One Sweet Letter From You

Lyric: Lew Brown & Sidney Clare
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1927
Original publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.

Verse 1:

I'm so blue,
Lonesome, too,
And I wonder where you are tonight.
Not one word,
Have I heard;
If you think of me, why don't you write?

Chorus:

Oh, dear, how I need one sweet letter from you,
How I'd love to read one sweet letter from you.
You know that you left me so worried and blue,
I always keep singing, oh, what'll I do.
Though it's not fair, and you don't care for me dearly,
Drop me a line, if you just sign, "Yours sincerely."
You know that I'm praying the night and day through,
Just hoping I'll get one sweet letter from you.

Patter (not in MIDI):

Mail for Missus Jones,
Missus Jones don't need it;
Missus Jones is happy all the day.
Mail for Missus Brown,
Missus Brown don't read it;
Opens them and throws them right away.
Mail man rings, then he sings
Got some letters for you.
Here's what he brings:
Mail for the baker,
My dress maker,
Word from the landlord, too.
I get letters from ev'rybody,
Not a single word from you;

Last 16 of Chorus (not in MIDI):

Here's what to do, even though you never crave me,
And though you lie, say that you cry; it might save me!
You know that I'm praying the night and day through,
Just hoping I'll get one sweet letter from you.

Verse 2:

Since you're gone,
I keep on
Feeling just as sorry as can be.
I just wrote
You a note,
I'd be happy if you'd answer me:

[Chorus]