Al Bowlly and his Orchestra - That's Me Without You (1934)

One of those songs of the 1930s that leans a little too much on the device of analogy, has a slightly jarring release and, moreover, a verse placed disconcertingly after the second chorus. Yet it's also totally charming almost because of its flaws.

Note Bowlly's determination to rescue the chorus in the way he sings the line: "Now look at me / I'm a ship that's lost at sea".

Al Bowlly - That's Me Without You (1934)