You would not believe the list of musicians who have sung and recorded "September Song". When it was introduced in 1930 it was through a Broadway musical called, "Knickerbocker Holiday". The musical was written by Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill. It only lasted six months. This one song, "September Song", however, is still around. It is like "White Christmas" in that we do not always hear all the verses. Few people even know there are other verses of either song.
"September Song" is a love song. You can get that when you read all the verses. The one verse which grips us the most goes far beyond a love song. It makes many of us wonder, as we age, if we are still in September or are we near December 31 of life? Here is the last verse of that plaintive song:
Oh, it's a long, long while from May to December
But the days grow short when you reach September
When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame
One hasn't got time for the waiting game.
Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few
September, November,
And these few precious days I'll spend with you.
These precious days I'll spend with you.
How popular has it been? Here are some who have recorded it through the years:
Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, Willie Nelson, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Martin, Jo Stafford, Tex Ritter , Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Mills Brothers, Sarah Vaughn, Harry James, Andy Williams....and many, many more.
I bet you are singing it right now! "Da dee dee da, da da. Da da de dee, da, da...."
