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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 1923 under the title "Come On And Pet Me,"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kuvo.org/stories-of-standards-sometimes-im-happy/|title = Stories of Standards &#124; Sometime's I'm Happy|date = 2 April 2017}}</ref> with lyrics by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]] and William Cary Duncan.<ref>http://www.worldcat{{cite book|title=Come on and pet me (Musical score, 1923) |publisher=[WorldCat.org/] |date=2019-01-04 |oclc/=497144119 }}</ref>

==Background==
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|

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==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

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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, New York|

|year= 1923}}</ref></poem>

==Lyrics (Sometimes I'm Happy version)==

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I'm always happy

So very happy

ImI'm always happy when I'm with you<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/3005412/Nat+King+Cole/Sometimes+I%27m+Happy |title=Nat King Cole - Sometimes I'm Happy Lyrics |publisher=Lyrics.com |date= |accessdate=2022-08-04}}</ref>

</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>

*[[Dinah Washington]] (1956)

*[[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]]