MAYBE, WHO KNOWS?
Joe Schuster / Johnny Tucker / Ruth Etting

as rec by Kate Smith w Ben Selvin & The Harmonians   
July 12th 1929 New York

also rec by -
Ted Lewis & his Band '29
The Dorsey Bros Orch '29


Oh, what a fool I was to ever part
From that old pal of mine;
When I was blue he used to soothe my heart
With rays of golden sunshine.
But what a difference since he's gone,
Life don't seem the same;
If he'd only take me back,
I'd take all the blame, for;

Maybe he's lonesome, maybe he's glad,
Me then unhappy, he may be sad,
Maybe, who knows?
Maybe he's living, happy and wed,
Maybe he's loving someone instead,
Maybe, who knows?

While I'm just sighin', cryin', it fills my heart,
My broken heart,
Morning, dawning, brings no change for sorrow.

Maybe he needs me, maybe he's blue,
Maybe he loves me more than I knew,
Maybe, who knows?

Maybe he's lonesome, maybe he's blue,
Maybe he's unhappy, maybe I am too,
Maybe, who knows?
Maybe he's living, happy and wed,
Maybe he's loving someone instead,
Maybe, who knows?

While I'm just sighin', cryin', it fills my heart,
My broken heart,
Morning, dawning, brings no change for sorrow.

Maybe he needs me, maybe he's blue,
Maybe he loves me more than I knew,
Maybe, who knows?





(Contributed by Peter Akers - August 2009)