Long Ago And Far Away
Jerome Kern (m), Ira Gershwin (w)
Cover Girl, 1944
Verse
Dreary days are over.
Life's a four-leaf clover.
Sessions of depressions are through.
Ev'ry hope I longed for, long ago, comes true.
Burthen
Long ago and far away,
I dreamed a dream on day
And now that dream is here beside me.
Long the skies were overcast,
But now the clouds have passed:
You're here at last!
Chills run up and down my spine,
Aladdin's lamp is mine,
The dream I dreamed was not denied me.
Just one look and then I knew
That all I longed for, long ago, was you.
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 | Recorded | Performers | Label | Cat.# | Matrix |
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| | Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians | Decca | 25044 | |
| 05/05/1936 | Vincent Lopez & His Orchestra | Melotone | 6-08-05 | 19194 |
| 05/20/1936 | Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra | Victor | 25335-B | 101845 |
| 05/25/1936 | Nat Brandwynne And His Orchestra | Brunswick | 7678 | 19324 |
| 06/01/1936 | Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra | Bluebird | B6432 | 101647 |
| 07/13/1936 | Ben Bernie & His Orchestra | Decca | 874-B | DLA432 |
| 07/30/1936 | Frances Langford & V.Young | Decca | 893-A | DLA490 |
| 01/21/1944 | Jo Stafford (Paul Weston Orchestra) | Capitol | 153 | 190 |
| 03/10/1944 | Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians | Decca | 18602-A | 71853 |
| 06/28/1950 | Erroll Garner Trio | Columbia | 39166 | CO44026 |
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| Year | Title | Medium | Type | Usage |
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| 1944 | Cover Girl | film | film original | introduced |