OLD ENOUGH


As sung by Margaret Whiting with the Mellowmen {100 The Original Tracks

- Remastered } Released May 2013

recorded in Los Angeles on March 23rd 1956
with Frank De Vol & his Orchestra
with vocal backing by The Mellomen


Have they ever been in love

Those who laugh at me

Those who say that I'm not old enough

How much older must I be?


Is it written in a book

Or the stars above

That until our heart is old enough

It may never fall in love.


When my sweetheart says good night to me

And he leaves me with a tear

Who can say that I'm not old enough

When every moment is a year.


'Til he's mine forever more

And we never part

Old enough I am and bold enough

To be faithful to my heart.


Notes:


Margaret Whiting, daughter of songwriter Richard Whiting, was a

1940s/50s/60s pop, jazz, C & W singer and TV personality. She was born

in Detroit USA. Her voice was wonderfully mellow, particularly in the

lower registers, and an attraction for many. She had a number of hit

recordings and continued to entertain until the 1990s. She was known by

her adoring fans as the voice of MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT, the work of

Blackburn/Suessdorf which her mentor, Johnny Mercer first suggested she

record. She first sang for Mercer when she was seven years old and he

eventually signed her as one of his first recording artists in the early

1940s. This song ultimately became a huge hit and over the years, a

picturesque all time standard. 

OLD ENOUGH was released as the 'A' side of a 7 inch Capitol Records single in 

Britain in June 1956.






(Transcribed by David Story May 2014)