"Donna Lee" lyrics, please.

October 1, 2008 2:41 PM

Does anyone know [the] lyrics to "Donna Lee"? Yes, I know it's an instrumental, thanks.

Once upon a time I engineered a recording session for a vocal group that harmonized on the head to Donna Lee (and scatted solos). I assumed it was some canonical vocal version of the tune, but can't find it anywhere. How do you know these lyrics, or how did you find them?

It ends with, "...much faster than a guy like me can play."

Or, if you want to play the home version of this game, write your own version of the lyrics with good scansion and meter, and I'll post a performance of it on mefi/music.

posted by lothar to writing & language (3 comments total)

Google?
posted by rossination at 2:52 PM on October 1, 2008

Well, that link got messed up (my fault for being cute and snarky, clearly).

A search for "donna lee lyrics "much faster than a guy like me can play" gives me this.
posted by rossination at 2:54 PM on October 1, 2008

Arrrrrrrgh. I mean, "Thanks."

I tried that. Honest. My intarweb tubes must've been blocked or something...
posted by lothar at 3:26 PM on October 1, 2008