CAN THIS BE THE END OF LOVE? As sung by Aida Ward in the Cotton Club Parade.; Lyric by Milton Drake. Music by Harry Stride. Staged by Dan Healy de Ward, Aida - 1933

New York: Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble, 1933. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4pp, in part: "Why must I be so alone? Why did you leave me this way?...Gone is all the pleasure, All the things we planned, Dreams I used to treasure, Slipping from my hand...." The cover illustrated by Leff includes an inset photo-portrait of Aida Ward. 12" x 9" Aida Ward (1900-1984) was an American jazz singer. Born in Washington, D.C., Ward rose to fame in the 1920s and 1930s in New York, on Broadway and at Harlem's Cotton Club. She appeared alongside Adelaide Hall and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the hit Broadway musical revue Blackbirds of 1928. In the 1930s, Ward appeared regularly at the Cotton Club, performing with Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. She also starred at Harlem's Apollo Theater (courtesy of Wikipedia).