UNDER THE SPELL OF THE BLUES
Edgar Sampson / Ken Harrison

as rec by Ella Fitzgerald w Chick Webb & his Orch  
April 17th 1936 New York


I turn my head to the sky
When you pass by,
But I want to cry
Because my heart is under the spell of the blues.

Or I go around acting gay,
Say it's okay,
Pretending each day,
Though I'm alone and under the spell of the blues.

Since we're apart,
The dawn
Brings only heartache to me!
You're born,
I'm like a ship lost at sea
With ny misery!

I say that I'm satisfied,
No use to hide,
What goes on inside
Is true,
My heart is under the spell of the blues.

I say that I'm satisfied,
No use to hide,
What goes on inside
Is true,
My heart is under the spell of the blues.





(Contributed by Peter Akers - August 2010)