The Nina Simone Database - Little Girl Blue

Little Girl Blue

1935 Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers

This song was introduced by Gloria Grafton in the Broadway musical Jumbo. See Wikipedia and Second Hand Songs.

Recording sessions

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1957: New York

Sit there
And count your fingers
What can you do

Old girl you're through

Sit there
Count your little fingers
Unhappy little girl blue

Sit there
Count the raindrops
Falling on you

It's time you knew
All you can ever count on
Are the raindrops
That fall on little girl blue

Won't you just sit there
Count the little raindrops
Falling on you

Cos it's time you knew
All you can ever count on
Are the raindrops
That fall on little girl blue

No use old girl
You might as well surrender
Cos your hopes
Are getting slender and slender

Why won't somebody send
A tender blue boy
To cheer up little girl blue

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1958 [4:12] LP 4 Little Girl Blue Bethlehem BCP 6028 (US)

1959 [3:28] single 1 Little Girl Blue + He Needs Me Bethlehem 11052 (US)

1977 [4:12] LP 4 The Finest of Bethlehem BCP 6003 (US)

1986 [4:19] CD 11 My Baby Just Cares for Me Charly CD CHARLY 6 (UK)

1988 [4:16] CD 14 My Baby Just Cares for Me Yesterdays Gold CD YDG 74620 (PT)

1990 [4:17] CD 16 The My Baby Just Cares For Me The Entertainers CD 0266

1992 [4:16] CD 4 Little Girl Blue Bethlehem 30042 (US)

1993 [4:17] CD 9 Diamond Collection Arcade 9902137 (FR)

1993 [4:18] CD 10 The Great Goldies GLD 63134 (PT)

1993 [4:20] CD 13 Nina Simone Koch Praesent CD399532B3 (DE)

1993 [4:20] CD 13 My Baby Just Cares for Me Legend WZ 90091

1994 [4:12] CD 4 Little Girl Blue Zyx COCY-78646 (JP)

1994 [4:16] CD 4 Little Girl Blue Zyx BET 6021-2 (DE)

1996 [4:16] CD 10 My Baby Just Cares for Me Charly CPCD 8002 (UK)

1996 [4:19] CD 1-14 Lady Blue Charly CPCD 8240-2 (UK)

1997 [4:19] CD 4 The Great Music Club MCCD 312 (UK)

1997 [4:17] CD 9 My Baby Just Cares for Me Crimson CRIMCD53 (UK)

2000 [4:17] CD 7 The Essential Metro METRCD010 (UK)

2000 [4:19] CD 1-14 Misunderstood Recall SMDCD (UK)

2010 [4:16] CD 1-4 Trilogy NotNow NOT3CD038 (UK)

2011 [4:20] CD 1-4 The Complete (1955-1959) Le Chant du Monde 274 2047.48 (FR)

1964 April 4-6: New York

unedited version

Sit there
And count your fingers
What can you do

Little girl you're through

Sit there
Count your little fingers
Unhappy little girl blue

Sit there
Count the raindrops
Falling on you

It's time you knew
All you can ever count on
Are the raindrops
That fall on little girl blue

Won't you sit here
Count the little raindrops
Falling on you

It's time you knew
All you can ever count on
Are the raindrops
That fall on little girl blue

Ain't no use old girl
Ain't no use old girl
You might as well surrender
Cos your hopes
Are getting slender

Why won't somebody send
A tender blue boy
Why won't somebody send
A tender blue boy
To cheer up little girl blue

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1966 [4:20] LP 5 Let It All Out Philips PHM 200 - 202 (US) version on mono album

1994 [4:20] CD 4 Jazz Masters 17 Verve 314 518 198-2 (US)

1995 [4:20] CD 10 After Hours Verve 314 526 702-2 (US)

2000 [4:21] CD 12 Finest Hour Verve 314 543 604-2 (US)

edited version

Sit there
And count your fingers
What can you do

Little girl you're through

Sit there
Count your little fingers
Unhappy little girl blue

Sit there
Count the raindrops
Falling on you

It's time you knew
All you can ever count on
Are the raindrops
That fall on little girl blue

Ain't no use old girl
You might as well surrender
Cos your hopes
Are getting slender

Why won't somebody send
A tender blue boy
To cheer up little girl blue

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1966 [2:32] LP 5 Let It All Out Philips PHS 600 - 202 (US) version on stereo album

1988 [2:34] CD 5 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Mercury 834 308-2 (NL)

1989 [2:32] CD 14 The 60s, vol. 2, Mood Indigo Mercury 838 544-2 (UE)

1990 [2:32] CD 14 Pastel Blues + Let It All Out Mercury 846 663-2 (US)

2000 [2:35] CD 11 Quiet Now: Night Song Verve 314 543 251-2 (US)

2003 [2:35] CD 3-5 Four Women: The Philips Recordings Verve 440 065 021-2 (US)