[Dixielandjazz] Broken Promises

[David W. Littlefield]

I checked Rust JR, Kinkle, "Billboard book of top 40 hits", Anderson index,
"Great American Song Thesaurus", Whitburn's "Pop memories", the indexes of
my fake books (I copied the indexes of most of my fake books and bound 'em
into one volume.) 

Nada. Either an ultra obscure tune or the title is incorrect.
--Sheik

At 03:07 PM 08/10/05 -0400, Laurence Swain wrote:
>I was a camper at the Jazz Camp in Moodus, CT a couple of weeks ago.  One of 
>the lead 
>sheets were given was for a tune named "Broken Promises".
>
>The type-set sheet had the lyrics and the melody notes, but was unusual in 
>that the melody 
>was shown in the bass clef.
>
>I transcribed it to the treble clef.
>
>Been trying to find out something about the tune, which is very nice when 
>played at medium 
>tempo, and can't find anything on the Web -- nada.
>
>I can send a copy of a jpg of the hand-scrawled lead sheet I prepared to 
>anyone who can 
>shed some light on the history of the tune.
>
>Here are the lyrics:
>
>Verse:
>
>    I gave my heart, and I believed
>    That I would never be deceived
>    But lovers' promises may be
>    Wishful thinking fantasy
>
>Chorus:
>
>    Broken promises mean broken hearts
>    Broken words, that's how each teardrop starts
>    Promises that never could come true
>    I believed them -- what else was I to do?
>    Vows we made, you took them all in vain
>    Love to you was just a passing game
>    When you promised me we'd never part
>    You broke your promise and my heart.
>
><SOB!>
>
>Larry Swain
>
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--Sheik
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