SWEETHEART, WE NEED EACH OTHER
From the film "Rio Rita" (1929)
(Lyrics: Joseph McCarthy / Music: Harry Tierney)


Dorothy Lee & Bert Wheeler (Film Soundtrack) - 1929
Ben Pollack & His Park central Orch. (vocal: Scrappy Lambert) - 1929
Fred Rich's La Palina Broadcasters (vocal: Smith Ballew) - 1929
Fred "Sugar" Hall & His Sugar babies (vocal: Arthur Fields) - 1929
Bob Haring's Colonial Club Orch. (vocal: Dick Robertson) - 1929
Stanley Kirkby & Rene Valma - 1930
Jack Payne & His Orch. - 1930
The Midnight Minstrels - 1930





As performed by DOROTHY LEE and BERT WHEELER 
in the 1929 film production of Ziegfeld's "Rio Rita":

DOROTHY:
Sweetheart, ev’rything’s wrong
Sweetheart, lonely so long
Would ya, could ya drop from the sky
How I’d huddle you, cuddle you

Love light faded too soon
Oh, each night, I talk to the moon
Sighin', cryin', just to impress
What I am wishing for, maybe you’ll guess

BERT:
Why is the blue bird sad and so blue
Missing his sweetie, what does he do
He has a blue song, you'll hear him coo
DOROTHY: Sweetheart we need each other

BERT: Not like a blue bird, more like a jay
DOROTHY: I miss my sweetie, I get that way
BERT: 
Then like a mocking bird, I'll have to say
Sweetheart, we need each other

DOROTHY:
How I’m missing you
I’d rather spend my time just kissing you

BERT:
Bees need the flowers, flowers the dew
We all need someone, Honey
DOROTHY: How I need you
BOTH: Oh, Sweetheart we need each other

DOROTHY:
Why is the bluebird sad and so blue
Missing his sweetie, what can he do
He has a blue song, you'll hear him coo
Oh, Sweetheart, we need each other

Not like the bluebird, more like the jay
I miss my sweetie, I get that way
Then like the mockingbird, I'll have to say
Sweetheart, we need each other

BERT:
How I'm missing you
I'd rather spend my time just kissing you

BOTH:
Bees need the flowers, flowers the dew
We all need someone, honey, how I need you
Oh, sweetheart, we need each other



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2017)