MY FATE IS IN YOUR HANDS
Thomas "Fats" Waller (m) Andy Razaf (l)  1929

as rec by Maxine Sullivan  Aug 20th 1956 New York


also rec by-
Lee Morse & her Blue Grass Boys '29
Arthur Schutt & his Orch '29
Thomas "Fats" Waller '29  '35
Vincent Lopez & his Orch '30
Josephine Baker w Melomic-Jazz de Casino de Paris '30
James Price Johnson (piano) '30's
Gene Austin w Thomas "Fats" Waller
Pearl Bailey



Wanting you is my offence,
You have all the evidence,
Now I wait for you to sentence me!
Must I go or must I stay?
Will my skies be blue or grey?
Are my dreams to be or not to be?


There's no use pretending,
Love needs no defending,
What is the verdict?
My fate is in your hands!


You're my judge and jury,
What do you assure me?
What is the verdict?
My fate is in your hands!


If the charge is loving you,
Then I'm guilty, dear!
Tell me that you love me too
And I'll have no fear!


It is you I'm needing,
For your love I'm pleading,
What is the verdict?
My fate is in your hands!


If the charge is loving you,
Then I'm guilty, dear!
Tell me that you love me too
And I'll have no fear!


It is you I'm needing,
For your love I'm pleading,
What is the verdict?
My fate is in your hands!
My fate, honey baby, is in your hands!



(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2011)