PEGGY LEE - A TASTE OF HONEY

 A TASTE OF HONEY

PEGGY LEE

SONGWRITER: ERIC MARLOW & BOBBY SCOTT

COUNTRY: U.S.A.

ALBUM: I’M A WOMAN

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1963

"A Taste of Honey" is a pop standard written by Bobby Scott and Ric Marlow. It was originally an instrumental track (or recurring theme) written for the 1960 Broadway version of the 1958 British play A Taste of Honey (which was also made into the film of the same name in 1961). Both the original and a later recording by Herb Alpert in 1965 earned the song four Grammy Awards. A vocal version of the song, first recorded by Billy Dee Williams (and released in 1961 on the Prestige label), was recorded by the Beatles for their first album in 1963. Barbra Streisand had performed the song as part of her cabaret act during 1962, and recorded it for her debut álbum The Barbra Streisand Album on Columbia, which won a Grammy for Album of the Year (1963).

Winds may blow over the icy sea

I'll take with me the warmth of thee

A taste of honey

A taste much sweeter than wine

I will return

I'll return

I'll come back for the honey and you

I'll leave behind my heart to wear

And may it ever remind you of

A taste of honey

A taste much sweeter than wine

I will return

I'll return

I'll come back for the honey and you

Yes, I'll leave behind my heart to wear

And may it ever remind you of

A taste of honey

A taste much sweeter than wine

Honey, sweeter than wine.