Miscellaneous My Funny Valentine

[jbtsax]

My funny valentine
Sweet comic valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable
Unphotographable
Yet you're my favourite work of art

Is your figure less than greek
Is your mouth a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?

But don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine stay
Each day is valentines day

A love song to end all love songs. He is telling his love that she may be dumb and fat, and she looks funny, but he loves her anyway, or maybe she is telling that to him. I think Billy Joel's song "Just the Way You Are" would be a lot more effective sung to a sweetheart because it leaves out the details of the imperfections. But that's just my opinion. Nevertheless My Funny Valentine is a great tune in spite of the somewhat politically incorrect lyrics.

 

[Nick Wyver]

Well, it's better than Polka Dots and Moonbeams. That deserves a good slap.

 

[Jamesmac]

Who said it was a male or female, could be a song to a pet.😉
PS. Could be a deformed Parrot

 

[trimmy]

A love song to end all love songs. He is telling his love that she may be dumb and fat, and she looks funny, but he loves her anyway, or maybe she is telling that to him.

All that counts is personality....isn't it ! 😉

 

[jbtsax]

All that counts is personality....isn't it ! 😉

Or maybe a large bank account. 🙂

 

[trimmy]

Or maybe a large bank account. 🙂

Yes that helps a lot 🙂

 

[kernewegor]

The lyrics of a pragmatic gigolo...and a nice chord progression, too.

What more could a jazz musician want?

 

[Colin the Bear]

It's a song from another era, when men were men (and sheep were nervous). Sung to a girl, I take the lyrics to mean that the world judges her imerfect and no classical beauty and yet she's his favourite work of art.

The song is from a pre ww2 musical and is sung by a girl to guy called Valentine, a name not so common now. She's telling him she loves him because he makes her laugh. A common enough theme. It's when they stop laughing you have to start worrying

I love the song both lyrics and melody. I have problems improvising over it because the melody seems so perfect as it is.