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Autumn in New York
Autumn in New York
[Ella]
Autumn in New York
Why does it seem so inviting
Autumn in New York
It spells the thrill
of first-nighting
[Louis]
Autumn in New York
The gleaming rooftops at sundown
Oh, Autumn in New York
It lifts you up when you run down
[trumpet solo]
[Ella]
Autumn in New York
That brings the promise of new love
Autumn in New York
Is often mingled with pain
Ella Fitzgerald and Louie Armstrong sang Autumn in New York in 1956.
To Autumn by John Keats is a descriptive autumn day but it also he says that autumn
thrives but is also dying. Ella begins singing of how beautiful New York is in the autumn
and it brings promises of “new love” which would be the thriving of autumn. Later she
sings “is often mingled with pain” like dying brings pain.