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The Way You Look Tonight

from Sweet Sue by Greg Poppleton

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Dorothy Fields is my favourite lyricist. Her words fit Jerome Kern's plaintive melody perfectly.

Years after "The Way You look Tonight" was published, Dorothy Fields remembered, "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so beautiful."

lyrics

LYRICS:
Some day, when I'm awfully low,
When the world is cold,
I will feel a glow just thinking of you...
And the way you look tonight.

Oh, but you're lovely, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft,
There is nothing for me but to love you,
And the way you look tonight.

With each word your tenderness grows,
Tearing my fear apart...
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,
Touches my foolish heart.

Lovely ... Never, ever change.
Keep that breathless charm.
Won't you please arrange it?
Cause I love you ... Just the way you look tonight

credits

from Sweet Sue, released November 18, 2013
Song: Jerome Kern (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics) (1936)

Band: Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters.

Singer - Greg Poppleton
Saxes (soprano / alto / tenor) and Clarinet - Paul Furniss
Trumpet and Trombone - Al Davey
Guitar - Grahame Conlon
Double Bass - Darcy Wright
Double Bass - Mark Harris
Drums - Lawrie Thompson

Album Cover Design:
Damon Poppleton (Age 10)

Engineers,
Peter Gage, Peter O'Malley and Paul Mirtschin.

With a doff of the hat to Jimmy Vargas who organised the session.

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Greg Poppleton Sydney, Australia

I saw Louis Armstrong on TV when I was 3 and have been hooked on 1920s-1930s jazz and swing ever since. I sing songs with some musician characters

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