Joe F mentioned this on 16-Sep-2009:

Here's my transcription from the recording at The Internet Archive:


TRUE BLUE LOU
Words by Leo Robin & Sam Coslow; music by Richard A. Whiting, 1929.
From the film "Dance of Life" (1929)
As recorded by Johnny Marvin, 1929.

Down in a pool room some of the gang were talking of gals they knew.
"Women are all the same," said Joe.
One dizzy bird said: "Pal, ain't you heard the story of True Blue Lou?
Listen and get an earful, beau:"

She was a dame in love with a guy.
She stuck to him but didn't know why.
Ev'ryone blamed her
Still they all named her
True Blue Lou.

He gave her nothing; she gave him all,
But when he had his back to the wall,
Who fought to save him,
Smiled and forgave him?
True Blue Lou.

He got a break and went away to get a new start,
But, poor kid, she never got a break except the one way down in her heart.

Maybe somewhere in heaven above,
There's a reward for that kind of love.
Angels won't blame her.
They too will name her
True Blue Lou.