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Thread #71893   Message #1233024
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
24-Jul-04 - 05:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chord Req: Someone To Watch Over Me (Gershwin)
Subject: ADDPOP: Someone to Watch Over Me
What? Not in the DT?

Someone to Watch Over Me
George and Ira Gershwin, 1926

There's a saying old that love is blind;
Still we're often told: "seek and ye shall find."
So I'm going to seek a certain lad (girl) I've had in mind.

Looking everywhere, haven't found him (her) yet.
He's (She's) the big affair I cannot forget.
Only man (girl) I ever think of with regret.

I'd like to add his (her) initial to my monogram;
Tell me, where's the shepherd for this lost lamb.

There's a somebody I'm longing to see,
I hope that he (she) turns out to be-
Someone who'll watch over me.
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood,
I know I could, always be good,
To one who watched over me.

Although he (she) may not be the man
some girls (girl some men) think of,
As handsome, to my heart-
he (she) carries the key.

Won't you tell him (her) please,
To put on some speed,
Follow my lead, oh how I need
Someone to watch over me.

Won't you tell him (her) please,
To put on some speed,
Follow my lead, oh how I need-
Someone to watch over me.
Someone to watch over me.

From the 1926 musical "Oh, Kay." Book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, lyrics, Ira Gershwin, music, George Gershwin. I guess I remember Judy Garland most for this one.