WHAT CAN I SAY AFTER I SAY I'M SORRY?
(Music: Walter Donaldson / Lyrics: Abe Lyman)
Abe Lyman & His California Orch. (vocal: Charles Kaley) - 1926
Sam Lanin & His Orch. - 1926
Jean Goldkette & His Orch. - 1926
Annette Hanshaw - 1926
Ruth Etting - 1926
Lillian Armstrong's Serenaders - 1926
Josephine Baker - 1926
Tom Waring - 1926
Bailey's Lucky Seven - 1926
Percival Mackey's Band (Inatr.) - 1926
Ruth Etting (feat. in the short film "Aladdin From Manhattan") - 1936
Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orch. - 1939
Will Bradley & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1940
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: The Pied Pipers) - 1940
Bobby Hackett & His Orch. - 1940
The Pied Pipers with Glen Gray & His Casa Loma Orch. (feat. in the film "Gals, Incorporated") - 1943
The King Cole Trio - 1945
Kay Starr - 1946
Dinah Shore - 1946
Dinah Washington (with Gus Chappell's Orch.) - 1946
Eddie Fisher - 1951
Billy Williams Quartet - 1952
King Pleasure - 1954
Benny Goodman Trio (Instr.) - 1954
Doris Day (feat. in the film "Love Me Or Leave Me") - 1955
Peggy Lee (feat. in the film "Pete Kelly's Blues") - 1955
Nat King Cole (Instr.) - 1956
Carmen McRae - 1957
Mindy Carson - 1958
Keely Smith (with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.) - 1959
Jo Stafford - 1960
Monica Zetterlund - 1960
Joni James - 1961
Bobby Darin - 1964
Dean Martin - 1966
Oscar Peterson (Instr.) - 1966
Ella Fitzgerald - 1968
Maxine Sullivan - 1984
John Pizzarelli - 1994
Carol Sloane - 1995
Mindy Carson -2006
Also recorded by:
Gordon Jenkins, His Orch. & Chorus; Nancy Dupont; Jack Blake;
Helen Forrset; Hoosier Hot Shots; King Pleasure; Jimmy Dorsey;
Nat Pierce; Page Cavanaugh Trio; Billy Williams; Buddy Morrow;
Art Tatum; Mary Ann McCall; Hoosier Hot Shots; Fred Douglas;
Chas Dickson ........... and many others.
I don't know why I made you cry
I'm sorry, sweetheart, and yet
Though you shouldn't be lenient with me
I hope you'll forgive and forget
What can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
What can I do to prove it to you, I'm sorry
I didn't mean to ever be mean to you
If I didn't care, I wouldn't feel like I do
I was all wrong, but right or wrong, I don't blame you
Why should I take somebody like you and shame you
I know that I made you cry and I'm so sorry, dear
So what can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
You made me glad, I made you sad
I made you lonesome and blue
And who ever knew
Who'd ever think that I would be crying to you
What can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
What can I do to prove it to you, I'm sorry
I didn't mean to ever be mean to you
If I didn't care, I wouldn't feel like I do
I was all wrong, but right or wrong, I don't blame you
Why should I take somebody like you and shame you
I know that I made you cry and I'm so sorry, dear
So what can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
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As recorded by JOSEPHINE BAKER:
I don't know why I made you cry
I'm sorry, sweetheart, and yet
Although you shouldn't be so lenient with me
I'll try to forgive and forget
But tell me what can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
What can I do to prove it to you, I'm sorry
I didn't mean to ever be mean to you you you you
If I didn't care I wouldn't feel like I do do do do
I was all wrong, but right or wrong, I don't blame you
Why should I take somebody like you and shame you
I know that I made you cry and I'm so sorry, dear
But what can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
(Instrumental Break)
Now, what can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
What can I do to prove it to you, I'm sorry
I didn't mean to ever be mean to you you you you
If I didn't care I wouldn't feel like I do do do do do
I was all wrong, but right or allwrong, I don't blame you
Why should I take somebody like you and shame you
I know that I made you cry and I'm so sorry, dear
But what can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
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As recorded by ELLA FITZGERALD:
What can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
What can I do to prove it to you, I'm sorry
I didn't mean to ever be mean to you
If I didn't care I wouldn't feel like I do
I was all wrong, but right or wrong, I don't blame you
Why should I take somebody like you and shame you
I know that I made you cry and I'm so sorry, dear
So what can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
(Instrumental Break)
Tell me, baby, what can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry, so, so sorry
What can I do to prove it to you, I'm sorry
Oh, I didn't mean to ever be mean to you
If I didn't care I wouldn't feel like, oh, I wouldn't feel like I do do do
I was all wrong, but right or wrong, I don't blame you, no no no no
Why should I take somebody like you and shame you
I know that I made you cry and I'm so sorry, dear
Sorry I made you cry, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Sorry I made you cry
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As recorded by PEGGY LEE:
What can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
What can I do to prove it to you, I'm sorry
I didn't mean to ever be mean to you
If I didn't care I wouldn't feel like I do
I was all wrong, but right or wrong, I don't blame you
Why should I take somebody like you and shame you
I know that I made you cry and I'm so sorry, dear
What can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
(Instrumental Break)
I was all wrong, but right or wrong, I don't blame you
Why should I take somebody like you and shame you
I know that I made you cry and I'm so sorry, dear
What can I say, dear, after I say I'm sorry
(Transcriptions by Mel Priddle - May 2014)
