Lambert Murphy - Drifting Along With The Tide (1921) (early Gershwin tune)

Drifting Along With The Tide (from George White Scandals, 1921)
Lyrics: Arthur Jackson
Music: George Gershwin
Vocalist: Lambert Murphy
Violin: Meyer Gorodetzer
Conductor: Rosario Bourdon
Recorded on October 11, 1921
Victor 45259

Between 1919 and 1924 George Gershwin and lyricist, Arthur Jackson collaborated on about 30 songs and many of those were written for a series of musicals known as the "George White Scandals." This song was written for the 1921 edition of the "George White Scandals" and was originally performed by Lloyd Garrett and Victoria Herbert. Gershwin produced a piano roll version which has a more lively tempo than this rendition. More recent recordings of this song have been made by pianists Jack Gibbons and Richard Dowling and vocalists Bobby Short and Susannah McCorkle.

Lambert Murphy (1885- 1954) was an American tenor, born in Springfield, Massachusetts. While pursuing an academic course at Harvard University, he studied singing under T. L. Cushman in Boston from 1904 to 1908. He graduated from Harvard in 1908 where he joined the Harvard Glee Club, Harvard Quartet and the Pi Eta Society. Having filled positions in several important churches in Boston, Brookline, and Fairhaven, he went to New York in 1910 as soloist of St. Bartholomew's. After further study under Isidore Luckstone, he was engaged (1911) as a member of the Metropolitan Opera. Murphy made his reputation chiefly as a concert singer, appearing at many of the great festivals. He was a recording artist for the Victor Talking Machine Company. One well-known recorded hit was "Smiles" from The Passing Show of 1918 and was popular during World War I. Lambert performed and recorded many duets with baritone Reinald Werrenrath. After retiring from active concert work, he gave private voice instruction.

DRIFTING ALONG WITH THE TIDE
(George Gershwin - Arthur Jackson)

Life is an ocean
Restless and wide,
Always in motion,
Endless its tide,
We are ships that plod our way,
On life's uncertain sea
I've been helpless since the day
You drifted away from me.

I'm drifting along with the tide,
I've gone astray my day is through,
And so I'm just drifting along with the tide
I lost my way when I lost you.
My boat so frail,
Tossed by a stormy sea,
Is forced to sail
Anywhere fates decree the winds shall carry me,
And so on with the tide I'll go drifting
Until we meet again.

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