SONG WITHOUT A NAME, THE
(Benee Russell)


Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees - 1930
Isham Jones' Orch. (vocal: Frank Sylvano) - 1930
Will Osborne & His Orch. (vocal: Will Osborne) - 1930
Hotel Pennsylvania Music (vocal: Bill Coty) - 1930
Phil Spitalny's Music (vocal: Bill Coty) - 1930



Last night there came to me, a melody of mystery
In all my loneliness, unhappiness, it came
So sweet and tenderly, so wistfully it spoke to me
I tried to find words to express it, but in vain
What was this song that brightened up my day
What could it be, and then I heard it say

I'm called the song without a name
Where I belong, I can't explain
I speak of laughter, I speak of tears
And of hereafter and faded years

In wooded glen and moonlit stream
I sing again another's dream
You'll find my voice everywhere
Soothing all hearts in pain
I'm melody, the song without a name



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2017)