Written by: Maxwell Anderson
Written by: Kurt Weill
Arranged by: Axel Stordahl – Axel Stordahl - Gordon
Jenkins
From the Album: The Reprise Collection (Disc 2)
Label: Columbia – Capitol – Reprise
Recorded: 7/30/46 – 9/11/61 – 4/13/65
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<Lengthy Intro>
When I was a young man courting
the girls
I played me a waiting game
If a maid refused me with
tossing curls
I'd let the old Earth make a
couple of whirls
While I plied her with tears in
lieu of pearls
And as time came around she came
my way
As time came around, she came
When you meet with the young
girls early in the Spring
You court them in song and rhyme
They answer with words and a
clover ring
But if you could examine the
goods they bring
They have little to offer but
the songs they sing
And the plentiful waste of time
of day
A plentiful waste of time
Oh, it's a long, long while from
May to December
But the days grow short when you
reach September
When the autumn weather turns
the leaves to flame
One hasn't got time for the
waiting game
Oh, the days dwindle down to a
precious few
September, November
And these few precious days I'll
spend with you
These precious days I'll spend
with you