(ROMANCE) IN THE DARK
(Lil Green / Willie Broonzy(Big Bill Broonzy))
1940

Lil Green - 1940
The Diamonds - 1953
Jeri Southern - 1957
Ernie Andrews - 1957
The Johnny Otis Show - 1958
The Sensations feat. Yvonne Mills - 1958
Dinah Washington - 1962
Jimmy Witherspoon - 1962
Champion Jack Dupree - 1962
Ann-Margret - 1963
Marian Montgomery - 1963
Jimmy Ricks - 1964
B.B. King - 1965
Nancy Wilson - 1966
Little Willie John - 1966
Nina Simone - 1967
Julie London - 1967
Bobby Short - 1969
Carrie Smith - 1977
The Manhattan Transfer - 1978
Kelly Brand Sextet (vocal: Suzanne Palmer) - 1994
Kim Lembo - 1996
Jools Holland & Norah Jones - 2001
Leah Kline - 2003
Delirium Blues Project - 2007
Mia Vermillion - 2009

Also recorded by:
Etta Jones; Teresa Brewer; Cyndi Lauper......and others.




As recorded by LIL GREEN:

In the dark it's just you and I
Not a sound and not one sigh
Just the beat of my poor heart
In the dark

Now, in the dark I get such a thrill
When he presses fingertips upon my lips
And he begs me to please keep still
In the dark

But soon this dance will be ended
And you all is goin' to be missed
Gee, but I'm not pretendin'
'Cause I swear it's fun, it's fun to be kissed

In the dark now we will find
What the rest have left behind
Just let them dance
We're going to find romance in the dark

Lord, in the dark, in the dark it's just you and I
Not a sound, not a sound and not one sigh
Just the beat, just the beat of my poor heart
In the dark

Lord, in the dark, in the dark I get such a thrill
When he presses fingertips upon my lips
And he begs me to please keep still
In the dark

Lord, but soon, soon, soon, soon this dance will be ended
And you all is goin' to be missed
Gee, but I'm not pretendin'
'Cause I swear it's fun, it's fun to be kissed

In the dark, now we will find
What the rest, what the rest, what the rest have left behind
Just let them dance
We're gonna find romance in the dark
In the dark
Turn out the light!


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As recorded by DINAH WASHINGTON
with Fred Norman & His Orch., Nov 29th 1962, New York:

In the dark it's just you and I
There's not a sound and there's not one sigh
Just the beat of my poor heart
In the dark

Now in the dark I get such a thrill
Well, well, when he places his fingertips upon my lips
And he begs me, "Please be still!"
In the dark

But soon this dance will be ending
And you're gonna, you're gonna be missed
Gee, but I'm not pretending
'Cause I swear it's fun, it's fun to be kissed

In the dark, in the dark now we will find
Oh, what the rest, what the rest have left behind
Just let them dance
'Cause we're gonna find romance
In the dark!


(Contributed by Peter Akers - December 2010)