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'''"Sometimes I'm Happy"''' is a [[popular music|popular song]]. The music was written by [[Vincent Youmans]], the lyrics by [[Irving Caesar]]. The song was originally published in
==Background==
The song was performed in the musical by [[Charles King (vaudevillian)|Charles King]] and [[Louise Groody]], who also made a recording for [[Victor Records]], catalog number 20609.<ref name=Gardner>{{cite book|▼
It was originally intended for the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[musical theatre|musical]] ''Mary Jane McKane,'' but was cut before the show opened.<ref name=Bloom>{{cite book|
title= American Song|
last = Bloom|
first = Ken|
publisher= Schirmer Books|
___location= New York, New York|
year= 1996|
isbn= 0-02-870484-3
}}</ref> The music was subsequently used, with new lyrics and title, in the short-lived 1925 [[musical theatre|musical]] ''A Night Out,'' and in the [[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[Hit the Deck (musical)|Hit the Deck]],'' starring [[Stanley Holloway]] and opening in April 1927.
▲The song was performed in ''[[Hit the Deck (musical)|Hit the Deck]]'' by [[Charles King (vaudevillian)|Charles King]] and [[Louise Groody]], who also made a recording for [[Victor Records]], catalog number 20609.<ref name=Gardner>{{cite book|
title= Popular Songs of the 20th Century: Chart Detail & Encyclopedia, 1900-1949|
last = Gardner|
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A number of other recordings was made in 1927 (see below), and the tune has become a standard, recorded by many artists since that time. It appeared as the B-side of the landmark 1935 recording of "[[King Porter Stomp]]" by [[Benny Goodman]] and his orchestra (released July 31 as Victor 25090).
==Lyrics (Come On And Pet Me version)==
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<poem>There's a girl friend that I know
Has a boy friend who is slow
When they're alone he is shy,
And she has to keep complaining:
Come on and pet me, why don't you pet me?
Why don't you get me to let you pet me?
You never ask me out for a spoon
For all I know, there ain't any moon!
I'd like to bask in your fond caressin'
You do the askin' I'll do the yessin'
Within your arms I'd stay for a year
Come on and pet me, dear, do dear!</poem><ref name=ComeYoumans>{{cite book
|title= Come On And Pet Me
|last = Youmans
|first = Vincent
|publisher= Harms Incorporated
|___location= New York
|year= 1923}}</ref>
==Lyrics (Sometimes I'm Happy version)==
<poem>Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm blue
My disposition depends on you
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I'm always happy
So very happy
</poem>
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*[[Sarah Vaughan]] (1955)
*[[Cy Walter]] (released by [[Columbia Records]] as catalog number 39629, with the flip side "[[Isn't It Romantic?]]"<ref name=Col39500>[http://78discography.com/COL39500.htm Columbia Records in the 39500 to 39999 series]</ref>)
* [[Dinah Washington]] for her album ''[[In the Land of Hi-Fi (Dinah Washington album)|In the Land of Hi-Fi]]'' (1956).<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-land-of-hi-fi-mw0000192640|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=June 25, 2024}}</ref>
*[[Ben Webster]]
*[[Margaret Whiting]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/s/sometimesimhappy.shtml Song lyric (Sometimes I'm Happy version)]
* [https://www.kuvo.org/stories-of-standards-sometimes-im-happy/ Stories of Standards: Sometimes I’m Happy]
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[[Category:Songs with music by Vincent Youmans]]
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