Smoke gets in your eyes is a virtual definition of a pop standard. The platters smoke gets in your eyes lyrics genius lyrics. Smoke gets in your eyes is a show tune written by american composer jerome kern and lyricist otto harbach for their 1933 musical roberta. So i chaffed them and gaily laughed, to think they could doubt my love. Smoke gets in your eyes is a show tune written by american composer jerome kern and lyricist otto harbach for the 1933 musical roberta. Print and download lead sheets for smoke gets in your eyes by the platters includes complete lyrics in eb major transposable. When your hearts on fire, you must realize, smoke gets in your eyes. Sold by westworld and sent from amazon fulfillment. They asked me how i knew my true love was true i of course replied something here inside can not be denied they, said some day youll find. Smoke gets in your eyes, an album by the platters on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and.
C cb am7 so i chaffed them and i gaily laughed am7g g gdim g g7 to think they. When your hearts on fire, you must realize smoke gets in your eyes so i chaffed them and i gaily laughed to think they could doubt my love yet today my love has flown away i am without my love now. Smoke gets in your eyes the platters sweet dream baby roy orbison take me home country roads john denver wav the rose bette midler wav thing called love bonnie raitt wav unchained. Listen to your favorite songs from smoke gets in your eyes ep by the platters now. The song was sung in the broadway show by tamara drasin. Yet today, my love has flown away, i am without my love. Smoke gets in your eyes lyrics by the platters lyrics on. They asked me how i knew my true love was true i of course replied, something here inside cannot be denied they said some day youll find all who love are. They asked me how i knew my true love was true oh, i of course replied something here inside cannot be denied they said. Young jazz ensemble grade 3 mark has given this jerome kern favorite a s. Tamara originally performed smoke gets in your eyes written by otto harbach and jerome kern and tamara performed it in the stage production roberta stage in 1933. I listened to the audio book which i think really added some thing to the.
Smoke gets in your eyes so i chaffed them, and i gaily laughed to think they would doubt our love and yet today, my love has gone away i am without my love now laughing friends deride tears i cannot hide so. Smoke gets in your eyes, and other lessons from the crematorium is partly a memoir and also partly tells us the history behind death customs. The platters were a successful black vocal group of the early rock n roll era. Cover versions of smoke gets in your eyes by the platters. What holds smoke gets in your eyes together is doughtys attempt to make us all more aware of our own mortality and to lessen, perhaps even eradicate, our fear of death. One funeral home i worked in wasmore i cant answer for caitlin but during my own. Smoke get in your eyes cover version of the platters. They said someday youll find, all who love are blind, when.
Alternately heartbreaking and hilarious, fascinating and freaky, vivid and morbid, smoke gets in your eyes is witty, sharply drawn, and deeply moving. They asked me how i knew, my true love was true, i of course replied, \something here inside, cannot be denied\. Today the platters still around but with the new generation leading the same old songs. In any case, chronologically midway through that block of years, along came smoke gets in your eyes, recorded by the platters in 1958 and topping the charts a year later. Smoke gets in your eyes by the platters was written by otto harbach and jerome kern and was first performed by tamara.
And other lessons from the crematorium kindle edition. Smoke gets in your eyes ep by the platters on amazon music. Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but caitlin doughty a twentysomething with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre took a job at a crematory, turning morbid. Written by jerome kern and otto harbach in the 1930s, the graceful ballad has a velvet melody that slowly unfurls, just as the song. The platters smoke gets in your eyes 1958, vinyl discogs. Smoke gets in your eyes npr coverage of smoke gets in your eyes. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. I listened to the audio book which i think really added some thing to the experience as. Here are some words in which the sound c has been dropped in the. Below, click play button to begin smoke gets in your eyes. Louise i cant answer for caitlin but during my own time spent working in the funeral industry we used hydraulic trolleys.