Performers: avoid the urge to go over-the-top. Sing it with honesty and sincerity, and the humor will exude naturally.
Performed by Cassie Slater at Birdland Jazz Club on March 12, 2012.
Preston Sadleir performs the male version at Le Poisson Rouge on 2/26/2014Female version features slightly adjusted lyrics, and has been transposed down a fifth to the key of C. (Top note is a D.)
Mina KayeA light comedic song sung by someone waiting for a date they increasingly suspect will never show up. This music is in the key of G, as in the Grateful songbook and on the Grateful CD. The range is from the A below middle C up to the D on the fourth line.
