It's pretty innocent now, but was a little racy at the time. This song was written by the Tin Pan Alley composers Joe Garland (music) and Andy Razaf (lyrics). Garland was the tenor sax player and arranger with Edgar Hayes and his Orchestra. The Hayes band recorded "In The Mood" for Decca Records in February 1938, 18 months before Miller
Glenn Miller, His Orchestra · Song · 2010. Listen to The Little Man Who Wasn't There on Spotify. Glenn Miller, His Orchestra · Song · 2010.
"The Little Man Who Wasn't There" w. Harold Adamson m. Bernie Hanighen "Love Never Went to College" w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers "A Lover Is Blue" w.m. Charles Carpenter, James R. Mundy & Trummy Young "Lydia, The Tattooed Lady" w. E. Y. Harburg m. Harold Arlen. Introduced by Groucho Marx in the film At the Circus. "A Man and His Dream" w Don't start showing off all your charms in somebody else's arms You must be true to me I'm so afraid that the plans we made underneath those moonlit skies Will fade away and you're bound to stray if the stars get in your eyes So, don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me You're my L-O-V-E. Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone Man, I'd say you're just a little bit tetched. You'd got a load of what I saw last night. You'd pass the Yankee Clipper on its maiden flight. [Chorus: Tex Beneke] Last night I saw upon the stair . 358 202 96 397 443 379 20 384

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