Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Cole Porter (w/m)
Seven Lively Arts, 1944
VERSE
We love each other so deeply
That I ask you this, sweetheart,
Why should we quarrel ever,
Why can't we be enough clever
Never to part?
REFRAIN 1
Everytime we say goodbye,
I die a little,
Everytime we say goodbye,
I wonder why a little,
Why the gods above me,
Who must be in the know
Think so little of me
They allow you to go.
REFRAIN 2
When you're near, there's such an air
Of spring about it,
I can hear a lark somewhere,
Begin to sing about it,
There's no love song finer,
But how strange the change
From major to minor,
Everytime we say goodbye.
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| Recorded | Performers | Label | Cat.# | Matrix |
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| | Frances Langford w/ Orchestra | ARA | 121 | ARA1041 |
| | Stan Kenton's Orchestra | Capitol | 187 | 524-3-A |
| | Stan Kenton & His Orchestra | Capitol | 2412 | |
| | Delta Rhythm Boys | RCA Victor | 20-2462 | |
| 11/16/1944 | Benny Goodman & His Orchestra | Columbia | 36767 | CO33816 |
| 12/07/1944 | Hildegarde | Decca | 23378 | 72606 |
| 12/20/1944 | Charlie Spivak & His Orchestra | RCA Victor | 20-1636 | D4VB0490 |
| 07/26/1945 | Fred Waring's Chorus | Decca | 18893 | 72990 |
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Year | Title | Medium | Type | Usage |
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1944 | Seven Lively Arts | stage | stage original | introduced |