Frederica von Stade, American mezzo-soprano
Sung by Judy Collins, 1982
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt58O9lc45w
Sung by Peggy Lee, 1941
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbnA78ravpY&feature=related
Sung by Ray Heatherton, 1937
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuAzaEPWltQ
Google Search: “Where or When” Rodgers and Hart
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Where or When
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
from the Broadway Musical “Babes in Arms”
1937
Where or When Phrasing, as sung by Frederica von Stade
[ Instrumental Prelude: ]
It seems we stood and talked like this / be-fore /
We looked at each o-ther in the same way then /
But I can’t re-mem-ber where / or when /
The clothes you’re wear-ing / are the clothes / you wore /
The smile you are smi-ling you were smi-ling then /
But I can’t re-mem-ber where / or when /
Some things that hap-pen for the first time /
Seem to be hap-pen-ing a-gain /
And so it seems that we have met / be-fore /
And laughed / be-fore / and loved / be-fore /
But who knows where or when /
When you’re a-wake the things you think /
Come from the dreams you dream /
Thought has wings / and lots of things /
Are sel-dom what they seem /
Some-times you think you’ve lived be-fore /
All that you live to-day /
Things you do / come back to you /
As though they knew the way /
Oh the tricks your mind / can play /
It seems we stood and talked like this / be-fore /
We looked at each o-ther in the same way then /
But I can’t re-mem-ber where / or when /
The clothes you’re wear-ing / are the clothes / you wore /
The smile you are smi-ling you were smi-ling then /
But I can’t re-mem-ber where / or when /
Some things that hap-pen for the first time /
Seem to be hap-pen-ing a-gain /
And so it seems that we have met / be-fore /
And laughed / be-fore / and loved / be-fore /
But who knows where or when /
[ Instrumental: Some things that hap-pen for the first time /
Seem to be hap-pen-ing again ]
And so it seems that we have met / be-fore /
And laughed / be-fore / and loved / be-fore /
But who knows where / or when!
Where or When Phrasing, per Original Score
[ Instrumental Prelude: ]
When you’re a-wake the things you think /
Come from the dreams you dream /
Thought has wings / and lots of things /
Are sel-dom what they seem /
Some-times you think you’ve lived be-fore /
All that you live to-day /
Things you do / come back to you /
As though they knew the way /
Oh the tricks your mind / can play /
It seems we stood and talked like this / be-fore /
We looked at each o-ther in the same way then /
But I can’t re-mem-ber where / or when /
The clothes you’re wear-ing / are the clothes / you wore /
The smile you are smi-ling you were smi-ling then /
But I can’t re-mem-ber where / or when /
Some things that hap-pen for the first time /
Seem to be hap-pen-ing a-gain /
And so it seems that we have met / be-fore /
And laughed / be-fore / and loved / be-fore /
But who knows where or when /
It seems we stood and talked like this / be-fore /
We looked at each o-ther in the same way then /
But I can’t re-mem-ber where / or when /
The clothes you’re wear-ing / are the clothes / you wore /
The smile you are smi-ling you were smi-ling then /
But I can’t re-mem-ber where / or when /
[ Instrumental: Some things that hap-pen for the first time /
Seem to be hap-pen-ing again ]
And so it seems that we have met / be-fore /
And laughed / be-fore / and loved / be-fore /
But who knows where / or when!
