ACK! I can't believe I just found this. YES!!!!! I've been looking literally for YEARS for this song. I heard it once when I was very young,, They did it on a Kennedy Center special I think it was, and it just haunted me. Years later I still remembered all the lyrics. It's a song from an unfinished musical by Duke Ellington and if this is any indication of what his musical would have been like I'd have really loved to have seen it. It's a pity he never finished it. Hot d- Finally I have TWO good recordings of it. Some days, I just downright love You Tube!!!
This is the version I heard back then I think:
and here's a jazz version...
I like this too. Such a great voice Andre De Shields....with Patti LaBelle...