I Cover the Waterfront

Artie Shaw and his Orchestra : I Cover the Waterfront

 ‘I Cover the Waterfront’ is the title song of a 1933 American Pre-Code romantic drama film based on the book of the same name by Max Miller.  The film is about a newspaper reporter for the San Diego Standard who investigates a waterfront smuggling operation, and becomes romantically involved with the daughter of the man he is investigating. The song went on to become a jazz standard recorded by many renown artists, including Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald.

Album:  
Side A: I Cover the Waterfront
Side B: Marinela

Style:  Jazz

Date Recorded: March 28, 1941

Composer: Johnny Green

Lyricist: Edward Heyman

Instrumentation:  

Charted: 

Wikipedia: I Cover the Waterfront

Name: Instrumental

I cover the waterfront
I’m watching the sea
Will the one I love
Be coming back to me?
I cover the waterfront
In search of my love
An I’m covered
By a starlit sky above
Here am I
Patiently waiting
Hoping and longing
Oh, how I yearn
Where are you?
Have you thought back time?
Will you remember?
Will you return?
I cover the waterfront
I’m watching the sea
Will the one I love
Be coming back to me?
Here am I
Patiently waiting
Hoping and longing
Oh, how I yearn
Where are you?
Have you thought back time?
Will you remember?
Will you return?
I cover the waterfront
I’m watching the sea
Will the one I love
Be coming back to me?
Will the one I love
Be coming back
To me?

Artie Shaw and his Orchestra

Label: Victor B-9214