(You May Not Be An Angel, But) I'll String Along With You (1934 version)

Written for: Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
Performer: Allen Jenkins; Dick Powell; Dick Powell & Ginger Rogers
Lyric: Al Dubin
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1934
Original publisher: M. Witmark & Sons

Verse 1:

All my life I've waited for an angel,
But no angel ever came along;
Then one happy afternoon I met you,
And my heart began to sing a song.
Somehow, I mistook you for an angel,
But now I'm glad that I was wrong;

Chorus:

You may not be an angel,
'Cause angels are so few;
But until the day that one comes along,
I'll string along with you.
I'm looking for an angel
To sing my love song to,
And until the day that one comes along,
I'll sing my song to you.
For ev'ry little fault that you have,
Say, I've got three or four;
The human little faults you do have
Just make me love you more.
You may not be an angel,
But still I'm sure you'll do;
So, until the day that one comes along,
I'll string along with you.

Verse 2 (from British sheet music):

All my life I dreamed about an ideal,
One that I had built up in my mind.
When we met, I thought you were the ideal,
I was seeking of, so hard to find.
Though you're not the angel that I dreamed of,
Somehow you're just as sweet and kind.

[Chorus]