The Russell Songbook

From Helen Kane, the Original 'Boop-Boop a-Doop' Girl: Great Original Performances 1928 - 1930; Robert Parker's Classic Years in Digital Stereo, Louisiana Red Hot Records, RPCD-323,

Listen, big boy,

Now that you got me made,

Goodness, but I'm afraid,

Somethin's gonna happen to you!

Listen, big boy,

You gotta be hooked, and how,

I would die if I should lose you now!

Button up your overcoat,

When the wind is free,

Take good care of yourself,

You belong to me!

Eat an apple every day,

Get to bed by three,

Oh, take good care of yourself,

You belong to me!

Be careful crossing streets, ooh-ooh,

Cut out sweets, ooh-ooh,

Lay off meat, ooh-ooh,

You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum!

Wear your flannel underwear,

When you climb a tree,

Oh, take good care of yourself,

You belong to me!

Button up your overcoat,

When the wind is free,

Oh, take good care of yourself,

You belong to me!

Boop-boop-a-doop!

When you sass a traffic cop,

Use diplomacy;

Just take good care of yourself,

You belong to me!

Beware of frozen ponds, ooh-ooh,

Stocks and bonds, ooh-ooh,

Peroxide blondes, ooh-ooh,

You'll get a pain and ruin your bankroll!

Keep the spoon out of your cup,

When you're drinking tea,

Oh, take good care of yourself,

You belong to me!

Don't sit on hornet's tails, ooh-ooh!

Or on nails, ooh-ooh!

Or third rails, ooh-ooh!

You'll get a pain and ruin your tum-tum!

Keep away from bootleg hooch

When you're on a spree,

Oh, take good care of yourself,

You belong to me!

Buttons and Bows

Dinah Shore - from "The Paleface"

Eay Livingston and Ray Evans

East is east and west is west

And the wrong one I have chose

Let's go where I'll keep on wearin'

Those frills and flowers and buttons and bows

Rings and things and buttons and bows

Don't bury me in this prairie

Take me where the cement grows

Let's move down to some big town

Where they love a gal by the cut o' her clothes

And I'll stand out

In buttons and bows

I'll love you in buckskin

Or skirts that I've homespun

But I'll love ya' longer, stronger

Where Yer friends don't tote a gun

My bones denounce the buckboard bounce

And the cactus hurts my toes

Let's vamoose where gals keep usin'

Those silks and satins and linen that shows

And I'm all yours in buttons and bows

Gimme eastern trimmin' where women are women

In high silk hose and peek-a-boo clothes

And French perfume that rocks the room

And I'm all yours in buttons and bows

Bye Bye Baby

(Lyrics: Leo Robin Music: Jule Styne)

Bye bye baby, remember you're my baby

When they give you the eye.

Although I know that you care,

Won't you write and declare

That though you’re on the loose,

You are still on the square.

I'll be gloomy, but send that rainbow to me,

Then my shadows will fly

Though you'll be gone for a while,

I know that I'll be smiling with my baby,

By and by.

(Bye, bye baby, so long!)

Bye bye baby

(just you remember that you're my baby when.)

When they give you the eye.

(And although we know that you care,

You just write and declare)

That though you’re on the loose,

You are still on the square.

I'll be gloomy (gloomy),

But send that rainbow to me.

(Then the shadows will fly)

Though you'll be gone for a while,

I know that I'll be smiling

With my baby by and by (bye, bye baby)

Bye Bye Black Bird

Verse

Black-bird, black-bird singing the blues all day,

right out-side of my door.

Black-bird, black-bird, gotta be on my way,

where there's sun - shine galore.

Pack up all my care and woe,

Here I go singing low,

Bye bye black bird.

Where somebody waits for me,

Sugar's sweet, so is he,

Bye bye black bird.

No one here can love or understand me,

Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me.

Make my bed and light the light,

I'll be home late tonight,

Black bird bye bye.

Repeat All

Black bird bye bye.

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Ed Madden, 1919

Place park, scene dark,

Silv'ry moon is shining thro' the trees:

Cast two, me, you,

Sound of kisses floating on the breeze;

Act one, begun,

Dialogue "Where would you like to spoon?"

My cue, with you,

Underneath the silv'ry moon.

Chorus:

By the light of the silvery moon,

I want to spoon,

To my honey I'll croon love's tune,

Honey moon keep a shining in June,

Your silv'ry beams will bring love dreams

We'll be cuddling soon,

By the silvery moon.

Act two, scene new,

Roses blooming all around the place;

Cast three, you, me,

Preacher with a solemn looking face.

Choir sings, bell rings,

Preacher "You are wed forevermore."

Act two, all through,

Ev'ry night the same encore;

Repeat Chorus

-C-

Ca baret

(Lyrics: Fred Ebb; Music: John Kander)

What good is sitting

Alone in your room,

Come hear the music play

Life is a Cabaret, old chum,

Come to the cabaret

Put down the knitting,

The book and the broom,

It's time for a holiday

Life is a cabaret, old chum,

Come to the cabaret.

Come taste the wine,

Come taste the band

Come blow your horn,

Start celebrating

Right this way,

Your table's waiting

No use permitting

Some prophet of doom

To wipe every smile away

Life is a Cabaret, old chum,

Come to the cabaret

I used to have

This boyfriend known as "Lester"

With whom I shared

Four sordid rooms In Chester

He wasn't what you'd call

A blushing flower

As a matter of fact

He rented by the hour.

The day he died

The neighbor's came to snicker

Well, that's what comes

From too much pills and liquor

But when I saw him Laid out like a queen

He was the happiest corpse

I'd ever seen

I think of Lester to this very day

I remember how he'd turn

To me and say:

What good is sitting

Alone in your room?

Come hear the music play

Life is a Cabaret, old chum,

Come to the cabaret

And as for me,

I made my mind up

Back in Chester

When I go,

I'm going like Lester!

Start by admitting

From cradle to tomb

There isn't that long a stay

Life is a cabaret, old chum.

Only a cabaret old chum,

And I love a cabaret!

California, Here I Come!

When the wintry winds are blowing,

And the snow is starting to fall,

Then my eyes turn westward,

Knowing that's the place

I love best of all.

California I've been blue

Since I've been away from you

I can't wait 'til I get going,

Even now I'm starting to call

California, here I come

Right back where I started from

Where bowers of flowers bloom in the sun

Each morning at dawning,

Birdies sing an' ev'rything.

A sun kissed miss said "don't be late"

That's why I can hardly wait,

Open up that Golden Gate,

California here I come.

Any one who likes to wander,

Ought to keep this saying in his mind

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder"

Of the good old place you leave behind.

When you've hit the trail a while

Seems you rarely see a smile;

That's why I must bly out yonder,

Where a frown is mighty hard to find!

Call Me Irresponsible

Lyrics: Sammy Cah;n Music: Jimmy Van Heusen

From the Film: Papa's Delicate Condition 1963

Call me irresponsible

Call me unreliable

Throw in undependable too

Do my foolish alibis bore you

Well I'm not too clever

I just adore you

Call me unpredictable

Tell me I'm impractical

Rainbows I'm inclined to pursue

Call me irresponsible

Yes I'm unreliable

But it's undeniably true

I'm irresponsibly mad for you

Canadian Sunset

by Eddie Heywood, words by Norman Gimbel

Once, I was alone,

So, lonely and then,

You came, out of nowhere

Like the sun up from the hills.

Cold, cold was the wind.

Warm, warm were your lips,

Out there onthat ski trail

Where your kiss, filled me with thrills.

A weekend in Canada

A change of scene was the most I bargained for

And then I discovered you,

And in your eyes I found a love that I couln't ignore

Down, down came the Sun.

Fast, fast beat my heart.

I knew, as the sunset from that day

we'd never part.

Candy Man, The

Who can take a sunrise,

Sprinkle it with dew

Cover it with choc'late

And a miracle or two

The Candy Man,

Oh the Candy Man can

The Candy Man can

'Cause he mixes it with love

and makes the world taste good

Who can take a rainbow,

Wrap it in a sigh

Soak it in the sun and

Make a groovy lemon pie

The Candy Man,

The Candy Man can

'Cause he mixes it with love

And makes the world taste good

Repeat from here

The Candy Man

Makes everything he bakes

Satisfying and delicious

Now you talk about your childhood wishes,

You can even eat the dishes

Oh, who can take tomorrow,

Dip it in a dream

Separate the sorrow

And collect up all the cream

The Candy Man,

Oh the Candy Man can

The Candy Man can

'Cause he mixes it with love

And makes the world taste good

Can't Help Falling In Love

George Weiss - Hugo Peretti - Luigi Creatore

Wise men say only fools rush in

but I can't help falling in love with you

Shall I stay, would it be a sin

if I can't help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea

Darlin' so it goes

some things are meant to be

Take my hand, take my whole life too

for I can't help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea

Darlin' so it goes

Some things are meant to be

Take my hand take my whole life too

For I can't help falling in love with you

I can't help falling in love with you...

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man

(2) Lyric: Oscar Hammerstein II Music: Jerome Kern

Fish got to swim, birds got to fly,

I got to love one man till I die.

Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.

Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow,

Tell me I'm crazy, maybe I know.

Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.

Oh listen sister,

I love my mister man,

And I can't tell you' why

Dere ain't no reason

Why Ishould love dat man,

It mus' be sumpin dat de angels done plan.

Fish got to swim, birds got to fly,

I got to love one man till I die.

Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.

Tell me he's lazy, tell me he's slow,

Tell me I'm crazy, (maybe I know).

Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.

When he goes away,

Dat's a rainy day,

But when he comes back dat day is fine,

De sun will shine!

He kin come home as late as can be,

Home without him ain't no home to me,

Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.

De chimney's smokin'

De roof is leakin' in,

But he don't seem to care.

Dere ain't no reason why I should love dat man.

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

B. Crewe/B. Gaudio

You're just too good to be true

Can't take my eyes off of you

You'd be live heaven to touch

I wanna hold you so much

At long last love has arrived

And I thank God I'm alive

You're just to good to be true

Can't take my eyes off of you

You're just too way that I stare

There's nothing else to compare

The sight of you leaves me weak

There are no words left to speak

But if you feel like I feel

Please let me know that it's real

You're just to good to be true

And my baby

Can't take my eyes off of you

I love you baby

And if it's quite all right

I need you baby

To warm the lonely night

I love you baby

Trust in me when I say

Oh, pretty baby

Don't bring me down, I pray

Oh pretty baby

Now that I found you, stay

Let me love you, baby

Carolina In The Morning

Nothing could be finer

Than to be in Carolina in the morning

No one could be sweeter

Than my sweetie when I meet her in the morning

Where the morning glories

Twine around the door

Whispering pretty stories

I long to hear once more

Strolling with my girlie

Where the dew is pearly early in the morning

Butterflies all flutter up

And kiss each little buttercup at dawning

If I had Aladdin's lamp for only a day

I'd make a wish and here's what I'd say

Nothing could be finer

Than to be in Carolina in the morning

Where the morning glories twine around the door

Whispering pretty stories I long to hear once more

Strolling with my girlie where the dew is pearly early in the morning

Butterflies all flutter up and kiss each buttercup at dawning

If I had Aladdin's lamp for only a day

I'd make a wish and here's what I'd say

Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the AM

Carolina in the morning

Catch A Falling Star

Artist: Perry Como (peak Billboard position # 1 in 1958)

Words and Music by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss

Chorus

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

Never let it fade away

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket

Save it for a rainy day

For love may come and tap you on the shoulder some starless night

Just in case you feel you want to hold her

You'll have a pocketful of starlight

Chorus

For love may come and tap you on the shoulder some starless night

Just in case you feel you want to hold her

You'll have a pocketful of starlight

(Pocketful of starlight, hm,hm,hm,hm,hm,hm)

Chorus

(Save it for a rainy, save it for a rainy, rainy, rainy, day)

For when your troubles start multiplyin' and they just might

It's easy to forget them without tryin'

With just a pocketful of starlight

Chorus

(Save it for a rainy day)

Save it for a rainy day

Cecilia

Words by Herman Ruby, Music by Dale Dreyer (1925)

Does your mother know that you're out, Cecilia?

Does she know that I'm about to steal ya?

Oh, my, when I look into your eyes,

Something tells me, you and I should get together!

How’s about a little kiss, Cecilia?

Just a kiss you'll never miss, Cecilia.

Why do we two keep on wasting time?

Oh, Cecilia, say that you'll be mine!

Chattanooga Choo Choo

(1)

Pardon me, boy

Is that the Chattanooga choo choo?

Track twenty-nine Boy, you can gimme a shine

I can afford

To board a Chattanooga choo choo

I've got my fare and just a trifle to spare

(Repeat below)

You leave the Pennsylvania Station

'bout a quarter to four

Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore

Dinner in the diner Nothing could be finer

Than to have your ham an' eggs in Carolina

When you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar

Then you know that Tennessee is not very far

Shovel all the coal in, Gotta keep it rollin'

Woo, woo, Chattanooga there you are

There's gonna be

A certain party at the station

All satin and lace I used to call "funny face"

She's gonna cry

Until I tell her that I'll never roam

So Chattanooga choo choo

Won't you choo-choo me home?

Chattanooga choo choo

Won't you choo-choo me home?

(See Train Songs)

Cheek to Cheek

(Irving Berlin)

Heaven, I'm in Heaven,

And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak;

And I seem to find the happiness I seek

When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek.

Heaven, I'm in Heaven,

And the cares that hang around me thro' the week

Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak

When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek.

Oh! I love to climb a mountain,

And to reach the highest peak,

But it doesn't thrill me half as much

As dancing cheek to cheek.

Oh! I love to go out fishing

In a river or a creek,

But I don't enjoy it half as much

As dancing cheek to cheek.

Dance with me

I want my arm about you;

The charm about you

Will carry me thro' to Heaven

I'm in Heaven,

And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak;

And I seem to find the happiness I seek

When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek.

Chicago

Chicago, Chicago that toddling town

That toddling town

Chicago, Chicago I'll show you around - I love it

Bet your bottom dollar you'll lose the blues in Chicago, Chicago

The town that Billy's Sunday could not shut down

On State Street that great street I just want to say,

Just want to say

They do things that they don't do on Broadway

I have the time, the time of their life

I saw a man and he danced with his wife

In Chicago, Chicago my home town

Chicago, The Show

All That Jazz

Chicago

Come on babe,

Why don't we paint the town –

And all that jazz

I'm gonna rouge my knees

And roll my stockings down –

And all that jazz

Start the car

I know a whoopee spot

Where the gin is cold

But the piano's hot

It's just a noisy hall

Where there's a nightly brawl

And all - that - jazz

Slick your hair

And wear your buckle shoes –

And all that jazz

I hear that Father Dip

Is gonna blow the blues

And all that jazz

Hold on hon,

We're gonna bunny hug

I bought some aspirin

Down at United Drug

In case we shake apart

And want a brand new start

To do - that - jazz

Oh - you're gonna see your sheba shimmy shake, And all that jazz

Oh - she's gonna shimmy till her garters break, And all that jazz

Show - her where to park her girdle

Oh - her mother's blood'd curdle

If she'd hear her baby's queer

For all - that - jazz

Find a flask we're playing fast and loose

And all that jazz

Right up here is where I store the juice

And all that jazz

Come on babe, we're gonna brush the sky

I betcha lucky lindy never flew so high

'Cause in the stratosphere,

How could he lend an ear

To all - that - jazz

Instrumental

No, I'm no one's wife but

Oh, I love my life and

All - - - That - - - Jaaaaazz That jazz!

Nowadays

It's good,

Isn't it grand?

Isn't it great?

Isn't it swell?

Isn't it fun?

Isn't it?

Nowadays

There's men,

Everywhere jazz,

Everywhere booze,

Everywhere life,

Everywhere joy,

Everywhere nowadays

You can like the life you're living

You can live the life you like

You can even marry Harry

But mess around with Ike

And that's good,

Isn't it grand?

Isn't it great?

Isn't it swell?

Isn't it fun?

Isn't it?

But nothing stays

In fifty years or so

It's gonna change, you know

But, oh, it's heaven

Nowadays

Mister Cellophane

Music: John Kander; Lyrics: Fred Ebb (from Chicago)

Amos Spoken:

If someone stood up in a crowd

And raised his voice up way out loud

And waved his arm

And shook his leg

You'd notice him

If someone in a movie show

Yelled "fire in the second row,

This whole place is a powder keg!"

You'd notice him

And even without clucking like a hen

Everyone gets noticed, now and then,

Unless, of course,

that personage should be

Invisisble, inconsequential me!

Sung:

Cellophane

Mister cellophane

Should have been my name

Mister cellophane

'cause you can look right through me

Walk right by me

And never know I'm there!

I tell ya

Cellophane

Mister cellophane

Should have

been my name

Mister cellophane

'cause you can look right through me

walk right by me

And never know I'm there. . .

Spoken:

Suppose you was a little cat

Residin' in a person's flat

Who fed you fish and scratched your

ears?

You'd notice him

Supoose you was a woman wed

And sleepin' in a double bed

beside a man for seven years

You'd notice him

A human being's made of more than air

With all that bulk , you're bound to see

him there

Unless that human bein' next to you

Is unimpressive, undistingueshed

You know who. . .

Sung

Should have been my name

Mister cellophane

'cause you can look right through me

Walk right by me

And never know I'm there

I tell ya

Cellophane

Mister cellophane

Should have been my name

Mister cellophane

'cause you can look right through me

Walk right by me

And never know I'm there

Never even know I'm there

I hope that I didn’t take up too much of your time.

Razzle Dazzle

Give 'em the old razzle dazzle

Razzle dazzle 'em

Give 'em an act with lots of flash in it

And the reaction will be passionate

Give 'em the old hocus pocus

Bead and feather 'em

How can they see with sequins in their eyes?

What if your hinges all are rusting?

What if, in fact, you're just disgusting ?

Razzle dazzle 'em

And they'll never catch wise!

Give 'em the old razzle dazzle

Razzle dazzle 'em

Give 'em a show that's so splendiferous

Row after row will grow vociferous

Give 'em the old flim flam flummox

Fool and fracture 'em

How can they hear the truth above the roar?

Roar, roar, roar.

Throw 'em a fake and a finagle

They'll never know you're just a bagel,

Razzle dazzle 'em

And they'll beg you for more!

Give 'em the old razzle dazzle(cave)

Razzle dazzle 'em

Back since the days of old Methuselah

Everyone loves the big bambooz-a-ler

Give 'em the old three ring circus

Stun and stagger 'em

When you're in trouble, go into your dance

Though you are stiffer than a girder

They let ya get away with a murder

Razzle dazzle 'em

And you've got a romance

Give 'em the old

Razzle dazzle

Razzle dazzle 'em

Show 'em the first rate sorcerer you are

Long as you keep 'em way off balance

How can they spot you got no talents?

Razzle dazzle 'em, Razzle dazzle 'em

Razzle dazzle 'em

And they'll make you a star!

When You’re Good To Mamma

Ask any of the chickies in my pen

They'll tell you I'm the biggest mother hen

I love 'em all and all of them love me

Because the system works

The system called reciprocity...

Got a little motto

Always sees me through

When you're good to Mama

Mama's good to you.

There's a lot of favors

I'm prepared to do

You do one for Mama

She'll do one for you.

They say that life is tit for tat

And that's the way I live

So, I deserve a lot of tat

For what I've got to give

Don't you know that this hand

Washes that one too

When you're good to Mama

Mama's good to you!

If you want my gravy

Pepper my Ragu

Spice it up for mamma

She'll get hot for you

When they pass that basket

Folks contribute to

You put in for mamma

She'll put out for you

The folks atop the ladder

Are the ones the world adores,

So boost me up my ladder kids

And I'll boost you up yours

Let's all stroke together

Like the Princeton crew,

When your strokin mamma

Mamma's strokin you

So what's the one conclusion

I can bring this number to

When you're good to mamma

Mamma's good to you.

Climb Every Mountain

Climb ev'ry mountain

Search high and low

Follow every byway

Every path you know.

Climb ev'ry mountain

Ford every stream

Follow every rainbow

Till you find your dream.

A dream that will need

All the love you can give

Every day of your life

For as long as you live.

Climb ev'ry mountain

Ford every stream

Follow every rainbow

Till you find your dream

A dream that will need

All the love you can give

Every day of your life

For as long as you need

Climb ev'ry mountain

Fold every stream

Follow every rainbow

Till... you... find... your...dream!

Close to You

Why do birds suddenly appear

Every time you are near?

Just like me, they long to be close to you

Why do stars fall down from the sky

Every time you walk by?

Just like me, they long to be close to you

BRIDGE:

On the day that you were born

The angels got together

And decided to create a dream come true

So they sprinkled moon-dust

In your hair of gold

And starlight in your eyes of blue

That is why all the girls in town

Follow you all around

Just like me, they long to be close to you

(Instrumental break)

BRIDGE

That is why all the girls in town follow you all around

Just like me, they long to be close to you

(Ah, aahh, aahh) Close to you

Coffee Song, The

Lyrics: Bob Hilliard Music: Dick Miles

Way down among Brazilians

Coffee beans grow by the billions

So they've got to find those extra cups to fill

They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil

You can't get cherry soda

'Cause they've got to fill that quota

And the way things are I'll bet they never will

They've got a zillion tons of coffee in Brazil

No tea or tomato juice

You'll see no potato juice

The planters down in Santos all say no no no

The politician's daughter

Was accused of drinking water

And was fined a great big fifty dollar bill

They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil

You date a girl and find out later

She smells just like a percolator

Her perfume was made right on the grill

Why they could percolate the ocean in Brazil

And when their ham and eggs need savor

Coffee ketchup gives 'em flavor

Coffee pickles way outsell the dill

Why they put coffee in the coffee in Brazil

So your lead to the local color

Serving coffee with a cruller

Dunking doesn't take a lot of skill

They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil

Come Back To Me

Lyric: Alan Jay Lerner; Music: Burton Lane

Hear my voice where you are!

Take a train! steal a car!

Hop a freight! grab a star!

Come back to me!

Catch a plane! catch a breeze!

On your hands! on your knees!

Swim or fly! only please

Come back to me!

On a mule! in a jet!

With your hair in a net,

In a tow’l, ringing wet,

I don’t care, this is where you should be,

From the hills, from the shore,

Ride the wind to my door!

Turn the highway to dust!

Break the law if you must!

Move the world, only just...

Come back to me! Come back to me!

Come back to me!

Blast your hide, hear my call!

Must I fight city hall?

Here and now, damn it all!

Come back to me!

What on earth must I do?

Scream and yell till I’m blue?

Curse your soul, when will you...

Come back to me?

Have you gone to the moon?

Or the corner saloon?

And to rack and to “roon”?

Mad’moiselle, where in hell can you be?

In a crate! in a trunk!

On a horse! on a drunk!

In a “Rolls” or a van!

Wrapped in mink or saran!

Any way that you can,

Come back to me! Come back to me!

Come back to me!

Come In From The Rain

Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester

Well, hello there, good old friend of mine

You've been reaching for yourself for such a long, long time

There's so much to say, no need to explain

Just an open door for you to come in from the rain

It's a long, long road when you're all alone

And a man like you will always choose the long way home

There's no right or wrong, I'm not here to blame

I just want to be the one who keeps you from the rain

From the rain

And it looks like sunny skies

Now that I see you're alright

Time has left us older, but wiser

I know I am

(Instrumental)

And it's good to know my best friend has come home again

'Cause I think of us like an old cliche

But it doesn't matter, 'cause I love you anyway

Come in from the rain

Consider Yourself

Lionel Bart

Consider yourself at home

Consider yourself one of the family

We've taken to you so strong

It's clear we're going to get along

Consider yourself well in

Consider yourself part of the furniture

There isn't a lot to spare

Who cares, whatever we've got we share

If it should chance to be

We should see some harder days

Empty larder days, why grouse

Always a chance to meet somebody to foot the bill

Then the drinks are on the house

Consider yourself our mate

We don't want to have no fuss

For after some consideration we can state

Consider yourself one of us

Nobody tries to be lah-di-dah or uppity--

There a cup-o'-tea for all.

Only it's wise to be handy with a rolling pin

When the landlord comes to call!

Consider yourself our mate.

We don't want to have no fuss

For after some consideration we can sate

Consider yourself

One of us!

Coquette

Lombardo, Green, Kahn

Tell me why you keep fooling, little Coquette,

Making fun of the ones who love you.

Breaking hearts you are ruling, little Coquette;

True hearts, tenderly dreaming of you.

Someday, you’ll fall in love as I fell in love with you.

Maybe, someone you love will just be fooling.

And when, you’re all alone with only regret,

You’ll know, little Coquette, I love you.

Couple of Swells, A

We're a couple of swells

We stop at the best hotels

But we prefer the country

Far away from the city smells

We're a couple of sports

The pride of the tennis courts

In June, July and August we look cute

When we're dressed in shorts

The Vanderbilts have asked us up for tea

We don't know how to get there, no siree

No, siree

We would drive up the Avenue,

But we haven't got the price

We would skate up the Avenue,

But there isn't any ice

We would ride on a bicycle,

But we haven't got a bike

So we'll walk up the Avenue

Yes, we'll walk up the Avenue

And to walk up the Avenue's what we like

Wall Street bankers are we

With plenty of currency

We'd open up the safe

But we forgot where we put the key

We're the favorite lads

Of girls in the picture ads

We'd like to tell you who we kissed last night

But we can't be cads

The Vanderbilts are waiting at the club

But how are we to get there, that's the rub

That's the rub

We would sail up the Avenue,

But we haven't got a yacht

We would drive up the Avenue,

But the horse we had was shot

We would ride on a trolley car

But we haven't got the fare

So we'll walk up the Avenue

Yes, we'll walk up the Avenue

Yes, we'll walk up the Avenue till we're there

We would swim up the Avenue

But we haven't any lake

So we'll walk up the Avenue

Yes, we'll walk up the Avenue

Yes, a walk up the Avenue's what we'll take

Cruising Down the River

Jack Smith

Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon

With one you love, the sun above

Waiting for the moon.

An old accordion playing a sentimental tune

Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon.

The birds above all sing of love

A gentle, sweet refrain.

The winds around all make a sound

Like softly falling rain.

The two of us together

We'll plan our honeymoon

Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon.

Cry

Churchill Kohlman

Recorded by Johnny Ray and The Four Lads

If your sweetheart sends a letter of goodbye

It's no secret you'll feel better if you cry

When waking from a bad dream

Don't you sometimes think it's real?

But it's only false emotions that you feel

If your heartaches seem to hang around too long

And your blues keep getting bluer with each song

Well just remember

Sunshine can be found behind a cloudy sky

So let your hair down and go on baby and cry

Cuanto La Gusta

The Andrews Sisters with Carmen Miranda

- words by Ray Gilbert, music by Gabriel Ruiz

- from the MGM picture "A Date With Judy"

- as recorded November 29, 1947 in Los Angeles by The Andrews Sisters

with Carmen Miranda and Vic Schoen & His Orchestra.

Refrain:

Cuanto la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta

Cuanto la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta

We gotta get goin',

Where are we goin',

What are we gonna do?

We're on our way to somewhere,

The three of us and you

What'll we see there,

Who will be there, what'll be the big surprise?

There may be caballeros with dark and flashing eyes

We're on our way (we're on our way)

Pack up your pack (pack up your pack)

And if we stay (and if we stay)

We won't come back (we won't come back)

How can we go, we haven't got a dime?

But we're goin' and we're gonna have a happy time

Repeat Refrain

Now someone said

They'd just come back from somewhere

A friend of mine that I don't even know

He said there's lots of fun if we can get there

If that's the case,

That's the place, the place we want to go

We gotta get goin',

Where are we goin',

What are we gonna do?

We're on our way to somewhere,

The three of us and you

What'll we see there,

Who will be there, what'll be the big surprise?

There may be caballeros with dark and flashing eyes

I'll take the train (I'll take the train)

You take a boat (well I take the boat)

I'll take a plane (I'll take the plane)

You ride the goat (well I ride the goat)

Oh, we don't care, we'll either walk or climb

But we'll get there and we're gonna have a happy time

Repeat Refrain

Someone said he just came back from somewhere

And picked a few petunias in the snow

He told me that it's very close to nowhere

If that's the case, that's the place, the place we want to go

------ instrumental break ------

We gotta get goin',

Where we're goin',

What are we gonna see?

We're off to see somebody who's on his way to me

Gonna go my way, you go your way, wanna make a little bet?

We'll all meet in the country,

They haven't found us yet

We're on our way (we're on our way)

Pack up your pack (pack up your pack)

And if we stay (and if we stay)

We won't come back (we won't come back)

How can we go, we haven't got a dime?

But we're goin' and we're gonna have a happy time

Yes, we're goin' and we're gonna have a happy, happy, happy, happy, happy

Cuanto la gusta, la gusta, la gusta

Yes, we're gonna have a happy time

Cuddle up a Little Closer

Music by Karl Hoschna 1898

Intro

On the summer shore,

Where the breakers roar

Lovers sat on the glist'ng sand

And they talked of love,

While the moon above

And the stars seemed to understand.

The she grew more cold,

And he grew more bold,

Till she thot that they had better go

But altho' he heard,

he not even stirred,

Only murmered in tones soft and low

Cuddle up a little closer, lovey mine,

Cuddle up and be my little clinging vine.

Like to feel your cheek so rosy,

Like to make you comfy cozy

"Cause I love from head to toesy, Lovey mine.

Cuddle up a little closer, lovey mine,

Cuddle up and be my little clinging vine.

Like to feel your cheek so rosy,

Like to make you comfy cozy

"Cause I love from head to toesy, Lovey mine.

Christmas, Hanukkah & New Year Songs

12 Days of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas

My true love gave to me

A partridge in a pear tree.

On the twelfth day of Christmas

My true love gave to me

Twelve drummers drumming,

Eleven pipers piping,

Ten lords-a-leaping,

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans-a-swimming,

Six geese-a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree.

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth,

My two front teeth see my two front teeth.

Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth,

Then I could wish you "Merry Christmas."

It seems so long since I could say,

"Sister Susie sitting on a thistle."

Gosh, oh gee, how happy I'd be

If I could only whistle.

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth,

My two front teeth see my two front teeth

Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth,

Then I could wish you Merry Christmas

Angels We Have Heard on High

Angels we have heard on high,

Sweetly singing o’er the plains,

And the mountains in reply

Echoing their joyous strains.

Refrain

Gloria in excelsis Deo.

Shepards, why this jubilee

Why your joyous song prolong

What the gladsome tidings be, ohh

That inspire your heavenly song

Repeat Refrain

Come to Bethlehem and see

Him whose birth the angels sing;

Come, adore on bended knee

Christ, the Lord, the newborn King.

Repeat Refrain

See him in a manger laid

Whom the choirs of angels praise;

Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,

While our hearts in love we raise.

Repeat Refrain

Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

And never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

And days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,

For auld lang syne,

We'll take a cup of kindness yet,

For auld lang syne.

Blue Christmas

I'll have a blue Christmas without you;

I'll be so blue thinking about you.

Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree

Won't mean a thing if you're not here with me.

I'll have a blue Christmas, that's certain;

And when that blue heartache start