Dream Dancing
Cole Porter
| PROFILE | |
| Composer and Lyricist | Cole Porter |
| Year Written | 1941 |
| About Dream Dancing | |
| Cole Porter wrote “Dream Dancing” for the 1941 movie You’ll Never Get Rich, though it was introduced only in its instrumental form. The first recording of the song, with lyrics) was made by Fred Astaire in the same year, with The Delta Rhythm Boys. Other recordings include those by Ella Fitzgerald, Zoot Zims with Jimmy Rowles, and Mel Tormé. | |
Lyrics
When day is gone and night comes on
Until the dawn what do I do?
I clasp your hand and wander through slumber land
Dream dancing with you
We dance between a sky serene
And fields of green sparkling with dew
It’s joy sublime whenever I spend my time
Dream dancing with you
Dream dancing
Oh, what a lucky windfall
Touching you, clutching you
All the night through
So say you love me, dear
And let me make my career
Dream dancing, dream dancing with you
When day is gone and night comes on
Until the dawn what do I do?
I clasp your hand and wander through slumber land
Dream dancing with you
We dance between a sky serene
And fields of green sparkling with dew
It’s joy sublime whenever I spend my time
Dream dancing with you
Dream dancing
Oh, what a lucky windfall
Holding you, clutching you
All the night through
So say you love me, dear
And let me make my career
Dream dancing, dream dancing
With you, with you, with you
Session / Album Information
1976
“Dream Dancing” was recorded in September, 1976 but was not released until the 1999 Rhino release of Together Again.
This recording released on:
- 1999: Rhino CD: R2 75837 — Together Again
- 2003: Concord CD: CCD-2198 — Together Again
- 2004: Concord CD: CCD4-2255 — The Complete Improv Recordings
- 2009: Concord CD: FAN-31281 — The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings
- 2011: Disc #53 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK52) Together Again