SENTIMENTAL AND MELANCHOLY

fr "Ready Willing & Able" film 1937 
sb Winifred Shore


Richard A Whiting (m) Johnny Mercer (l)
Bing Crosby w Victor Young & his Orch   rec March 8th 1937


also -


Billie Holiday w Teddy Wilson & his Orch 37


The swift moving years
Have altered my tears
To only a sweet regret,
But somehow the spell that we captured
Lingers around me yet.
It's as easy for me to remember
As it is for you to forget.


Sentimental and melancholy
Whenever I think about you,
It's only a mood,
A brief interlude
That's better described as just feelin' blue.


I suppose that it's just my folly
To keep it alive as I do,
But it's a kind of sugar-coated misery,
And foolish as it seems I sorta like to be
Sentimental and melancholy,
Whenever I think about you.


I suppose that it's just my folly
To keep it alive as I do,
But it's a kind of sugar-coated misery,
And foolish as it seems I sorta like to be
Sentimental and melancholy,
Whenever I think about you.





(Contributed by Peter Akers - May 2008)