SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY
From the Broadway show "Hit The Deck" (1927)
(Vincent Youmans / Irving Ceasar)
Charles King & Louise Groody (Broadway Production) - 1927
Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orch - 1927
Jack Oakie & Polly Walker (feat. in the film "Hit The Deck) - 1930
Benny Goodman & His Orch. (Instrumental) - 1935
Sammy Kaye & His Orch. (vocal: Tommy Ryan) - 1938
Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orch. - 1939
Doris Day with The Mellowmen - 1949
Lee Wiley - 1951
Sarah Vaughan - 1954
Jane Powell (feat. in the film "Hit The Deck") - 1955
Carmen McRae - 1955
Dinah Washington - 1956
The McGuire Sisters - 1956
Nancy Wilson - 1959
Also recorded by: Jo Stafford; Steve Allen; Peggy Lee;
Ray Anthony; Joni Mitchell; Anita O'Day; Tony Bennett;
Mildred Bailey; The Platters; Count Basie; Lena Horne;
Dave Brubeck; Ray Bryant; Betty Carter; Nat King Cole;
Ray Conniff; Vaughn DeLeath; Della Reese; Dinah Shore;
Liz Diamond; Dinning Sisters; Eddie Condon; Ted Heath;
Roy Eldridge; Gil Evans; Robert Farnon; Four Freshmen;
Louis Jordan; Frankie Laine; Lester Young; Cleo Laine;
Erroll Garner; Stan Getz; Billie Holiday; Don Shirley;
Margaret Whiting; Vic Damone: ....... and many others.
HE: Ev'ry day seems like a year,
Sweetheart, when you are not near.
SHE: All that you claim must be true,
For I'm just the same as you;
Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue,
My disposition depends on you.
I never mind the rain from the skies,
If I can find the sun in your eyes.
Sometimes I love you, sometimes I hate you,
But when I hate you, it's 'cause I love you.
That's how I am so what can I do?
I'm happy when I'm with you.
HE: Stars are smiling at me from your eyes.
SHE: Sunbeams now there will be in the skies.
HE: Tell me that you will be true!
SHE: That will all depend on you,
Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue,
My disposition depends on you.
I never mind the rain from the skies,
If I can find the sun in your eyes.
Sometimes I love you, sometimes I hate you,
But when I hate you, it's 'cause I love you.
That's how I am so what can I do?
I'm happy when I'm with you.
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As recorded by Doris Day & The Mellowmen
Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue,
My disposition, depends on you
I never mind the rain from the skies,
If I can find the sun in your eyes
Sometimes I love you, sometimes I hate you,
But when I hate you, it's cause I love you
That's how I am, so what can I do?
I'm happy when I'm with you
(Sometimes I love you, sometimes I hate you,)
But when I hate you, it's cause I love you
That's how I am, so what can I do?
I'm happy when I'm with you
(We're happy when we're with you)
(Contributed by Bill Huntley - January 2005)
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