Waltz for Debby (Lees)

'Waltz for Debby' is a jazz standard composed by Bill Evans. It was first recorded on Evans's 1956 album 'New Jazz Conceptions' as a short solo piece. The song title refers to Evans' niece.

Lyrics were first added in Swedish as 'Monicas Vals' by Beppe Wolgers in 1963.

The next year, English lyrics were written by Gene LEES:

In her own sweet world, 

populated by dolls and clowns
and a prince and a big purple bear,
lives my favorite girl, unaware of the worried frowns
that we weary grown-ups all wear

In the sun, she dances to silent music,
songs that are spun of gold, somewhere in her own little head

One day all too soon, 

she'll grow up and she'll leave her dolls
and her prince and her silly old bear
when she goes they will cry, as they whisper "Goodbye"
They will miss her, I fear, but then so will I

Recordings exist by Tony Bennett (1964), Rita Reys w/ Pim Jacobs Trio, Johnny Hartman, Sarah Vaughan, Tony Bennett w/ Bill Evans, Dominic Alldis, The Real Group, Joe Coughlin, Tierney Sutton, Ligia Piro, Dina Blade, Al Jarreau, Joanna Eden Trio, Eliane Elias, Kenichiro Nishihara ft Maia Hirasawa, Francesca Tandoi Trio, Paul Jost, etc.