DESCRIPTION:
"The Man I Love" is a popular standard, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira. Originally part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin government satire Lady, Be Good as "The Girl I Love", the song was deleted from the show as well as from both the 1927 anti-war satire Strike Up the Band (where it first appeared as "The Man I Love") and 1928 Ziegfeld hit Rosalie after tryouts. As with many standards of the era, it has become more famous as an independent popular song than as one from a Broadway musical.

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook Volume 1 , arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle. The LP also includes the following musicians: Ella Fitzgerald (vc), Don Fagerquist, Manny Klein, Cappy Lewis, Vito Mangano, Dale McMickle, Shorty Sherock (tp), Milton Bernhart, Richard Noel, Tommy Pederson (tb), Karl DeKarske, George Roberts (btb), Vincent DeRosa (frh), Ted Nash (as), Buddy Collette, Harry Klee, Joseph Koch, Champ Webb (ww), Katharine Julyie (hp), Israel Baker, Victor Bay, Alex Beller, Walter Edelstein, Jacques Gasselin, James Getzoff, Benny Gill, Murray Kellner, Nat Ross, Eudice Shapiro, Felix Slatkin, Marshall Sosson, Gerald Vinci (vl), Alvin Dinken, Stanley Harris, Paul Robyn, Barbara Simons (vla), Elisabeth Greenschpoon, Armand Kaproff, George Neikrug, Kurt Reher, Eleanor Slatckin (ce), Frank Flynn (pc), Paul Smith (p), Herb Ellis (g), Joe Comfort (b), and Alvin Stoller (d). Recorded January 5, 1959, Capitol Studios, Hollywood. (Verve Records)

Someday he'll come along
The man I love
And he'll be big and strong
The man I love
And when he comes my way
I'll do my best to make him stay

He'll look at me and smile
I'll understand
And in a little while
He'll take my hand
And though it seems absurd
I know we both won't say a word

Maybe I shall meet him Sunday
Maybe Monday, maybe not
Still I'm sure to meet him one day
Maybe Tuesday will be my good news day

He'll build a little home
Just meant for two
From which I'll never roam
Who would, would you?
And so, all else above,
I'm waiting for the man I love

He'll build a little home
Just meant for two
From which I'll never roam
Who would, would you?
And so, all else above,
I'm waiting for the man I love