Some Of These Days (Apologies/Partings)

Words & Music by Shelton Brooks, 1910. Brooks(1886-1975) was a black, Canadian-born vaudevillian, also the author of "At The Dark Town Strutters' Ball" in 1917. Early on, Brooks got the song to immortal Red Hot Mama Sophie Tucker who made it her celebrated theme song for the next 6 decades.