Someone To Watch Over Me 1926 'Oh, Kay!'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 26 Jul 2003

There's a saying old
says that love is blind,
still we're often told:
"Seek and ye shall find."
So I'm going to seek a certain lad
I've had in mind.
Looking ev'rywhere,
haven't found him yet;
he's the big affair I cannot forget.
Only man I ever think of with regret.
I'd like to add his initials
to my monogram.
Tell me, where is the shepherd
for this lost lamb?

[She:] There's a somebody
I'm longing to see.
I hope that he 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'll watch over me.
Although he may not be the man some girls
think of as handsome,
to my heart, he carries the key.
Won't you tell him, please,
to put on some speed,
follow my lead,
oh, how I need
someone to watch over me.

[He:] There's a somebody
I've wanted to see.
I hope that 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'll watch over me.
She may be far she may be nearby;
I'm promising hereby,
to my heart
she'll carry the key.
And this world would be like heaven
if she'd follow my lead
oh, how I need
someone to watch over me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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Someone To Watch Over Me 1926
from "Oh, Kay!"
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
copyright 1926 WB Music Corp. (renewed)
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Saturday 26 July 2003 at 22.16
in association with Doug Grierson
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I have studied many versions of this song but Gershwin's
directions say 'scherzando' for the intro and chorus
and 'moderato' for the verse. Thus tempo's here may be at odds
with what one is used to hearing. I based this on a version
I have by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa who wanted to stick to the
original tempos for her version of the song.
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