Spoken)
Or perhaps put my arm in the way

EVE (Spoken)
I rather like it

HARRY (Spoken)
D’you know, I do too
Hmm, just a little bit closer
That’s better.

HARRY (Sung)
Let’s sit this one out, my sweet
Get a breath of air, and rest your feet
My old car has a big back seat
So let’s sit this one out

EVE (Sung)
I’m so happy now we’ve met
Can’t we have a cosy cigarette
Our last dance got me all upset
So let’s sit this one out

HARRY (Sung)
I know in the moonlight
Our love cannot miss
Give me a kiss
One little kiss

EVE (Sung)
I’m in such a whirl, my dear
Can’t we find a place with no one near

HARRY (Sung)
Where you’ll say what I long to hear

Both (Sung)
So let’s sit this one out.





(Contributed by Bill Huntley - April 2009)