Titel: "Cheatin' On Me"                

Komponist: Lew Pollack

Texter: Jack Yellen

Verlag: Ager, Yellen & Bornstein Inc., New York

Erscheinungsjahr: 1925

Druckerei: Keine Angabe

Graphiker: Barbelle

Sammlungsnummer: 5627

 

Eine Frau verdeutlicht ihren Frust, weil sie betrogen worden ist:

 

I never thought when I met you

It would come to this;

I'm sorry now that I let you

Even steal a kiss

There is no one so hateful

As the one who's unfaithful:

 

Chorus:

You're cheatin' on me, cheatin' on me;

You're not the kind of sweetheart I hoped you'd be.

I trusted you,

Thought you'd be true;

My love was so strong that I went along

Never dreaming you'd do me wrong.

Love is a game and I've played on the square,

But you're the kind who can never play fair;

I may forgive, but sure as you live

Someday you're going to be sorry you cheated on me.

 

I was told you were deceiving

From the very start;

Still I kept right on believing

I was in your heart.

Never once did I doubt you;

Now I know all about you.

 

You're cheatin' on me, cheatin' on me;

You're not the kind of sweetheart I hoped you'd be.

I trusted you,

Thought you'd be true;

My love was so strong that I went along

Never dreaming you'd do me wrong.

Don't try to lie I know all that you've done;

Each butterfly has to pay for her fun;

I may forgive you, but sure as you live

Someday you're going to be sorry you cheated on me.

 

In der Rubrik "Top Komponisten" gibt es weitere Hinweise zu Lew Pollack.

 

Bei You Tube habe ich einen Clip mit o.g. Song ohne Gesang vorgetragen von Don Clark's Orchestra aus dem Jahr 1925 gefunden.