WHERE THE LAZY RIVER GOES BY
From the film "Banjo On My Knee" (1936)
(Music: Jimmy McHugh / Lyrics: Harold Adamson)

Barbara Stanwyck & Tony Martin (Film Soundtrack) - 1936
Teddy Wilson & His Orch. (vocal: Midge Williams) - 1936
Ray Noble & His Orch. (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1936
Roy Eldridge & His Orch. (vocal: Gladys Palmer) - 1936
Mal Hallett & His Orch. (vocal: Buddy Welcome) - 1936

Also recorded by: Marjorie Stedeford



Everybody knows that it's just a muddy river
But it seems like Heaven on high
When the moon is shining bright
Let me dream away the night
Where the lazy river goes by

Go `way, let us be
Just the river you and me

Everything is still all along the Mississippi
There's no one as happy as I
Oh, I never want to roam
Let me live and make my home
Where the lazy river goes by


(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - June 2005)


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As performed by BARBARA STANWYCK & TONY MARTIN
in the film "Banjo On My Knee":


MARTIN:
Day is ending and the Sun's descending
In the West once more
STANWYCK:
Night is falling, I can hear love calling
BOTH:
On the dear old 'Sippi shore

BOTH:
Ev'rybody knows that it's just a muddy river
But it seems like Heaven on high
When the Moon is shining bright
Let me dream away the night
Where the lazy river goes by

BS: Go away, let us be
TM: Just the river, you and me

BOTH:
Ev'rything is still all along the Mississippi
Ain't no one as happy as I
Oh, I never want to roam
Let me live and make my home
Where the lazy, lazy river goes by

BS:
Ev'rybody knows that it's just a muddy river
But it seems like Heaven on high
When the Moon is shining bright
Let me dream away the night
BOTH:
Where the lazy river goes by

BS: Go away TM: Go away
BS: Let us be TM: Let us be
TM: Just the river, you and me

BOTH:
Ev'rything is still all along the Mississippi
Ain't no one as happy as I
Oh, I never want to roam
Let me live and make my home
Where the lazy, lazy river goes by
Where the lazy, lazy river goes by


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2011)