| Song No. 49 "Someone To Watch Over Me" |
| When forlorn Gertrude Lawrence, clutching a rag doll, sang this gentle plea in the 1926 musical Oh Kay! , a Broadway critic confessed that the Gershwins had "wrung the withers of even the most hard-hearted of those present." Composer George had originally written the melody in up tempo but soon realized that it sounded far better as a slow romantic ballad. |
| LYRICS There's a somebody I'm longing to see, I hope that he turns out to be Someone who'll watch over me I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood, I know I could Always be good To one who'll watch over me Although he may not be the man some girls think of as handsome, To my heart, he carries the key Won't you tell him please to put on some speed, Follow my lead, Oh how I need Someone to Watch over Me |