Am I Blue?
1929LYRICS
Am I blue?
Am I blue?
Ain't these tears
In these eyes tellin' you?
Am I blue?
You'd be too,
If each plan, with your man,
Done fell through
Was a time
I was his only one
But now I’m
The sad and lonely one, Lordy
Was I gay?
Till today
Now he's gone and we're through
Am I blue?
SONG NOTES
This simple song uses the original chorus to tell a song of longing for a man that left the singer. The Smith Ballew/Ben Selvin version of this song from 1929 changes "man" to "gal", showing that contemporaries 'straightened' their versions.
This song is from a movie called On With The Show where it was sung by Ethel Waters in a scene set on a cotton plantation. The extra intro verse reveals that she is in Birmingham, AL and her lover is in Chicago, IL.
RECORD LABEL
Pathé / Perfect
LANGUAGE
English
FEATURED IN
On With The Show [film]
CITATION
Pathé matrix 37004. Majestic Dance Orchestra - Am I Blue?. 1929. The American Dance Band Discography 1917-1942: Arthur Lange to Bob Zurke. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0uUvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1258&lpg=PA1258&dq=Am+I+Blue?+Majestic+Dance+Orchestra+Billy+Murray&source=bl&ots=jLGYJ8YZAq&sig=ACfU3U0D8fCPNTA1o9vbujeOJBw8skIQLQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMkvGX--GAAxW2QUEAHdBcCqwQ6AF6BAgoEAM#v=onepage&q=Am%20I%20Blue%3F%20Majestic%20Dance%20Orchestra%20Billy%20Murray&f=false