WOULD YOU ?
From the film "San Francisco" (1936)
(Nacio Herb Brown / Arthur Freed)

Jeanette MacDonald (Film Soundtrack) - 1936
Henry King & His Orch. (vocal: Joe Sudy) - 1936
George Hall & His Orch. - 1936
Bing Crosby - 1936
Henry "Red" Allen & His Orch. - 1936
Gracie Fields- 1936
Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson - 1936
Jan Peerce - 1936
Greta Keller - 1935
Gene Kelly & Betty Noyse ("Singin'In The Rain" Soundtrack) - 1951
Debbie Reynolds "Singin In The Rain" S/T - Not Used) - 1951
Percy Faith & His Orch. (vocal: Peter Hanley) - 1951
Stanley Black & His Orchestra - 1952
Danielle Carson (London Stage Production) - 1983


I've been reading such romantic stories
Tales of love that set my heart aflame
Pages that entrance, with a new romance
But each plot is really quite the same

He holds her in his arms
Would you, would you
He tells her of her charms
Would you, would you

They met as you and I,
And they were only friends
But before
The story ends

He'll kiss her with a sigh,
Would you, would you
If the boy were I,
Would you, would you

And would you dare to say
Let's do the same as they
I would
Would you.

(Instrumental Interlude)

He'll kiss her with a sigh,
Would you, would you
If the boy were I,
Would you, would you

And would you dare to say
Let's do the same as they
I would
Would you


(Contributed by Bill Huntley - December 2004)