| Composer | Vincent Youmans |
| Lyricist | Irving Caesar |
| Year Written | 1924 |
About This Song
“Tea For Two” was written by Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar for the 1924 musical No, No Nanette. The song has proved quite popular over the decades and enjoyed a boost when No, No Nanette had a major revival in 1971.
View the lyrics
Picture you upon my knee
Just tea for two and two for tea
Just me for you and you for me alone
Nobody near us to see us or hear us
No friends or relations on weekend vacations
We won’t have it known, dear
That we own a telephone, dear
Day will break and you’ll awake
And start to bake a sugar cake
For me to take for all the boys to see
We will raise a family
A boy for you, a girl for me
Oh, can’t you see how happy we would be
Recordings
1971-1
Tony Bennett recorded “Tea For Two” on January 25, 1971. Ralph Burns wrote the arrangement and conducted the orchestra.
CO 109077
Release History
| 1971 | Columbia LP 12″: C 30558 — Love Story |
| 1971 | Columbia 45: 4-45376 |
| 1971 | CBS 45: S 7056 |
| 2011 | Columbia: The Complete Collection — Disc 41 — Love Story |
1971-2
Tony Bennett recorded “Tea For Two” live on January 31, 1971, at The Royal Albert Hall in London. Robert Fanon conducted the orchestra.
Release History
| 1971 | Columbia: LP 12″: C 30953 — Get Happy with the London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 2013 | Columbia: The Complete Collection — Disc 42 — Get Happy with the London Philharmonic Orchestra |