I'll String Along With You

By Harry Warren and Al Dubin
1934

From the powerhouse team of Warren & Dubin, also responsible for such classics as "I Only Have Eyes for You", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "With Plenty of Money and You" and "Lulu's Back in Town", this one was written for the 1934 Warner Bros. musical Twenty Million Sweethearts. During this time, Warren & Dubin had been teamed up to write songs for a series of Warner Bros. musicals starting with 42nd Street the previous year. "I'll String Along With You" was introduced in the film by Dick Powell, who croons it to Ginger Rogers. The first recorded release would come the same year from Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra.

Lyrics: 

You may not be an angel 
'Cause angels are so few 
But until the day that one comes along 
I'll string along with you

I'm looking for an angel 
To sing my love song to 
And until the day that one comes along 
I'll sing my song to you

For every little fault that you have 
See, I've got three or four 
The human little faults you do have 
Just make me love you more

You may not be an angel 
But still I'm sure you'll do 
So until the day that one comes along 
I'll string along with you

Recorded By:

Diana Krall
Nat King Cole Trio
Doris Day
Morgana King
Patti Page