ELLA FITZGERALD - THE MAN I LOVE

THE MAN I LOVE

ELLA FITZGERALD

SONGWRITERS: GEORGE GERSHWIN & IRA GERSHWIN;

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: MACK THE KNIFE: THE COMPLETE ELLA IN BERLIN;

LABEL: UNIVERSAL;

STAMP: VERVE

GENRE: BLUES & JAZZ;

YEAR: 2005

"The Man I Love" is a popular standard, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin. Originally part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin government satire Lady, Be Good as "The Girl I Love", the song was deleted from the show as well as from both the 1927 anti-war satire Strike Up the Band (where it first appeared as "The Man I Love") and 1928 Ziegfeld hit Rosalie after tryouts. It is the basis for the 1947 film The Man I Love starring Ida Lupino and Bruce Bennett and featured prominently throughout.

As with many standards of the era, it has become more famous as an independent popular song than as one from a Broadway musical.

The song was included in the 2015 Broadway musical An American In Paris based on the movie of same name.

Someday he'll come along

The man I love

And he'll be big and strong

The man I love

And when he comes my way

I'll do my best to make him stay

He'll look at me and smile

I'll understand

Then in a little while

He'll take my hand

And though it seems absurd

I know we both won't say a word

Maybe I shall meet him Sunday

Maybe Monday, maybe not

Still I'm sure to meet him one day

Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day

He'll build a little home

That's meant for two

From which I'll never roam

Who would, would you

And so all else above

I'm dreaming of the man I love