Marlene Dietrich - Sag mir Adieu (Time On My Hands) 1950

Marlene Dietrich & Orch. dir. by Jimmie Carroll – Time On My Hands [Sag mir Adieu] (Music: Youmans, German lyrics: ) Columbia 1950 (Recorded in USA; Sung in German) NOTE: I absolutely love Vincent Youmans and I think “Time On My Hands” along with a haunting tango “Orchids In the Moonlight” belongs to his most beautiful compositions. Performed by dozens of the most important artists of the 20th Century, this song had also been recorded by Marlene Dietrich, who created one of its artistically most significant interpretations. I’m glad I can present it today recorded straight from the original shellac and without any remastering done to it. Marlene’s singing paints a poignant and true scene of the farewell between the lovers and through the German lyrics, she adds the ambiguous and somewhat mysterious beauty to her creation.