WHERE OR WHEN
(Richard Rogers / Lorenz Hart)
Recorded by:
Ronnie Aldrich; Julie Andrews; Ray Anthony; Count Basie;
Shirley Bassey; Tony Bennett; Earl Bostic; Dave Brubeck; Charlie Byrd;
Nat King Cole; Judy Collins; Harry Connick Jr.; Ray Conniff;
Sammy Davis Jr.; Denis Day; Buddy DeFranco; The Dinning Sisters;
Dion & the Belmonts; Ray Eberle & his Orch.; Duke Ellington;
Percy Faith & his Orch.; Robert Farnon Orch.; Brian Ferry;
Ella Fitzgerald; The Four Lads; Erroll Garner; Stan Getz;
Benny Goodman; Stephane Grappelli; Lionel Hampton; Dick Haymes;
Woody Herman; Al Hibbler; Lena Horne; Leslie Hutchinson; Harry James;
Etta Jones; Bert Kaempfert & his Orch.; Stan Kenton & his Orch.;
Gene Krupa & his Orch.; Mario Lanza; Steve Lawrence; Turner Layton;
Peggy Lee; Julie London; Barry Manilow; Dean Martin; Mary Martin;
Johnny Mathis; Vaughn Monroe; Marian Montgomery; Red Norvo;
Patti Page; Mandy Patinken; Oscar Peterson; Kenny Rogers; Artie Shaw;
Anne Shelton; Dinah Shore; Victor Sylvester; Frank Sinatra;
Kay Starr; Rod Stewart; The Supremes; Dame Joan Sutherland;
Art Tatum; Jack Teagarden; Claude Thornhill & his Orch.; Mel Tormé;
Caterina Valente; Paul Weston & his Orch.; Margaret Whiting;
Andy Williams; ..... and many more.
It seems we stood and talked like this before.
We looked at each other in the same way then,
But I can't remember where or when.
The clothes you're wearing are the clothes you wore.
The smile you were smiling you were smiling then,
But I can't remember where or when.
Some things that happened for the first time
Seem to be happening again.
And so it seems that we have met before
And laughed before and loved before,
But who knows where or when?
(Contributed by Cory Kilvert - February 2003)
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as rec by Pat Kirkwood w Orch cond by George Scott Wood
March 1st 1940 London
When you're awake the things you sing
Come from the dreams you dream.
Love has wings,
And lots of things
Are seldom what they seem!
Sometimes you think you've lived before
all that you live today.
Things you do
Come back to you
As though they knew the way,
All the tricks your mind can play!
It seems we stood and talked like this before,
We looked at each other in the same way then,
But I can't remember where or when.
The clothes you're wearing are the clothes you wore.
The smile you were smiling you were smiling then,
But I can't remember where or when.
Some things that happened for the first time
Seem to be happening again.
And so it seems that we have met before
And laughed before and loved before,
But who knows where or when?
And so it seems that we have met before
And laughed before and loved before,
But who knows where or when?
(Transcribed by Peter Akers - September 2011)
