Then I'll Be Happy
music by cliff friend
lyrics by sidney clare & lew brown
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THEN I'LL BE HAPPY
- sung with different lyrics by Margie Hines as Betty Boop A HUNTING WE WILL GO (TALKARTOONS) 1932 Then I'll Be Happy is a jazz standard composed in 1925 by Tin Pan Alley tune maker and pianist Cliff Friend, and the songs lyrics were written by well-known hit lyricists Sidney Clare and Lew Brown. The song was very popular when it appeared in Fleischer's 1932 Talkartoon short A Hunting We Will Go. In the classic cartoon Ann Little, as Betty Boop, sings the song with altered lyrics.
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1925
COLEMAN HAWKINS FLETCHER HENDERSON |
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1925
DON REDMAN & FLETCHER HENDERSON |
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1926
THE RED HOTTERS |
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1925
RUSSO & FIORITO ORCHESTRA |
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1926
WHISPERING JACK SMITH |
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1926
CALIFORNIA RAMBLERS |
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19??
THE UNIVERSITY SIX |
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19??
PRINCE WONG |
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1927
JOSEPHINE BAKER |
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1927
THE SAVOY ORPHEANS |
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1932
BETTY BOOP (MARGIE HINES) |
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1941
JOHN KIRBY |
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1946
TOMMY DORSEY |
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1949
PEGGY LEE |
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1950
GEORGIA GIBBS |
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1957
NELSON RIDDLE AND HIS ORCHESTRA |
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19??
SPANKY WILSON |
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19??
THE OSMOND BROTHERS |
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1972
DEAN MARTIN AND THE DINGALINGS |
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19??
MOLLY BEE |
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1988
GEORGE MELLY |
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2007
DAN BARRETT |
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2016
THE SWEET PEPPERS |
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THEN I'LL BE HAPPY
First you bring me joy
then you bring me sorrow
Why, you´re just here today
and gone tomorrow
Why can´t I have you for my own?
Tell me, why must I stay here all alone
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna sigh when you sigh,
Cry when you cry,
Smile when you smile,
Then I'll be happy!
You can go north or south,
You can go east or west,
I'll follow you, seetheart,
And share your little love nest.
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna sigh when you sigh,
Cry when you cry,
Smile when you smile,
Then I'll be happy!
You can go north or south,
You can go east or west,
I'll follow you, seetheart,
And share your little love nest.
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna sigh when you sigh,
Cry when you cry,
Smile when you smile,
Then I'll be happy!
You can go north or south,
You can go east or west,
I'll follow you, seetheart,
And share your little love nest.
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna sigh when you sigh,
Cry when you cry,
Smile when you smile,
Then I'll be happy!
You can go north or south,
You can go east or west,
I'll follow you, seetheart,
And share your little love nest.
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I'll be happy with you,
We'll make sadness taboo,
And when you're always in view
I'll be happy!
First you bring me joy
then you bring me sorrow
Why, you´re just here today
and gone tomorrow
Why can´t I have you for my own?
Tell me, why must I stay here all alone
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna sigh when you sigh,
Cry when you cry,
Smile when you smile,
Then I'll be happy!
You can go north or south,
You can go east or west,
I'll follow you, seetheart,
And share your little love nest.
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna sigh when you sigh,
Cry when you cry,
Smile when you smile,
Then I'll be happy!
You can go north or south,
You can go east or west,
I'll follow you, seetheart,
And share your little love nest.
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna sigh when you sigh,
Cry when you cry,
Smile when you smile,
Then I'll be happy!
You can go north or south,
You can go east or west,
I'll follow you, seetheart,
And share your little love nest.
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I wanna sigh when you sigh,
Cry when you cry,
Smile when you smile,
Then I'll be happy!
You can go north or south,
You can go east or west,
I'll follow you, seetheart,
And share your little love nest.
I wanna go where you go,
Do what you do,
Love when you love,
Then I'll be happy!
I'll be happy with you,
We'll make sadness taboo,
And when you're always in view
I'll be happy!
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