Delia

Words and Music by :  Fred Brooks - Lester Judson

Recording #1 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: April 22, 1954 (14:00-18:00)
Master number: E4VB 3981-1
Playing time: 3:00
Producer: Henri Rene
Alan Greene: leader; Mac Ceppos: contractor/violin; Millard Thomas: guitar; Norman Keenan: bass; Nathan Foodman: drums: William Rodriguez: drums; Buster Davis: piano; Anthony Miranda: french horn; James DeMeo: reeds; Stanley Webbs: reeds; Maurice Brown: cello; Alan Shulman: cello; Howard Kay: viola; Isidore Zir: viola; Harry Melinkoff: violin; Raoul Poliakin: violin; David Sackson: violin; Sylvan Shulman: violin; Zelly Smirnoff: violin; Robert Cole, Carter Farriss, Joan Gilbert, Jay Harnick, Jane Martin, Rudy Williams, Lois Winters and Miriam Workman: vocal chorus

45 : 20004, 75.412, EPA-559, SPD-24, 3-20096,
LP : LSP1022, RCS3235,
CD: BCD16262, GSS-5381, 8.120799, RGMCD006


Recording #2 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: March 7, 1967
Playing time: 3:42
LP: LSP3779, CL42956, VPS-6024, B93001,
Tape: TP3-5032
CD: ND89195, 82876-69242-2


Also recorded by
Burl Ives DL4152  
Blind Willy McTell      
Margret RoadKnight MC3009    

Lyrics:

Delia, Delia where have you been so long
Delia, Delia everything I had is gone
The trees have left the country side
Frost is on the ground
The birds all sing a different song
With a low and a lonesome sound
With a low and a lonesome sound

Delia, Delia where have you been so long
Delia, Delia everything I had is gone
If we could count the falling stars
As we have done before
Or share the sound of summer rain
I've never ask for more
No I've never ask for more

Who can tell where Delia's gone
Or why she went away
Or if she always knew
that she would break my heart one day
Would break my heart one day

Delia, Delia where have you been so long child
Delia, Delia everything I had is gone