IF YOU WERE MINE
Matty Malneck (m) Johnny Mercer (l)   1935


Billie Holiday w Teddy Wilson & his Orch   
rec Oct 31st 1935 New York


also-
Tony Bennett '63
Frankie Laine


If you were mine,
I could be a ruler of kings,
And if you were mine,
I could do such wonderful things.


I'd say to a star,
"Stop where you are,
Light up my lover's way!",
And every star above you would obey!


Say, if you were mine,
I would live for your love alone;
To kneel at your shrine
I would give up all that I own.


Yes, even my heart,
Even my life,
I'd trade it all for you,
And think I was lucky too
If you were mine.










(Contributed by Peter Akers - October 2008)