NOBODY

from "Strike Up The Band" 1940 film 
performed by Judy Garland  
with Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra
Roger Edens  1940

as recorded by Benny Goodman & his Orchestra 
(vocal - Helen Forrest)  
November 13th 1940


Romeo had Juliet
And Louis The Sixteenth had Antoinette,
But I ain't got nobody
And nobody's got me!

Pelleas had Melisande
And Isabella had Ferdinand,
But I ain't got nobody
And nobody's got me!

Welch Grape Juice has Irene Rich,
Minneapolis has Saint Paul.
Abercrombie has his Fitch;
Here I am crying
And sitting and sighing,
With no-one at all!

Hans had Gretel by his side,
And Doctor Jekyll had Mister Hyde,
But I ain't got nobody
And nobody's got me!

Lancelot had fair Elaine
And Mister Lunt has Miss Lynn Fontaine,
But I ain't got nobody
And nobody's got me!

Frederic Chopin had George Sand
And Alexander his Ragtime Band,
But I ain't got nobody
And nobody's got me!

Barbasol had Singin' Sam,
Metro-Goldwyn has Mayer,
Mary has her little lamb;
Here I am hoping
And mumbling and moping,
With no-one to care!

Gobs have sweethearts on the wharves
And even Snow White had seven dwarves,
Nobody's got me!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - January 2013)