Blame It on My Youth

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"Blame It on My Youth"
Song
Published1934
Genre Jazz standard
Composer(s) Oscar Levant
Lyricist(s) Edward Heyman

"Blame It on My Youth" is a jazz standard written by Oscar Levant (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics) in 1934. [1]

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