From the 1924 musical comedy “Lady, Be Good!”
words by Ira Gershwin
music by George Gershwin
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
- Listen to my tale of woe
It’s terribly sad, but true
All dressed up no place to go
Each ev’ning I’m awf’ly blue
I must win some winsome miss
Can’t go on like this
I could blossom out I know
With somebody just like you, so
Chorus:
Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good
Oh lady, be good to me
I am so awf’ly misunderstood
So lady be good to me
Oh, please have some pity
I’m all alone in this big city
I tell you I’m just a lonesome babe in the wood
So lady, be good to me
- Auburn and brunette and blonde
I love ’em all, tall or small
But somehow they don’t grow fond
They stagger but never fall
Winter’s gone, and now it’s Spring
Love! where is thy sting?
If somebody won’t respond
I’m going to end it all, so
Sung here by Fred Feild: