EYDIE GORME - AFTER YOU'VE GONE

AFTER YOU'VE GONE

EYDIE GORMÉ

SONGWRITERS: HENRY CREAMER & TURNER LAYTON

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: AFTER YOU’VE GONE

LABEL: COLUMBIA

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1965

 

      Eydie Gormé(born Edith Gormezano; August 16, 1928 – August 10, 2013) was an American singer who had hits on the pop and Latin pop charts. She sang solo and with her husband, Steve Lawrence, on albums, television, Broadway, and in Las Vegas.

     "After You've Gone" is a 1918 popular song composed by Turner Layton with lyrics by Henry Creamer. It was recorded by Marion Harris on July 22, 1918, and released by Victor Records. The chorus adheres to a standard ABAC pattern but is only 20 measures long. There are four 4-bar phrases, followed by a 4 measure tag. The song is harmonically active, with chord changes almost every measure. The opening four notes are identical to the opening notes of Peg o' My Heart(1912)—at the time songwriters often borrowed the first few notes of a hit melody. The song was so popular that the sheet music was later decorated with tiny photographs of the 45 men who made the song famous, including Paul Whiteman, Rudy Vallée, B.A. Rolfe, Guy Lombardo, and Louis Armstrong.

Don't you remember how you used to say

You'd always love me in the same old way

But know it's very strange

That you should ever change

Sometimes I think someone has won your heart

Tempted you away

But let me warn you, though we're miles apart

You'll regret someday

My darling

After you've gone

And left me crying

After you've gone

There's no denying

You'll feel blue

You'll feel sad

You miss the bestest pal you ever had

There'll come a time now don't forget it

There'll come a time when you'll regret it

Someday when grow lonely

Your heart will break like mine

And you'll want me only

After you've gone

After you've gone away

Oh you're gonna miss me baby

I-I-I-I don't mean maybe

Someday when grow lonely

Your heart will break for me only

After you've gone

After you've gone away.