WHY

(Slater, Wilson)


As recorded by:
Harry Hudson’s Melody Makers
V. Stanley Kirkby
Recorded 26 October 1928

Also recorded by:
Jay Wilbur’s Band
Bert Firman’s Band



Why did you take all the sunshine
Leaving me only the rain
Why did you take all the joy from my life
Leaving me only the pain
Why take the glory from heaven
Leaving a broken heart
Why did you teach me to love you
When all the time you knew we must part.



(Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection
 by Bill Huntley -July 2014)