(Odeon) 1927, Paris, France. <br />Written by Clifford Friend (m) Sidney Clare (l) Lew Brown (l) 1925.<br />Josephine Baker w Le Jacob's Jazz '27. <br /><br />Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 – 12 April 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent, and civil rights activist. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France. Baker was the first African-American to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant. <br />"Then I'll Be Happy" is a jazz standard composed by Cliff Friend, with lyrics by Lew Brown and Sidney Clare. It was first published in 1925.<br /><br />Lyrics: <br />I wanna go where you go,<br />Do what you do,<br />Love when you love,<br />Then I'll be happy!<br />I wanna sigh when you sigh,<br />Cry when you cry,<br />Smile when you smile,<br />Then I'll be happy!<br />You can go north or south,<br />You can go east or west,<br />I'll follow you, seetheart,<br />And share your little love nest.<br />I wanna go where you go,<br />Do what you do,<br />Love when you love,<br />Then I'll be happy!<br />I wanna go where you go,<br />Do what you do,<br />Love when you love,<br />Then I'll be happy!<br />I wanna sigh when you sigh,<br />Cry when you cry,<br />Smile when you smile,<br />Then I'll be happy!<br />You can go north or south,<br />You can go east or west,<br />I'll follow you, seetheart,<br />And share your little love nest.<br />I wanna go where you go,<br />Do what you do,<br />Love when you love,<br />Then I'll be happy!<br />I wanna go where you go,<br />Do what you do,<br />Love when you love,<br />Then I'll be happy!<br />I wanna sigh when you sigh,<br />Cry when you cry,<br />Smile when you smile,<br />Then I'll be happy!<br />You can go north or south,<br />You can go east or west,<br />I'll follow you, seetheart,<br />And share your little love nest.<br />I wanna go where you go,<br />Do what you do,<br />Love when you love,<br />Then I'll be happy!<br />I wanna go where you go,<br />Do what you do,<br />Love when you love,<br />Then I'll be happy!<br />I wanna sigh when you sigh,<br />Cry when you cry,<br />Smile when you smile,<br />Then I'll be happy!<br />You can go north or south,<br />You can go east or west,<br />I'll follow you, seetheart,<br />And share your little love nest.<br />I wanna go where you go,<br />Do what you do,<br />Love when you love,<br />Then I'll be happy!<br />I'll be happy with you,<br />We'll make sadness taboo,<br />And when you're always in view<br />I'll be happy!
