Lyr Req: I'll Wait for You

Subject: Lyric request: I'll Wait for You
From: J. Hartley
Date: 21 May 97 - 11:34 PM

I would like lyrics for a song from the late 30's or early 40's, I'll Wait for You. Probably a country/western song.

Subject: RE: Lyric request: I'll Wait for You
From: December
Date: 22 May 97 - 01:38 AM

Does it say 'If it takes forever I will wait for you - for a thousand summers I will wait for you?

Subject: RE: Lyric request: I'll Wait for You
From: J.Hartley
Date: 22 May 97 - 07:18 AM

No. This is an old country/western song from the 40's. The song you suggest is more recent, perhaps from a 60-70's movie. Thanks anyway.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: I'll Wait for You
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 05 Mar 08 - 06:54 AM

Gene Autry recorded this in 1941. Here's a snippet transcribed from a couple of sound samples:

I'LL WAIT FOR YOU
Gene Autry, Fred Rose

…So always know my heart beats true.
Don't stay too long, 'cause I'll be lonely.
My one and only, I'll wait for you.

When we're apart I'll ne'er forget you. (or "I'll have you near me")
I'll still recall the things you do,
For you I'll pine. For you I'll pray, dear…

[Patsy Montana recorded a song with the same title in 1942, but I'm not sure it's the same song.]