Without A Song

Without a song, the day would never end
Without a song, the road would never have been
When things go wrong, a man aint got a friend
Without a song

That field of corn, would never see a plow
That field of corn, would be deserted now
A man is born, but hes no good no how
Without a song

Ive got my trouble and woe, but sure as I know
The jordan will roll
Ill get along, as long as a song
Is strung in my soul

Ill never know, what makes the rain to fall
Ill never know, what makes the grass so tall
I only know, there aint no love at all
Without a song

Rex Stewart & His Orchestra: Rex Stewart (cor); Lawrence Brown (tb); Ben Webster (ts); Harry Carney (as, bs); Duke Ellington (p); Jimmie Blanton (b); Sonny Greer (d) 1940



Fats Navarro (t); Billy Eckstine (voc) and His Orchestra; Art Blakey (d) 1946



Art Tatum (p) 1953



Sonny Rollins (ts); Jim Hall (g); Bob Cranshaw (b); Ben Riley (d) 1962