Title of old (WWII?) song and composer?

Question

A couple of the lines from the song are 'When I say goodbye, I cry a little' and there's a reference to 'the change from major to minor' where the music changes key from major to minor.

The version I've heard was a male/female duo. I'm guessing it may have been WWII era.

When I know the exact title and composer, I'll try to get the sheet music!

Answer 1

Every time we say goodbye
(Cole Porter) 1944


Lyric:

We love each other so deeply
that I ask you this, sweetheart,
why should we quarrel ever,
why can't we be enough clever,
never to part.
Ev'ry time we say goodbye
I die a little,
ev'ry time we say goodbye
I wonder why a little,
why the gods above me
who must be in the know
think so little of me
they allow you to go.
When you're near
there's such an air
of spring about it,
I can hear a lark somewhere
begin to sing about it,
there's no love song finer,
but how strange the change
from major to minor...
ev'ry time we say goodbye.
Ev'ry time we say goodbye
I die a little,
ev'ry time we say goodbye
I wonder why a little,
why the gods above me
who must be in the know
think so little of me
they allow you to go.
When you're near
there's such an air
of spring about it,
I can hear a lark somewhere
begin to sing about it,
there's no love song finer,
but how strange the change
from major to minor...
ev'ry time we say goodbye.
Ev'ry single time
we say goodbye.

Answer 2

The song is called
'Every time we say goodbye' written by Cole Porter

Answer 3

not sure if its an ww2 song originally but I'm sure simply red did a version? perhaps as they are fairly? modern you could look up their site/albums and trace the original back from there? hope this helps x

Answer 4

its called everytime we say good bye. written by cole porter. ray charles did a version with ella fitzgerald but not as far back as wwII

Answer 5

lyrics .com i know the song it is actually quite a recent song ie past 10 years but i just cant remember it but simply red comes to mind maybe wrong

Answer 6

EVERY TIME YOU SAY GOODBYE and I think that it was Billie Holliday that sang it.