| # | Title | Principal Artiste | Composers | Lyricist / Date written | Place | Date recorded | Matrix | Label&cat.no. | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1238 | Nicky The Greek (Has Gone) | Al Bowlly & Jimmy Mesene (Radio Stars With Two Guitars) | Dimitri Pavlou | w/m `41 | London | April 2, 1941 | OEA-9226-1-2 | HMV BD-922-Take 1. (Avid AMSC758 3CD set-Take 2) | Al Bowlly - g; Jimmy Mesene - g; Pat Dodd - piano |
(Dimitri Pavlou)
Al Bowlly & Jimmy Mesene (Radio Stars With Two Guitars)
Take 1:
At night a face keeps haunting me
It lingers in my memory
Tonight I seem to realise
I miss the smiling dark brown eyes
Nicky the Greek has gone
Nicky the Greek has gone
I miss his cry of
'Peanuts, my lady; peanuts I have for you'
Standing against the wall
Not more than five feet tall
You'll find him there in all kinds of weather
Smiling to one and all
He was no Adonis, I declare
A man you'd meet most anywhere
Yet deep down in my heart I know
He's back in the land where olives grow
Somehow I want to cry
I know the reason why
Nicky the Greek has gone and I'm sorry
We didn't say goodbye
Ya ssou, ya ssou Nikaiki
[Goodbye, goodbye Nicky]
Nicky, you mean the world to me
Ya ssou, ya ssou Nikaiki
Bless you, wherever you may be
"Greek"
Ya ssou, ya ssou Nikaiki
Nicky, you mean the world to me
Ya ssou, ya ssou Nikaiki
Bless you, wherever you may be
A very different Take 2:
At night a face keeps haunting me
It lingers in my memory
Tonight I seem to realise
I miss the smiling dark brown eyes
Nicky the Greek has gone
Nicky the Greek has gone
I miss his cry of
'Peanuts, my lady; peanuts I have for you'
Standing against the wall
Not more than five feet tall
You'll find him there in all kinds of weather
Smiling to one and all
He was no Adonis, I declare
A man you'd meet most anywhere
Yet deep down in my heart I know
He's back in the land where olives grow
Somehow I want to cry
I know the reason why
Nicky the Greek has gone and I'm sorry
We didn't say goodbye
Ya ssou, ya ssou Nikaiki
Nicky, you mean the world to me
Ya ssou, ya ssou Nikaiki
Bless you, wherever you may be
He was no Adonis, I declare
A man you'd meet most anywhere
Yet deep down in my heart I know
He's back in the land where olives grow
Somehow I want to cry
I know the reason why
Nicky the Greek has gone and I'm sorry
We didn't say goodbye
Ya ssou, ya ssou Nikaiki
Nicky, you mean the world to me
Ya ssou, ya ssou Nikaiki
Bless you, wherever you may be