YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER
fr" You Were Never Lovelier" 1942 film 
sb Fred Astaire w Xavier Cugat & his Orch
Jerome Kern (m)Johnny Mercer (l)  1942

as rec by Fred Astaire w John Scott Trotter & his Orch  
July 27th 1942 Angeles


I was never able
To recite a fable
That would make the party bright.
Sitting at the table,
I was never able
To become the host's delight.
But now you've given me my after-dinner story,
I'll just describe you as you are in all your glory!

You were never lovelier, you were never so fair;
Dreams were never lovelier, pardon me if I stare.
Down the sky the moonbeams fly to light your face;
I can only say they chose the proper place!

You were never lovelier, and to cojn a new phrase,
I was never luckier in my palmiest days!
Make a note and you can quote me, honor bright,
You were never lovelier than you are tonight!

You were never lovelier, and to cojn a new phrase,
I was never luckier in my palmiest days!
Make a note and you can quote me, honor bright,
You were never lovelier than you are tonight!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2011)