Uploaded May 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Me!
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
Ruth Etting, vocal
Recorded on September 9, 1931
Imperial 2601 (also released on Conqueror, Oriole, Perfect, Banner and Romeo record labels in the USA)
Ruth Etting was one of the most popular singing stars of the late 1920s and early 1930s. On radio she established herself as America's preeminent popular singer, repeatedly voted as the top female singer on the air in national listener polls. While the radio and the recording industry were still in their early developing years, Ruth Etting recorded over 200 songs by such composers as Irving Berlin, Johnny Green, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. She was a regular performer on at least eight network radio programs, was featured in six Broadway shows, was highlighted in three major full-length movies, and starred in 35 movie short subjects between 1928 and 1936.
(Verse:)
We took a walk, we had a talk
And let me tell you very confidentially
The little walk, the little talk
Has made me just as glad as glad as I can be
I simply wanted to know
Who she was loving and so
We took a walk and had a talk
And I discovered pretty soon that it was me
(Chorus:)
Me!
She gave her attention
Not to him, not to her, not to them, not to those, but to me
Her family
They held a convention
Not for him, not for her, not for them, not for those, but for me
I'm delighted, yes sir!
And I have to laugh
Standing on my dresser
Is a photograph
Which proves that she
Gives all her attention
Not to him, not to her, not to them, not to those, but to me
Me!
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
Ruth Etting, vocal
Recorded on September 9, 1931
Imperial 2601 (also released on Conqueror, Oriole, Perfect, Banner and Romeo record labels in the USA)
Ruth Etting was one of the most popular singing stars of the late 1920s and early 1930s. On radio she established herself as America's preeminent popular singer, repeatedly voted as the top female singer on the air in national listener polls. While the radio and the recording industry were still in their early developing years, Ruth Etting recorded over 200 songs by such composers as Irving Berlin, Johnny Green, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. She was a regular performer on at least eight network radio programs, was featured in six Broadway shows, was highlighted in three major full-length movies, and starred in 35 movie short subjects between 1928 and 1936.
(Verse:)
We took a walk, we had a talk
And let me tell you very confidentially
The little walk, the little talk
Has made me just as glad as glad as I can be
I simply wanted to know
Who she was loving and so
We took a walk and had a talk
And I discovered pretty soon that it was me
(Chorus:)
Me!
She gave her attention
Not to him, not to her, not to them, not to those, but to me
Her family
They held a convention
Not for him, not for her, not for them, not for those, but for me
I'm delighted, yes sir!
And I have to laugh
Standing on my dresser
Is a photograph
Which proves that she
Gives all her attention
Not to him, not to her, not to them, not to those, but to me
