This song, written by the black vaudeville team
of Creamer and Layton, who also created "Way down Yonder in New Orleans," became
a standard almost before the ink was dry. Al Jolson introduced it at New York's Winter
Garden in 1918, and both Sophie Tucker and Louis Armstrong included it in their
repertoires during the '20s. It became a Benny Goodman jazz classic in 1935 (he
was to record it again many times), a Bing Crosby winner when recorded it with the
Paul Whiteman band, a Judy Garland favorite in the 1942 film For Me and My Gal,
and it even gave Shirley MacLaine a chance to show her many talents in the 1958 film
Some Came Running. Though the song has been around for quite some time, the
torch is still burning brightly.
Words by Henry Creamer and Turner Layton.
After you've gone
And left me crying;
After you've gone,
There's no denying;
You'll feel blue;
You'll feel sad;
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had.
There'll come a time,
Now don't forget it;
There'll come a time
When you'll regret it.
Someday, when you grow lonely,
Your heart will break line mine and you'll want me only.
After you've gone,
After you've gone away.
After I'm gone,
After we break up;
After I'm gone,
You're gonna wake up.
You will find
You were blind
To let somebody come and change your mind.
After the years
We've been together,
Their joys and tears,
All kinds of weather.
Someday, blue and down-hearted,
You'll long to be with me right back where you started.
After I'm gone,
After I'm gone away.
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