LOVE YOU MADLY
Duke Ellington / Billy Strayhorn

as rec by Ella Fitzgerald w Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, 
Herb Ellis, Ray Brown & Alvin Stoller  
Oct 26th 1957 Los Angeles


also rec by-
Ella Fitzgerald '51
The Oscar Peterson Trio '58
Ella Fitzgerald & her Trio '69
Ivie Anderson w Duke Ellington & his Orch
Yvonne Lanose w Duke Ellington & his Orch




"Love you madly, right or wrong"
Sounds like the lyric of a song,
But since it's so,
I thought you ought to know
I love you, love you madly!


"Better fish are in the sea"
Is not the theory for me!
And that's for sure,
Just like I said before,
I love you, love you madly!


If you could see
The happy you and me
I dream about so proudly,
You'd know the breath of Spring
That makes me sing
My love song so loudly!


Good things come to those who wait,
So just relax and wait for fate
To let me see
The day you'll say to me,
"I love you, love you madly!".


But since it's so,
I thought you ought to know
I love you madly!


And that's for sure,
Just like I said before,
I love you madly!


If you could see
The happy you and me
I dream about so proudly,
You know the breath of Spring
That makes me sing
My love song so loudly!


To let me see
The day you'll say to me,
"I love you madly!".


"Love you madly, right or wrong"
Sounds like the lyric of a song,
But since it's so,
I thought you ought to know
I love you madly!


"Better fish are in the sea"
Is not the theory for me!
And that's for sure,
Just like I said before,
I love you madly!


If you could see
The happy you and me
I dream about so proudly,
You'd know the breath of Spring
That makes me sing
My love song so loudly!


Good things come to those who wait,
So just relax and wait for fate
To let me see
The day you'll say to me,
"I love you, love you madly,
I love you, love you madly,
I love you madly!".
Oh, I got big eyes for you, baby!










(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2011)