WHY COULDN'T IT BE POOR LITTLE ME
(Music: Isham Jones / Lyrics: Gus Kahn)


Isham Jones & Ray Miller's Orch. (Instr.) - 1924
Marion Harris - 1924
Frank Crumit - 1925
Stomp Six (Instr.) - 1925
Ben Bernie & His Hotel Roosevelt Orch. (Instr.) - 1925
Fletcher Henderson & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1925
Benny Goodman & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1933



The day I fell in love with you
Was just a hard luck day for me
Still, there was nothing else to do
I guess it simply had to be

And yet it hardly seems quite fair
That I should throw my heart away
There'll be someone to make you care
And you're bound to fall someday

Say, why couldn't it be, shouldn't it be
I wonder why couldn't it be poor little me
Your just the kind I try to find most everywhere
And still I sigh wondering why you never care

Please tell me why wouldn't I do, wouldn't I do
I must have found somebody too, maybe it's you
Sure as you live, you're sure to give your love to someone
Tell me why couldn't it be poor little me

(Instrumental Break)

I thought that love was meant for two
Until I fell in love alone
I would have run away from you
If my heart had only known

I know there's no use running now
I simply couldn't get away
So I keep hoping that somehow
You'll care a little bit someday

Say, why couldn't it be, shouldn't it be
I wonder why couldn't it be poor little me
Your just the kind I try to find most everywhere
And still I sigh wondering why you never care

Please tell me why wouldn't I do, wouldn't I do
I must have found somebody too, maybe it's you
Sure as you live, you're sure to give your love to someone
Tell me why couldn't it be poor little, poor little me



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2017)