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Sweet Lorraine
Words & Music by Mitchell Parish & Cliff Burwell, 1928Recorded by Nat 'King' Cole, 1940
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I've just found joy; I'm as happy as a baby boy
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With another brand new choo-choo toy
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When I'm with my sweet Lorraine.
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A pair of eyes that are bluer than the summer skies;
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When you see them you will re - al - ize
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Why I love my sweet Lorraine.
Bridge:
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When it's raining I don't miss the sun,
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For it's in my sweetie's smile.
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Just to think that I'm the lucky one
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Who will lead her down the aisle.
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Each night I pray that nobody steals her heart away,
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Just can't wait until that hap - py day
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When I marry sweet Lorraine.
One published source I have seen states that this song -- among the earliest of many huge hits for Cole -- only got performed because a rather insistent drunk demanded that Cole's trio play it one night at a Los Angeles club. The response was so strong that it influenced Cole to change his style; up until then, he had been almost exclusively a non-singing pianist.
I want to thank my cyber-friend Tony C. for putting me on to this song...I had overlooked it for years. Thanks, too, to Bill for identifying the full names of the authors for me.