I'LL GET ALONG SOMEHOW
(Buddy Fields / Gerald Marks)


Ethel Waters - 1937
Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy (vocal: Pha Terrell) - 1937
Erskine Hawkins & His Orch. - 1937
Jazz Gillum - 1938
Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends - 1946
The Three Blazers (vocal: Charles Brown) - 1946
Larry Darnell - 1949
Ruth Brown - 1949
Al Hibbler - 1956
Lonnie Johnson - 1960
Nancy Wilson - 1971
Lillian Boutte - 1995

Also recorded by: Basin Street Boys; Damita Joe; 
Joe Hinton; Jack McVea; The ExPosed Blues Duo.





You're tired of me, that's plain to see
I was just a mere sensation
Now we're through, I'll get along somehow

I wanted love, you promised love
All you gave was conversation
Though I'll miss you, I'll get along somehow

All I have left is just a picture of you
On which you wrote
But never meant the words 'I Love You'

I'm all alone, so all alone
Needing words of consolation
Friendless and blue, I'll get along somehow

All I have left is just a picture of you
On which you wrote
But never, never meant the words 'I Love You'

I'm all alone, so all alone
Needing words of consolation
Friendless and blue, I'll get along somehow


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As recorded by LARRY DARNELL:


You're tired of me, it's plain to see
I was just mere sensation
Now that we're through, I'll get along somehow, somehow

I wanted love, you promised love
All you gave was conversation
Though I'll miss you, I'll get along somehow

Darling, all I have left is just a picture of you
On which you wrote
But never, never, never meant the words 'I Love You'

I'm all alone, so all alone
I'm needing words of consolation
Friendless and blue, but I'll get along somehow

SPOKEN:
You're right up on top now and you want to be free
Why, you feel that you're too good, much too good for a nobody like me
Yes, you're afraid to present me to your friends in your set
Oh well, I guess it's more convenient for us to forget
But how soon you forget all the fine, fine things you said
And how just a little success, yes, just a little taste of success
Has gone straight to your pretty little head
I hold in my hand three letters, dear
Each from three different stages of your fine, super fine career
The first one began, "Larry, darling, sweetheart, my wonderful one
I'll always be greatful for the things that you've done"
Your second letter came right after I gave you your start
Yes, it came from your pen, dear, but not from your heart
The third, the third is a joker that came with the deck
You ended your letter, "Enclosed, Larry, please find my check"
Why, you fool, you poor, sad, worthless foolish fool
Do you think your money could pay 
For the hard years I've suffered with you till things broke your way
Yes, I smiled when you kissed me, I thrilled at your touch
My only sin was I loved you, I loved you much too much
I'm answering your last letter that said we must part
But I'm tearing it to pieces, just like you tore up my heart
I'm sad and I'm licked and I haven't got a dime
But I thank God, yes, I thank my God, I found you out in time

Darling, all I have left is just a picture of you
On which you wrote
But never, never, never meant the words 'I Love You'

I'm all alone, so all alone
I'm needing words of consolation
Friendless and blue, but I'll get along somehow







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2011)