"Oh, Lady be Good!" is a 1924 (see 1924 in music) song by George and Ira Gershwin.

The song was introduced by Walter Catlett in the Broadway show, Lady, Be Good!, written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, and the Gershwin brothers, starring Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire. It ran for 330 performances in its original Broadway run. The song is also performed in the 1941 film, Lady Be Good, though the film itself is unrelated to the musical play.

A 1947 recording of the song became a hit for Ella Fitzgerald, notable for her scat solo. The song became readily identified with Fitzgerald, and she sang it many times in live performance. For her album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), Oh, Lady be Good! was sung as a ballad, arranged by Nelson Riddle.
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Listen to my tale of wow
It’s terribly sad but true
All dressed up, no place to go
Each evening I’m awfully blue
I must win some handsome guy
Can’t go on like this
I would blossom out I know
With somebody just like you
So…

Oh, sweet and lovely
May be, be good
Oh, Lady be good
To me…
I am so awfully
Misunderstood
So Lady be good
To me…

Oh, please have some pity
I’m all alone in this big city…
I tell you:
I’m just a lonesome
Babe in the wood
So Lady be good
To me …

Oh, please have some pity
I’m all alone in this big city…
I tell you:
I’m just a lonesome
Babe in the wood
So Lady be good
To me …

So Lady be good
To me …

Послушай мою вздыхательную историю
Она ужасно грустная, но это правда
Я наряжаюсь, но некуда идти
Каждый вечер - невыносимая грусть
Судьба должна подарить мне симпатичного парня
Ведь дальше, я так не вынесу
Я бы расцвела, я знаю
С кем-нибудь, наподобие тебя
Итак…

О, сладкая и любимая
Может…, будь добра
О, Богиня, будь добра
Ко мне…
Меня так ужасно
Не понимают
Поэтому, Богиня, будь добра
Ко мне…

О, Имей каплю жалости
Мне так одиноко в этом большом городе
Я говорю тебе:
Я - просто одинокая
Малышка в лесу
Поэтому, Богиня, будь добра
Ко