Don't Ever Love Me

Yellow Bird has the same tune but other lyrics.
Words and Music by :  Irving Burgie 

Recorded by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: Jan 27, 1957, (12:00-15:00 & 15:30-18:30 & 19:00-23:00)
Recorded at Webster Hall
Master number: H2PB 1276 (J2PW-5660)
Playing time: 2:46
Producer: Joe Carlton
Robert DeCormier: leader; Millard Thomas: guitar; Franz Casseus: guitar; Victor Messer: guitar; Norman Keenan: bass; Daniel Barrajanos: conga drums; Noah Rodriguez: bongo drums; Joseph Venuto: marimba; James N. DeMeo: flute; Harold M. Jones: flute; Joseph B. Wilder: trumpet; Gilbert E. Adkins, Irving D. Barnes, Leon Bibb, Irving Burgie, Charles Colman, Stephen Harbachick, Marvin Hayes Jr., Joe N. Kenyon, Samuel R. McCurry, John Nielsen, Broc Peters, Howard A. Roberts, William Stewart, Herbert L. Stubbs, Leroy B. Thompson, Rodester Timmons: vocal chorus.

78 : S-296, 20-6830
45 : EPB1505-2, 47-6830, 447-0325, 75-408, 10268
LP : LPM1505, RCA8023, DLP1147, CL42216, PL45317, 11-701, 341990,
CD: 07863-56877-2, B93001, ND90462, SACD1203, CD036, 07863-67403-2, 78948, PD89796, 86210, ARMCD019, BCD16262, 97545, 82876-59069-2, RGMCD006


Also recorded by:
Ebony Steel Drum Band    
Phoenix Singers WB1485
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra SHCD161  
Nina & Frederik (Choucounne) MEP1149  

Lyrics:

While in that gay tropic isle,
I first saw that maiden smile
Tho' I had failed in the past
I said this is true love at last
But then she whispered to me
That our love never could be

Destiny, oh when will I see the day,
Hopelessly, I've wandered so long this way
This could never be, she said pleadingly
Don't ever love I'm just fancy free
This could never be, she said pleadingly
Don't ever love me


My love was motion and grace,
The moonlight soft on her face,
I held her close in my arms,
My heart was quick to her charms,
But then I saw in her glance,
It was just an evening's romance

Destiny, oh when will I see the day,
Hopelessly, I've wandered so long this way
This could never be, she said pleadingly
Don't ever love I'm just fancy free
This could never be, she said pleadingly
Don't ever love me