BODY AND SOUL
Johnny Green (m) Frank Eyton (l) 
Edward Heyman (l) Robert Sour (l)  1930


Paul Whiteman, Bert Ambrose, 
Jack Hylton and many others
 


My heart is sad and lonely
For you I sigh, for you dear only
Why haven't you seen it
I'm all for you body and soul.


I spend my days in longin'
And wondering why it's me you're wronging
I tell you I mean it
I'm all for you body and soul.


I can't believe it
It's hard to conceive it
That you turn away romance
Are you pretending
It looks like the ending
Unless I could have one more chance to prove, dear
My life a wreck you're making
You know I'm yours for just the taking
I'd gladly surrender myself to you body and soul


My life a wreck you're making
You know I'm yours for just the taking
I would gladly surrender myself to you body and soul



(Contributed by Dave Johnson - March 2008)

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as rec by Morgana King  January 1956 New York


I'm lost in the dark,
Where is the spark of my love?
I'm lost in the night,
Holding the light of my love.
The heavens opened, then cloud;
That's when I might have supposed
I'd lie and rest in the savannah,
So far removed from all that I had planned on!

My days have been so lonely,
For I have lost my one and only;
My pride has been humbled,
But I am his,
Body and soul!

I was a mere sensation,
My house of cards had no foundation;
Although it has tumbled,
I still am his,
Body and soul!

What lies before me?
The future looks stormy,
A Winter of grey alone.
Unless there's magic,
The end will be tragic,
And ech a tale that's been told so often.

My life revolves around him,
What earthly good am I without him?
My castles have crumbled,
but I am his,
Body and soul!

My castles have crumbled,
but I am his,
Body and soul!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - August 2011)

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BODY AND SOUL (Sinatra Version)
Recorded by Sinatra in NYC on April 13, 1984; 
Orchestra recorded in Hollywood on October 26, 2007
Arranger: Torrie Zito
Music: Johnny Green  
Words: Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, & Frank Eyton


My heart is sad and lonely
for you I sigh.....just for you only
why haven't you seen it?
I'm all for you.....body and soul.

I spend my days in longing
and wonder why
why it's me that you're wronging
I tell you that I mean it
I'm all for you.....body and soul.

I can't believe it.
It's hard to conceive it.
That you would turn away romance.
Are you pretending?
Because it looks like the ending.
Unless I could have one more chance
to prove, dear.....

My life a wreck you're making
you know I'm yours.....just for the taking
I would gladly surrender.
Surrender myself to you.....body and soul.

My life a wreck. 
You're making...you know I'm yours.
I'm yours for just the taking.
I would gladly surrender
myself to you.....body and soul.....



(Transcribed by Richard W. Mills - May 2012)