I'LL BE SEEING YOU
JIMMY DURANTE
SONGWRITERS: IRVING KAHAL & SAMMY FAIN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: JIMMY DURANTE WAY OF LIFE
LABEL: WARNER BROS. RECORDS
GENRE: jazz
standard
YEAR: 1965
James Francis
"Jimmy" Durante (February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an
American singer, pianist,
comedian, and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, comic language
butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose helped make him one of
America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the
1970s. His jokes about his nose included referring to it as a
"Schnozzola", and the word became his nickname.
"I'll Be Seeing You"
is a popular song, with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal. Published
in 1938, it was inserted into the Broadway musical Right This Way, which closed
after fifteen performances. In the musical it was performed by the singer Tamara
Drasin, who had a few years earlier introduced "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes".
The song is a jazz standard, and has been covered by many musicians.
I'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day through
In that small café
The park across the way
The children's carousel
The chestnut trees, the wishin' well
I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way
I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
I'll see you in that small cafe
The park across the way
The children's carousel
The chestnut trees, the wishin' well
I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way
I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
I'll be seeing you.