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   Blue Prelude
  Gordon Jenkins, Joe Bishop
   
  Let me sigh, let me cry when I'm blue,
Let me go away from this lonely town,
Won't be long till my sun will be blue,
Cos I know I'm on my last go round.
All the love I could steal, beg or borrow,
Wouldn't heal all the pain in my soul.

What is love? Only a prelude to sorrow,
With a heartbreak ahead for your goal,
Here I go - Now you know why I'm leaving.
Got the blues. What can I lose? Goodbye!

What is love? Only a prelude to sorrow,
With a heartbreak ahead for your goal,
Here I go - Now you know why I'm leaving.
I got the blues. What can I lose? Goodbye!
 
   
  Recording live session 1954, Philadelphia
    LP 1971 Gifted & Black Canyon 7705 [4:36] Strings added
    CD 1988 Ne Me Quitte Pas Mode 670030 [4:36] Strings added
   
  Recording studio session 1959, New York -- First Nina's session with Colpix (LP The Amazing)
    LP 1959 Amazing Colpix CP/SCP 407 [0:15]
    CD 1989 Amazing Official 86002 [3:15]
    CD 1990 51 Great Jazz Performances That's Jazz TJ401 [4:37]
    CD 1993 Something To Live For Drive CD 3534 [0:37]
    CD 1994 The Tomato Collection Tomato R2 71712 [4:36]
    CD 1996 Anthology, The Colpix Years Rhino R2 72567
 
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