TRY TO LEARN TO LOVE

(Noel Coward)


As recorded by:
Al Starita & The Piccadilly Band
V. Eddie Grossbart
Recorded 9th March 1928

Also recorded by:
Gertrude Lawrence
Ambrose & His Orcestra
Van Phillips & His Band, V. Ray Starita
Fred Spinelly’s Lido Venice Band



First you learn to spell a little bit
Then if you excel a little bit
Other things as well a little bit
Come your way

Though the process may seem slow to you
Knowledge of the world will flow to you
Steadily you grow a little bit
Day by day

Though you’re  too gentle, sentimental
In fact quite a dreary bore
Though you’re aesthetic, apathetic
To all men but Bernard Shaw

Use the velvet glove a little bit
Emulate the dove a little bit
Try to learn to love a little bit more.




(Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM 
Record Collection by Bill Huntley - September 2013)