QUIEREME Y VERAS, Chris Chandler

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QUIEREME Y VERAS

In 1954, Johnny Mercer wrote the lyric and Jose Antonio Mendez the music for a tune "Every Now and Then". This became known as Quiereme Y Veras (Want (or love) Me and You Will See).

Trying to get the song recorded Johnny wrote a note to Southern Music:

It took 47 years, but thanks to Chris Chandler, Johnny's dream has become a reality.

I mentioned this to Chris, and he obtained the license to record, and as they say the rest is history.

For Educational and Research Use:

"Quiereme Y Veras"

I only heard her murmur

"Quiereme Y Veras"

Then something happened to my heart

I felt it start

Pounding like the sea

"Quiereme Y Veras"

I held her close and answered

"Quiereme Y Veras"

Not even knowing where it led

Or that I'd said

"Love me and you'll see"

I'll never understand how,

without knowing,

I could make the right replies

When I held her hand

I spoke her language

Just as she read my eyes

Needless to remark

I never will forget that whisper in the dark

It brought another world to me

Because you see

I loved her and I saw

Or as she would say

"Quiereme Y Veras"

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