WHAT A FOOL I’VE BEEN

(Al Eldridge, Henri Gendron)


Maurice Elwin Acc. by an Orchestra Dir. By John Firman
Recorded August 1931



Fools there have been, fools there will be
But the worst fool of all I am sure has been me
I gave you my love, trusted you from the start
What have you given me? Just a broken heart

What a fool I have been all the while
To believe that you loved me true
How can you look at me with a smile
And tell me that now you are through
How I’ve slaved, how I’ve saved
Didn’t mind, it was for you
How can you turn me down now
For somebody new
Don’t know why I should cry over you
Like I do
What a fool I have been to believe in you.

(Musical Break)

How I’ve slaved, how I’ve saved
Didn’t mind, it was for you
How can you turn me down now
For somebody new
Don’t know why I should cry over you
Like I do
What a fool I have been to believe in you.

Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection






(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - June 2013)