[Dixielandjazz] Lyrics

[Don Ingle]

For the record, it is by Walter Donaldson.
Don Ingle
----- Original Message -----
From: "David W. Littlefield" <dwlit@cpcug.org>
To: "Dottie Lawless" <1lawless@gte.net>; <Dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Lyrics


> At 10:29 AM 7/14/2002 +0000, Dottie Lawless wrote:
> >Band leader Mike Slack is looking for lyrics to "What Can I Say Dear
> >After I Say I'm Sorry".  Will someone help?  TYIA
>
> Here 'tis.  /// are held beats, | is a rest beat.
>
> --Sheik
> http://americanmusiccaravan.com
> **************************************
> What can I say after I say I'm sorry
>
> Verse:
> I/ don't know   why///   I/ made you   cry.///
> I'm/ sorry   sweet-/heart, and   yet,///   /// though
> You/ shouldn't   be///   len-/ient with   me,//I
> Hope/ you'll for-   give/ me and for-   get.///   ////
>
> Chorus:
> What can I say dear,   after I say I'm   sor-/ry?/   ///|
> What can I do to   prove it to you I'm   sor-/ry?/   ///|
> I didn't mean to   ever be mean to   you.///   /// If
> I didn't care I   wouldn't feel like I   do.///   ////
> --------------------------------------
> I was all wrong, but   right or wrong I don't   blame/ you./   ///|
> Why should I take some-   body like you and   shame/ you?/   / I know that
> I/ made you   cry/ and I'm   so/ sorry   dear.// So
> What can I say dear,   after I say I'm   sor-/ry?/   /|||
> --Sheik
> David W. Littlefield, Piano, Guitar, Banjo, Washboard
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