Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Music: Jerome Kern
According to a 1987 interview with John Kahn, when Jerry Garcia, Kahn and Keith Godchaux briefly formed a jazz
piano combo in 1978 informally known as the "Front Street Sheiks", one of the songs they played was "All The Things You Are".
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I assume they would have played this as an instrumental, though it was written with lyrics for the musical "Very Warm For May":
You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song
You are the angel glow that lights a star
The dearest things I know are what you are
Someday my happy arms will hold you
And someday I'll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine
You are the angel glow that lights a star
The dearest things I know are what you are
Someday my happy arms will hold you
And someday I'll know that moment divine
When all the things you are, are mine
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Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
1939 | Single | Tommy Dorsey |