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Grey-Ayer,
1959. Recorded: 02-11-59 |
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No Pirates -
Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Ivor Raymonde |
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The second single, an old
music-hall ballad at that, and with backing to suit. By all accounts, it went down well onstage
although the various Pirate line-ups that had to supply the backing had
their reservations. A version was duly recorded with the Pirates, but it
remains lost within EMI's vaults. Perhaps lack of enthusiasm or
unsuitable coupling of group and song on record led to it's archiving. After their
fantastic debut, the
recording of this song shows the way most record companies at the time
tried to cash-in on songs in their back catalogues that they still owned
the rights to. Along with "Yes
Sir, That's My Baby" this song serves to illustrate how HMV were
rather unsure how to handle Johnny Kidd at the onset of his career.
TRIVIA: Arranger Ivor Raymonde had appeared in a few editions of
the legendary
"Hancock's Half Hour" on BBC television. |
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I
have attempted chord recognition here, but if anyone has more accurate
details please let me know... |
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The
(D)only
(A)girl, the
(A)only
(A)boy
If (D)you were the (B)only
(E)girl in the
(E)world
And (A)I were the
(A)only (D)boy
(A)
(D)Nothing else would
(B)matter in this (Em)world
today(Em)
(A)We would go on
(A)loving in the (D)same old
(D)way
A (D)Garden of
(B)Eden (E)just meant
for (E)two
Where (A)nothings to
(A)mar our (D)joy
(D)
(G)There would
(G)be such (F#m)wonderful
things to (F#m)do
(G)I would
(G)say such (D)wonderful
things to (B)you
If (Em)You Were The
(A#m)Only
(F#m)Girl In The (B)World
And (E)I were the
(A)only (D)boy
The only (A#)girl,
the (D#)only
(A#)boy
If (D#)You Were the
(C)Only (F)Girl
In The (F)World
And (A#)I were the
(A#)only
(D#)boy (A#)
(D#)Nothing else would
(C)matter in this
(Fm)world today(Fm)
(A#)We'd go on
(A#+)loving in the (D#)same
old (A#)way
A (D#)Garden of
(C)Eden (F)ust
meant for (Fm)two
Where (A#)nothings to
(A#+)mar our
(D#)joy (D#)
(G#)There would
(G#)be such
(Gm)wonderful things to (Gm)do
(G#)I would
(G#)say such (D#)wonderful
things to (C)you
If (Fm)You Were The
(Bm)Only (Gm)Girl
In The (C)World
And (Fm) I
(Fm)were the (A#)on-(A#)-ly
(D#)boy
The only (G#)girl,
the (G)on-(A#)-ly
(D#)boy |
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