Sinatra singing I'll Be Seeing You as Swing?

Yes I will dig you &#8230 in

Yes I will dig you &#8230 in the early bright and

when the night is nooooooh

I’ll be lookin’ at the moon &#8230 I’ll be lookin’ but I’ll be see &#8230 in’ &#8230 youuuuuu

It’s from I Remember Tommy, a tribute album and Sinatra’s first after leaving Capitol. There are loads of recordings with Tommy Dorsey, but those are the ones your friend Claire doesn’t want. I had or have the right one on vinyl, maybe CD. If I don’t have it my brother-in-law does (hey, maybe that’s where my CD is). Lemme check around. Stand by &#8230

Looks bad. Found vinyl, but

Looks bad. Found vinyl, but ditched the turntable a few years back. Dispatched alert to brother-in-law Tim, a good egg and chef at the governor’s mansion here in New York &#8212 which places him in a good position to answer the question, “What do Republicans eat &#8230 besides their young?” Answer: egg-white omelets when staff’s around, cheeseburgers the rest of the time.

He may yet come through. In any case, that’s the album and recording. Ah knowz it well.

Here’s a little sunny day gem ta tide yuz over.

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Lou, how would Frank have

Lou, how would Frank have sung your name?

Alan,On the other side (and

Alan,

On the other side (and here, after they arrived in the 1920s), the old Bretons said kwee-oh. But the first- and second-generation Franco-Americans, including me, have anglicized to quill-ee-oh. Still, if you call me loo-iss I’ll punch you in the head. So don’t, okay?

Thanks for that Frank tune,

Thanks for that Frank tune, Lou. I’m a pretty entrenched anti-Frankian, but to my surprise I actually liked that one. Maybe it was the lyrics or the delivery, or maybe my mind was just unusually open, but I didn’t get at all the phoney pretentious feeling I’ve come to associate with Frank. Earnest, beautifully sung and swinging too. Overall a 9.6, says the judge from Lithuania.

So at some point when Frank

So at some point when Frank was recording his first records it could have been Lou-ee Kwee-oh, definately a gem for the last line of a Sinatra verse - think Night and Day.

Lou-ee Kwee-ohThat’s the name

Lou-ee Kwee-oh

That’s the name they gave Grandp&#232re, the one he walked around with.

Written out phonetically it seems more like a Hank Williams tune.

I think I found the version

I think I found the version my correspondent is looking for. You can listen to a clip at Barnes & Noble.

For a little while, you can

For a little while, you can listen to more than a clip here.

This is a 1961 recording. That means it’s older than the 40 years at which decent copyrights expire. Let your conscience be your guide.