THEN YOU'VE NEVER BEEN BLUE
Ella Fitzgerald


If you've never had to count a million sheep
Then you've never been blue, never been blue
If you've never had to cry yourself to sleep
Then you've never been blue, never been blue

I know I could go on laughing
At trouble, plain trouble
But when it concerns the heart
The pace is double

Never worry 'bout a little hurt or two
There's nothing at all bothering you
If you've never had a pal who stole your gal
Then you've never, no you've never been blue

Some think that this life of mine
Is plain honey, that's funny
When you're miles away from home
It's not so sunny

No one ever knows what I go through
While someone at home is babying you
If you've never had to to miss a goodnight kiss
Then you've never, no you've never been blue



(Contributed & Transcribed by Cooks & Carlene - December 2003)

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THEN YOU'VE NEVER BEEN BLUE (Ronnie Carroll)

from "Every Night At Eight" 1935 film
Ted Fiorito (m) Sam M Lewis (l) Joe Young (l)

as recorded by Ronnie Carroll with Johnny Arthey 
& his Orchestra  
1963



Got good shoes on your feet,
Your clothes ain't half bad,
What have you got to cry about?
You're blue, now ain't that sad!

You eat three meals a day,
Your rent's paid up till fall,
Besides, you've got someone to love,
Say, you ain't blue at all!

If you've never had to count a million sheep,
Then you've never been blue, never been blue!
If you never had to cry yourself to sleep,
Then you've never been blue, never been blue!

I know I could go on laughing
At trouble, plain trouble,
But when it concerns the heart,
The pain seems double!

Never worry about a little hurt or two,
There's nothing at all bothering you!
If you never had a pal who stole your gal,
Then you've never, no you've never been blue!

If you never had a pal who stole your gal,
Then you've never, no you've never been blue!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - December 2012)