Me and My Shadow. 1927.

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. July 2000.

Shades of night are falling and I'm lonely,
Standing on the corner feeling blue.

Sweethearts, out for fun,
Pass me, one by one,

Guess I'll wind up like I always do,
with only,

Me and my shadow,
strolling down the avenue.

Me and my shadow,
not a soul to tell our troubles to,

And when it's twelve o'clock,
we climb the stairs,

We never knock,
for nobody's there;

Just me and my shadow,
All alone and feeling blue.

Me and my shadow,
strolling down the avenue.

Me and my shadow,
not a soul to tell our troubles to,

And when it's twelve o'clock,
we climb the stairs,

We never knock,
for nobody's there;

Just me and my shadow,
All alone and feeling blue.

When the sun sets on the far horizon,
And the parlour lamps begin to glow,

Jim and Jack and John,
Put their slippers on,

They're all set,
but we're still on the go,
so lonely,

Me and my shadow,
strolling down the avenue.

Me and my shadow,
not a soul to tell our troubles to.

And when it's twelve o'clock,
we climb the stairs,

We never knock,
for nobody's there;

Just me and my shadow,
All alone and feeling blue.

Me and my shadow,
strolling down the avenue.

Me and my shadow,
not a soul to tell our troubles to,

And when it's twelve o'clock,
we climb the stairs,

We never knock,
for nobody's there;

Just me and my shadow,
All alone and feeling blue.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano1 - lyric
piano2
Me and My Shadow
1927
Written by Billy Rose
Composed by Al Jolson & Dave Dreyer
Doug Grierson handed me this famous old song last night
before he went home
it is debatable as to how much Al Jolson put into this song
certainly he sang it with
all his usual panache.
It was sung originally by Jack Smith (the whispering baritone)
in Archie de Beer and Clifford Whiteley's
Musical Production
"Blue Skies"
at The Vaudeville Theatre, London.
The score refers to it as a Fox-Trot Song
and I must say it does go along very nicely.
Sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
Karaoke by
Bunty Pritchard Jones
Me and My Shadow 1927 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 16 July 2000

M And My Shadow 1927 Written by Billy Rose Comp by Al Jolson & Dave Dreyer