Gershwin - SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME

“SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME”
From Oh, Kay (1926)
LYRIC BY IRA GERSHWIN
Music by George Gershwin

            (Verse)
  1  There’s a saying old, (A) says that love is blind. (B)
  2  Still, we’re often told, (A) "seek (C) and ye shall find." (B)
  3  So I’m going to seek (C) a certain lad I’ve had in mind.  (B)
  4  Looking everywhere, (D) haven’t found him yet. (E)
  5  He’s the big affair (D) I cannot forget.  (E).
  6  Only man I ever think of with regret. (E)
  7  I’d like to add his initial to my monogram  (F)
  8  Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb?  (F)

           (Refrain)
  1  There’s a somebody I’m longin’ to see.  (A)
  2  I hope that he turns out to be (A)
  3  Someone who’ll watch over me.  (A)
  4  I’m a little lamb who’s lost in the wood.  (B)
  5  I know I could, (B) always be good (B)
  6  To one who’ll watch over me.  (A)
  7  Although he may not be (A)
  8  The man some girls think of as handsome, (C)
  9  To my heart he carries the key  (A)
10  Won’t you tell him please to put on some speed  (D)
11  Follow my lead, (D) oh, how I need  (D)
12  Someone to watch over me.  (A)

(Instrumental bridge and then return to latter part of Refrain to finish)