Billie Holiday - It's The Same Old Story (OKeh Records 1940)

"It's The Same Old Story" is a 1940 song by Michael Field & Newt Oliphant.

Billie's accompanied by Roy Eldridge (tp); Georgie Auld, don Redman (as); Jimmy Hamilton, Don Byas (ts); Teddy Wilson (p); John Collins (g); All Hall (b); and Kenny Clarke (ds). Recorded September 12, 1940. (OKeh Records)


The same old story
It's as old as the stars above
The same old story
Of a boy and a girl in love
The scenes say more moonlight
The times say more June night
Romance's the thing
Two hearts away deep in a dream
The same old story
It's been told much too much before
The same old story
But it's worth telling just once more
It's all fun and laughter
They lived ever after in ecstasy
The same old story but it's new to me

(bridge)

The same old storyIt's been told much too much before
The same old story
But it's worth telling just once more
It's all fun and laughter
They lived ever after in ecstasy
The same old story but it's new to me