WHEN THE ORGAN PLAYED "O PROMISE ME"
(Al Sherman / Jack Meskill / Abner Silver)

Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - 1937
Emery Deutsch & His Orch. (vocal: Barry McKinley) - 1937
Bing Croasby (acc. by Eddie Dunstedter - organ) - 1937
Billy Cotton & His Band (vocal: Alan Breeze) - 1938
Al Bowlly (acc. by George Scott-Wood on Pipe-Organ) - 1938
Maurice Winnick & His Sweet Music (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1938

Also recorded by:
Arthur Tracy (The Street Singer); Reginald Dixon.





As recorded by BILLY COTTON & HIS BAND,
vocal by ALAN BREEZE, 10th June 1938:


I can see you and I
As we were in days gone by
When the mighty organ played 'O Promise Me'

I was yours, you were mine
It was orange blossom time
When the mighty organ played 'O Promise Me'

The day I placed that ring upon your finger
Will forever linger in my memory

Though the years roll away
You're as sweet as yesterday
When the mighty organ played 'O Promise Me'

When I hear an organ in the twilight glow
It brings back sweet memories of the long ago

I love you truly, truly dear
Life with its sadness, life with its tears
Fades into dreams when I hear

The day I placed that ring upon your finger
Will forever linger in my memory

Though the years roll away
You're as sweet as yesterday
When the mighty organ played 'O Promise Me'



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