Transcribed from vocals by Fats Waller, recorded
August 21, 1938;
From Fats
Waller, 1938, Chronological Classics 913.
Tonight, I mustn't think of her,
Music, maestro, please,
Tonight, tonight I must forget
how much I need her,
So Mr. Leader,
Play your lilting melody,
Ragtime, jazz-time, swing,
Any old thing, yes, yes,
Let me ease my pain, that solitudy
can bring.
She used to like the waltzes,
So please don't play around with
a waltz,
No, get some John Hague there,
yeah.
She used to dance divinely, yas,
yas, yas,
And I loved her so, but there I
go.
Tonight, I mustn't think of her,
No more memories,
Swing out, tonight I must forget,
Music, maestro, please.
Fats
Waller, excellent autobiograhy
by son Maurice Waller.
You can find transcriptions of what
Fats Waller actually played in Thomas
"Fats" Waller: The Great Solos, 1929-1941, transcribed by Paul Posnak.
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