Skylark
| PROFILE | |
| Composer | Hoagy Carmichael |
| Lyricist | Johnny Mercer |
| Year Written | 1941 |
| About Skylark | |
| Johnny Mercer is said to have worked on the lyrics for “Skylark” over a year. It is also said that he wrote the lyrics to express his feelings for Judy Garland, with whom he had been involved. Whether true or not, the song and the lyrics are outstanding and it easily became a jazz and popular standard. | |
Lyrics
Skylark
Have you anything to say to me
Won’t you tell me where my love can be
Is there a meadow in the mist
Where someone’s waiting to be kissed
Skylark
Have you seen a valley green with spring
Where my heart can go a-journeying
Over the shadows and the rain
To a blossom covered lane
And in your lonely flight
Haven’t you heard the music of the night
Wonderful music, faint as a will o’ the wisp
Crazy as a loon
Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon
Skylark
I don’t know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won’t you lead me there
Skylark
I don’t know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won’t you lead me there
Session / Album Information
1959
Skylark was recorded on October 28, 1959 and released in 1995 on the CD re-release of Tony Sings For Two. It was arranged by Ralph Sharon.
This recording released on:
- 1991: Columbia CD: C4K 46843 — Forty Years – The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
- 1993: CBS/Sony CD: SRCS-6641 — Forty Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
- 1995: Sony Music CD: SMSP A 8242 — Tony Sings For Two
- 2004: Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
- 2011: Disc #19 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK19) Tony Sings For Two
Tony Bennett recorded I Didn’t Know What Time It Was for his 1961 album Tony Bennett Sings For Two
This song was recorded on October 28, 1959 and released in 1961 on the album Tony Sings For Two.