THE MASQUERADE IS OVER aka (I'M AFRAID) THE MASQUERADE IS OVER
(Herb Magidson / Allie Wruble)

Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Bob Eberly) - 1939
Larry Clinton & His Orch. (vocal: Bea Wain) - 1939
Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson - 1939
Horace Heidt & His Orch. - 1939
Dick Jurgens & His Orch. - 1939
Glenn Miller & His Orch. - 1939
Sarah Vaughan - 1956
Helen Merrill - 1956
Dakota Staton - 1960
Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley - 1961
Marvin Gaye - 1961
The Three Sounds - 1961
Etta Jones - 1962
Stevie Wonder - 1963
Al Jarreau - 1965
Silvia Syms - 1965
Billy Preston - 1965
Anita Kerr Singers - 1965
José Feliciano - 1966
Aretha Franklin - 1974

Also recorded by :
Buddy Greco; The Moonglows; Carmen McRae; Etta James;
Big Maybelle; George Benson; Pat Bowie; The Harptones;
Dave Brubeck; Paul Bryant; Lodi Carr; Steve Wilkerson;
Kate Ceberano & Her Septet; Sonny Criss; Jesse Davis;
Denny Dennis; Lou Donaldson; Eliane Elias; Ray Brown;
The Five Satins; Jimmy Witherspoon; Hollywood Flames;
The Four Tops; Sonny Stitt; P. J. Proby; Debra Holly;
Vince Jones; The Platters; Abby Lincoln; Milt Jackson;
Ivory Joe Hunter; Javon Jackson; Ruby Blue; Patti Page;
Betty Joplin; Trudy Kerr; Doug Lawrence; Mike Wheeler;
Johnny O'Neal; Denise Perrier; Linda Purl; Ike Quebec;
Ann Richards; Kim Richmond; Jan Savitt; Titus Turner;
Little Jimmy Scott; George Shearing; The Cleftones;
Titus Turner; Dan Wall; Mort Weiss; James Williams;
Ruby & The Romantics; ............. and many others.


My blue horizon is turning grey
And my dreams are drifting away

Your eyes don't shine like they used to shine
And the thrill is gone when your lips meet mine
I'm afraid the masquerade is over
And so is love, and so is love

Your words don't mean what they used to mean
They were once inspired, now they're just routine
I'm afraid the masquerade is over
And so is love, and so is love

I guess I'll have to play Pagliacci
And get myself a clown's disguise
And learn to laugh like Pagliacci
With tears in my eyes

You look the same, you're a lot the same
But my heart says "no, no, you're not the same"
I'm afraid the masquerade is over
And so is love, and so is love

(Instrumental Interlude)

I guess I'll have to play Pagliacci
And get myself a clown's disguise
And learn to laugh like Pagliacci
With tears in my eyes

You look the same, you're a lot the same
But my heart says "No, no, you're not the same"
I'm afraid the masquerade is over
And so is love, and so is love


(Contributed by Bill Huntley - December 2004)