Shirley Horn - Love for sale 1962

Shirley Horn Love for sale 1962

Cole Porte

jazz studio album .....Loads of Love by Shirley Horn .....recorded September 13, 15, 1962..... New York City

Charles Schwartz, writer of Cole Porter: A Biography, notes that Porter’s melancholy ballad “Love for Sale” was first performed by Kathryn Crawford, as the prostitute May in the Broadway musical The New Yorkers. The musical opened on December 8, 1930

Cole Porter

Love For Sale

When the only sound on the empty street
Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet
That belong to a lonesome cop
I open shop
The moon so long has been gazing down
On the warward ways of this wayward town
Her smile becomes a smirk, I go to work
Love for sale
Appetizing young love for sale
Love that's fresh and still unspoiled
Love that's only slightly soiled
Love for sale
Who will buy
Who would like to sample my supply
Who's prepared to pay the price
For a trip to paradise
Love for sale
Let the poets pipe of love
In their childish ways
I know every type of love
Better far than they
If you want the thrill of love
I've been through the mill of love
Old love
New love
Every love but true love
Love for sale
Appetizing young love for sale
If you want to buy my wares
Follow me and climb the stairs
Love for sale

Songwriters: PORTER, COLE