908 – The Chordettes – Mr. Sandman (1954)

Escrita por Pat Ballard, foi gravada e lançada pelas Chordettes em 1954, que é a nossa versão, embora tenha sido gravada um pouco antes por Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra e um pouco depois pelos Four Aces.

Archie Bleyer, fundador da Cadence Records, está na gravação, marcando a cadência batendo nos joelhos e no terceiro verso ele responde : “Yes?”.

Foi regravada também por Emmylou Harris, Chet Atkins, Bette Midler, entre outros artistas.

A letra:

Bung, bung, bung, bung, bung
Bung, bung, bung, bung, bung
Bung, bung, bung, bung, bung
Bung, bung, bung, bung, bung
Bung, bung, bung, bung, bung

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
(Bung, bung, bung, bung)
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
(Bung, bung, bung, bung)
Give him two lips like roses and clover
(Bung, bung, bung, bung)
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over

Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

Bung, bung, bung, bung

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
Give him the word that I'm not a rover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over

Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

Bung, bung, bung, bung

Mr. Sandman bring us a dream
(Yes)
Give him a pair of eyes with a come-hither gleam
Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci
And lots of wavy hair like Liberace

Mr Sandman, someone to hold
(Someone to hold)
Would be so peachy before we're too old
So please turn on your magic beam
Mr Sandman, bring us, please, please, please
Mr Sandman, bring us a dream

Bung, bung, bung, bung

A versão das Chordettes:

A versão dos Four Aces:

A versão de Emmylou Harris: