Marie
Dorsey Tommy Lyrics
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Marie, you'll soon be waking (girl of my dreams, I want you)
To find our heart's are aching (have a little faith in me, la-la-la-la)
And tears will fall as you recall (tears will fall again)
The moon in all its splendor (on a night like this, we go bettin' in the park)
Your kiss, so very tender (all the way my kiss, darlin')
The words, "Will you surrender
To me, Marie?"
The lyrics to Dorsey Tommy's song Marie speak about a person named Marie who is waking up to find her heart aching with tears in her eyes as she recalls the memories of her love. The dawn is breaking, signifying a new day without the love she once had. The mention of the moon in all its splendor and the memories of a tender kiss point to a passionate and romantic relationship that has now ended, leaving Marie in a state of despair. The lyrics end with a question, ‘will you surrender to me Marie?’ which could mean that the singer is still in love with Marie and is hoping for a second chance.
The song's lyrics are simple but effective in expressing the emotions of a brokenhearted person. The use of nostalgia in the song makes it more relatable and strikes a chord with listeners who have gone through a similar experience. The combination of the music and lyrics creates a melancholic atmosphere, which intensifies the emotions expressed in the song.
Line by Line Meaning
Marie, the dawn is breaking
Dear Marie, the sun is rising
Marie, you'll soon be waking
Marie, you'll arise from slumber
To find your heart is aching
To discover your heart is filled with pain
And tears will fall as you recall
With memories triggering your tears
The moon in all its splendor
With the moon's majestic light
Your kiss so very tender
Your affectionate kiss still lingers
The words, will you surrender
I humbly ask, will you give in
To me Marie?
To me, dear Marie?
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Irving Berlin
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@thomassmith5400
Marie, the dawn is breaking
Marie, you'll soon be waking
To find your heart is aching
And tears will fall as you recall
The moon in all it's splendor
A kiss so very tender
The words, will you
Surrender to me, Marie
Marie, Marie
Marie, you'll soon be waking
To find your heart is aching
And tears will fall as you recall
The moon in all it's splendor
A kiss so very tender
The words, will you
Surrender to me, Marie
Marie, Marie, Marie
@roybo1930
I LOVER These Tommy Dorsey Song`s Where Song Titles are Sung in the Background!
I can`t make out the first !Just Waiting For Me"
"Girl Of My Dreams"
"I Want You, I Need You" (From "I`m No Angel")
"Have A Little Faith In Me"
"Tra, La, la, la, la"
"Here I Go Crying Again"
"Take Me Darling, Take Me"
"On A Night Like This"
"Pettin` In The Park" (Gold Diggers of 1933)
"OH! That`s Way I Like It Darling"
"I`m Yours"
1:32 ???? Barely can make out the title!
"Nobody Knows"
"I`m Contented"
"Livin` In A Great Big Way"
@gyeongjeong9682
Marie, the dawn is breaking
Marie, you'll soon be waking
To find your heart is aching
And tears will fall as you recall
The moon in all it's splendor
A kiss so very tender
The words, will you
Surrender to me, Marie
Marie, Marie
Marie, you'll soon be waking
To find your heart is aching
And tears will fall as you recall
The moon in all it's splendor
A kiss so very tender
The words, will you
Surrender to me, Marie
Marie, Marie, Marie
@ddkoda
One of Mr. Tommy's milestones. The melody, Jack Leonard's vocal and the great Bunny Berigan's solo all helped to propel this on into the stratosphere.
@MikeJones-do1xv
Bunny was a drunk… but was one of those types that absolutely shined if he had a few in him. They couldn’t locate him and held up the recording session a few hours in Jan 1937… but eventually found him at a corner bar and nailed it on first take.
@diananutt1517
🎵🎶 A male singer (Jack Leonard?) sang "Ruby, It's you" on an episode of "The Honeymooners." His voice was unreal, it was so smooth and wonderful. Tommy & Jimmy performed with their orchestra.
Can someone say for sure that was Jack Leonard or tell us who he was?
Thank you.🎶🎵
@norbertwowy8004
Another state-of-the-art arrangement by one of my big favorites from this great music era of the 30/40ies.
@bolivaraguayo681
Este es un hermoso tema , me gustan todos los temas de Tommy dorsey, pero este Marie y Marcheta son mis favoritos de siempre y para siempre, me encantan los coros y la voz única de Jack Leonard , sin dejar a un lado la del joven Sinatra
@Trombonology
The arrangement that resulted in this historic record was a collective effort based on input from Tommy himself; band arrangers Paul Weston and Axel Stordahl, and saxophonist-occasional arranger Fred Stulce, but its basic framework was lifted from a chart by Doc Wheeler and his Sunset Royal Serenaders, a black band with whom the TD orch. shared the bill on a show. The Dorseyites were knocked out by the SRS' original and different treatment of the old Berlin waltz, "Marie," acquired the chart from the band and then adapted it for the TD crew. The chief feature of this adaptation was the full chorus given to Bunny Berigan, and it must be assumed that it was the idea of Tommy, who had often worked with Bunny both as a fellow sideman and on Dorsey Brothers recordings earlier in the decade, to make "Marie" a feature for his friend, whose playing he greatly admired. Interestingly, Bunny was not actually a member of the Dorsey band at the time but merely providing solos (no section work) for it as one means of acquiring the dough needed to get his own band, then in the developmental stages, off the ground. Of course, the exposure he got as the star of TD's "Marie" and "Song of India" provided him with a nice boost with which to commence leading his own outfit. It's too bad that his good fortune was not to remain.
@CPorter
Also through this the "Marie Sequence" was born, with the full chorus itself, as you'll hear across some other records here and there throughout the 30s & 40s. That's what I've heard it called over the years, but perhaps theres a more fitting name for it.
@Trombonology
@@CPorter I don't know what you're specifically referring to with "Marie Sequence." Do you mean the band chant? If so, yes, this was the arrangement that sparked that cycle for the Dorsey band.
@CPorter
@@Trombonology yes I mean the band chanting the lyrics in incidentals like that yeah. Plenty of folks aside from Dorsey ended up doing it at one point or another, after this.
Unrelated to this though, what did you think of the Isham Jones article?
@Trombonology
@@CPorter Yes, plenty did -- but no band did it as well as TD's. After "Marie," it was Paul Weston who was assigned with writing the charts that featured chanting, and he was really clever about it; all the song titles that the band chanted had relevance to what Jack Leonard was singing in the actual song. When he left, Sy Oliver wrote the chart and chant for "East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)", which The Sentimentalists, the TD band-within-a-band, recorded.
Didn't you get my text in response to the Isham article? I loved it! Isham had a pretty good idea, as both bandleader and composer, of what the public would like in pop music! ... Maybe I somehow got blocked?