G'bye Now
1940



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Highlights
  • Written for the Broadway musical production Olsen and Johnson's New Hellzapoppin' of 1941.
  • The Horace Heidt version was Livingston and Evans's first Top Ten record.



Recording History
Bea Wayne and The Hit Paraders
Buddy Clark
Nat King Cole
Woody Herman
Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights, single, Columbia Records, 36026 chorus by Ronnie Kemper
Horace Heidt and His Orchestra, instrumental single
Horace Heidt and His Orchestra, vocal version
Jay Livingston
Frankie Masters
Dottie O'Brien
Ray Noble and his Orchestra
Martha Tilton
Vaughn Monroe and his Orchestra, single, Bluebird Records, B-11114-A vocal refrain by Marilyn Duke
Jon Weber, It's Never Quite the Same, Mood Records, MD-1111, 1998
Lyrics
There are many, many ways to say goodbye.
How do you say adieu?
In the movies they linger on a kiss;
When you're married it's easily dismissed.
On the campus they've a different little twist.
But this is how I like to say goodnight.

G'bye now, g'bye now,
I thought the party was divine.
I spent the evening forgetting the time;
I can't deny, but now g'bye.

G'bye now, g'bye now,
The trip by taxi wasn't far,
We'd linger longer if we had a car.
No use to cry, and now g'bye.

There's one advantage to our leaving;
It brings about a special kiss
I hope this will be eternally,
A momentary parting,
Just a second, then we're starting.

So g'bye now, g'bye now.
It's just a moment we're apart.
To make it certain, I'll leave you my heart.
But for now,
G'bye now.

There's one advantage to our leaving;
It brings about a special kiss
I hope this will be eternally,
A momentary parting,
Just a second, then we're starting.

So g'bye now, g'bye now.
It's just a moment we're apart.
To make it certain, I'll leave you my heart.
But for now,
G'bye now.
G'BYE NOW from the Broadway show, New Hellzapoppin of 1941, Broadcars Music Inc., 1940. Words and Music by Olsen and Johnson, Jay Levison (Livingston) and Ray Evans (Commercial Score)