WHEN YOU GOTTA SING, YOU GOTTA SING 
from "Gangway" 1937 film
Al Goodhart (m) Al Hoffman (l) Sam Lerner (l)  1937

Jessie Matthews
with Orchestra conducted by Jay Wilbur
(film soundtrack)
recorded August 7th 1937 London

also recorded by -
Ambrose & his Orchestra -
vocal by The Manhattan Trio
(probably The Three Ginks)  '37
Jack Hylton & his Orchestra


I'm in the throes of an, oh, ecstatic feeling,
My happiness is spread all over my face!
I feel the urge of a fondest piece of feeling;
There's no containing it,
There's no restraining it!

When you gotta sing, you've got to sing,
You can't stop a heart that wants to go vocal!
When you gotta dance, you've got to dance,
Whether you're Fred Astaire or only a yokel!

The joy that bubbles within must have its way,
Unless you're made out o' tin, you're gonna swing and sway!

When you gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta go
Into a song of relaxation,
With or without recitation,
When you gotta sing, you gotta sing!

The joy that bubbles within must have its way,
Unless you're made out o' tin, you're gonna swing and sway!

When you gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta go
Into a song of relaxation,
With or without recitation,
When you gotta sing, you gotta sing,
When you gotta sing, you gotta sing!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - July 2013)

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WHEN YOU GOTTA SING, YOU GOTTA SING

As recorded by:
Ambrose & His Orchestra
V. Manhattan Trio (Probably The Three Ginx)
Recorded 23rd April 1937


When you gotta sing, you gotta sing
Nothing can stop a heart that wants to go vocal
When you gotta dance, you gotta dance
Whether you’re Fred Astaire, or only a yokel
The joy that bubbles within must have its way
Unless you’re made out of tin, you’re gonna sing and sway
When you gotta go, you gotta go
Into a song of relaxation
With or without a recitation
When you gotta sing, you gotta sing.





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