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"I Cover the Waterfront" is a 1933 popular song and jazz standard composed by Johnny Green with lyrics by Edward Heyman. The song was inspired by Max Miller's 1932 best-selling novel, I Cover the Waterfront.
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I Cover the Waterfront Lyrics. I cover the waterfront; I'm watching the sea. Will the one I love be coming back to me? I cover the waterfront; In search of my love. And I'm...
The lyrics of “I Cover The Waterfront” evoke a sense of longing and anticipation. Armstrong sings, “I cover the waterfront, I’m watching the sea. ‘Cause the one I love is soon coming back to me.” This portrays a person waiting by the waterfront, yearning for the return of a loved one.
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Composed by Johnny Green with lyrics by Edward Heyman, the song was inspired by Max Miller’s 1932 best-selling novel I Cover the Waterfront. It became instantly popular, and many artists covered it in 1933: Annette Hanshaw, Abe Lyman’s California Ambassador Hotel Orchestra, Billie Holiday, Connie Boswell, and Louis Armstrong, among others.