WALKIN' BY THE RIVER
Una Mae Carlisle / Robert Sour  1940

as rec by Dorothy Carless w Geraldo & his Orch  1940's

also rec by-
Una Mae Carlisle w Benny Carter & his Music '40
Martha Tilton w Don Allen & his Orch '41
Janet Blair w Hal Kemp & his Orch '40's
Ginny Simms '40's
Ella Fitzgerald w Leroy Kirkland & his Orch '52


There's dew upon the ground
And not a soul in sight;
I'm walkin' by the river
'Cause I'm meeting someone there tonight!
I hear a distant sound,
I see a far-off light;
I'm walkin' by the river
'Cause I'm meeting someone there tonight!

The murmuring waters say
There's no time to delay,
So hurry on your way, my friend!
If you don't get there soon,
There may not be a moon
To guide you to that happy end!

My heart is riding high,
My blues have taken flight,
I'm walkin' by the river
'Cause I'm meeting someone there tonight!

My heart is riding high,
My blues have taken flight,
I'm walkin' by the river
'Cause I'm meeting someone there tonight!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - November 2009)