Duke Ellington and His Orch. - Solitude (1934) video free download

(In My ) Solitude

Music by Duke Ellington, Words by Eddie De Lange and Irving Mills

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Recorded September 12, 1934

Brunswick 6987 (B15910)

Freddy Jenkins, Arthur Whetsel, Cootie Williams (trumpets)

Lawrence Brown, Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol (trombones)

Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney (reeds)

Duke Ellington (piano)

Fred Guy (guitar)

Wellman Braud (bass)

Sonny Greer (drums)

In my solitude you haunt me

With reveries of days gone by

In my solitude you taunt me

With memories that never die

I sit in my chair

Filled with despair

Nobody could be so sad

With gloom ev'rywhere

I sit and I stare

I know that I'll soon go mad

In my solitude

I'm praying

Dear Lord above

Send back my love