IF I HAD A GIRL LIKE YOU (Mel Torme)
Mort Dixon / Ray Henderson / Billy Rose  1925

as rec by Mel Torme  1940's

also rec by -
Bailey's Lucky Seven '25
Hal Kemp & his Orch '25
The Seattle Harmony Kings '25
Rudy Vallee '25


I'm lonesome and blue,
But when I look at you,
There's one thing I know is true;
Wouldn't be lonesome,
Wouldn't be blue,
If I had a girl like you!

I've waited a lifetime,
I've had a delight time,
Those long nights have made mr blue;
Wouldn't be waiting,
Wouldn't be hating,
If I had a girl like you!

I don't know why
I'm feeling the way I do,
I know that I
Haven't made a mistake in you!

Everything seems
Like one of my dreams;
Wake me up and say it's true!
Wouldn't be dreamin',
Wouldn't be schemin',
If I had a girl like you!

If I had a girl like you!

If I had a girl like you!

I don't know why
I'm feelin' the way I do,
I know that I
Haven't made a mistake in you!

Everything seems
Like one o' my dreams;
Wake me up and say it's true!
Wouldn't be dreamin',
Wouldn't be schemin',
If I had a girl like you!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - October 2009)