The Russell Songbook

 

 

Songs Played by Russell Eiffert

Book Compiled by Robert L. Silvagni

 

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Table of Contents

 


Table of Contents. 3

Additions and Revisions. 13

Additions and Revisions in 2009. 13

Additions and Revisions in 2008. 13

Additions and Revisions in 2007. 13

Additions and Revisions in 2006. 14

Additions and Revisions in 2005. 15

Additions and Revisions in 2004. 16

Additions and Revisions in 2003. 18

Additions and Revisions in 2002. 20

-7- 22

76 Trombones. 22

-A- 23

Aba Daba Honeymoon. 23

About A Quarter To Nine. 24

After You've Gone. 25

After the Loving. 26

Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life. 28

Ain't Misbehavin' 29

Ain't She Sweet 30

Ain't That A Kick In The Head?. 30

Alabamy Bound. 31

(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings. 32

Allegheny Moon. 33

Alexander’s Rag Time Band. 34

I Love A Piano. 34

I Love an Organ. 35

Alice Blue Gown. 36

All by Myself. 36

Say It Isn't So. 36

All I Need Is The Girl 37

All My Ex's Live In Texas. 37

All of Me. 38

All That Jazz. 39

Almost Like Being in Love. 40

Along Came Bill 41

Alphabet Song, The. 42

Always (Dreams Will All Come True) 43

Always In My Heart 44

Always True to You In My Fashion. 45

Am I Blue?. 46

Another Op'nin', Another Show.. 47

Lullaby of Broadway. 47

Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song  48

Any Dream Will Do. 49

Anyone Can Whistle. 50

Anything Goes. 51

Any Time. 51

Applause. 52

April in Paris. 53

April Showers. 53

Are You Lonesome Tonight?. 54

As Long as He Needs Me. 55

As Time Goes By. 55

At Last 56

At Long Last Love. 56

Aunt Rhody. 57

-B- 58

Baby Face. 58

Baby Talk To Me. 59

Back in the Saddle Again. 60

Bali Ha’i 61

Ballin' The Jack. 62

Beautiful Friendship, A.. 63

Beautiful Friendship, A.. 63

Beautiful Girls. 63

Because Of You. 64

Being Alive. 65

Best of Times, The. 65

Best Things In Life Are Free. The. 66

Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered. 67

Beyond the Blue Horizon. 68

Bill 69

Bill Bailey, Won't You Please...Come Home?. 70

Birth to the Blues, The. 71

Bluebird of Happiness. 72

Blue Moon. 73

The Blue Room.. 74

Blue Skies. 75

Blue Spanish Eyes. 75

Blue Velvet 75

Boo Hoo. 76

Bosom Buddies. 77

Boy Next Door, The. 78

Boy Wanted. 79

Boy with the Bugle, That 80

Broadway Baby. 80

Bushel and Peck, A.. 81

If I Were a Bell 81

I’ve Never Been In Love Before. 81

But Not For Me. 82

Button Up Your Overcoat 83

Buttons and Bows. 84

Bye Bye Baby. 85

Bye Bye Black Bird. 85

By the Light of the Silvery Moon. 86

-C- 87

Cabaret 87

California, Here I Come! 87

Call Me Irresponsible. 88

Canadian Sunset 89

Candy Man, The. 90

Can't Help Falling In Love. 91

Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man. 91

Can't Take My Eyes Off You. 92

Carolina In The Morning. 93

Catch A Falling Star. 94

Cecilia. 94

Chattanooga Choo Choo. 95

Cheek to Cheek. 95

Chicago. 96

Chicago, The Show.. 97

All That Jazz. 97

Nowadays. 98

Mister Cellophane. 99

Razzle Dazzle. 100

When You’re Good To Mamma. 100

Climb Every Mountain. 101

Close to You. 101

Coffee Song, The. 102

Come Back To Me. 103

Consider Yourself. 105

Coquette. 106

Couple of Swells, A.. 107

Cruising Down the River. 108

Cry. 108

Cuanto La Gusta. 109

Cuddle up a Little Closer. 110

Christmas, Hanukkah & New Year Songs. 111

12 Days of Christmas. 111

All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth. 111

Angels We Have Heard on High. 111

Auld Lang Syne. 111

Blue Christmas. 112

Carol of the Bells. 112

Christmas Island. 112

Christmas Song. 112

Christmas Dinner Country Style. 113

Dreidel 114

Dreidel, Spin, Spin, Spin. 114

I Have a Little Dreidel 114

I Am a Little Dreydl 114

Deck the Halls. 115

Do You Hear What I Hear?. 115

Feliz Navidad. 115

First Noel, The. 116

Frosty the Snowman. 116

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen, 117

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer. 117

Hard Candy Christmas. 118

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing. 118

Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas. 118

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. 118

Here Comes Santa Claus. 119

Home for the Holidays. 119

I'll be Home for Christmas. 119

I'm Getting Nothing For Christmas. 120

I Saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus. 121

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. 121

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year. 121

Jingle Bells. 122

Jingle Bell Rock. 122

Jolly Old Saint Nicholas. 123

Joy to the World. 123

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 124

Little Drummer Boy, The. 124

Mele Kalikimaka. 124

Mister Santa. 125

Oh Come All Ye Faithful 125

Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel 125

Oh Holy Night 126

Oh Christmas Tree. 126

Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem.. 127

Over the River and Through the Woods! 127

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree. 128

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. 128

Run, Run, Ruldolph. 129

Santa Baby. 129

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town. 130

Silent Night 131

Silver Bells. 131

Sleigh Ride. 131

So This Is Christmas. 132

Suzy Snowflake. 132

That's What I Want For Christmas. 133

There's a Song in the Air. 133

Up On The House Top. 134

We Need a Little Christmas. 134

We Three Kings of Orient Are. 135

We Wish You a Merry Christmas. 135

White Christmas. 136

Winter Wonderland. 136

Walking 'Round in Women's Underwear. 136

You're all I want for Christmas. 137

-D- 138

Dance a Little Closer. 138

Dance: Ten; Looks: Three. 139

Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup. 140

Dancing In the Dark. 140

Darktown Strutter's Ball 141

Deed I Do. 141

Deep in the Heart of Texas. 141

Deep Purple. 141

Desert Song, The. 142

Do I Love You?. 143

Do It Again! 144

Don't Fence Me In. 145

Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes. 147

Don't Take Your Love from Me. 148

Don’t Bring Lulu. 149

Don't Tell Mama. 150

Do-re-mi 151

Dream.. 152

Dream a Little Dream.. 153

-E- 154

Easter Parade. 154

East of the Sun, West of the Moon. 155

Easy To Love. 155

Edelweiss. 156

Embraceable You. 157

Someone to Watch Over Me. 157

Enjoy Yourself. 158

Every Street's a Boulevard in Old New York. 159

Everything’s Coming Up Roses. 160

Let Me Entertain You. 160

Everywhere You Go. 161

Exactly Like You. 161

Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You, The. 162

-F- 163

Falling in Love with Love. 163

Far From the Home I Love. 164

Fascinatin' Rhythm.. 165

Fiddler On The Roof. 166

Far From The Home I Love. 166

If I Were A Rich Man. 167

Matchmaker, Matchmaker. 168

Miracle of Miracles. 168

Sunrise, Sunset 169

To Life. 169

Tradition. 170

Fifty Percent 171

Fly Me to the Moon. 172

Foggy Day, A.. 173

For All We Know.. 173

For Me and My Gal 174

For You. 175

Forty-Second Street 176

Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway. 177

Frankie and Johnny. 178

From This Moment On. 179

Fugue for Tinhorns. 180

-G- 181

Gary, Indiana. 181

Georgia on My Mind. 182

Get Happy. 183

Get Me to the Church On Time. 183

Getting to Know You. 184

Girl That I Marry, The. 185

Give My Regards to Broadway! 186

Glory of Love, The. 186

Glow Worm.. 187

Go Into Your Dance. 187

Gonna Build a Mountain. 188

Good Mornin' 189

Good Morning Starshine. 190

Goodnight Irene. 191

Goodnight, My Someone. 192

Goody Goody. 193

Gotta Sing a Show Tune. 194

Grant Avenue. 195

Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry. 196

-H- 197

Happy Days are Here Again. 197

Happy Talk. 198

Happy To Make Your Acquaintance. 199

Happy To Make Your Acquaintance Reprise. 199

Happy Trails. 200

Hard Hearted Hannah. 201

Harrigan. 202

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?. 203

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone. 203

Heartaches. 204

Heart And Soul 205

Heat Wave. 205

Heaven, I'm in Heaven. 207

Hello Bluebird. 208

Hello Dolly. 209

So Long Dearie. 209

Hello, My Baby. 210

Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love. 211

Hello Young Lovers. 212

Here Comes Heaven. 212

Hernando's Hideaway. 213

Hey Good Lookin' 214

Hey Look Me Over. 214

Hey There. 215

High Hopes. 216

Honey Bun. 217

Wonderful Guy, A.. 217

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair  217

Honeysuckle Rose. 218

Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) 219

Hooray for Hollywood. 220

How Are Things in Glocca Morra?. 220

How High The Moon. 221

How Long Has This Been Going On?. 222

How Lucky Can You Get 223

How Much Is That Doggie In The Window.. 224

Hurry, It’s Lovely Up Here. 225

-I- 226

I Am What I Am.. 226

I Can Do That 227

I Can Dream Can't I?. 227

I Can't Begin to Tell You. 228

I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me. 229

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby. 230

I Can't Help Falling in Love with You. 230

I Can't Say No! 230

I Could be Happy With You. 231

I Could Have Danced All Night 232

Get Me to the Church On Time. 232

Wouldn't it be Loverly?. 232

I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night 233

I Could Write a Book. 234

I Don't Care. 235

I Don't Know How to Love Him.. 236

I Don't Know Why I love Ya Like I Do. 237

I Don't Want To Walk Without You. 238

I’d Rather Be Blue. 239

I Enjoy Being a Girl 240

If. 241

I Feel Pretty. 242

If Ever I Would Leave You. 243

If He Walked Into My Life. 243

If I Could Tell You. 244

If I Didn't Care. 244

If I Had My Life to Live Over. 245

If I Love Again. 246

If I Loved You. 247

If I Only Had A Brain. 248

If I Only Had A Heart 248

If I Only Had The Nerve. 248

If I Were a Bell 249

If My Friends Could See Me Now.. 250

I Found a Million Dollar Baby. 251

If This Isn’t Love. 252

If You Could See Her. 253

If You Knew Susie. 254

Oh, You Beautiful Doll 254

I Got Lost in His Arms. 255

I Got Rhythm.. 256

I Had the Craziest Dream.. 257

I Have Dreamed. 257

I Left my Heart in San Francisco. 258

I Like New York in June. 259

I’ll be Around. 260

I'll be Seeing You. 261

I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time. 262

(I'll Build A) Stairway to Paradise. 263

I'll Buy That Dream.. 264

I'll Never Say No To You. 265

I'll See You Again. 266

I'll Take Manhattan. 267

I'll Walk Alone. 267

I Love an Organ. 269

I Love You. 270

I Love You. 270

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows. 270

I’m An Old Cowhand. 271

I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy. 272

You're A Grand Old Flag. 272

I Married Joan. 273

I Meant Every Word He Said. 274

I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore. 275

I'm Glad There Is You. 276

I'm Going Back! 277

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter  277

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair. 278

Wonderful Guy, A.. 278

Honey Bun. 278

I'm In the Mood For Love. 279

I’m Just Wild About Harry. 279

I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover. 279

I’m Nobody’s Baby. 280

I’m Past My Prime. 281

Impossible. 282

I’m Old Fashion. 283

I'm Sitting On Top Of The World. 284

I'm Stepping Out with a Memory Tonight 284

I'm Still Here. 285

In My Garden. 286

In My Little Red Book. 286

In My Merry Oldsmobile. 287

In My Own Little Corner. 288

In the Chapel in the Moonlight 288

In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening. 289

In the Still of the Night 291

In the Still of the Night 291

I Only Have Eyes For You. 292

Irish Lullaby, An. 293

Is it True What They Say About Dixie?. 293

I Still Get Jealous. 294

It All Depends On You. 295

It Couldn't Please Me More. 295

It Had To be You. 295

It Might As Well Be Spring. 296

It Only Takes a Moment 297

It's Alright 297

It’s A Good Day. 298

It's a Most Unusual Day. 298

It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie! 299

It's a Wonderful World. 299

It's Been A Long, Long Time. 300

It's De-lovely. 301

It's De-lovely. 302

It's Love. 303

It's Magic. 304

It's the Talk Of the Town. 305

It's Today. 306

I Thought About You. 307

I Understand. 308

I've Been Working On the Railroad. 309

I've Got a Crush on You. 310

I've Got a Feelin' I'm Fallin' 311

I've Got My Eyes On You. 312

I've Got My Love to Keep me Warm.. 313

I've Got Rings on My Fingers. 314

I've Got the World on a String. 315

I've Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle. 316

I've Got You Under My Skin. 317

I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face. 317

I've Heard That Song Before. 318

I’ve Never Been In Love Before. 319

I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl 319

I Want To Be Happy. 319

I Wish I Didn’t Love You So. 320

I Wish I Were in Love Again. 320

I Won't Send Roses. 321

-J- 322

Jamaica Farewell 322

Jersey Bounce. 323

Jimmy. 324

Forget About The Boy. 324

Johnny Angel 325

Johnny One Note. 325

Jolly Holiday. 326

Just a Gigolo. 327

Just Another Polka. 328

Just Because. 329

Just because. 329

Just Because. 330

Just in Time. 331

Just One of Those Things. 331

Just You and I. 332

-K- 333

Kansas City. 333

Keep It Gay. 334

Kids. 335

Kiss me Once, Then Kiss me Twice. 336

-L- 337

Lambeth Walk, The. 337

Lady is a Tramp, The. 337

Lamplighter’s Serenade. 338

La Vie En Rose. 338

Let Me Entertain You. 339

Let Me Sing And I'm Happy. 339

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off. 340

Let's Fall In Love. 341

Let’s Get Away From It All 342

Let’s Take a Trip to the Baron. 342

Let's Get Lost 343

Let's Go Fly a Kite! 344

Spoonfull of Sugar. 344

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. 344

Jolly Holiday. 344

Let’s Take a Trip to the Baron. 345

Let There Be Love. 345

Lida Rose. 346

Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries. 347

Life Upon the Wicked Stage. 348

Lili Marlene. 349

Little On The Lonely Side, A.. 350

Little Things Mean a Lot 351

Lonely Goatherd, The. 352

Long Ago (and Far Away) 353

Long Before I Knew You. 353

Look at me I'm Sandra Dee. 354

Look For The Silver Lining. 354

Look To The Rainbow.. 355

Look What Happened to Mabel 356

Losing My Mind. 357

Lot Of Livin' To Do, A.. 358

L-O-V-E.. 359

Love Changes Everything. 360

Love In a Home. 361

Love is a Many Splendid Thing. 362

Love Is Sweeping The Country. 362

Love Letters. 363

Love Letters In The Sand. 363

Love Look Away. 363

Lover Come Back To Me. 364

Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me. 365

Love Walked In. 366

Loving You Has Made Me Bananas. 367

Luck be a Lady Tonight 368

Lucky Day. 369

Lullaby of Broadway. 370

-M- 371

Mack the Knife. 371

Ma Blushin’ Rosie. 372

MacNamara's Band. 373

Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me) 374

Making Whoopee. 376

Mame. 377

Mandy. 378

Man That Got Away, The. 379

Margie. 380

Maria. 380

Maria. 380

Married. 381

Mary's A Grand Old Name. 382

Matchmaker, Matchmaker. 383

Maybe This Time. 384

Me and My Shadow.. 385

Mean to Me. 386

Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis. 387

Mele Kalikimaka. 388

Mexicali Rose. 389

Micky Mouse Club Theme Song. 390

Miss Celie's Blues. 391

Mister Cellophane. 392

Misty. 393

Mona Lisa. 394

Moonlight Bay. 395

Moon Over Brooklyn. 395

Moonlight Becomes You. 396

Moonligth in Vermont 397

Moon River. 398

Moonshine Lullaby. 398

More. 399

More I See You, The. 399

Most Beautiful Girl in the World, The. 400

Mother. 401

Mr. Lonely. 402

Mr. Sandman. 402

Mr. Wonderful 403

Muppet Show, The. 404

Muskrat Ramble. 404

Music, Maestro, Please! 405

Music! Music! Music! 406

Music That Makes Me Dance, The. 407

My Baby Just Cares for Me. 408

My Baby Just Cares for Me. 408

My Best Girl 409

My Blue Heaven. 410

My Buddy. 411

My Foolish Heart 412

My Funny Valentine. 413

My Heart Belongs To Daddy. 414

My Heart Cries for You. 415

My Heart Stood Still 416

My Kind of Town. 417

My Man. 417

My Melancholy Baby. 418

My Romance. 418

My Secret Love. 419

My Way. 421

-N- 422

Namely You. 422

Nearness of You, The. 423

Never On Sunday. 424

Nevertheless. 424

New York, New York. 425

Nice and Easy. 425

Nice Work If You Can Get It 425

Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square, A.. 426

Night and Day. 426

Night they Invented Champagne, The. 427

Nobody Else but Me. 428

No Love, No Nothin' 429

No Strings. 430

Not While I'm Around. 431

Nowadays. 432

-O- 433

Obladi- Oblada. 433

The Object of My Affection. 433

Of Thee I Sing. 434

Oh Danny boy. 435

Oh, Dem Golden Slippers. 436

Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny! 437

Oh! Lady Be Good. 438

Oh, Look at me Now! 439

Oh What A Beautiful Morning. 439

Oh, you Beautiful Doll 440

Oklahoma. 441

People Will Say We're in Love. 441

Surry With The Fringe On Top, The. 441

Old Black Magic. 442

Old Cape Cod. 442

Old Devil Moon. 443

Old Fashion Wedding. 444

Ol' Man River. 445

On a Clear Day. 446

On a Slow Boat To China. 446

On a Wonderful Day Like Today. 447

Once in Love with Amy. 447

One. 448

One Alone. 449

One Dozen Roses. 451

One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else, The. 452

Only You. 453

Only You (And you alone) 453

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe. 454

On the Boardwalk (in Atlantic City) 454

(On) The Good Ship Lollipop. 455

On The Sidewalks of New York. 456

On the Street Where You Live. 457

I Could Have Danced All Night 457

Get Me to the Church On Time. 457

Wouldn't it be Loverly?. 457

On the Sunny Side of the Street 458

On the Way to Cape May. 458

Orange Colored Sky. 459

Our Love Affair. 460

Our Love is Here to Stay. 461

Our Private World. 461

Over the Rainbow.. 461

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows. 461

-P- 462

Paper Doll 462

Paper Moon. 463

Peg O' my heart 464

Pennies From Heaven. 465

Penthouse Serenade. 465

People. 466

People Will Say We're in Love. 467

Surry With The Fringe On Top, The. 467

Perfectly Marvelous. 468

Petticoat Junction. 469

Pick A Little, Talk A Little. 470

Goodnight, Ladies. 470

Pistol Packin' Mama. 471

Plant A Radish. 472

Play A Simple Melody. 473

Please. 474

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone. 475

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?. 475

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone. 475

Poor Butterfly. 476

Portrait of My Love. 477

Put on a Happy Face. 479

Put On Your Sunday Clothes. 480

Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey. 482

Put the Blame on Mame. 483

Put Your Arms Arounds Me Honey. 484

-R- 485

Rag Doll 485

Ragtime Cowboy Joe. 486

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head. 487

Raining In My Heart 487

Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat 488

Razzle Dazzle. 489

Real Live Girl 490

Red Roses For A Blue Lady. 490

Red Sails In The Sunset 491

Return to Me. 492

Ring Them Bells. 493

Rhinestone Cowboy. 495

Rock-a-bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody. 496

Rose of Washington Square. 497

Rosie. 497

Round and Round. 498

Route 66. 498

-S- 499

Sadie, Sadie. 499

Saga of Jenny, The. 500

Sam, You Made The Pants Too Long. 501

San Antonio Rose. 501

San Francisco. 501

Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night in the Week. 502

Scotch & Soda. 503

Second Hand Rose. 504

Second Time Around, The. 505

Seems Like Old Times. 506

See the Pyramids. 506

Send in The Clowns. 506

Sentimental Journey. 507

September Song. 508

Serenade In Blue. 509

Seven and a Half Cents. 509

Shaking the Blues Away. 510

Shall we Dance. 511

Getting to Know You. 511

Whistle a Happy Tune. 511

Hello Young Lovers. 511

Shanghai 512

(In a) Shanty In Old Shanty Town. 513

She Loves Me. 513

She's Funny That Way. 514

Shine on Harvest Moon. 515

Shrine of Saint Cecilia, The. 515

Should I?. 516

Side By Side. 518

Sing. 518

Sincerely. 519

Singing in the Rain. 520

Sisters, Sisters. 521

Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat 522

Sixteen Candles. 523

Sixteen Going on Seventeen. 524

Slippin' Around. 525

Sloop John B.. 525

Slow Poke. 526

Small Talk. 527

Smiles. 527

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. 527

So Easy to Love. 528

Soliloquy. 530

Somebody Else Is Taking My Place. 531

Somebody Loves Me. 532

Somebody Somewhere. 532

Some Enchanted Evening. 533

Someone to Watch Over Me. 534

They Can't Take That Away from Me. 534

Somebody Loves Me. 534

Embraceable You. 534

Something’s Gotta Give. 535

Somethin' Stupid. 536

Something Wonderful 537

Somewhere There's a place for us. 537

Soon it's Gonna Rain. 538

Sound of Music, The. 538

Edelweiss. 538

South of the Border. 539

Speak Low.. 540

(I'll Build A) Stairway to Paradise. 541

Standing on The Corner. 542

Stars Are the Windows of Heaven. 543

Stardust 543

Steam Heat 544

Steppin’ Out With My Baby. 545

Strangers in the Night 546

Stout-Hearted Men. 547

A String Of Pearls. 547

Strip Polka. 548

Style. 549

Summer Wind. 550

Sunday! 551

Sunday Kind Of Love, A.. 552

Sunday Kind Of Love. 552

Sunrise, Sunset 553

Matchmaker. 553

Far From the Home I Love. 553

Sugar Time. 554

Surry With The Fringe On Top, The. 555

Surry With The Fringe On Top, The. 555

Swanee. 556

Sweet Violets. 557

Swinging on a Star. 558

S’Wonderful 559

Short Version. 559

-T- 560

Take Back Your Mink. 560

Take Him.. 561

Take Me Out to the Ballgame. 562

Talk Of the Town, It's the. 563

Tammy. 564

Tea For Two. 565

Ten Cents A Dance. 566

Tender Trap. 567

Ten Minutes Ago. 568

Tennessee Waltz. 569

Thank Heaven For Little Girls. 570

That Lucky Old Sun. 571

That Old Gang Of Mine. 571

That's Amore. 572

That's Entertainment 573

Another Op'nin', Another Show.. 573

That Sunday, That Summer. 574

There, I've Said It Again. 575

There is Nothing Like a Dame. 576

There'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight 577

There’ll Be Blue Birds Over The White Cliffs of Dover  578

There'll Be Some Changes Made. 579

There Must Be A Way. 580

There’s a Small Hotel 581

There's No Business Like Show Business. 582

These Foolish Things. 583

They Call the Wind Maria. 584

They Can't Take That Away from Me. 585

They Didn't Believe Me. 586

They're Either Too Young or Too Old. 587

They're Writing Songs of Love. 587

They Say It's Wonderful 588

They Were You. 589

This Can't Be Love. 590

This Could Be The Start of Something Big. 591

This Nearly Was Mine. 592

This Love of Mine. 592

This Time The Dreams On Me. 593

Thoroughly Modern Millie. 594

Those Were the Days my Friend. 595

Three Little Fishes. 596

Three Little Words. 597

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the Old Oak Tree. 598

'Til the End of Time. 599

‘Til There Was You. 599

Time After Time. 599

Time Heals Everything. 599

Together. 600

To Life. 600

Tomorrow.. 601

Tom Dooly. 602

Tonight 603

Tonight You Belong To Me. 603

Too Close for Comfort 604

Too Fat Polka (She's Too Fat For Me) 605

Too Marvelous for Words. 606

Toot-Toot-Tootsie Goodbye. 607

Top Of The World. 608

Train Songs. 609

Chattanooga Choo Choo. 609

When the Midnight Train Leaves for Alabam.. 609

Trolley Song, The. 609

Trolley Song, The. 610

True Love. 611

Try to Remember. 611

Try a Little Tenderness. 612

TV Theme Songs. 613

Beverly Hillbillies. 613

Brady Bunch, The. 613

F-Troop. 613

Gilligan’s Island. 614

Green Acres. 614

Petticoat Junction. 614

Two Ladies. 615

-U- 616

Undecided. 616

Unforgetable. 617

Up the Lazy River. 618

US Patriotic Songs. 619

Air Force Song, The. 619

America. 619

America the Beautiful 619

Anchors Aweigh (U.S. Navy) 620

Army Goes Rolling Along, The. 620

Battle Hymm of the Republic. 620

God Bless America. 621

God Bless the U.S.A. 621

Grand Old Flag. 621

I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy. 622

Marines Song, The. 622

Over There. 622

-V- 623

Venus. 623

Very Thought Of You, The. 623

Volare. 624

-W- 625

Waiting for the Robert E. Lee! 625

Walking My Baby Back Home. 626

Waltz Me Around Again Willy. 627

Way We Were, The. 628

Way You Look Tonight, The. 629

We Got Elegance. 630

We Got Elegance. 632

We'll Meet Again. 633

Wells Fargo Wagon, The. 634

We'll Sing in the Sunshine. 635

We're in the Money. 636

What A Diff'rence A Day Made. 637

What Are You Doing New Years Eve. 638

What Did I Have That I Don't Have?. 640

What Do You Get When You Fall in Love?. 641

What I Did For Love. 642

What Kind Of Fool Am I. 643

What'll I Do. 644

When I Fall In Love. 645

When Irish eyes are smiling, 645

When the Midnight Train Leaves for Alabam.. 646

When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob-bob-bobbing Along  646

When the saints go marching in. 647

When You're Smiling. 648

When You're Smiling. 648

When You’re Good To Mamma. 648

When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New.. 649

When You Wish Upon A Star. 649

Where is Love?. 649

Where or When. 649

Whistle a Happy Tune. 650

White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation), A.. 650

Who Can I Turn To. 651

Who Cares. 651

Who's Sorry Now.. 652

Why Can't You Behave?. 653

Why Did I Choose You?. 653

Why Do I Love You?. 653

Witchcraft 654

Wishing Will Make It So. 655

With A Song In My Heart 655

With You on my Arm.. 656

Wizzard of Oz. 657

Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead! 657

Follow the Yellow Brick Road. 657

If I Were King Of The Forest 657

Lullaby League/Lollypop Guild. 657

Merry Old Land Of Oz. 658

Munchkinland. 658

Wonderful Guy, A.. 659

Wonderful Wonderful 660

Wouldn't it be Loverly?. 661

Wunderbar. 662

-Y- 663

Yellow Rose Of Texas, The. 663

Yes Sir, That's My Baby. 664

Yesterday Once More. 665

You Always Hurt The One You Love. 666

You and Me. 667

You are My Lucky Star. 668

You Are Woman, I am Man. 669

You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me. 670

You Can't Get a Man With a Gun. 671

You’d Be Surprised. 672

You Do Something To Me. 673

You Gotta Get A Gimmick. 674

You Gotta Have Heart 675

You Keep Coming Back Like a Song. 676

You’ve got me crying again. 676

You'll Never Get Away From Me. 677

You'll Never Know.. 678

Kiss me Once, Then Kiss me Twice. 678

I Don't Want To Walk Without You. 678

You'll Never Walk Alone. 679

You Made Me Love You. 680

You Make Me Feel So Young. 681

You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby. 681

Younger Than Springtime. 682

You're 16 (You're Beautiful and You're Mine) 683

You're A Grand Old Flag. 684

I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy. 684

You're a Sweetheart 685

You're Getting to be a Habit With Me. 686

You’re Just In Love. 687

You're My Everything. 688

You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You. 689

You're The Top. 690

You Took Advantage of Me! 691

You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night 692

You Were Meant For Me. 693

You Wonderful You. 694

You Wore a Tulip. 695

You, You, You. 695

-Z- 696

Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart 696

Zippity Do Da, 696

 


Additions and Revisions

 

Additions and Revisions in 2009


September 7, 2009

Are you lonesome tonight?

            Johnny Angel

 

August 24, 2009

            Sam, You Made the Pants too Long

 

Additions and Revisions in 2008


December 22, 2008

            Mister Santa

 

Additions and Revisions in 2007


September 5, 2007

            The Object of My Affection

 

August 30, 2007

            Route 66

            Teach Me Tonight

 

August 21, 2007

            Manhattan, (Revised)

 

May 24, 2007

            There, I've Said It Again

 

January 30, 2007

            Ring Them Bells

 

January 30, 2007

            Ring Them BellsJanuary 11, 2007

            In the Chapel in the Moonlight

 


 

Additions and Revisions in 2006

 

December 13, 2006

            Christmas Island

 

December 9, 2006

            I Wish I Didn’t Love You So

 

November 20, 2006

Stars Are the Windows of Heaven

 

October 19, 2006

            Ol' Man River

            La Vie En Rose
            Best Things In Life Are Free, The

 

October 12, 2006
            If I Could Tell You
            I Meant Every Word He Said

            In My Garden

            Shrine of Saint Cecilia, The

            Wishing Will Make It So

 

October 2, 2006

            Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup

            I Married Joan

 

September 11, 2006

            Let Get Away From It All!

 

September 5, 2006

            It's a Good Day
            Let’s Take a Trip to the Baron

 

September 4, 2006

            The Lambeth Walk

            It's Been A Long, Long Time (revised)

            Sloop John B

            On the Boardwalk

 

July 13, 2006

            I love an Organ

 

June 11, 2006

I’m Just Wild About Harry
            Say It Isn’t So.

 

May 11, 2006

            Raining In My Heart

 

 

 

May 4, 2006

            I Don't Know How to Love Him

April 24, 2006

            All My Ex's Live In Texas

            Perfectly Marvelous

            Married

 

April 5, 2006

            Far From the Home I love

            Fiddler On The Roof

            If I were a rich Man

            Miracle of Miracles

            Smile

            Sunrise, Sunset

            To Life

 

March 20, 2006

            Back in the Saddle Again

            I’m An Old Cowhand

            Venus

 

March 9, 2006

            Cecilia

 

February 23, 2006

Close to You

February 19, 2006

            When You’re Good To Mamma (Additional)

 

February 12, 2006

            Raszzle Dazzle

            When You’re Good To Mamma

 

February 9, 2006

She Loves Me

 

February 2, 2006

            All by Myself

 

January 26, 2006

I’m Past My Prime

 


Additions and Revisions in 2005

 

December 21, 2005

            Exactly Like You

            My Melencoly Baby

 

December 8, 2005

Obladi oblada

 

November 15, 2005

In My Own Little Corner

 

November 10, 2005

(There’ll Be Blue Birds Over)

The White Cliffs of Dover

Put on Your Sunday Clothes

 

October 16, 2005

            In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening

 

October 27, 2005

            Steppin’ Out With My Baby

 

September 22, 2005

            In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening

            Cry

 

September 15, 2005

            Tom Dooley

 

September 9, 2005

            They're Either Too Young or Too Old

            It Couldn't Please Me More

 

June 15, 2005

            Alabamy Bound

            Love Letters In The Sand

 

May 5, 2005

            Just Another Polka

 

March 24, 2005

White Sport Coat And a Pink Carnation, A

Mr Lonely

Life Upon the Wicked Stage

 

March 17, 2005

Look For The Silver Lining

An Irish Lullaby

When Irish eyes are smiling,

Oh Danny boy

            MacNamara's Band

 

March 10, 2005

I thought about you

Somewhere (there’s a place for us)

This love of mine goes

 

February 24, 2005

            Ma Blushin’ Rosie

            Go Into your Dance

            A String Of Pearl

            Do I Love You?

            You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me

 

February 17, 2005

            For You

            April in Paris

            How High The Moon

I'm stepping out with a memory tonight

I'll Walk Alone

My Heart Cries for You

 

February 10, 2005

            Steam Heat

            Lili Marlene

            True Love

 

January 27, 2005

            My Blue Heaven

            After the Loving

            That Old Gang Of Mine

            In My Little Red Book

            Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the Old Oak Tree

 

January 20, 2005

How are things in Glocca Morra?

            Look To The Rainbow

            Sugar Time

 

January 13, 2005

            Penthouse Serenade

            You, You, You

 

January 6, 2005

            Heat Wave

            I Still Get Jealous

 


Additions and Revisions in 2004

 

December 29, 2004

            Speak Low

            Girl I Marry, The

Should I?

 

December 23, 2004

            Nobody Else but Me

            Moonlight Becomes You

 

December 16, 2004

Everywhere You Go

Coquette

Boo Hoo

You're all I want for Christmas

 

December 8, 2004

Our Love Affair

Strip Polka

You’ve Got me Crying Again

I'm Getting Nothing For Christmas

Walking My Baby Back Home

 

December 2, 2004

Button Up Your Overcoat

 

November 11, 2004

For Once In My Life

 

November 4, 2004

Margie

I Can't Begin to Tell You

Ma, He’s Making Eyes at me

 

October 28, 2004

            Impossible

            Love Walked In

            In the still of the night

 

October 21, 2004

            One Alone

            Desert Song, The

My Secret Love

            Sad Rag Doll

            Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life

            Fly Me To The Moon

 

 

October 14, 2004

            (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings

            Stout-Hearted Men

            When the Saints go Marching In

            In My Merry Oldsmobile

 

October 13, 2004

            Beyond the Blue Horizon

            Hello, My Baby

            I’m Nobody’s Baby

 

September 23 2004

            Don’t Get Around Much Any More

            Namely You (verse 2)

 

September 3, 2004

            High Hopes (revised)

 

August 4, 2004

            Paper Doll (Revised)

            Kiss me Once (Revised)

            Hello Young Lovers (Revised)

            Something Wonderful (Revised)

            They Say it’s Wonderful (Revised)

            People Will Say We’re in Love (Revised)

            So Easy to Love

            ‘Til the End of Time

 

July 27, 2004

            Tea For Two

            Too Fat Polka

 

July 17, 2004

            Any Time

 

July 6, 2004

            They Were You

 

Jume 23, 2004

            I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

 

Jume 16, 2004

            I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Fallin’

 

June 8 2004

            Dance a little closer

            Try a Little Tenderness

 


June 6 2004

            Dance a little closer

            I Don’t Care

            I've Got the World On A String

            Jolly Holiday

            Lucky Day

            Maria

            Mele Kalikimaka

            Top Of The World

You Wore a Tulip

 

May 19 2004

            I Understand

            Portrait of My Love

 

May 19 2004

            Allegheny Moon

            Dancing In the Dark

            If

            Just Because

            Pretty Baby

            Mother

            You Always Hurt the One You Love,

            What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve

 

May 16, 2004

            Namely You (Second Verse)

 

March 7, 2004

            Catch a Falling Star

            Don’t Let the Stars Get in your Eyes

            Hot Digity

            Keep It Gay

            Round and Round

            Sentimental Journey

 

February 14, 2004

            Namely You

            One Dozen Roses

            East of the Sun, West of the Moon

 

February 11, 2004

            How Much is that Doggie in the Window

            My Heart Stood Still

            Please

            Solilioquy

            Three Little Fishes

            Wunderbar

 

 

February 4, 2004

            Blue Room, The

            Sincerely

            With A Song In My Heart

 

February 1, 2004

Mary's A Grand Old Name

She's funny that way

 

January 28, 2004

            Do It Again

            Baby Talk To Me

            Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway

            Give Me The imple Life

            Horray For Hollywood

            I’ll See You Again

            My Ship

            (In a) Shanty In Old Shanty Town

 


Additions and Revisions in 2003

 

December 10, 2003

            Pistol Packin’ Mama

 

November 30, 2003

            Goodnight Irene, Goodnight
            Aunt Rhody

 

November 24, 2003

            Me and My Shadow (Correction)

            So In love

            I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

            Ballin’ the Jack

 

November 16, 2003

            On the Good Ship Lollipop

 

November 8, 2003

            Waltz Me Around Again Willy

 

November 5, 2003

            Witchcraft

            Pajama Game, The

            I've Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle

October 31 2003

One Boy

 

October 21 2003

            Mean to Me

            Heartaches

            I'll be with you in apple blossom time,

            Summer wind (revised)

            Style

 

Ocutober 8 2003

            You’d Be Surprised

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 1, 2003

            Bosom Buddies

            Happy To Make Your Acquaintance

            How Lucky Can You Get

            Just Because

            Lady is a Tramp, The (Revised)

            Lamplighter’s Serenade

            Lover Come Back to Me

            Nowadays

            Plant a Radish

            Making Whoopee (Revised)

            Mister Cellophane

            Saga of Jenny, The

            Shaking the Blues Away

            Ten Cents a Dance

            Tender Trap

            There's no business like show …(Revised)

            These Foolish Things

            This Nearly Was Mine

            What a Wonderful World

            Why Did I Choose You?

 

August 20, 2003

            High Hopes (Revised)

            Goody Goody

            Standing On the Corner

 

August 3, 2003

            Any Dream Will Do

            Bali Ha’I

 

July 22, 2003

Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song

Wonderful Wonderful

About A Quarter To Nine

I May be Wrong

I'll Take Manhattan

 

July 08, 2003

            Fascinating Rhythm,

You’re a Sweetheart

            You’re my Everything

You’re Just in Love (Revised)

You’re Nobody Till Sombody Loves You

Ballin’ the Jack

 

June 04, 2003

            At Long Last Love

 

May 26, 2003

            Bluebird of Happiness

Boy Wanted (Revised)

It Might as Well Be Spring

Its De-Lovely (additional verse)

Moonshine Lullaby

Night They Invented Champagne, The

Thank Heaven For Little Girls

Sweet Violets

What’ll I do?

Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart.

May 14, 2003

            Loving You Had Made Me Bananas

 

April 23, 2003

            Always True to You in My Fashion

Boy Wanted

My Way

Who’s Sorry Now

I’ve Got My Eyes On You

If I Love Again

You’ve Got to See Mamma Ev’ry Night

 

April 16, 2003

            Tonight You Belong to Me

            Boy Next Door, The

 

March 4, 2003

            Happy Days are Here Again

 

February 22, 2003

            Ten Minutes Ago (Cinderella)

 

January 22, 2003

            Muppet Show, The


Additions and Revisions in 2002

 

November 13, 2002

            Consider Yourself (Additional Verse)

            I May be Wrong

 

November 11, 2002

            Sisters

            You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun

 

September 13, 2002

            Hernando’s Hideaway

 

September 4, 2002

            Deep Purple

 

August 4, 2002

            Come Back to Me

            Gonna Build a Mountain

            If I had my Life to Live Over

            I’ll Be Around

            Jimmy (Forget About the Boy)

            Georgia On My Mind

            Kansas City

            Old Devil Moon

            Most Beautiful Girl in the World, The

            Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

            Red Sails in the Sunset

            Wizard Of Oz

 

June 18, 2002

            Old Fashion Wedding

 

June 12, 2002

            Look What Happened To Mabel

 

June 04, 2002

            Something’ Stupid

 

May 23, 2002

            Please Don’t Talk About me When I’m Gone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 21, 2002

            Dance: Ten; Looks: Three

            Good Mornin’

            Hard Hearted Hannah

            Return To Me

            Waiting for the Robert E. Lee!

            Who Can I Turn To

 

May 16, 2002

            I Don’t Know Why I Love Ya Like I Do

 

March 13, 2002

            Ragtime Cowboy Joe

 

March 12, 2002

            Canadian Sunset

            Cuanto La Gusta

            Happy Trails

            Jamaica Farewell

            Peg O’ my Heart

 

March 08, 2002

            Let’s Fall In Love

 

February 27, 2002

            If I Only Had A Brain

 

February 27, 2002

            Rhinestone Cowboy

 

February 20, 2002

            We’ll Sing in the Sunshine

 

February 13, 2002

            Call Me Irresponsible

            Johnn One Note

            Oh! Lady Be Good

            Second Time Around

            Shanghai

            Tennessee Waltz

            There’ll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight

            Those Were the Days my Friend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 11, 2002

            Alice Blue Gown

            Cuddle up a Little Closer

            Dream a Little Dream

            Good Moring Starshine

            I Enjoy Being a Girl

            Let’s Get Lost

            Scotch & Soda

            There is Nothing Like a Dame

 

January 23, 2002

            Hurry, It’s Lovely Up Here

            I’ll Buy That Dream

            Look at me, I’m Sandra Dee

            Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny!

            Rosie

            Second Hand Rose

            Sunday Kind of Love

            Thoroughly Modern Millie

            When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New

 

January 22, 2002

            Sab Antonio Rose

            Yellow Rose Of Texas

 

January 21, 2002

            High Hopes

            Mona Lisa

            Someone to Watch Over Me

            Something’s Gotta Give

            Something Wonderful

 

January, 16, 2002

            It’s Today

            Mr Wonderful

            Put the Blame On Mame

            You and Me

            You Are My Luck Star

            You’re The Top

            You Were Meant For Me

 

January, 09, 2002

            If This Isn’t Love

            Micky Mouse Club Theme Song

            (Up the) Lazy River

 

January, 02, 2002

            Another Op’nin, Another Show

            Anything Goes

            Being Alive

            Bushel and Peck, A

            Bye Bye Baby

            I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm

 


-7-

76 Trombones

 

Harold: May I have your attention, please? Attention, please.

I can deal with this trouble, friends,

with the wave of my hand, this very hand

Please observe me, if you will I'm Professor Harold Hill

And I'm here to organize a River City Boys Band

 

Oh, think, my friends, how can any pool table

ever hope to compete with a gold trombone

Raaa- raaa- ra-da-da-da-da-raaa-raa

Remember, my friends, what a handful of trumpet players

did to the famous, fabled walls of Jericho

Oh, billiard parlor walls come a-tumblin' down

 

Oh, a band'll do it, my friends,oh yes

I said a Boys Band, do you hear me?

I say River City's gotta have a Boys Band

and I mean she needs it today

Well, Professor Harold Hill's on hand

and River City's gonna have her Boys Band

Just as sure as the Lord made little green apples

and that band's gonna be in uniform

 

Johnny, Willy, Teddy, Fred

And you'll see the glitter of crashing cymbals

and you'll hear the thunder of rolling drums

and the shimmer of trumpets.

Ta-ta-ta!

And you'll feel something akin to the electric thrill

I once enjoyed when Gilmore, Pat Conway,

The Great Creatore, W.C. Handy and John Philip Sousa

all came to town on the very same historic day!

 

Seventy six trombones led the big parade

With a hundred and ten cornets close at hand.

They were followed by rows and rows of the finest virtuosos,

The cream of ev'ry famous band.

 

Seventy six trombones caught the morning sun,

With a hundred and ten cornets right behind.

There were more than a thousand reeds Springing up like weeds,

There were horns of every shape and kind.

 

There were copper bottom tympani in horse platoons,

Thundering, thundering, all along the way.

Double bell euphoniums and big bassoons,

Each bassoon having his big fat say.

 

There were fifty mounted cannon in the battery,

Thundering, thundering, louder than before.

Clarinets of every size and trumpeters who'd improvise

A full octave higher than the score.

 

Townspeople:

 

 Seventy six trombones hit the counter point,

While a hundred and ten cornets played the air.

To the rhythm of "HARCH, HARCH, HARCH"

All the kids began to march

And they're marching still, right today!

 


-A-

Aba Daba Honeymoon

Words and Music By: Arthur Fields & Walter Donovan

Copyright MCMXIV by Leo Feist

 

Way down in the Congoland

Lived a happy chimpanzee.

She loved a monkey with long tail

(Lordy, how she loved him!)

Each night he would find her there,

Swinging in the cocoanut tree,

And the monkey gay,

At the break of day,

Loved to hear his Chimpie say:

 

"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,"

Said the Chimpie to the Monk,

"Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,"

Said the Monkey to the Chimp.

All night long they'd chatter away,

All day long there were happy and gay,

Swinging and singing in their hunky-tonkey way.

"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,"

Means "Monk, I love but you."

"Baba, daba, dab," in monkey talk

Means "Chimp, I love you, too."

Then the big baboon one night in June,

He married them and very soon,

They went upon their aba, daba honeymoon.

 

"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,"

Said the Chimpie to the Monk,

"Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,"

Said the Monkey to the Chimp.

All night long they'd chatter away,

All day long there were happy and gay,

Swinging and singing in their hunky-tonkey way.

"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,"

Means "Monk, I love but you."

"Baba, daba, dab," in monkey talk

Means "Chimp, I love you, too."

One night they were made man and wife,

And now they cry, "This is the life,"

Since they came from their aba, daba honeymoon.

 

Well, you should have heard that band

Play upon their wedding day,

Each Chimp and Monkey had nutshells

(Lordy, how they played them)

And now it is ev'ry night,

High up in the cocoanut tree.

It's the same old thing,

With the same old swing,

When the Monk and Chimpie sing:

 

"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,"

Said the Chimpie to the Monk,

"Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,"

Said the Monkey to the Chimp.

All night long they'd chatter away,

All day long there were happy and gay,

Swinging and singing in their hunky-tonkey way.

"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,"

Means "Monk, I love but you."

"Baba, daba, dab," in monkey talk

Means "Chimp, I love you, too."

Then the big baboon one night in June,

He married them and very soon,

They went upon their aba, daba honeymoon.

 

"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,"

Said the Chimpie to the Monk,

"Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,"

Said the Monkey to the Chimp.

All night long they'd chatter away,

All day long there were happy and gay,

Swinging and singing in their hunky-tonkey way.

"Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab,"

Means "Monk, I love but you."

"Baba, daba, dab," in monkey talk

Means "Chimp, I love you, too."

One night they were made man and wife,

And now they cry, "This is the life,"

Since they came from their aba, daba honeymoon.


About A Quarter To Nine

Lyrics: Al Dubin, Music: Harry Warren 1935

 

The stars are gonna' twinkle and shine,

This evening about a quarter to nine.

My lovin' arms are gonna' tenderly twine

Around you around a quarter to nine.

 

I know I won't be late

'cause at half past eight

I'm gonna' hurry there.

I'll be waiting where the lane begins,

waiting for you on needles and pins.

 

And then the world is gonna' be mine

This evening about a quarter to nine...

 


After You've Gone

 

After you've gone - and left me crying

After you've gone - there's no denying

You'll feel blue - you'll feel sad

You've missed the bestest pal that you ever had

 

There'll come a time and don't you forget it

There'll come a time

When you're gonna regret it

 

Oh babe, look what you’re doing

My love for you is gonna drive me to ruin

After you've gone - after you've gone away

 

After we paid - our dues together

You should have stayed - through all that nasty weather

Someday while you're feeling badly

You'll need the only one that loves you so madly

 

But I'll be gone - yes I'll be gone - to stay

Yeah after I've gone - after I've gone away


After the Loving

Engelbert Humperdinck

 

So I sing you to sleep after the loving

With a song that I wrote yesterday

And I hope that it's clear what the words

And the music have to say

 

It's so hard to explain all the things that I'm feeling

Face to face I just seem to go dry

But I love you so much that the sound

Of your voice can make me high

 

Thanks for taking me

On a one way trip to the sun

Thanks for turning me into a someone

 

So I sing you to sleep after the loving

And I brush back the hair from your eyes

And the love on your face is so real

That it makes me want to cry........

And I know that my song isn't saying anything new

Oh, but after the loving, I'm still in love with you

 

So I sing you to sleep after the loving

With a song that I wrote yesterday

And I hope that it's clear what the words

And the music have to say

 

It's so hard to explain all the things that I'm feeling

Face to face I just seem to go dry

But I love you so much that the sound

Of your voice can make me high

 

Thanks for taking me

On a one way trip to the sun

Thanks for turning me into a someone

 

So I sing you to sleep after the loving

And I brush back the hair from your eyes

And the love on your face is so real

That it makes me want to cry........

 

And I know that my song isn't saying anything new

Oh, but after the loving, I'm still in love with you
Again

Doras Cochran and Lionel Newman 1948

 

Again, this couldn't happen again

This is that once in a lifetime

This is the thrill divine

 

What's more,

This never happened before

Though I have prayed for a lifetime

That such as you

Would suddenly be mine

 

Mine to hold

As I'm holding you now

And yet never so near

Mine to have

When the now and the here

Disappear

What matters, dear,

For

 

When this doesn't happen again

We'll have this moment forever

But never, never again

 

We'll have this moment forever

But never, never again


Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life

Naughty Marietta

 

Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life, at last I've found thee,

Ah, I know at last the secret of it all.

All the longing, seeking, striving, waiting, yearning,

The burning hopes, the joy and idle tears that fall!

 

For 'tis love and love alone, the world is seeking;

And 'tis love, and love alone, that can repay!

'Tis the answer, 'tis the end and all of living,

For it is love alone that rules for aye!


Ain't Misbehavin'

(1) Lyrics: Andy Razaf, Music: Thomas "Fats" Waller and Harry Brooks

 

No one to talk with

All by myself

No one to walk with

But I'm happy on the shelf

Ain't misbehavin'

I'm savin' my love for you

 

I know for certain

The one I love

I'm through with flirtin'

It's just you I'm thinkin' of

Ain't misbehavin'

I'm savin' my love for you

 

Repeat from here

 

Like Jack Horner

In the corner

Don't go nowhere

What do I care?

Your kisses are worth waitin' for

Believe me

 

I don't stay out late

Don't care to go

I'm home about eight

Just me and my radio

Ain't misbehavin'

I'm savin' my love for you

 


Ain't She Sweet

Music: Milton Ager, Words: Jack Yellen

 

See her walking down the street,

Now I ask you Very confidentially

Ain't she sweet?

 

There she is! There she is!

There's what keeps me up at night.

Oh, gee whiz! Oh, gee whiz!

There's why I can't eat a bite.

Those flaming eyes!  That flaming youth!

Oh, mister oh, sister  Tell me the truth

 

Ain't she nice, Look her over

Once or twice , Now I ask you

Very confidentially, Ain't she nice?

 

Just cast an eye In her direction

Oh me, oh my, Ain't that perfection

I repeat,

Don't you think She's kind of sweet

Now I ask you Very confidentially

Ain't she sweet?

 

Tell me where, Tell me where,

Have you seen one just like that?

I declare, I declare,

That sure is worth looking at.

Oh, boy, how sweet!

Those lips must be!

Gaze on it  Doggonit,

Now answer me!

 

Ain't she sweet

See her walking Down the street,

Now I ask you Very confidentially

Ain't she sweet?

 

Ain't she nice,

Look her over Once or twice

Now I ask you Very confidentially

Ain't she nice?

 

Just cast an eye In her direction

Oh me, oh my, Ain't that perfection

I repeat, Don't you think She's kind of sweet

Now I ask you Very confidentially

Ain't she sweet?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ain't That A Kick In The Head?

(1) Sammy Cahn Sung by Dean Martin

 

How lucky can one guy be?

I kissed her and she kissed me.

Like a fella once said:

"Ain't that a kick in the head?"

 

The room was completely black,

I hugged her and she hugged back.

Like a sailor said quote:

"Ain't that a hole in a boat?"

 

My head keeps spinnin',

I got to sleep and keep grinnin'

If this is just the beginnin'

My life is gonna be beautiful.

 

I sunshine enough to spread,

it's just like the fella said.

Tell me quick,

Ain't that a kick in the head?

 

Like the fella once said:

"Ain't that a kick in the head?"

Like the sailor said quote:

"Ain't that a hole in a boat?"

 

My head keeps spinnin',

I got to sleep and keep grinnin'

If this is just the beginnin'

My life is gonna be beautiful.

 

She's telling me we'll be wed,

She's picked out a king size bed,

I couldn't feel any better or I'll be sick.

 

Tell me quick,

Oh, ain't that a kick...?

Tell me quick,

ain't that a kick in the head?


Alabamy Bound

Music: Ray Henderson; Lyrics: B.G. DeSylva & Bud Green (1925). Introduced by Al Jolson.

 

 

I'm Alabamy bound

They'll be no heebie-jeebies hanging 'round

Just gave the meanest ticket man on earth

All I'm worth to put my tootsies in an upper berth

 

Just hear the choo-choo sound

I know that soon we're gonna cover ground

And then I'll holler so the world will know

Here I go

I'm Alabamy bound

 

I'm Alabamy bound

They'll be no heebie-jeebies hanging 'round

Just gave the meanest ticket man on earth

All I'm worth to put my tootsies in an upper berth

 

Just hear the choo-choo sound

I know that soon we're gonna cover the ground

And then I'll holler so the world will know

Here I go

I'm Alabamy bound


(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings

Paul Anka

 

Peaked at # 15 in 1959

Previously charted in 1945 by Johnnie Johnston (# 7) and Martha Stewart (# 12)

Re-make by Mel Carter hit # 38 in 1965

Featured in the 1945 film "Anchors Aweigh" starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Dean

Stockwell, and Gene Kelly (who dances with Jerry the cartoon mouse) Written by Jean Marie

Blanvillain, Laurent Henri Herpin, and Harold J. Rome

 

The secret way you hold my hold

To let me know you understand

The wind and rain upon your face

The breathless world of your embrace

Your little laugh and half-surprise

The starlight gleaming in your eyes

Remembering all those little things

All of a sudden my heart sings

 

All of a sudden my heart sings

When I remember little things

The way you dance and hold me tight

The way you kiss and say "Good night"

The crazy things we'd say and do

The fun it is to be with you

The magic thrill that's in your touch

Oh, darling, I love you so much!!

 

The secret way you hold my hand

To let me know you understand

The wind and rain upon your face

The breathless world of your embrace

Your little laugh and half-surprise

The starlight gleaming in your eyes

Remembering all those things

All of a sudden my heart sings


Allegheny Moon

Words & Music by Al Hoffman & Dick Manning

 

Allegheny Moon I need your light

To help me find romance tonight

So shine, shine, shine

Allegheny Moon your silver beams

Can lead the way to golden dreams

So shine, shine, shine

 

High among the stars so bright above

The magic of your lamp of love can make him mine

Allegheny Moon it’s up to you

Please see what you can do

For me and for my one and only love

 

Shine, shine, shine

Shine, shine, shine

 

High among the stars so bright above

The magic of your lamp of love can make him mine

Allegheny Moon it’s up to you

Please see what you can do

For me and for my one and only love

 

Shine on me tonight, Allegheny Moon


Alexander’s Rag Time Band

(1)

Come on along,

Come on along,

Let me take you by the hand.

Up to the man,

Up to the man,

Who's the leader of the band.

 

He can play a bugle call,

Like you've never heard before

It’s so natural that you want to go to war

It's just the bestest band what am.

My honey lamb.

 

Come on along,

Come on along,

Let me take you by the hand.

Up to the man,

Up to the man,

Who's the leader of the band.

 

If you want to hear

That Swanee River

Played in rag time

Come on along,

Come on and hear,

Alexander's Rag Time Band

 

It’s so natural that

You want to go to war

It's just

The bestest band what am.

My honey lamb.

 

Come on and hear,

Come on and hear,

Alexander's Rag Time Band

Come on and hear,

Come on and hear,

It's the best band

In the land.

If you want to hear

That Swanee River

Played in rag time

Come on and hear,

Come on and hear,

Alexander's Rag Time Band.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Love A Piano

 

I love a piano,

I love a piano

I love to hear somebody play

Upon a piano,

A grand piano

It simply carries me away

 

I know a fine way

To treat a Steinway

I love to run my fingers o'er the keys,

I mean the ivories

 

And with the pedal

I love to meddle

Whenever Russell comes this way

I'm so delighted

To be invited

To hear that short haired genius play

 

So you can keep your fiddle and your bow

Give me a P-I-A-N-O, oh, oh

I love to stop right beside an upright

Or a high toned Baby Grand

 


I Love an Organ

Spoof on “I Love A Piano”)

lyrics by Tom Bateman

 

I love an organ, a big pipe organ,

I love to hear somebody play

Upon an organ, a big pipe organ,

It simply carries me away!

I am a winner, on an Aeolian-Skinner.

I love to run my fingers o’er the stops,

My jaw- it drops!

Then there’re the pedals.  I love those pedals!

I dance on them like Fred Astaire.

I do a toe-heel, and then a heel-toe,

At times I’ll leap from here to there!

So you can keep your fiddle and your drum, give me an O-R-G-A-N,

I love that organ maker, from Wanamaker’s,

And a mega-rank Casavant!

 

I love an organ, a big pipe organ,

It’s swell to play upon the swell!

If you inquire, I’ll play the choir- I’m positive it’s cool as hell!

I’m in a grand state, when I play the great!

I love to hit sforzando: shake the place right off it’s base.

Oh registration brings me elation. The reeds and flutes will all chime in.

I’ll add the couplers, and then the mixtures; they simply multiply the din!

So you can keep you I-pod and headphones, give me an O-R-G-A-N,

I love that organ maker, from Wanamaker’s,

And a mega-rank Casavant!

 

 

 


Alice Blue Gown

Joseph McCarthy and Harry Tierne

Feb. 2, 1920, (from the musical Irene)

 

I once had a gown, it was almost new,

Oh, the daintiest thing, it was sweet Alice blue,

With little forget-me-nots placed here and there,

When I had it on, oh, I walked on the air!

And it wore, and it wore, and it wore,

'Til it went, and it wasn't no more.

 

In my sweet little Alice blue gown,

When I first wandered down into town,

I was so proud inside,

As I felt every eye,

And in every shop window

I primped, passing by.

 

A new manner of fashion I'd found,

And the world seemed to smile all around.

'Til it wilted, I wore it,

I'll always adore it,

My sweet little Alice blue gown!

 

The little silk worms that made silk for that gown,

Just made that much silk and then crawled in the ground,

'Cause there never was anything like it before,

And I don't care to hope there will be any more!

And it's gone, 'cause it just had to be,

Still it wears in my memory.

 

In my sweet little Alice blue gown,

When I first wandered down into town,

I was so proud inside,

As I felt every eye,

And in every shop window I primped, passing by.

 

A new manner of fashion I'd found,

And the world seemed to smile all around.

So it wouldn't be proper

If made of silk were another,

My sweet little Alice blue gown!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All by Myself

from Blue Skies Irving Berlin

 

All by myself in the morning

All by myself in the night

 

I sit alone with a table and a chair

So unhappy there

Playing solitaire

 

All by myself I get lonely

Watching the clock on the shelf

 

I'd love to rest my weary head on somebody's shoulder

I hate to grow older

All by myself

 

Say It Isn't So

Irving Berlin

 

Say it isn't so,

Say it isn't so,

Everyone is saying

you don't love me,

Say it isn't so.

 

Everywhere I go,

Everyone I know,

Whispers that you're growing tired of me,

Say it isn't so.

 

People say that you,

Found somebody new,

And it won't be long

before you leave me,

Say it isn't true,

 

Say that everything is still okay,

That's all I want to know,

And what they're saying,

Say it isn't so.

 


All I Need Is The Girl

Lyrics:  Stephen Sondheim, Jule Styne

 

Once my clothes were shabby,

Tailors called me cabbie.

So I took a vow,

Said this bum will be Beau Brummell.

Now I'm smooth and snappy,

Now my tailor's happy.

I'm the cat's meow,

my wardrobe is a wow.

Paris silk, Harris tweed,

There's only one thing I need

 

Got my tweed pressed,

Got my best vest,

All I need now is the girl

Got my striped tie,

Got my hopes high

Got the time and the place and I got the rhythm,

Now all I need's the girl to go with'em

 

Chorus

If she'll just appear

We'll take this big town for a whirl

And if she'll say "My, darling, I'm yours"

I'll throw away my striped tie

And my best-pressed tweed

All I really need is the girl

 

Got my tweed pressed,

Got my best vest,

All I need now is the girl

Got my striped tie, got my hopes  `way up high

I got the time and the place and the rhythm

All I need's the girl to go with'em

 

Repeat Chorus

 

All I need is the girl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All My Ex's Live In Texas

Sanger D. Shafer & Lyndia J. Shafer

Artist: Strait George From Ocean Front Property

 

All my ex's live in Texas,

And Texas is a place I'd dearly love to be.

But all my ex's live in Texas

And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee.

 

Rosanna's down in Texarkana;

Wanted me to push her broom,

And sweet Ilene's in Abilene;

She forgot I hung the moon,

And Allison in Galveston somehow lost her sanity,

And Dimples who now lives in Temple's

Got the law lookin’ for me.

 

All my ex's live in Texas,

And Texas is a place I'd dearly love to be.

But all my ex's live in Texas

And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee.

 

I remember that old Frio river

Where I learned to swim.

And it brings to mind another time

Where I wore my welcome thin.

My transcendental meditation,

I go there each night,

But I always come back to myself

Long before daylight.

 

All my ex's live in Texas,

And Texas is a place I'd dearly love to be.

But all my ex's live in Texas

And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee.

 

All my ex's live in Texas,

And Texas is a place I'd dearly love to be.

But all my ex's live in Texas

And that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee.

 

Some folks think I'm hidin',

It's been rumored that I died,

But I'm alive and well in Tennessee.

 


 

All of Me

 

All of me - why not take all of me

Can't you see - I'm no good without you

 

Take my lips - I want to lose them

Take my arms - I'll never use them

 

Your good-bye - left me with eyes that cry

How can I  go on dear without you

 

You took the part - that once was my heart

So why not - take all of me

 

(Repeat all)

 

You took the part - that once was my heart

So why not - take all of me

 

(Repeat 3 times)


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

 

Come on, babe

We're gonna brush the sky

I bet you luck Lindy

Never flew so high

'Cause in the stratosphere

How could he lend an ear

to all 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!


Almost Like Being in Love

(1)

 

What a day this has been

What a rare mood I'm in

Why it's almost like being in love

 

There's a smile on my face

For the whole human race

Why it's almost like being in love

 

Refrain

All the music of life seems to be

Like a bell that is ringing for me

And from the way that I feel

When the bell starts to peel

I would swear I was falling,

I could swear I was falling

It's almost like being in love

 

As we walked up the brae

Not a word did we say

It was, almost like being in love

 

With your arm linked in mine

Made the world kind of fine

It was almost like being in love

 

(Repeat refrain)

 

 

 

 

 


Along Came Bill

Lyics: Oscar Hammerstein II, P.G. Wodehouse

Music: Jerome Kern. Show Boat (1927)

 

Verse 1

 

I used to dream that I would discover

The perfect lover some day.

I knew I'd recognize him

If ever he came 'round my way.

 

I always used to fancy then,

He'd be one of the Godlike kind of men;

With a giant brain and a noble head,

Like the heroes bold in the books I read.

 

Refrain 1

 

But along came Bill,

Who's not the type at all.

You'd meet him on the street

And never notice him;

 

His form and face,

His manly grace

Are not the kind that you

Would find in a statue,

And I can't explain,

It's surely not his brain

That makes me thrill.

 

I love him

Because he's wonderful,

Because he's just old Bill.

 

Verse 2

 

He can't play golf, or tennis, or polo,

Or sing a solo, or row.

He isn't half as handsome

As dozens of men that I know.

 

He isn't tall and straight and slim,

And he dresses far worse than Ted or Jim;

And I can't explain why he should be just

The one, one man in the world for me.

 

 

 

 

 

Refrain 2

 

He's just my Bill,

An ordinary boy,

He hasn't got a thing

That I can brag about;

 

And yet to be

Up on his knee

So comfy and roomy

Feels natural to me,

And I can't explain,

It's surely not his brain

That makes me thrill.

 

I love him

Because he's

I don't know,

Because he's just my Bill.

 


Alphabet Song, The

Music and Lyrics by Sidney Lipman, Fred Wise and Buddy Kaye

 

A ~ You’re adorable

B ~ You’re so beautiful

C ~ You’re a cutie full of charms

D ~ You’re a darling and

E ~ You’re exciting

F ~ You’re a feather in my arms

G ~ You look good to me

H ~ You’re so heavenly

I ~ You’re the one I idolize

J ~ We’re like Jack and Jill

K ~ You’re so kiss-able

L ~ Is the love-light in your eyes

M, N, O, P

I could go on all day . . .

Q, R, S, T . . .

Alphabetically speaking you’re OK!

U ~ Made my life complete . . .

V ~ Means you’re very sweet . . .

W, X, Y, Z . . .

It’s fun to wonder through,

The alphabet with you,

To tell . . . ( us what ? )

I mean . . . ( Uh Huh! )

To tell you what you mean to me!

(We love you alphabetically! )


Always (Dreams Will All Come True)

Irving Berlin

 

Dreams will all come true,

Growing old with you

And time will fly.

Caring each day more,

Than the day before,

Till spring rolls by.

Then when the springtime is gone,

Then will my love linger on.

 

I'll be loving you - always

With a love that's true - always

When the things you've planned

Need a helping hand

I will understand - always, always

Days may not be fair - always

That's when I'll be there - always

Not for just an hour

Not for just a day

Not for just a year

But always.


Always In My Heart

(Performed by Jerry Vale)

 

You are always in my heart,

Even though you’re far away,

I can hear the music of

The song of love I sang with you..

 

You are always in my heart,

And when skies above are grey,

I remember that you care,

And then and there the sun breaks through..

 

Just before I go to sleep,

There’s a rendezvous I keep,

And a dream I always meet,

Helps me forget we’re far apart,

I don’t know exactly when, dear,

But I’m sure we’ll meet again, dear,

And my darling, till we do,

You are always in my heart.

 

Just before I go to sleep,

There’s a rendezvous I keep,

And a dream I always meet,

Helps me forget we’re far apart,

I don’t know exactly when, dear,

But I’m sure we’ll meet again, dear,

And my darling, till we do,

You are always in my heart.


Always True to You In My Fashion

 

Written:  Cole Porter; Arranged by:  Phil Moore

Kiss Me Kate  (1948)

 

Why can't you behave?

Oh, why can't you behave?

After all the things you told me,

And the promises that you gave,

Oh, why can't you behave?

 

Why can't you be good?

And do just as you should?

Won't you turn that new leaf over,

So your baby can be your slave?

Oh, why can't you behave?

 

There's a farm I know near my old home town,

Where we two can go and try settling down.

There I'll care for you forever,

'Cause you're all in the world I crave.

But why can't you behave?

 

[Musical Interlude]

 

There's a farm I know near my old home town,

Where we two can go and try settling down.

There I'll care for you forever,

'Cause you're all in the world I crave.

But why can't you, oh why can't you,

Oh why can't you behave?

----------------------------------------------------

Why can't you behave?

Why can't you behave?

Tell me how can you be jealous

When you know, baby, I'm your slave?

I'm just mad for you,

And I'll always be,

But naturally

 

If a custom-tailored vet

Asks me out for something wet,

When the vet begins to pet, I cry "Hooray!"

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

 

There's a lush from Baltimore,

Who is rich but such a bore,

When the bore fall on the floor, I let him lay.

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

 

What about that Mister Thorne

Calls you up from night 'til morn?

Mister Thorne once cornered corn and that ain't hay.

Aha!

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

 

So you're out with Mister Fritz

You were dining at the Ritz,

Mister Fritz is full of Schlitz and Schlitz must pay.

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

I could never curl my lip

At a dazzlin' diamond clip,

 

S'pose the clip meant "let 'er rip,"

I'd not say "Nay!"

But you're always true to me, darlin', in your fashion!

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

 

Mister Harris, plutocrat,

Wants to give your cheek a pat,

If the Harris pat

Means a Paris hat,

B?b?, Oo-la-la!

Mais je suis toujour fid?le, darlin', in my fashion,

Oui, je suis toujour fid?le, darlin', in my way.

Mister Gable,

You mean Clark?

 

Wants me on his boat to park,

If the gable boat

Means a sable coat,

I know,

Anchors aweigh!

But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,

Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

 


Am I Blue?

Grant Clark

 

Chorus

Am I blue? am I blue?

Ain't these tears in my eyes tellin' you?

Am I blue? You'd be too

If each plan with your man done fell through.

Was a time I was his only one,

But now I'm, the sad and lonely one,

Lawdy, was I gay? 'til today,

Now he's gone and we're through

Am I blue.

 

Verse 1

I'm just a woman, a lonely woman,

Waitin' on the weary shore.

I'm just a woman, that's only human,

One you should be sorry for.

Got up this mornin along about dawn,

Without a warnin' I found he was gone

Why should he do it? how could he do it?

He never done it before.

 

Verse 2

It's aggravatin', to stand here waitin'

Waitin' for a triflin' man.

It set me hatin' to stand here waitin,

Suicide's my only plan.

I think it's awful, his treatment of me,

It's most unlawful how mean he can be.

I can't forget him, I'm bound to get him,

I'll run him down if I can.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Another Op'nin', Another Show

Cole Porter  1948 Kiss Me Kate

 

Another op'nin,'  another show

In Philly, Boston or Baltimoe,

A chance for stagefolks to say "hello"

Another op'nin,'  an-other show.

 

Another job that you hope, at last,

Will make your future forget your past,

Another pain where the ulcers grow,

Another op'nin,'  an-other show

 

For weeks, you rehearse and rehearse,

Three weeks and it could-n't be worse.

One week, will it ev-er be right?

Then out o' the hat, it's that big first night!

 

The o-ver-ture is about to start,

You cross your fingers and hold your heart,

It's cur-tain time and away we go,

Another op'nin,'  an-other show

 

Another op'nin,'  an-other show

In Philly, Boston or Baltimoe,

A chance for stagefolks to say "hello"

Another op'nin,'  an-other show.

 

Another job that you hope, at last,

Will make your future forget your past,

Another pain where the ulcers grow,

Another op'nin,'  an-other show

 

Four weeks, you rehearse and rehearse,

Three weeks and it could-n't be worse.

One week, will it ev-er be right?

Then out o' the hat, it's that big first night!

 

The o-ver-ture is about to start,

You cross your fingers and hold your heart,

It's cur-tain time and away we go,

Another op'nin,'  just an-other op'nin,'

of  another show!

 

 

 

 

Lullaby of Broadway

 

Come on along and listen to,

The lullaby of Broadway

The hip hooray and ballyhoo,

The lullaby of Broadway

The rumble of a subway train,

The rattle of the taxis

The daffydils who entertain,

At Angelo's and Maxi's

When a Broadway baby says good night,

It's early in the morning

Manhattan babies don't sleep tight until the dawn:

 

Good night, baby

Good night, milkman's on his way

Sleep tight, baby

Sleep tight, let's call it a day. Hey!

 

Come on along and listen to,

The lullaby of Broadway

The hi-dee-hi and boop-a-doo,

The lullaby of Broadway

The band begins to go to town,

And everyone goes crazy

You rock-a-bye your baby round,

'til everything gets hazy

Hush-a-bye I'll buy you this and that,

You hear a daddy saying

And baby goes home to her flat, to sleep all day:

 

Good night, baby

Good night, milkman's on his way

Sleep tight, baby

Sleep tight,

Let's call it a day - - -

Listen to the lullaby of old Broadway


Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song

B.J. Thomas

 

It's lonely out tonight

And the feelin' just got right

For a brand new love song

Somebody done somebody wrong song

 

Chorus

 

Hey, wontcha play

Another somebody done somebody wrong song

And make me feel at home

While I miss my baby

While I miss my baby

 

So please play for me a sad melody

So sad that it makes everybody cry-y-y-y

A real hurtin' song about a love that's gone wrong

'cause I don't want to cry all alone

 

Repeat chorus

 

(instrumental interlude)

 

So please play for me a sad melody

So sad that it makes everybody cry-y-y-y

A real hurtin' song about a love that's gone wrong

'cause I don't want to cry all alone

 

Repeat chorus

 

Repeat chorus

 

Repeat chorus


Any Dream Will Do

 

I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain

To see for certain what I thought I knew

Far far Away, someone was weeping

But the world was sleeping

Any dream will do

 

I wore my coat with golden lining

Bright colors shining, wonderful and new

And in the east, the dawn was breaking

And the world was waking

Any dream will do

 

A crash of drums, a flash of light

My golden coat flew out of sight

The colors faded into darkness

I was left alone

 

 

May I return to the beginning

The light is dimming, and the dream is too

The world and I, we are still waiting

Still hesitating

Any dream will do

 

Give me my colored coat,

My amazing colored coat

Give me my colored coat,

My amazing colored coat


Anyone Can Whistle

Stephen Sondheim

 

Anyone can whistle, that's what they say, easy.

Anyone can whistle, any old day, easy.

 

It's all so simple:

Relax, let go, let fly!

Someone tell me, why can't I?

 

I can dance a tango, I can read Greek, easy.

I can slay a dragon any old week, easy!

 

What's hard is simple,

What's natural comes hard.

Maybe you could show me how to let go,

Lower my guard, learn to be free.

Maybe if you whistle, whistle for me.

 


Anything Goes

Cole Porter

 

In olden days a glimpse of stocking

Was looked on as something shocking

Now heaven knows, anything goes

 

Good authors too who once knew better words

Now only use four letter words writing prose

Anything goes

 

The world has gone mad today

And good's bad today

And black's white today

And day's night today

When most guys today that women prize today

Are just silly gigolos

 

So though I'm not a great romancer

And I know that you're bound to answer

When I propose, anything goes

 

(Jim’s Solo)

 

When grand ma ma whose age is 80

And night clubs is getting matty with gigolos

Anything goes

 

When mothers pack and leave poor fathers

Because they’d decide they’d

Rather be tennis pros

Anything goes

 

While driving fast cars you like

And low bars you like

And bare limbs you like

And Mae West you like

And me undressed you like to molest tonight

Nobody will oppose

 

When every night the set that’s smart

Is indulging in nudist parties in stuios

Anything goes

 

Anything, anything, goes

 

 

 

 

Any Time

Eddie Fisher

 

Any time you're feelin' lonely

Any time you're feelin' blue

Any time you feel down-hearted

That will prove your love for me is true

 

Any time you're thinkin' 'bout me

That's the time I'll be thinkin' of you

So any time you say you want me back again

That's the time I'll come back home to you

 

Instrumental Interlude

 

Any time you're thinkin' 'bout me

That's the time I'll be thinkin' of you

So any time you say you want me back again

That's the time I'll come back home to you


Applause

Music by Charles Strouse Lyrics by Lee Adams

 

What is it that we're living for

Applause, applause.

Nothing I know, brings on the glow.

Like sweet applause.

You're thinking you're through

That nobody cares

Then suddenly you

Hear it starting.

And some-how

You're in charge again

And it's a ball

Trumpets all sing.

Life seems to swing.

And you're the king of it all, 'cause!

You've had a taste of, the sound that says Love

Applause, applause, applause

 

You're catching the flu,

Your bank accounts are bare

Then you hear it.

Applause, what life is for

Cares disappear

Soon as you hear.

That happy audience roar

'cause you've had a taste of, the sound that says Love.

Applause, Applause, Applause, Applause, Applause, Applause

 


April in Paris

Writer: harburg/duke

 

I never knew the charm of spring

I never met it face to face

I never knew my heart could sing

I never missed a warm embrace

 

Till april in paris, chestnuts in blossom

Holiday tables under the trees

April in paris, this is a feeling

That no one can ever reprise

 

I never knew the charm of spring

I never met it face to face

I never knew my heart could sing

I never missed a warm embrace

 

Till april in paris

Whom can I run to

What have you done to my heart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April Showers

(1) Lyrics: B.G. DeSylva  Music:  Louis Silvers

 

Life is not a highway strewn with flowers,

Still it holds a goodly share of bliss,

When the sun gives way to April showers,

Here is the point you should never miss.

 

Though April showers may come your way

They bring the flowers that bloom in May

So if it's raining, have no regrets

Because it isn't raining rain, you know

It's raining violets

 

And when you see clouds, upon the hills

You soon will see crowds, of daffodils

So keep on looking for a bluebird

And listening for his songs

Whenever April showers come along.

 

And where you see clouds upon the hills,

You soon will see crowds of daffodils,

So keep on looking for a blue bird,

And list'ning for his song,

Whenever April showers come along.


Are You Lonesome Tonight?

 

Do you miss me tonight?

Are you sorry

We drifted apart?

Does your memory stray

To a brightest summer day

When I kissed you

And called you sweetheart?

 

Do the chairs in your parlor

Seem empty and bare?

Do you gaze up at your doorstep

And do you picture me there?

Is your heart filled with pain

Shall I come back again

Tell me dear

Are you lonesome tonight

 

Do the chairs in your parlor

Seem empty and bare

Do you gaze up at your doorstep

And do you picture me there?

Is your heart filled with pain

Shall I come back again, come back again

Tell me dear

Are you lonesome tonight

Tell me dear

Are you lonesome tonight

 

 


As Long as He Needs Me

Lionel Bart

 

As long as he needs me

Oh yes he does need me

In spite of what you see

I'm sure that he needs me

 

Who else would love him still

When they've been used so ill

He knows I always will

As long as he needs me

 

I miss him so much

When he is gone

But when he's near me

I don't let on

 

The way I feel inside

The love I have to hide

The hell! I've got my pride!

As long as he needs me

 

He doesn't say the things he should

He acts the way he thinks he should

But all the same

I'll play this game

His way

 

As long as he needs me

I know where I must be

I'll cling on steadfastly

As long as he needs me

 

As long as life is long

I'll love him - right or wrong

And somehow I'll be strong

As long as he needs me

 

If you are lonely

Then you will know

When someone needs you

You love them so

 

I won't betray his trust

Though people say I must

I've got to stay true just

As long as he needs me

 

As Time Goes By

Lyrics and Music by Herman Hupfeld 1931

 

This day and age we're living in,

Gives cause for apprehension.

With speed and new invention

And things like fourth dimension.

Yet we get a trifle weary

With Mr. Einstein's theory,

So we must get down to earth at times,

Relax relieve the tension.

And no matter what the progress,

Or what may yet be proved,

The simple facts of life are such,

They cannot be removed.

 

You must remember this,

A kiss is still a kiss,

A sigh is just a sigh.

The fundamental things apply

As time goes by.

And when two lovers woo

They still say, "I love you,"

On that you can rely,

No matter what the future brings

As time goes by.

 

Moonlight and love songs

Never out of date.

Hearts full of passion

Jealousy and hate.

Woman needs man,

And man must have his mate,

That no one can deny.

 

It's still the same old story,

A fight for love and glory,

A case of do or die.

The world will always welcome lovers,

As time goes by.


At Last

(1) Mack Gordon and Harrry Warren Sung by Etta James 1942

 

At last

My love has come along

My lonely days are over

And life is like a song

 

At last

The skies above are blue

Well my heart was wrapped in clover

The night I looked at you

 

I found a dream

That I could speak to

A dream that I could call my own

I found a thrill

To press my cheek to

A thrill that I have never known

 

You smile

And then the spell was cast

And here we are in heaven

For you are mine at last

 

I found a dream

That I could speak to

A dream that I

Could call my own

I found a thrill

To press my cheek to

A thrill that I have never known

 

You smiled

And then the spell was cast

And here we are in heaven

For you are mine at last

 

Ooo yea

You are mine

You are mine

At last

At last

At last

At last

 

 

 

At Long Last Love

(3) Words and Music by Cole Porter

 

Is it an earthquake, or simply a shock

Is it that real turtle soup, or merely the mock

Is it the cocktail, this feeling of joy

Or is what I feel, the real Mc Coy

 

Is it for all time, or simply a lark

Is it Granada I see, or only Asbury Park

Is it a fancy, not worth thinking of

Or is it at long last love

 


Aunt Rhody

 

Go tell Aunt Rhody,

Go tell Aunt Rhody,

Go tell Aunt Rhody,

That the old gray goose is dead.

The one she’s been saving,

The one she’s been saving,

The one she’s been saving,

To make a feather bed.

 

Old gander’s weeping,

Old gander’s weeping,

Old gander’s weeping,

Because his wife is dead.

The goslin’s are mourning,

The goslin’s are mourning,

The goslin’s are mourning,

Because their mother’s dead.

 

She died in the mill pond,

She died in the mill pond,

She died in the mill pond,

From standing on her head.

Go tell Aunt Rhody,

Go tell Aunt Rhody,

Go tell Aunt Rhody,

That the old gray goose is dead.

 


-B-

Baby Face

Art Mooney

 

Rosy cheeks and turned up nose and curly hair

I'm raving bout my baby now

Pretty little dimples here and dimples there,

Don't want to live without her

I love her goodness knows

I wrote a song about her and here's the way it goes

 

Baby Face,

You've got the cutest little baby face

There's not another one could take your place

Baby face

My poor heart is jumpin

You sure have started somethin

Baby face,

I'm up in heaven when I'm in your fond embrace

I didn't need a shove, cause I just fell in love

With your pretty baby face

 

When you were a baby not so long ago

You must have been the cutest thing

I can picture you at ev'ry baby show

Just winnin ev'ry ribbon with your sweet baby way

Say, honest I ain't fibbin, you'd win em all today

Baby Face, you've got the cutest little baby face

There's not another one could take your place

Baby face

My poor heart is jumpin you sure have started somethin

Baby face, I'm up in heaven when I'm in your fond embrace

I didn't need a shove cause I just fell in love

With your pretty baby face


Baby Talk To Me

From Bye Bye Birdie

 

Albert:

 

Talk To me, baby, won't you talk to me

I don't care what you say

Baby, talk to me

Must you to be oh so far away from me

It seems so wrong this way

Talk to me

And if you miss me

Tell me so

Are you lonely

Tell me so

Say you love me

Tell me so

Honey, let me know

Talk to me

Till I press you close to me

Then you'll see

We won't have to talk at all

(Must you to be oh so far away from me, baby)

I don't care what you say

(Oh, baby talk)

Talk to me

(Go on, what can you loose, it ain't gonna hurt)

And if you miss me

(Oooh, Tell him so)

Are you lonely

(Lady, lady, tell him so)

Say you love me

(Oooh!)

Tell me so

(Honey, honey)

Let me know

 

Chorus:

Talk to me

Till I press you close to me

Then you'll see

We won't have to talk at all

Till I press you close to me

Then you'll see

We won't have to talk at all

Talk to me

Talk to me

Talk to me...


Back in the Saddle Again

Gene Autry/Ray Whitley

 

I`m back in the saddle again

Out where a friend is a friend

Where the longhorn cattle feed

On the lowly gypsum weed

Back in the saddle again

 

Ridin` the range once more

Totin` my old .44

Where you sleep out every night

And the only law is right

Back in the saddle again

 

Whoopi-ty-aye-oh

Rockin` to and fro

Back in the saddle again

Whoopi-ty-aye-yay

I go my way

Back in the saddle again

 

I`m back in the saddle again

Out where a friend is a friend

Where the longhorn cattle feed

On the lowly gypsum weed

Back in the saddle again

 

Ridin` the range once more

Totin` my old .44

Where you sleep out every night

And the only law is right

Back in the saddle again

 

Whoopi-ty-aye-oh

Rockin` to and fro

Back in the saddle again

Whoopi-ty-aye-yay

I go my way

Back in the saddle againI`m back in the saddle again

Out where a friend is a friend

Where the longhorn cattle feed

On the lowly gypsum weed

Back in the saddle again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ridin` the range once more

Totin` my old .44

Where you sleep out every night

And the only law is right

Back in the saddle again

 

Whoopi-ty-aye-oh

Rockin` to and fro

Back in the saddle again

Whoopi-ty-aye-yay

I go my way

Back in the saddle again

 

I`m back in the saddle again

Out where a friend is a friend

Where the longhorn cattle feed

On the lowly gypsum weed

Back in the saddle again

 

Ridin` the range once more

Totin` my old .44

Where you sleep out every night

And the only law is right

Back in the saddle again

 

Whoopi-ty-aye-oh

Rockin` to and fro

Back in the saddle again

Whoopi-ty-aye-yay

I go my way

Back in the saddle again

 

 


Bali Ha’i

from “South Pacific”

 

Most people live on a lonely island

Lost in the middle of a foggy sea

Most people long for another island

One where they know they would like to be

 

Bali Ha'i may call you, any night, any day

In your heart, you'll hear it call you

Come away, come away

Bali Ha'i will whisper on the wind of the sea

Here am I your special island

Come to me, come to me

 

Your own special hopes, your own special dreams

Bloom on the hillside and shine in the streams

 

If you try,

You'll find me where the sky meets the sea

Here am I your special island

Come to me, come to me...

Bali Ha'i...Bali Ha'i...Bali Ha'I

 

Someday you'll see me floating in the sunshine

My head sticking out from a low-lying cloud

You hear me call you,

Singing through the sunshine

Sweet and clear as can be,

Come to me...Here am I...Come to me...

 

If you try,

You'll find me where the sky meets the sea

Here am I your special island

Come to me...Come to me...

Bali Ha'i...Bali Ha'i...Bali Ha'i...


Ballin' The Jack

Lyrics: James Henry Burris; Music: Chris Smith 1913

 

First you put your two knees close up tight

You swing them to the left

And then you swing them to the right

Step around the floor kinda nice and light

And then you twist around,

Twist around with all of your might

Spread your lovin’ arms way out in space

You do the eagle rock with such style and grace

You put your left foot out and then you bring it back

That’s what I call ballin’ the jack

 
Beautiful Friendship, A

(2) D. Kahn, S. Styme

 

This is the end of a beautiful friendship,

It ended a moment ago.

This is the end of a beautiful friendship,

I know, 'Cause your eyes told me so.

 

We were always

Like sister and brother,

Until tonight,

When we looked at each other.

 

That was the end of a beautiful friendship,

And just the beginning of love.

 

That was the end of a beautiful friendship,

And just the beginning of love

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Girls

(Sondheim)

 

Hat's off, here they come those beautiful girls

That's what you've been waiting for.

Nature never fashioned a flower so fair

No rose can compare,

Nothing respectable, half so delectable

 

Cheer them in their glory, diamonds and pearls

Dazzling jewels by the score.

This is what beauty can be,

Beauty celestial, the best you'll agree

All for you, these beautiful girls!

 

Careful, here's the home of beautiful girls

Where your reason is undone.

Beauty can't be hindered from taking its toll

You may lose control

Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize?

 

Caution, on your guard with beautiful girls

Flawless charmers every one.

This is how Samson was shorn:

Each in her style a Delilah reborn.

Each a gem, a beautiful

Diadem of beautiful --

Welcome them, these beauoooooootiful girls!


Because Of You

Arthur Hammerstein and Dudley Wilkinson

 

Because of you there's a song in my heart,

Because of you my romance had its start,

Because of you the sun will shine,

The moon and stars will say you're mine,

Forever and never to part

 

I only live for your love and your kiss,

It's paradise to be near you like this,

Because of you my life is now worthwhile,

And I can smile,

Because of you..

 

I only live for your love and your kiss,

It's paradise to be near you like this,

Because of you my life is now worthwhile,

And I can smile,

Because of you.

 


Being Alive

Stephen Sondheim –Company 1971

 

Somebody hold me too close

Somebody hurt me too deep

Somebody sit in my chair

And ruin my sleep

And make me aware of being alive

Being alive

 

Somebody need me too much

Somebody know me too well

Somebody pull me up short

And put me through hell

And give me support

For being alive

Make me alive

Make me alive

 

Make me confused

Mock me with praise

Let me be used

Vary my days

But alone is alone, not alive

 

Somebody crowd me with love

Somebody force me to care

Somebody make me come through

I’ll always be there

As frightened as you

To help us survive

Being alive

Being alive

Being alive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best of Times, The

 

The best of times is now,

What’s left of summer but a faded rose!

The best of times is now,

As for tomorrow, well who knows,

Who knows, who knows!

 

So hold this moment fast

And live and love as hard as you know how

And make this moment last

Because the best of times is now,

Is now, is now!

 

Repeat from here

 

Now! Not some forgotten yesterday,

Now! Tomorrow is too far away!

 

So hold this moment fast,

And live and love as hard as you know how,

And make this moment last,

Because the best of times is now,

Is now, is now!

 

The best of times is now,

What’s left of summer but a faded rose!

The best of times is now,

As for tomorrow, well who knows,

Who knows, who knows!

 

Now! ( this is the moment we should take )

Not some forgotten yesterday

( yesterday is just a faded memory )

Now! ( don’t let this moment go to waste )

Tomorrow is too far away! ( too far, too far away )

 

So hold this moment fast,

And live and love as hard as you know how,

And make this moment last,

Because the best of times is now,

Is now, is now!

 

The best of times is now,

What’s left of summer but a faded rose!

The best of times is now,

As for tomorrow, well who knows,

Who knows, who knows!

 

So hold this moment fast,

And live and love as hard as you know how,

And make this moment last,

Because the best of times is now,

Is now, is now!


Best Things In Life Are Free. The

From the Show: Good News  (1927)

Written by:  Ray Henderson, B.G. DeSylva,

  Lew Brown

 

The moon belongs to everyone,

The best things in life are free.

The stars belong to everyone,

They gleam there for you and me.

 

The flowers in spring, the robins that sing,

The moonbeams that shine, they're yours, they're mine.

And love can come to everyone,

The best things in life are free

 


Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered

Music: Richard Rodgers; Lyrics: Lorenz Hart-Pal Joey

 

I'm wild again,

Beguiled again

A simpering,

Whimpering

Child again

Bewitched,

Bothered,

And bewildered

Am I

 

Couldn't sleep

And wouldn't sleep

Then love came

And told me

I shouldn't sleep

Bewitched,

Bothered,

And bewildered

Am I

 

Lost my heart

But what of it?

He is cold,

I agree

He can laugh

But I love it

Although

The laugh's on me

 

I'll sing to him,

Each Spring to him

And long for the day

When I cling to him

Bewitched,

Bothered,

And bewildered

Am I


Beyond the Blue Horizon

Jeanette MacDonald From: ‘Monte Carlo’ and ‘Follow the Boys’

 

Blow, whistle blow away,

Blow away the past.

Go engine anywhere.

I don't care how fast.

On, on from darkness into dawn,

From rain into the rainbow,

Fly with me.

Gone, gone all my grief and woe.

What matter where I go if I am free?

 

Beyond the blue horizon

Waits a beautiful day.

Goodbye to things that bore me.

Joy is waiting for me.

I see a new horizon.

My life has only begun.

Beyond the blue horizon lies a rising sun.


Bill

Showboat (Music/Lyrics: Rogers and Hammerstein, 1927):

 

I used to dream that I would discover

The perfect lover someday.

I knew I'd recognize him if ever

He came 'round my way.

I always used to fancy then

He'd be one of the god-like kind of men,

With a giant brain and a noble head,

Like the heroes bold

In the books I've read.

But along came Bill, who's not the type at all.

You'd meet him on the street

And never notice him.

His form, his face, his manly grace

Are not the kind that you would find in a statue.

And I can't explain--

It's surely not his brain that makes me thrill.

I love him because, he's wonderful

Because he's just my Bill.

 

He can't play golf or tennis or polo,

Or sing a solo, or row.

He isn't half as handsome

As dozens of men I know.

He isn't tall or straight or slim,

And he dresses far worse than Ted or Jim.

And I can't explain whey he should be

Just the one, one, man in the world for me.

He's just my Bill, and ordinary guy.

He hasn't got a thing that I can brag about

And yet to be, upon his knee,

So comfy and roomy

Seems natural to me.

And I can't explain--

It's surely not his brain

That makes me thrill.

I love him because, he's --I don't know --

Because he's just my Bill.


Bill Bailey, Won't You Please...Come Home?

Hughie Cannon (1902)

 

(8 measure introduction)

 

On one summer's day,

The Sun was shinin' fine.

The lady love of old Bill Bailey

Was hangin' clothes on the line

In her back yard,

And weepin' hard.

 

She married a B&O brakeman

That took and throwed her down.

Bellerin' like a prune-fed calf

With a big gang hanging round.

And to that crowd,

She hollered loud:

 

Won't you come home, Bill Bailey

Won't you come home?"

She moans the whole day long!

 

I'll do the cookin', darling,

I'll pay the rent,

I know I've done you wrong!

 

'member that rainy eve that

I threw you out,

With nothing but a fine-tooth comb?

 

I know I'm to blame,

Well, ain't that a shame?

Bill Bailey, won't you please come home?"

 

Bill drove by that door

In an automobile,

A great big diamond, coach and footman

Hear that lady squeal:

"He's all alone!"

I heard her groan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She hollered through the door:

Bill Bailey, is you sore?

Stop a minute, listen to me

Won't I see you no more?"

Bill winks his eye

As he heard her cry:

 

Won't you come home, Bill Bailey

Won't you come home?

She moans the whole day long!

 

I'll do the cookin', darling,

I'll pay the rent,

I know I've done you wrong!

 

'member that rainy eve that

I threw you out,

With nothing but a fine-tooth comb?

 

I know I'm to blame,

Well, ain't that a shame?

Bill Bailey, won't you please come home?"

 

Repeat

 


Birth to the Blues, The

(Jack’s Solo)

Oh, they say some people long ago

Were searching for a diff'rent tune

One that they could croon

As only they can

They only had the rhythm

So they started swaying to and fro

They didn't know just what to use

That is how the blues really began

 

They heard the breeze in the trees

Singing weird melodies

And they called that the birth of the blues

 

And from a jail came the wail

Of a down-hearted frail

And they played that

As part of the blues

 

Chorus

From a whippoorwill

High on a hill

They took a new note

Pushed it through a horn

'Til it was worn

Into a blue note

And then they nursed it, rehearsed it

And gave out the news

That the Southland gave birth to the blues!

 

Repeat Chorus

 

That the Southland gave birth to the blues!


Bluebird of Happiness

Music: Sandor Harmate; Lyrics: Edward Hayman. 1934

Additional music by Michael du Preez (interlude for recitative).

Introduced and featured by Jan Peerce in a Leon Leonidoff production at the Radio City Music Hall.

 

The beggar man and the mighty king

Are only different in name

For they are treated just the same by fate

Today a smile and tomorrow a tear

We’re never sure what’s in store

So learn your lesson before it is too late

 

Be like I, hold your head up high

‘Till you find a bluebird of happiness

You will find greater peace of mind

Knowing there’s a bluebird of happiness

And when he sings to you,

Though you’re deep in blue

You will see a ray of light creep through

And so remember this, life is no abyss

Somewhere there’s a bluebird of happiness

 

Recitative (spoken during interlude)

 

The poet with his pen

And the peasant with his plough

It makes no difference who you are,

It’s all the same somehow

The king upon his throne,

And the jester at his feet

The actress, the shop girl,

The man in the street

It’s a life of smiles and a life of tears

It’s a life of hope and a life of fears

A blinding torrent of rain

And a brilliant burst of sun

Of biting tearing pain and bubbling sparkling fun

And if things don’t look too cheerful,

Just show a little fight

For every bit of darkness

There’s a little bit of light

For every bit of hatred

There’s a little bit of love

For every cloudy morning,

There’s a midnight moon above

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sung

 

So don’t you forget,

You must search ‘till you find the bluebird

You will find peace and contentment forever,

If you will

Be like I, hold your head up high

You will see a ray of light creep through

And so remember this, life is no abyss

Somewhere there’s a bluebird of happiness

 


Blue Moon

Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart/H. Weiss/R. Carr/J. Mitchell

 

Blue Moon

You saw me standing alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own

 

Blue Moon

You know just what I was there for

You heard me saying a prayer for

Someone I really could care for

 

And then there suddenly appeared before me

The only one my arms will ever hold

I heard somebody whisper “please adore me”

And when I looked to the Moon it turned to gold

 

Blue Moon

Now I'm no longer alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own

 

And then there suddenly appeared before me

The only one my arms will ever hold

I heard somebody whisper “please adore me”

And when I looked the Moon had turned to gold

 

Blue moon

Now I'm no longer alone

Without a dream in my heart

Without a love of my own


The Blue Room

Music: Richard Rodgers; lyrics: Lorenz Hart, 1926

from the 1948 M-G-M film "Words and Music"

 

 

We'll have a blue room,

A new room, for two room.

Where every day's a holiday,

Because you're married to me . . .

 

Not like a ball room,

A small room, a hall room,

Where I can smoke my pipe away,

With your wee head upon my knee . . .

 

We will thrive on, keep alive on,

Just nothing but kisses,

With mister and missus,

Own little blue chairs . . .

 

You sew your trousseau,

and Robinson Crusoe,

Is not so far from worldly cares,

As our blue room, far away upstairs . . .

 

( They will thrive on, keep alive on,

Just nothing but kisses . . .

With mister and missus,

Own little blue chair . . .

 

She'll wear her trousseau,

and Robinson Crusoe . . . )

Is not so far from worldly cares,

As our blue room,

Far away upstairs . . .

 


Blue Skies

Irving Berlin

 

Blue skies

Smiling at me

Nothing but blue skies

Do I see

 

Bluebirds

Singing a song

Nothing but bluebirds

All day long

 

Never saw the sun shining so bright

Never saw things going so right

Noticing the days hurrying by

When you're in love, my my how they fly

 

Blue days

All of them gone

Nothing but blue skies

From now on

 

(Repeat all)

 

Blue Spanish Eyes

Lyrics: Eddie Snyder and Charlie Singleton

Music: Bert Kaempfert

 

Blue Spanish eyes,

Tear drops are falling from your Spanish eyes

Please, please don't cry,

This is just "adios" and not "goodbye"

Soon I'll return

Bringing you all the love your heart can hold

Please say "Sí, sí",

Say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me

 

Blue Spanish eyes,

Prettiest eyes in all of Mexico

True Spanish eyes,

Please smile for me once more before I go

Soon I'll return

Bringing you all the love your heart can hold

Please say "Sí, sí",

Say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me

 

You and your Spanish eyes will wait for me

Blue Velvet

Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris

 

She wore blue velvet

Bluer than velvet was the night

Softer than satin was the light

From the stars

 

She wore blue velvet

Bluer than velvet were her eyes

Warmer than May her tender sighs

Love was ours

 

 

Ours, a love I held tightly

Feeling the rapture grow

Like a flame burning brightly

But when she left, gone was the glow of

 

Blue velvet

But in my heart there'll always be

Precious and warm, a memory

Through the years

And I still can see blue velvet

Through my tears

 


Boo Hoo

Lombardo, Loeb, Heyman

 

BOO-HOO.

You’ve got me crying for you

And as I sit here and sigh,

Say I, “I can’t believe it’s true.”

 

BOO-HOO.

I’ll tell my mama on you.

The little game that you played

Has made her baby oh so blue.

 

You left me in the lurch,

You left me waiting at the church.

 

BOO-HOO.

That’s why I’m crying for you.

Someday you’ll feel like I do

And you’ll be boo-hoo-hooing too.


Bosom Buddies

Music and Lyrics: Jerry Herman: 1966 Mame

 

Vera and Mame [singing]

We'll always be bosom buddies,

Friends, sisters and pals;

We'll always be bosom buddies,

If life should reject you,

There's me to protect you.

 

Vera:       If I say that your tongue is vicious,

Mame:     If I call you uncouth;

 

Vera and Mame:

It's simply that who else but a bosom buddy

Will sit down and tell you the truth.

 

Vera: [speaking]

Tho' now and again I'm aware that my candid opinion may sting,

 

Mame:

Tho' often my frank observation might scald;

I've been meanin' to tell you for years

You should keep your hair natural like mine.

 

Vera:

If I kept my hair natural like yours, I'd be bald.

 

[singing]  But darling,

Vera and Mame:We'll always be dear companions,

Vera:              My crony,

Mame:                        My mate;

Vera and Mame:      We'll always be harmonizing,

Vera:              Orphan Annie and Sandy,

Vera and Mame        Like Amos and Andy.

Vera

If I say that your sense of style's as far as off as your youth;

It's simply that who else but a bosom buddy

Will tell you the whole stinkin' truth.

 

Mame: [speaking]

Each time that a critic has written,

"Your voice is the voice of a frog!"

Straight to your side to defend you I rush;

You know that I'm there ev'ry time that the world makes and unkind  remark.

When they say "Vera Charles is the world's greatest lush!"

 

[singing]  It hurts me!

 

Vera:

And if I say your fangs are showing,

Mame, pull in your claws,

It's simply that who else but a bosom buddy

Will notice the obvious flaws!

 

Mame: [speaking]

I feel it's my duty to tell you it's time to adjust to your age;

You try to be "Peg O' My Heart", when you're "Lady Macbeth."

Exactly how old are you, Vera? The truth!

 

Vera:

 

Well, how old do you think?

Mame:

I'd say somewhere in between forty and the death!

 

Vera and Mame: [singing]

But sweetie,

Vera:

I'll always be Alice Toklas,

If you'll be Gertrude Stein.

And tho' I'll admit I've dished you,

I've gossiped and gloated,

But I'm so devoted.

Mame:

 

And if I say that sex and guts

Made you into a star,

It's simply that who else but a bosom buddy

Will tell you how rotten you are.

 

Vera and Mame:

Just turn your bosom buddy

For aid and affection,

For help and direction,

For loyalty, love and for sooth!

Remember that who else but a bosom buddy

Will sit down and level

And give you the devil,

Will sit down and tell you the truth!

 


Boy Next Door, The

Lyrics and music: Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane

from the 1944 Vincente Minnelli film "Meet Me In St. Louis"

 

The moment I saw him smile

I knew he was just my style

My only regret is we've never met

Though I dream of him all the while

 

But he doesn't know I exist

No matter how I may persist

So it's clear to see there's no hope for me

Though I live at fifty-one-thirty-five Kensington Avenue

And he lives at fifty-one-thirty-three

 

How can I ignore the boy next door

I love him more than I can say

Doesn't try to please me

Doesn't even tease me

And he never sees me glance his way

 

And though I'm heart-sore, the boy next door

Affection for me won't display

I just adore him

So I can't ignore him

The boy next door

 

I just adore him

So I can't ignore him

The boy next door


Boy Wanted

George and Ira Gershwin

Original Version

 

Verse:

I've just finished writing an advertisement

Calling for a boy.

No half-hearted Romeo or flirt is meant;

That's the kind I'd not employ.

Though anybody interested can apply,

He must know a thing to qualify.

For instance:

 

Refrain 1 (Teddy):

He must be able to dance.

he must make life a romance.

I said a boy wanted,

One who can smile;

Boy wanted,

Lovable style.

He must be tender and true,

And he must know how to woo.

I know we'll get acquainted mighty soon,

Out in a garden 'neath a harvest moon;

And if he proves to be the right little laddie,

I'll make him glad

He'll answer my ad!

 

Refrain 2 (Toots):

To be the boy of my choice,

He needn't own a Rolls Royce.

The kind of boy wanted

Needn't have gold;

Boy wanted,

Mustn't be cold.

If he has oodles of charm,

I'll even life on a farm.

if he fits into my picture of a home,

I'll be so nice he'll never have to roam.

Yes, if he proves to be the right little laddie,

I'll make him glad

He answered my ad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refrain 3 (Babe):

He must like musical shows,

And he must wear snappy clothes.

Yes, that is my story,

And to it I'll stick;

There's no glory

In having a hick.

He must know how to say "Yes!"

When I look at a new dress.

Oh, I'll be ready when the right one calls,

And I'll start vamping him until he falls;

And if he subsidises me, oh, sweet daddy!

I'll make him glad

He answered my ad!

 

Refrain 4 (Bunny):

The movies he must avoid,

He'll know his Nietzsche and Freud.

I said a boy wanted,

One who knows books;

Boy wanted

Needn't have looks.

He must be such a saint,

But, Oh! he dassent say 'ain't.'

I don't care if his bankroll totals naught,

For we can live on love and food for thought.

If he's a scholar, when I see him I'll holler,

'My lad, I'm glad

You answered my ad!'

 

 


Boy with the Bugle, That

(If He Walked Into My Life)

 

Where's that boy with the bugle?

My little love who was always my big romance;

Where's that boy with the bugle?

And why did I ever buy him those damn long pants?

 

Did he need a stronger hand?

Did he need a lighter touch?

Was I soft or was I tough?

Did I give enough?

Did I give too much?

At the moment he need me,

Did I ever turn away?

Would I be there when he called,

If he walked into my life today?

 

Were his days a little dull?

Were his nights a little wild?

Did I overstate my plan?

Did I stress the man?

And forget the child?

And there much have been a million things,

That my heart forget to say.

Would I think of one or two,

If he walked into my life today?

 

Should I blame the times I pampered him,

Or blame the times I bossed him?

What a shame I never really found the boy,

Before I lost him.

 

Were the years a little fast?

Was his world a little free?

Was there too much of a crowd?

All too lush and too loud

And not enough of me.

Though I'll ask myself my whole life long

What went wrong along the way,

Would I make the same mistakes

If he walked into my life today?

If that boy with the bugle,

Walked into my life today?

 

 

 

Broadway Baby

(Stephen Sondheim)

 

I'm just a Broadway baby,

Walking off my tired feet

Pounding 42nd street to be in a show

Broadway Baby, learning how to sing and dance

Waiting for that one big chance to be in a show

 

Gee, I'd like to be on some marquee,

All twinkling lights

A spark to pierce the dark

From Battery Park,

Way up to Washington Heights

 

Someday maybe, all my dreams will be repaid...

Hell, I'd even play the maid to be in a show!

 

Say, Mister Producer, I'm talking to you, sir

I don't need a lot, only what I've got

Plus a tube of greasepaint and a follow spot

 

Broadway baby, slaving at the five and ten

Dreamin' of that great day when I'll be in a show

Broadway baby, making rounds all afternoon

Eating at some greasy spoon to save on my dough

 

At my tiny flat, there's just my cat,

A bed and a chair

Still, I'll stick it till

I'm on a bill, all over Times Square

 

Someday maybe, if I stick it long enough,

I may get to strut my stuff

Working for a nice man,

Like a Zeigfeld or a Weissmann

In a great, big, Broadway show!

 


Bushel and Peck, A

(Frank Loesser)

 

I love you a bushel and peck

A bushel and peck

And a hug around the neck

A hug around the neck

And a barrel and a heap

A barrel and a heap

And I'm talking in my sleep

About you, about you

 

Cause I love you a bushel and a peck

You bet your pretty neck, I do

Doodle, oodle, oodle,

Doodle, oodle, oodle,

Doodle, oodle, oodle oo

 

I love you a bushel and peck

A bushel and peck

Though you make my heart a wreck

Make my heart a wreck

And you make my life a mess

Make my life a mess, yes

A mess of happiness

About you, about you

Cause I love you a bushel . . . .

 

I love you a bushel and peck

A bushel and peck

And it beats me all to heck

Beats me all to heck

And I'll never tend the farm

Never tend the farm

When I wanna keep my arm

About you, about you

 

(The cows and the chickens are going to the dickens)

 

Cause I love you a bushel and a peck

You bet your pretty neck, I do

Doodle, oodle, oodle,

Doodle, oodle, oodle,

Doodle, oodle, oodle oo

 

 

 

 

 

If I Were a Bell

(Frank Loesser)

 

Ask me...how do I feel,

Ask me now that we’re cozy and clinging!

Well, sir, all I can say

Is if I were a bell I’d be ringing!

 

From the moment we kissed tonight

That’s the way I just got to behave

Boy, if I were a lamp I’d light!

And if I were a banner I’d wave

 

Ask me how do I feel

Little me with my quiet upbringing

Well, sir, all I can say

Is if I were a gate I’d be swinging!

 

And if I were a watch I’d start

Popping my spring...

Oh, if I were a bell

I’d go ding-dong-ding-dong-ding

 

I’ve Never Been In Love Before

(1) Frank Loesser

 

I've never been in love before

Now all at once it's you

It's you forever more

I've never been in love before

I thought my heart was safe

I thought I knew the score

But this is wine

That's all too strange and strong

I'm full of foolish song

And out my song must pour.

So please forgive, this helpless haze I'm in

I've really never been in love before.

 


But Not For Me

Gershwin/Gershwin

 

They're writing songs of love, but not for me

A lucky star's above, but not for me

With love to lead the way

I've found more clouds of gray

Than any Russian play  - could guarantee

 

I was a fool to fall, and get that way

Ah ho alas and awe, so lackaday

Although I can't dismiss

The memory of his kiss

I guess he's not for me

 

Old man sunshine - listen you

Never tell me dreams come true

Just try it - and all start a riot

 

Beatrice Fairfax don't you dare

Ever tell me she will care

I'm certain - it's the final curtain

 

I never want to here from any cheerful Polly-Anna's

Who tell you fate supplies a mate - it's all bananas

 

It all began so well - but what an end

This is the time - a fellow needs a friend

When every happy plot

Ends with a marriage knot

And there's no knot, no (k)not for me

 

 


Button Up Your Overcoat

DeSylva, Brown, Henderson

Transcribed from vocals by Helen Kane, recorded 1/30/1929, from the musical "Follow Through,"

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-

Cabaret

(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,

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

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

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

Just like me, they long to be close to you

 

(Ah, aahh, aahh) Close to you

(Ah, aahh, aahh) 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.

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 starts hurtin',

You'll be doin' all right with your Christmas of white,

But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas.

 

Carol of the Bells

 

Hark how the bells,

Sweet silver bells,

All seem to say,

Throw cares away

 

Christmas is here,

Bringing good cheer,

To young and old,

Meek and the bold,

 

Oh how they pound,

Raising the sound,

O'er hill and dale,

Telling their tale,

 

Gaily they ring

While people sing

Songs of good cheer,

Christmas is here,

 

Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas,

Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas,

 

On on they send ,

On without end,

Their joyful tone

To every home

Dong Ding dong ding, dong Bong

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Island

Lyle Moraine (1946)

recorded by the Andrews Sisters and Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians (1946)

 

How'd ya like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?

How'd ya like to spend the holiday away across the sea?

How'd ya like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?

How'd ya like to hang your stocking on a great big coconut tree?

 

(bridge)

How'd ya like to stay up late, like the islanders do?

Wait for Santa to sail in with your presents in a canoe.

If you ever spend Christmas on Christmas Island

You will never stray for everyday

Your Christmas dreams come true.

Christmas Song

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

by Mel Torme and Robert Wells

 

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Jack Frost nipping at your nose

Yuletide carols being sung by a choir

And folks dressed up like Eskimos

 

Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe

Help to make the season bright

Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow

Will find it hard to sleep tonight

 

They know that Santa's on his way

He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh

And every mother's child is gonna spy

To see if reindeer really know how to fly

 

And so I'm offering this simple phrase

To kids from one to ninety-two

Although it's been said many times, many ways,

"Merry Christmas to you."


Christmas Dinner Country Style

 

Mother, mother, everybody's starvin'

Mother, mother, let's eat

Hold your horses, got a million courses

And I'm fixin' a treat

Jeremiah, go and help your mother

Jay and Jonah, you too

Ezachiah, go and get your brother

Then fetch Jamie and Sue

 

Mother, mother, everybody's happy

Got a reason to smile

`Cause you know that I'm about to servin'

Christmas dinner country style

Christmas dinner country style

 

Everybody's sittin' by your head

We'll all say praise and then break bread

Put your napkin on your lap

While (?) is sided from the tap

 

Oh don't that turkey look divine

We'll promenade it down the line

Plenty off duck, well long (?) on white

So (?) plant it to your right

 

Now the sachet (?) hello met country ham

And double-sachet (?) ham

Swing to the left, and test that stuffin'

And swing to the right, a Huckleberry muffin

 

Time for your partner to reach across

And dosey-dose the cranberry sauce

Have another helpin' (?) one and all

And you in the roomer (?), swing to the ball

Pass a little rumsteak, if you please

And promenade the pretty bag-eyed (?) beast

 

When you all say cheese, dosey-dose

So much's turkey is about to explode

But you still gotta swing to the pickle twist

Choose your pie (?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh dinner was grand, to say the least

So honour the lady who cooked the beast

 

Mother, mother, thank you for the dinner

All the fixin's were great

 

Nothin' to it, mighty glad to do it

Seeing how much you ate

 

Jeremiah, go and get your dinner

Come on father, let's eat (?)

 

I'm too full of turkey and the stuffin'

I ain't takin' chance

It's a very, very merry Christmas

Got a reason to smile

 

Mother, mother, everybody loved your

Christmas dinner country style

Christmas dinner country style


Dreidel

I have a little Dreidel, round and round it spins

On which letter will it fall, Nun Gimmel Heh or Shin

I have a little Dreidel, round and round it spins

On which letter will it fall, I wonder who will win.

 

Chorus I:

My Dreidel, I made you out of clay

And when you’re dry and ready,

Oh Dreidel I shall play

Oh Dreidel I made it out of clay

And when it’s dry and ready,

With Dreidel I will play.

 

One foot come on let’s stand

Then slowly start to spin

This is the game of Dreidel

Where everybody wins.

 

Chorus II:

Oh Dreidel I’ll spin and spin away

With you my little Dreidel it’ll be so great to play

Oh Dreidel I made it out of clay

And when it’s dry and ready,

With Dreidel will I play.

 

Nes Gadol Hayah Po

In the days of Mattisyahu long ago

Nes Gadol Hayah Po

In the days of the Maccabees long ago.

Repeat Chorus I

 

The Dreidel spins, it falls on Shin Gimmel Nun or Heh

We remember the nissim (miracles) of God even as we play.

Repeat Chorus II

 

Dreidel, Spin, Spin, Spin

Dreidel, Spin, Spin, Spin

Dreidel, spin, spin, spin!

Chanukah is a good holiday;

Chanukah is a good holiday -

Dreidel, spin, spin, spin!

 

It's a happy holiday for the people;

A great miracle happened there;

A great miracle happened there

It's a happy holiday for the people

 

I Have a Little Dreidel

I have a little dreidel  I made it out of clay

And when it's dry and ready

Then dreidel I shall play

 

O dreidel dreidel dreidel I made it out of clay

O Dreidle, dreidel, dreidel

Then dreidle I shall play

 

It has a lovely body

With legs so short and thin

And when it is all tired

It drops and then I win

 

Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel 

With leg so short and thin

Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel

It drops and then I win.

 

My dreidel's always playful

It loves to dance and spin

A happy game of dreidel

Come play now let's begin

 

Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel

It loves to dance and spin

Oh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel

Come play, now, let's begin

 

I Am a Little Dreydl

I am a little dreydl,

I am made of lead.

Come let us all play

At dreydl - one two three.

Oh dreydl, dreydl, dreydl,

oh spin dreydl spin.

So let all of us play

at dreydl, one and two.

 

And I love to dance,

to twirl in a circle.

Come let us all dance

a dreydl-round-dance.

Oh dreydl, dreydl, dreydl

 


Deck the Halls

Deck the halls with bought of holly,

Fa la la la la la, la la la la.

Tis the season to by jolly,

Fa la la la la la, la la la la.

 

Don we now our gay apparel,

Fa la la, la la la, la la la.

Troll the ancient Yuletide carol,

Fa la la la la la, la la la la.

 

See the blazing Yule before us,

Fa la la la la la, la la la la.

Strike the harp and join the chorus.

Fa la la la la la, la la la la.

 

Follow me in merry measure,

Fa la la, la la la, la la la.

While I tell of Yuletide treasure,

Fa la la la la la, la la la la.

 

Fast away the old year passes,

Fa la la la la la, la la la la.

Hail the new, ye lads and lasses,

Fa la la, la la la, la la la.

 

Sing we joyous, all together,

Fa la la la la la, la la la la.

Heedless of the wind and weather,

Fa la la la la la, la la la la.

 

Do You Hear What I Hear?

 

Said the night wind to the little lamb

Do you see what I see?

'Way up in the sky, little lamb

Do you see what I see?

 

A star, a star

Dancing in the night

With a tail as big as a kite

With a tail as big as a kite

 

Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy

Do you hear what I hear?

Ringing thru the sky, shepherd boy

Do you hear what I hear?

 

A song, a song

High above the tree

With a voice as big as the sea

With a voice as big as the sea

 

Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king

Do you know what I know?

In your palace warm, mighty king

Do you know what I know?

 

A Child, a Child

Shivers in the cold

Let us bring Him silver and gold

Let us bring Him silver and gold

 

Said the king to the people ev'rywhere

Listen to what I say!

Pray for peace, people ev'rywhere

Listen to what I say!

 

The Child, the Child

Sleeping in the night

He will bring us goodness and light

He will bring us goodness and light  

 

Feliz Navidad

 

Feliz Navidad

Feliz Navidad

Feliz Navidad

Prospero ano y felicidad

 

Feliz Navidad

Feliz Navidad

Feliz Navidad

Prospero ano y felicidad

 

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas

With lots of presents to make you happy

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas

From the bottom of my heart

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas

With mistletoe and lots of cheer

With lots of laughter throughout the years

From the bottom of my heart

 

Feliz Navidad

Feliz Navidad

Feliz Navidad

Prospero ano y felicidad 


First Noel, The

 

The first Noel, the angel did say,

Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;

In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,

On a cold winter's night that was so deep.

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,

Born is the King of Israel.

 

They looked up and saw a star

Shining in the the East, beyond them far;

And to the earth it gave great light,

And so it continued both day and night.

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,

Born is the King of Israel.

 

And by the light of that same star,

Three wise men came from country far;

To seek for a King was their intent,

And to follow the star wherever it went.

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,

Born is the King of Israel.

 

This star drew night to the northwest,

O'er Bethlehem it took its rest;

And there it did both stop and stay,

Right over the place where Jesus lay.

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,

Born is the King of Israel.

 

Then entered in those wise men three,

Full reverently upon their knee;

And offered there in his presence,

Their gold, and myrrh, and frankincense.

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,

Born is the King of Israel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frosty the Snowman

 

Frosty the snowman

Was a jolly, happy soul,

With a corncob pipe and a button nose

And two eyes made out of coal.

 

Frosty the snowman

Is a fairy tale, they say;

He was made of snow, but the children know

How he came to life one day.

 

There must have been some magic in

That old silk hat they found,

For when they placed it on his head,

He began to dance around.

 

Oh, Frosty the snow man

Was alive as he could be,

And the children say he could laugh and play

Just the same as you and me.

Frosty the snowman

Knew the sun was hot that day,

So he said, "Let's run and we'll have some fun

Now before I melt away."

 

Down to the village

With a broomstick in his hand,

Running here and there all around the square,

Sayin', "Catch me if you can."

 

He led them down the streets of town

Right to a traffic cop,

And he only paused a moment when

He heard him holler, "Stop!"

 

For Frosty the snow man

Had to hurry on his way,

But he waved good-bye, sayin', "Don't you cry,

I'll be back again someday."

 

Thumpety thump thump, thumpety thump thump,

Look at Frosty go;

Thumpety thump thump, thumpety thump thump,

Over the hills of snow. 


God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen,

God rest you merry, gentlemen,

Let nothing you dismay,

Remember Christ our Savior

Was born on Christmas day,

To save us all from Satan's power

When we were gone astray:

 

Chorus

O tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy,

O tidings of comfort and joy.

 

From God our heavenly Father

A blessed angel came.

And unto certain shepherds

Brought tidings of the same,

How that in Bethlehem was born

The Son of God by name:

Repeat Chorus

 

"Fear not," then said the angel,

Let nothing you affright,

This day is born a Savior,

Of virtue, power, and might;

So frequently to vanquish all

The friends of Satan quite:

Repeat Chorus

 

The shepherds at those tidings

Rejoiced much in mind,

And left their flocks a-feeding,

In tempest, storm, and wind,

And went to Bethlehem straightway

This blessed babe to find:

Repeat Chorus

 

But when to Bethlehem they came,

Whereat this infant lay

They found him in a manger,

Where oxen feed on hay;

His mother Mary kneeling,

Unto the Lord did pray:

Repeat Chorus

 

Now to the Lord sing praises,

All you within this place,

And with true love and brotherhood

Each other now embrace;

This holy tide of Christmas

All others doth deface: (Repeat Chorus)

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

 

Chorus

 

Grandma got run over by a reindeer

Walking home from our house Christmas Eve.

You can say there's no such thing as Santa,

But as for me an' Grandpa, we believe.

 

She'd been drinking too much eggnog,

And we begged her not to go.

But she forgot her medication,

And she staggered out the door into the snow.

 

When we found her Christmas morning,

At the scene of the attack

She had hoof prints on her forehead,

And incriminating Claus marks on her back.

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Now we're all so proud of Grandpa,

He's been taking this so well.

See him in there watching football,

Drinking beer and playing cards with cousin Mel.

 

It's not Christmas without Grandma,

All the family's dressed in black.

And we just can't help but wonder

Should we open up her gifts or send them back?

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Now the goose is on the table

And the pudding made of fig (ahhhhh!)

And the blue and silver candles,

That would just have matched the hair in Grandma's wig.

 

I've warned all my friends and neighbors,

Better watch out for yourselves.

They should never give a license,

To a man who drives a sleigh

and plays with elves.

Sing it, Grandpa!

 

Repeat Chorus


Hard Candy Christmas

Carol Hall

Hey, maybe I'll dye my hair

Maybe I'll move somewhere; Maybe I'll get a car

Maybe I'll drive so far they'll all lose track

Me, I'll bounce right back.

 

Maybe I'll sleep real late

Maybe I'll lose some weight

Maybe I'll clear the junk

Maybe I'll just get drunk on apple wine.

Me, I'll be just fine and dandy

Chorus

Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas

I'm barely getting through tomorrow

Still I won't let sorrow bring me way down.

I'll be fine and dandy

Repeat Chorus

 

Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

Hark! The herald angels sing,

Glory to the newborn King

Peace on earth, and mercy mild,

God and sinners reconciled!

Joyful, all ye nations, rise,

Join the triumph of the skies;

With the angelic host proclaim,

Christ is born in Bethlehem!

 

Hark! The herald angels sing,

Glory to the newborn King!

Christ, by highest heaven adored:

Christ, the ever-lasting Lord!

Late in time behold him come,

Offspring of the virgin's womb.

Veiled in flesh the God-head see;

Hail the incarnate Deity;

Pleased as man with men to dwell,

Jesus, our Emmanuel.

 

Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!

Hail the Sun of Righteousness!

Light and life to all he brings,

Risen with healing in his wings,

Mild he lays his glory by,

Born that man no more may die,

Born to raise the sons of earth,

Born to give them second birth.

Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas

Have a holly, jolly Christmas;

It's the best time of the year

I don't know if there'll be snow,

But have a cup of cheer.

 

Have a holly, jolly Christmas;

And when you walk down the street

Say Hello to friends you know

And ev'ryone you meet.

 

Oh, ho, the mistletoe

Hung where you can see;

Somebody waits for you;

Kiss her once for me.

 

Have a holly jolly Christmas,

And in case you didn't hear,

Oh by golly, have a holly, jolly Christmas

This year!

 

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

 

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Let your hearts be light

From now on, our troubles will be out of sight

 

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Make the Yuletide gay

From now on, our troubles will be miles away

 

Here we are as in olden days

Happy golden days of yore

Faithful friends who are dear to us

Gather near to us once more

 

Through the years we all will be together

If the fates allow

Hang a shining star upon the highest bough

And have yourself a merry little Christmas now


Here Comes Santa Claus

Gene Autry, Oakley Haldeman

 

Here comes Santa Claus!

Here comes Santa Claus!

Right down Santa Claus Lane!

Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer

Are pulling on the reins.

Bells are ringing, children singing;

All is merry and bright.

Hang your stockings and say your prayers,

'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight.

 

Here comes Santa Claus!

Here comes Santa Claus!

Right down Santa Claus Lane!

He's got a bag that is filled with toys

for the boys and girls again.

Hear those sleigh bells jingle jangle,

What a beautiful sight.

Jump in bed, cover up your head,

'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight.

 

Home for the Holidays

Robert Allen - Al Stillman

 

Tonight I'll dream of a place I like

And soon I will be there

Even though so many miles lie in between

I can hardly wait to see the one

I'm always thinking of

There'll be cold and stormy weather

But we all will be together

 

Chorus

Oh, there's no place like home for the holidays

'Cause no matter how far away you roam

When you pine

For the sunshine of a friendly gaze

For the holidays

You can't beat home, sweet home

 

I met a man who lives in Tennessee

And he was headin’ for

Pennsylvania and some home made pumpkin pie

From Pennsylvania folks a travelin’ down

To Dixie’s sunny shore

From Atlantic to Pacific, gee

The traffic is terrific

Repeat Chorus

I'll be Home for Christmas

Kim Gannon, Walter Kent and Buck Ram

 

I'll be home for Christmas

You can count on me

Please have snow and mistletoe

And presents on the tree

 

Christmas Eve will find me

Where the love-light gleams

I'll be home for Christmas

If only in my dreams

 


I'm Getting Nothing For Christmas

 

I broke my bat on Johnny's head,

Somebody snitched on me.

I hid a frog in sister's bed,

Somebody snitched on me.

I spilled some ink on Mommy's rug,

I made Tommy eat a bug,

Bought some gum with a penny slug,

Somebody snitched on me.

 

Oh, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas,

Mommy and Daddy are mad,

I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas,

'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

 

I put a tack on teacher's chair,

Somebody snitched on me.

I tied a knot in Susie's hair,

Somebody snitched on me.

I did a dance on Mommy's plants,

Climbed a tree and tore my pants,

Filled the sugar bowl with ants,

Somebody snitched on me.

 

So, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas,

Mommy and Daddy are mad.

I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas,

'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

 

I won't be seeing Santa Claus,

Somebody snitched on me.

He won't come visit me because,

Somebody snitched on me.

Next year I'll be going straight,

Next year I'll be good, just wait,

I'd start now, but it's too late,

Somebody snitched on me.

 

So, I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas,

Mommy and Daddy are mad.

I'm gettin' nuttin' for Christmas,

'Cause I ain't been nuttin' but bad.

 

So you better be good whatever you do,

'Cause if you're bad, I'm warning you,

You'll get nuttin' for Christmas.


I Saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus

I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus

Underneath the mistletoe last night

She didn't see me creep

Down the stairs to have a peep

She thought that I was tucked

up In my bedroom fast asleep

 

Then I saw Mommy tickle Santa Claus

Underneath his beard so snowy white

Oh, what a laugh it would have been

If Daddy had only seen Mommy Kissing Santa Claus last night

 

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Everywhere you go

Take a look in the five-and-ten,

Glistening once again

With candy canes and silver lanes aglow

 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Toys in every store

But the prettiest sight to see

is the holly that will be

On your own front door

 

A pair of hop along boots and a pistol that shoots

Is the wish of Barney and Ben

Dolls that will talk and will go for a walk

Is the hope of Janice and Jen

And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Everywhere you go

There's a tree in the Grand Hotel,

One in the park as well

The sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow

 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Soon the bells will start

And the thing that will make them ring

Is the carol that you sing

Right within your heart

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

By Eddie Pola and George Wyle

 

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

With the kids jingle belling

And everyone telling you "Be of good cheer"

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

 

It's the hap -happiest season of all

With those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings

When friends come to call

It's the hap - happiest season of all

 

Chorus

There'll be parties for hosting

Marshmallows for toasting

And caroling out in the snow

There'll be scary ghost stories

And tales of the glories of

Christmases long, long ago

 

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

There'll be much mistltoeing

And hearts will be glowing

When love ones are near

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Repeat Chorus

 

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

There'll be much mistltoeing

And hearts will be glowing

When love ones are near

It's The Most Wonderful Time

It's The Most Wonderful Time

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

 


Jingle Bells

Dashing thru the snow,

In a one-horse open sleigh

Over the fields we go,

Laughing all the way

Bells on bob-tail ring,

Making spirits bright

What fun it is to ride and sing

A sleighing song tonight.

 

Chorus

Oh Jingle bells! Jingle bells! Jingle all the way!

Oh what fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh

Jingle bells! Jingle bells! Jingle all the way!

Oh what fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh

 

A day or two ago,

I thought I'd take a ride

And soon Miss Fanny Bright,

Was seated by my side

The horse was lean and lank,

Misfortune seemed his lot

He got into a drifted bank

And so we got upset

Repeat Chorus

 

Now the ground in white,

Go it while you're still young

Take the girls tonight,

And sing this sleighing song

Just get a bob-tailed bay,

Two forty for his speed

Then hitch him to an open sleigh

And crack you'll take the lead

Repeat Chorus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jingle Bell Rock

 

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring

Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun

Now the jingle hop has begun

 

Jingle bell

Jingle bell

Jingle bell rock

Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time

Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square

In the frosty air

 

What a bright time

It's the right time

To rock the night away

Jingle bell time is a swell time

To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse

Pick up your feet

Jingle around the clock

Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet

That's the jingle bell

 

That's the jingle bell

That's the jingle bell rock

 


Jolly Old Saint Nicholas

Jolly old Saint Nicholas,

Lean your ear this way!

Don't you tell a single soul

What I'm going to say;

Christmas Eve is coming soon;

Now, you dear old man,

Whisper what you'll bring to me;

Tell me if you can.

 

When the clock is striking twelve,

When I'm fast asleep,

Down the chimney broad and black,

With your pack you'll creep;

All the stockings you will find

Hanging in a row;

Mine will be the shortest one,

You'll be sure to know.

 

Johnny wants a pair of skates;

Susie wants a dolly;

Nellie wants a story book;

She thinks dolls are folly;

As for me, my little brain

Isn't very bright;

Choose for me, old Santa Claus,

What you think is right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joy to the World

Joy to the world, the Lord is come

Let earth receive her King

Let every heart prepare Him room

And heaven and nature sing

And heaven and nature sing

And heaven and heaven and nature sing

 

Joy to the world, the Savior reigns

Let men their songs employ

While fields and floods

Rocks hills and plains

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat the sounding joy

Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

 

No more let sin and sorrow grow

Not thorns infest the ground

He comes to make

His blessings flow

Far as the curse is found

Far as the curse is found

Far as, far as the curse is found

 

He rules the world with truth and grace

And makes the nations prove

The glories of

His righteousness

And wonders of His love

And wonders of His love

And wonders, and wonders of his love


Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

(1) Sammy Cahn - Jule Styne

 

Oh the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful

And since we've no place to go

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

 

It doesn't show signs of stopping

And I've bought some corn for popping

The lights are turned way down low

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

 

When we finally kiss goodnight

How I'll hate going out in the storm

But if you'll really hold me tight

All the way home I'll be warm

 

The fire is slowly dying

And, my dear, we're still goodbying

But as long as you love me so

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Little Drummer Boy, The

Come they told me, Pa rum pum pum pum

A new born King to see, Pa rum pum pum pum

Our finest gifts we bring, Pa rum pum pum pum

To lay before the king, Pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum

So to honor Him, Pa rum pum pum pum

When we come

 

Little baby, Pa rum pum pum pum

I am a poor boy too, Pa rum pum pum pum

I have no gift to bring, Pa rum pum pum pum

That's fit to give our King, Pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum

Shall I play for you  Pa rum pum pum pum

On my drum

 

Mary nodded, Pa rum pum pum pum

The ox and lamb kept time,  Pa rum pum pum pum

I played my drum for Him, Pa rum pum pum pum

I played my best for Him , Pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum

Then He smiled at me, Pa rum pum pum pum

Me and my drum

 

Mele Kalikimaka

 

Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say

On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day.

That's the island greeting that we send to you

From the land where palm trees sway.

Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright

The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night.

Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way

To say "Merry Christmas to you."

Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say

On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day.

That's the island greeting that we send to you

From the land where palm trees sway.

Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright

The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night.

Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way

To say "Merry Christmas to you


Mister Santa

 

Mr. Santa bring me some toys

bring Merry Xmas to all girls and boys

and everynight Ill go to sleep singing

and dream about the presents you'll be bringing

Santa, Santa Promise Me please

give every reindeeer a hug and a squeeze

I’ll be as good as good can be

Mr. Santa dont forget me

 

Chorus:

Oh Santa, Santa, Mr Santa

 

Mr .Santa, Dear Old Saint Nick

Be awful careful and please dont get sick!

Put on your coat when breezes are blowing

and when you cross the street

look where youre going!

 

Santa, I love you so

I hope youll never get lost in the snow

Take your time when you unpack

Mr. Santa dont hurry back

Mr. Santa, Weve been so good

We washed the dishes and

done what we should

Made up the beds and

scrubbed up our toesys

weve used a hanky

when weve blown our noseys

 

Santa, look at our ears

Theyre as clean as whistles

were sharper than shears

Now, we put you on the spot.

Mr. Santa,Santa

Please please Santa

Merry Christmas Santa To You......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh Come All Ye Faithful

Oh come, all ye faithful,

Joyful and triumphant,

Oh come ye, Oh come ye to Bethlehem.

Come and behold Him,

Born the King of Angels!

 

Chorus

Oh come, let us adore Him,

Oh come, let us adore Him,

Oh come, let us adore Him,

Christ the Lord.

 

Sing, alleluia,

All ye choirs of angels;

Oh sing, all ye blissful ones of heaven above.

Glory to God

In the highest glory!

Repeat Chorus

 

Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,

Born this happy morning;

Jesus, to Thee be the glory giv'n;

Word of the Father,

Now in the flesh appearing,

Repeat Chorus

 

Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel

Oh come, oh come, Emmanuel

And ransom captive Israel

That mourns in lonely exile here

Until the Son of God appear.

 

Chorus

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee o Israel.

 

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free

Thine own from Satan's tyranny

From depths of Hell thy people save

And give them vict'ry o'er the grave.

Repeat Chorus

 

O come, o Day-spring come and cheer

Our spirits by Thine advent here

And drive away the shades of night

And pierce the clouds and bring us light.

Repeat Chorus


Oh Holy Night

 

Oh Holy night, the stars are brightly shining

It is the night of the dear Savior's birth

Long lay the world in sin and error pining

Till He appeared and the soul felt His worth

 

A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices

For yonder beams a new and glorious morn

Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the angel voices!

Oh night divine! O night when Christ was born!

Oh night divine! Oh night, Oh night divine!

 

Led by the light of faith serenely beaming

With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand

So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming

Here came the wise men from the Orient land

 

The King of Kings lay in lowly manger

In all our trials born to be our friend

He knows our need

To our weakness no stranger

Behold your King! before the lowly bend!

Behold your King! before Him bend!

 

Truly he taught us to love one another

His law is love and His gospel is peace

Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother

And in His name all oppression shall cease

 

Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus rise we

Let all within us praise His holy name

Christ is the Lord

Then ever, ever praise we

His power and glory ever more proclaim

His power and glory ever more proclaim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh Christmas Tree

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree!

How are thy leaves so verdant!

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree,

How are thy leaves so verdant!

 

Not only in the summertime,

But even in winter is thy prime.

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,

How are thy leaves so verdant!

 

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,

Much pleasure doth thou bring me!

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,

Much pleasure doth thou bring me!

 

For every year the Christmas tree,

Brings to us all both joy and glee.

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,

Much pleasure doth thou bring me!

 

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,

Thy candles shine out brightly!

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,

Thy candles shine out brightly!

 

Each bough doth hold its tiny light,

That makes each toy to sparkle bright.

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,

Thy candles shine out brightly!

 


Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem

Oh little town of Bethlehem,

How still we see the lie!

Above thy deep and dreamless sleep

The silent stars go by;

Yet in thy dark streets shineth

The everlasting Light;

The hopes and fears of all the years

Are met in thee to-night.

 

For Christ is born of Mary,

And gathered all above,

While mortals sleep, the angels keep

Their watch of wondering love.

O morning stars, together

Proclaim the holy birth!

And praises sing to God the King,

And peace to men on earth.

 

How silently, how silently,

The wondrous gift is given!

So God imparts to human hearts

The blessings of his heaven.

No ear may hear his coming,

But in this world of sin,

Where meek souls will receive him, still

The dear Christ enters in.

 

Where children pure and happy

Pray to the blessed Child,

Where misery cries out to thee,

Son of the mother mild;

Where charity stands watching

And faith holds wide the door,

The dark night wakes, the glory breaks,

And Christmas comes once more.

 

O holy Child of Bethlehem!

Descend to us, we pray;

Cast out our sin and enter in,

Be born in us to-day.

We hear the Christmas angels

The great glad tidings tell;

O come to us, abide with us, Our Lord Emmanuel.

 

Over the River and Through the Woods!

 

Over the river and through the woods

To Grandmother's house we go.

The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh

Through white and drifted snow.

Over the river and through the woods,

Oh, how the wind does blow.

It stings the toes and bites the nose

As over the ground we go.

 

Over the river and through the woods

To have a full day of play.

Oh, hear the bells ringing ting-a-ling-ling,

For it is Christmas Day.

Over the river and through the woods,

Trot fast my dapple gray;

Spring o'er the ground just like a hound,

For this is Christmas Day.

 

Over the river and through the woods

And straight through the barnyard gate.

It seems that we go so dreadfully slow;

It is so hard to wait.

Over the river and through the woods,

Now Grandma's cap I spy.

Hurrah for fun, the pudding's done;

Hurrah for the pumpkin pie.


Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

J. Marks

 

Rockin' around the Christmas tree

At the Christmas Party Hop

Mistletoe hung where you can see

Every couple tries to stop

 

Rockin' around the Christmas tree

Let the Christmas spirit ring

Later we'll have some pumpkin pie

And we'll do some carolling

 

You will get a sentimental feeling

When you hear

Voices singing Let's be jolly

Deck the halls with boughs of holly

 

Rockin' around the Christmas tree

Have a happy holiday

Everyone dancin' merrily

In the new old fashioned way

 

Oh, yeah, come on sax boy, oh

You will get a sentimental feeling

When you hear

Voices singing let's be jolly

Deck the halls with boughs of holly

 

Rockin' around the Christmas tree

Have a happy holiday

Everyone dancin' merrily

In the new old fashioned way

Merry Christmas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

You know Dasher, and Dancer,

And Prancer, and Vixen,

Comet, and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen

But do you recall

The most famous reindeer of all

 

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer

Had a very shiny nose

And if you ever saw it

You would even say it glows.

 

All of the other reindeer

Used to laugh and call him names

They never let poor Rudolph

Play in any reindeer games.

 

Then one foggy Christmas eve

Santa came to say:

Rudolph with your nose so bright,

Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

 

Then all the reindeer loved him

As they shouted out with glee,

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,

You'll go down in history!


Run, Run, Ruldolph

Out of all the reindeer you know you're the mastermind

Run, run Rudolph,

Randalph's not too far behind

Run, run Rudolph,

Santa's got to make it to town

Randalph he can hurry,

He can take the freeway down

 

And away went Rudolph

A whizzing like a merry-go-round

Said Santa to a boy child

"What have you been longing for?"

"All I want for Christmas is a Rock and Roll electric guitar"

And away went Rudolph

A whizzing like a shooting star

Run, run Rudolph,

Santa's got to make it to town

Can't you make him hurry,

Tell him he can take the freeway down

And away went Rudolph

A whizzing like a merry-go-round

 

Said Santa to a girl child

"What would you like most to get?"

"I want a little baby doll that can cry,

Scream and wet"

And away went Rudolph

A whizzing like a Saber jet

 

Run, run Rudolph,

Run, run Rudolph,

A running like a son-of-a-gun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santa Baby

Santa baby,

Slip a sable under the tree, for me

I've been an awful good girl

Santa baby,  and hurry down the chimney tonight

 

Santa baby,

An out-of-space convertible too, light blue

I'll wait up for you dear

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

 

Think of all the fun I've missed

Think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed

Next year I could be oh so good

If you'd check off my Christmas list

Boo doo bee doo

 

Santa honey,

I wanna yacht and really that's not a lot

I've been an angel all year

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

 

Santa cutie,

There's one thing I really do need, the deed

To a platinum mine

Santa cutie, and hurry down the chimney tonight

 

Santa baby,

I'm filling my stocking with a duplex, and checks

Sign your 'X' on the line

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

 

Come and trim my Christmas tree

With some decorations bought at Tiffany's

I really do believe in you

Let's see if you believe in me

Boo doo bee doo

 

Santa baby,

Forgot to mention one little thing, a ring

I don't mean a phone

Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight

Hurry down the chimney tonight

Hurry down the chimney tonight


Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

 

Chorus

You better watch out, you better not cry

Better not shout, I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town

 

He's making a list, and checking it twice

Gonna find out who's naughty and nice

Santa Claus is coming to town

 

He sees you when you're sleeping

He knows when you're awake

He knows if you've been bad or good

So be good for goodness' sake, Oh!

Repeat Chorus

 

With little tin horns

And little toy drums

Rooty toot toots

And Rummy Tum Tums

Santa Claus is coming to town.

 

With curly head dolls

And toddles and cutes

Elephant boats

And kiddy cars too

Santa Claus is coming to town.

 

The kids and girls in boyland,

Will have a jubilee.

They’re going to build a toyland town,

All around the Christmas Tree.

Repeat Chorus


Silent Night

Silent night, holy night,

All is calm, all is bright,

Round yon virgin mother and child,

Holy infant so tender and mild,

Sleep in heavenly peace,

Sleep in heavenly peace

 

Silent night, holy night!

Shepherds quake at the sight.

Glories stream from heaven afar

Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,

Christ the Savior is born!

Christ the Savior is born.

 

Silent night, holy night!

Son of God love's pure light.

Radiant beams from Thy holy face

With dawn of redeeming grace,

Jesus Lord, at Thy birth.

Jesus Lord, at Thy birth.

 

Silver Bells

Jay Livingston - Ray Evans

 

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks

Dressed in holiday style

In the air there's a feeling of Christmas

Children laughing, people passing

Meeting smile after smile

And on every street corner you hear:

 

Chorus

Silver bells, silver bells

It's Christmas time in the city

Ring-a-ling, hear them ring

Soon it will be Christmas day

 

Strings of street lights, even stop lights

Blink a bright red and green

As the shoppers rush home with their treasures

Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch

This is Santa's big scene

And above all this bustle you hear:

 

Repeat Chorus

 

 

 

Sleigh Ride

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,

Ring ting tingling too

Come on, it's lovely weather 

For a sleigh ride together with you,

Outside the snow is falling 

And friends are calling You who

Come on, it's lovely weather

For a sleigh ride together with you.

 

Giddy yap, giddy yap, giddy yap, let's go,

Let's look at the show,

We're riding in a wonderland of snow.

Giddy yap, giddy yap, giddy yap,

It's grand, just holding your hand,

We're gliding along with a song

Of a wintry fairy land.

 

Chorus

Our cheeks are nice and rosy

And comfy cozy are we

We're snuggled up together

Like two birds of a feather would be

Let's take that road before us

And sing a chorus or two

Come on, it's lovely weather

For a sleigh ride together with you.

 

There's a birthday party 

At the home of Farmer Gray

It'll be the perfect ending of a perfect day

We'll be singing the songs

We love to sing without a single stop,

At the fireplace while we watch

The chestnuts pop. Pop! pop! pop!

 

There's a happy feeling

Nothing in the world can buy,

When they pass around the chocolate

And the pumpkin pie

It'll nearly be like a picture print

By Currier and Ives

These wonderful things are the things

We remember all through our lives!

Of a wintry fairy land

 

Repeat Chorus

 


So This Is Christmas

 

So this is Christmas

And what have you done?

Another year over

And a new one just begun

And so this is Christmas

I hope you have fun

The near and the dear one

The old and the young.

 

A very Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

 

And so this is Christmas

For weak and for strong

For rich and the poor ones

The world is so wrong

And so this is Christmas

For black and for white

For yellow and red ones

Let's stop all the fight.

 

A very Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

 

So this is Christmas

And what have you done?

Another year over

And a new one just begun

And so this is Christmas

I hope you have fun

The near and the dear one

The old and the young.

 

A very Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year

Let's hope it's a good one

Without any fear

 

War is over!

If you want it

War is over!

Now!

 

Suzy Snowflake

 

Here comes Suzy Snowflake,

Dressed in a snow-white gown,

Tap, tap, tappin' at your windowpane,

To tell you she's in town.

 

Here comes Suzy Snowflake,

Soon you will hear her say,

"Come out ev'ryone and play with me,

I haven't long to stay."

 

If you want to make a snowman,

I'll help you make it, one, two, three.

If you want to take a sleigh ride,

Whoops!  The ride's on me.

 

Here comes Suzy Snowflake,

Look at her tumblin' down,

Bringing joy to ev'ry girl and boy,

Suzy's come to town.

 

If you want to make a snowman,

I'll help you make it, one, two, three.

If you want to take a sleigh ride,

Whoops!  The ride's on me.

 

Here comes Suzy Snowflake,

Look at her tumblin' down,

Bringing joy to ev'ry girl and boy,

Suzy's come to town.

 


That's What I Want For Christmas

When you said that yesterday

That it's nearly Christmas

What did I want

And I thought

Just love me, love me, love me

That's what I want for Christmas

When I walk through a room

Let them see you need me

Walk through a room

Let them see you love me, love me, love me

That's what I want for Christmas

 

Anyone can wish for all the trinkets in the window

Some can even buy the ones they see

But the presents that I want ( I want )

You'll never find in any window

Bring me love and bring it just for me ( for me )

When you come home at night

Take me in your arms and hold me

Kiss me, and say you love me, love me, love me

That's what I want for Christmas

 

Da doo da doo

Hoo hoo hoo

Love me, love me

That's what I want

That's what I want for Christmas, yeah

Anyone can wish for all the trinkets in the window

Some can even buy the things they see

But the presents that I want ( I want )

You'll never find in any window

Bring me love and bring it just for me ( just for me)

 

When you come home at night

And take me in your arms

And you hold me

And you kiss me

And say you love me, love me, love me

That's what I want for Christmas

Hold me ( hold me ), kiss me ( kiss me )

That's what I want for Christmas

 

 

There's a Song in the Air

Words: J G Holland; Music: K P Herington

 

There's a song in the air,

There's a star in the sky.

There's a mother's deep prayer,

And a baby's low cry.

And the star rains its fire,

While the beautiful sing.

For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King.

 

There's a tumult of joy

O'er the wonderful birth.

For the Virgin's sweet boy,

Is the Lord of the earth.

And the star sends its fire,

While the beautiful sing.

For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King.

 

In the light of that star,

Lies the ages impearled.

And that song from afar,

Has swept over the world.

Every heart is aflame,

And the beautiful sing.

For the manger of Bethlehem cradles a King.

 

We rejoice in the light,

And we echo the song

That comes down through the night

From the heavenly throng.

Ay! we shout to the lovely

Evangel they bring,

And we greet in His cradle

Our Saviour and King!

 

There's a song in the air,

There's a star in the sky.

There's a song in the air,

There's a star in the sky.


Up On The House Top

Up on the housetop reindeer pause

Out jumps good old Santa Clause

Down thru the chimney with lots of toys

All for the little ones

Christmas joys

 

Chorus

Ho, ho, ho!

Who wouldn’t go!

Ho, ho, ho!

Who wouldn’t go!

Up on the housetop

Click, click, click

Down thru the chimney with

Good Saint Nick

 

First comes the stocking

Of little Nell

Oh, dear Santa

Fill it well

Give her a dolly

That laughs and cries

One that will open

And shut her eyes

 

Rpeat Chorus

 

Next comes the stocking

Of little Will

Oh, just see what

A glorious fill

Here is a hammer

And lots of tacks

Also a ball

And a whip that cracks

 

Rpeat Chorus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We Need a Little Christmas

by Jerry Herman

 

Haul out the holly

Put up the tree before my

Spirit falls again

Fill up the stocking

I may be rushing things,

But deck the halls again now

 

For we need a little Christmas

Right this very minute

Candles in the window

Carols at the spinet

 

Yes, we need a little Christmas

Right this very minute

It hasn't snowed a single flurry

But Santa, dear, we're in a hurry

 

So climb down the chimney

Turn on the brightest string of light

I've ever seen

Slice up the fruitcake

It's time we hung some tinsel

On that evergreen bough

 

For I've grown a little leaner

Grown a little colder

Grown a little sadder

Grown a little older

 

And I need a little angel

Sitting on my shoulder

Need a little Christmas now

 

For we need a little music

Need a little laughter

Need a little singing

Ringing through the rafter

 

And we need a little snappy

"Happy ever after"

Need a little Christmas now

 

 

 

 


We Three Kings of Orient Are

We three kings of Orient are

Bearing gifts we traverse afar

Field and fountain, moor and mountain

Following yonder star

 

O star of wonder, star of night

Star with royal beauty bright

Westward leading, still proceeding

Guide us to Thy perfect light

 

Born a king on Bethlehem plain

Gold I bring, to crown him again

King forever, ceasing never

Over us all to reign

 

Frankincense to offer have I

Incense owns a Deity nigh

Prayer and praising, all men raising

Worship Him, God must high

 

Myrrh is mine; its bitter perfume

Breathes a life of gathering gloom

Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying

Sealed in the stone-cold tomb

 

Glorious now, behold Him arise

King, and God, and sacrifice

Heaven sings alleluya

Alleluya the earth replies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

 

We wish you a Merry Christmas,

We wish you a Merry Christmas,

We wish you a Merry Christmas,

And a Happy New Year.

 

Chorus

Good tidings we bring,

To you and your kin,

Good tidings for Christmas,

And a Happy New Year.

 

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding,

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding,

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding,

And a cup of good cheer.

 

Repeat Chorus

 

We won't go until we get some,

We won't go until we get some,

We won't go until we get some,

So bring some out here.

 

Chorus

 

We all know that Santa's coming,

We all know that Santa's coming,

We all know that Santa's coming,

And soon will be here.

 

Chorus

 

We wish you a Merry Christmas,

We wish you a Merry Christmas,

We wish you a Merry Christmas,

And a Happy New Year.


White Christmas

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

Just like the ones I used to know

Where the tree tops glisten

And children listen

To hear sleigh bells in the snow

 

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

With every Christmas card I write

May your days be merry and bright

And may all your Christmases be white

 

Winter Wonderland

Dick Smith and Felix Bernard

 

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?

In the lane snow is glistening

A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight

Walking in a winter wonderland!

 

Gone away is the bluebird

Here to stay is the new bird

He sings a love song as we go along

Walking in a winter wonderland!

 

In the meadow we can build a snowman

Then pretend that he is Parson Brown

He'll say Are you married? We'll say, No, man!

But you can do the job when you're in town!

 

Later on we'll conspire

As we dream by the fire

To face unafraid, the plans that we made

Walking in a winter wonderland!

 

In the meadow we can build a snowman

And pretend he's a circus clown

We'll have lots of fun with Mister Snowman

Until the older kiddies knock 'im down!

 

When it snows, ain't it thrilling

Though your nose gets a chilling?

We'll frolic and play the Eskimo way

Walking in a winter wonderland!

Walking in a winter wonderland!

 

 

 

Walking 'Round in Women's Underwear

Sung to the tune " Winter Wonderland"

 

Lacy things, the wife is missing

Didn't ask for her permission

I'm wearing her clothes, her silk pantyhose

Walking 'round in women's underwear

 

In the stores, there's a teddy,

With little straps, like spaghetti

It holds me so tight,

Like handcuffs at night,

Walking 'round in women's underwear

 

In the office, there's a guy named Melvin

He pretends that I am Murphy Brown,

He'll say are you ready, we'll say -Whoa, man!

At least until the wife is out of town.

 

Later on, if you wanna

We can dress, like Madonna

Put on some eyeshade, and join the parade,

Walkin 'round in women's underwear

 

Lacy things, missing

Didn't ask permission

I'm wearing her clothes, silk pantyhose

I'm walking around in women's underwear


You're all I want for Christmas

 

You're all I want for Christmas.

All I want my whole life through.

Each day is just like Christmas,

Anytime when I'm with you.

 

You're all I want for Christmas,

And if all my dreams come true,

Then I'll awake on Christmas mornin,

and find my stocking filled with you.

 

The season draws near,

I can do without cheer,

I can live without holly and jingles and jolly,

I don't care for the snow,

I don't need mistletoe,

It's the taste of your kiss is the thing that I miss.

It's the sound of your sigh

Oh my angel on high,

I want the smell of your skin.

You can keep the french hen.

Who needs good girls or boys,

bells or candles or toys?

You're all that I want for christmas!

 

You're all I want for Christmas

If all my dreams come true....

Then I'll awake, on Christmas mornin

and find my stocking filled, with you.

 

 


-D-

Dance a Little Closer

Music: Charles Strouse; Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner

Dance a Little Closer 1983

 

Dance a little closer

Like it used to be.

I need someone warm inside my arms

So please don’t whirl away from me

 

Dance a little closer

We don’t have to speak.

I just want to feel you near

And softly feel you breathing on my cheek

 

While the music’s playing

Can’t we both pretend

This is not a song for just a moment

But a song without an end

 

Dance a little closer

‘Till the morning light

I don’t want to feel alone tonight

 


Dance: Ten; Looks: Three

Music: Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics: Edward Kleban

 

Dance: ten; Looks; three.

And I' still on unemployment,

Dancing for my own enjoyment.

That ain't it, kid. That ain't it, kid.

 

"Dance: ten; Looks; three,"

I like to die!

Left the theatre and

Called the doctor for

My appointment to buy...

 

Tits and ass.

Bought myself a fancy pair.

Tightened up the derriere.

Did the nose with it.

All that goes with it.

 

Tits and ass!

Had the bingo-bongos done.

Suddenly I'm getting nash'nal tours!

Tits and ass won't get you jobs

Unless they're yours.

 

Didn't cost a fortune neither.

Didn't hurt my sex life either.

 

Flat and sassy,

I would get the strays and losers.

Beggars really can't be choosers.

That ain't it, kid. That ain't it, kid.

 

Fised the chassis.

"How do you do!"

Life turned into and

Endless medley of

"Gee it had to be you!"

Why?

 

Tits and ass!

Where the cupboard once was bare

Now you knock and someone's there.

You have got 'em, hey.

Top to bottom, hey.

 

 

 

It's a gas!

Just a dash of silicone.

Shake your new maracas and you fine!

Tits and ass can change your life.

They sure changed mine.

 

Have it all done.

Honey, take my word.

Grab a cab, c'mon.

See the wizard on

Park and Seventy-Third

For

 

Tits and ass.

Orchestra or balcony.

What they want is whatcha see.

Keep the best of you.

Do the rest of you.

 

Pits or class.

I have never seen it fail.

Debutante or chorus girl or wife.

 

Tits and ass,

Yes, tits and ass

Have changed...

My...

Life...!


Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup

Music & Lyrics by Anna Sosenko (1935)

Featured by “The Incomparable” Hildegarde (her theme song)

 

English boy in Paris fell

For a lovely Mademoiselle,

With no French at his command

He tried to make her understand,

He loved here more and more each day,

And in his own peculiar way

He’d open up his heart and say:

 

REFRAIN

Darling, Je vous aime beaucoup,

Je ne sais pas

What to do,

You know, you’ve completely stolen my heart.

Morning, noon and night-time too

Toujours wond’ring

What to do,

That’s the way I’ve felt right from the start;

 

Ah, Cherie! my love for you is très fort;

Wish my French were good enough,

I’d tell you So much more,

But I hope that you compree

All the things you mean to me.

Darling, je vous aime beaucoup,

I love you!

 

Ah, Cherie! my love for you is très fort;

Wish my French were good enough,

I’d tell you So much more,

But I hope that you compree

All the things you mean to me.

Darling, je vous aime beaucoup,

I love you, yes, I do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dancing In the Dark

Music and Lyrics by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz

From The Band Wagon

 

Dancing in the dark,

Till the tune end

We’re dancing in the dark,

And it soon ends.

We’re waltzing in the wonder

Of why we’re here;

Time hurries by,

We’re here and gone.

Looking for the light

Of a new love

To brighten up the night.

I have you to love,

And we can face the music together;

Dancing in the dark.

 

What though love is old?

What though song is old?

Through them we can be young.

Hear this heart of mine

Make yours part of mine.

Dear one, tell me that we’re one!

Dancing in the dark!


Darktown Strutter's Ball

Shelton Brooks (1917)

 

I'll be down to get you in a taxi honey

Better be ready ‘bout half-past eight

Now dearie don't be late

I want to be there when the band starts playing

And remember when we get there honey

A two-step I'm gonna have ‘em all

 

I'm gonna dance on both my shoes

While they play those jelly-roll blues

Tomorrow night at the darktown strutter's ball

 

Deed I Do

 

Do I want you?

Oh my do I

Honey, indeed I do

 

Do I need you?

Oh my do I

Honey, deed I do

 

I'm glad that I'm the one who found you

That's why I'm always hanging around you

 

Do I love you?

Oh my do I

Honey, deed I do

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deep in the Heart of Texas

 

The stars at night, are big and bright,

Deep in the heart of Texas,

 

The prairie sky is wide and high,

Deep in the heart of Texas,

 

The sage in bloom is like perfume,

Deep in the heart of Texas,

 

Reminds me of, the one I love,

Deep in the heart of Texas,

 

The coyotes wail, along the trail,

Deep in the heart of Texas,

 

The rabbits rush, around the brush,

Deep in the heart of Texas,

 

The cowboys cry, "Ki-yip-pee-yi,"

Deep in the heart of Texas,

 

The doggies bawl, and bawl and bawl,

Deep in the heart of Texas,

 

Deep Purple

 Mitchell Parish

 

When the deep purple falls

Over sleepy garden walls

And the stars begin to flicker in the sky

Through the mist of a memory

You wander back to me

Breathing my name with a sigh

 

In the still of the night

Once again I hold you tight

Though you're gone

Your love lives on

When moonlight beams

And as long as my heart shall beat

Lover, we'll always meet

Here in my deep purple dream


Desert Song, The

Romberg (m) - Harbach & Hammerstein II (w)

 

My desert is waiting,

Dear, come there with me.

I'm longing to teach you

Love's sweet melody.

I'll sing a dream-song to you,

Painting a picture for two:

 

Blue heaven and you and I,

And sand kissing a moonlit sky.

A desert breeze whisp'ring a lullaby,

Only stars above you to see I love you.

Oh, give me that night divine

And let my arms in yours entwine.

The desert song, calling,

It' s voice enthralling

Will make you mine.

 

Blue heaven and you and I,

And sand kissing a moonlit sky.

A desert breeze whisp'ring a lullaby,

Only stars above you to see I love you.

Oh, give me that night divine

And let my arms in yours entwine.

The desert song, calling,

It' s voice enthralling

Will make you mine.
Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

 

The French were bred to die for love

They delight in fighting duels

But I prefer a man who lives

And gives expensive jewels.

A kiss on the hand may be quite continental

But diamonds are a girl's best friends

 

A kiss may be grand but it won't pay the rental

On your humble flat, or help you at the automat.

Men grow cold as girls grow old

And we all lose our charms in the end.

But square-cut or pear-shaped

These rocks don't lose their shape

Diamonds are a girl's best friends

 

...Tiffany's ... Cartier...

Talk to me, Harry, Winston,tell me all about it!

There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer

But diamonds are a girl's best friends

 

There may come a time

When a hard-boiled employer

Thinks you're awful nice

But get that ice or else no dice.

He's your guy when stocks are high

But beware when they start to descend,

It's then that those louses

Go back to their spouses

Diamonds are a girl's best friends.

 

I've heard of affairs that are strictly platonic

But diamonds are a girl's best friend,

And I think affairs that you must keep liaisonic

Are better bets if little pets get big baguettes.

Time rolls on and youth is gone

And you can't straighten up when you bend

But stiff back or stiff knees

You stand straight at Tiffany's

 

Diamonds... Diamonds...

I don't mean rhinestones

But Diamonds are a girl's best friends

 

 

 

Do I Love You?

(1) Lyrics/Music: Cole Porter

DuBarry Was A Lady  1939 (S)

 

Do I love you do I?

Doesn't one and one make two?

Do I love you do I?

Does July need a sky of blue?

Would I miss you, would I, if you ever should go away?

If the sun should desert the day, what would life be?

Will I leave you, never?

Could the ocean leave the shore?

Will I worship you forever?

Isn't heaven forevermore?

Do I love you, do I?

Oh my dear it's so easy to see,

Don't you know I do, don't I show you I do,

Just as you love me.

 

Will I leave you, never?

Could the ocean leave the shore?

Will I worship you forever?

Isn't heaven forevermore?

Do I love you, do I?

Oh my dear it's so easy to see,

Don't you know I do, don't I show you I do,

Just as you love me.


Do It Again!

From Thoroughly Modern Millie

 

Muzzy:

 

Oh, do it again!

I may say "No, no, no, no, no,"

But do it again.

My lips just ache to have you take

The kiss that's waiting for you.

You know if you do you won't regret it.

Come and get it!

Oh, no one is near.

I may cry "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!"

But no one will hear.

My mommy'd scold me 'cause she told me

It was naughty, but then,

Oh, do it again! Please do it again!

Oh, do it again!

I may say "No, no, no, no, no,"

But do it again.

My mommy'd scold me 'cause she told me

It was naughty, but then,

Oh, do it again!

Please, do it again!


Don't Fence Me In

Cole Porter

 

Oh, give me land,

lots of land under starry skies above,

Don't fence me in.

Let me ride through the wide-open country that I love,

Don't fence me in.

Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze,

And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees,

Send me off forever but I ask you please,

Don't fence me in.

 

Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle

Underneath the western skies.

On my Cayuse, let me wander over yonder

Till I see the mountains rise.

 

I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences

And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses

And I can't look at hovels and I can't stand fences

Don't fence me in.

 

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies,

Don't fence me in.

Let me ride through the wide open country that I love,

Don't fence me in.

Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze

And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees

Send me off forever but I ask you please,

Don't fence me in

 

Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle

Underneath the western skies

On my Cayuse, let me wander over yonder

Till I see the mountains rise.

Ba boo ba ba boo.

 

I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences

And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses

And I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences

Don't fence me in.

No., Poppa, don't you fence me in


Don’t Get Around Much Any More

Missed the Saturday dance

Heard they crowded the floor

Couldn't bear it without you

Don't get around much anymore

Thought I'd visit the club

Got as far as the door

They'd have asked me about you

Don't get around much anymore

Darling I guess, my mind's more at ease

But nevertheless, why stir up memories?

Been invited on dates

Might have gone, but what for?

Awfully different without you

Don't get around much anymore


Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes

Artist: Perry Como (peak Billboard position # 1 in 1952-53)

Words and Music by Slim Willet, Cactus Pryor, and Barbara Trammel

 

Chorus

Don't let the stars get in your eyes

Don't let the moon break your heart

Love blooms at night, in daylight it dies

Don't let the stars get in your eyes

Or keep your heart from me

For some day I’ll return

And you know you're the only one I'll ever love

 

Too many nights (too many nights)

Too many stars (too many stars)

Too many moons to change your mind (don't let the moon change your mind)

If I'm gone too long don't forget where you belong

When the stars come out remember you are mine

 

Chorus

 

(Don't let the stars get in your eyes, don't let the moon break your heart)

 

Too many miles (too many miles)

Too many days (too many days)

Too many nights to be alone (too many nights all alone)

Oh, please keep your heart while we are apart

Dontcha linger in the moonlight when I'm gone

 

Don't let the stars get in your eyes

Don't let the moon break your heart (don't let the moon break your heart)

Love blooms at night, in daylight it dies

Don't let the stars get in your eyes

Or keep your heart from me

For some day I’ll return

And you know you're the only one I'll ever love

(I'll ever love)

I'll ever love

 

You're the only one (you're the only one)

I'll ever love


Don't Take Your Love from Me

Henry Nemo

 

Tear a star from out the sky

And the sky feels blue

Tear a petal from a rose

And the rose weeps too

 

Take your heart away from mine

And mine will surely break

My life is yours to take

So please keep the spark awake

 

Would you take the wings from birds

So that they can't fly

Would you take the ocean's roar

And leave just a sigh

 

All this your heart won't let you do

This is what I beg of you

Don't take your love from me

 


Don’t Bring Lulu

Lyrics: Lew Brown/Billy Rose; Music: Ray Henderson

 

Your presence is requested,

Wwrote little Johnny White,

But with is invitation, there is a stipulation,

When you attend this party,

You’ll be treated right, but

There’s a wild and wooly woman

You boys can’t invite, now.

 

Chorus:

You can bring Pearl, she’s a darn nice girl,

But don’t bring Lulu.

You can bring Rose with the turned up nose,

But don’t bring Lulu.

Lulu always wants to do,

What we boys don’t want her to,

When she struts her stuff around,

London bridge is falling down,

You can bring cake or Porterhouse steak,

But don’t bring Lulu.

 

Lulu gets blue and she goes cuckoo

Like the clock on the shelf,

She’s the kind of smartie

Who breaks up every party,

Hullabaloo loo, don’t bring Lulu,

I’ll bring her myself.

 

We all went to the party, real hi-toned affair,

Then along came Lulu, wild as any Zulu,

She started into Charleston,

And how the boys did stare,

But when she did the hula-hula,

Then she got the air, now.

 


Don't Tell Mama

Cabaret

 

Sally:       Mama Thinks I'm living in a convent,

A secluded little convent

In the southern part of France.

 

Mama Doesn't even have an inkling

That I'm working in a nightclub

In a pair of lacy pants.

So please, sir,

If you run into mama

Don't reveal my indiscretion

Give a working girl a chance.

 

Hush up,

Don't tell mama,

Shush up,

Don't tell mama...

Don't tell mama,

Whatever you do.

If you had a secret,

You bet I would keep it.

I would never tell on you.

I'm breaking every promise

That I gave her,

So won't you kindly do a girl

A great big favor?

And please, my sweet patater,

Keep this from the mater,

Though my dance

Is not against the law.

 

You can tell my papa, that's all right,

'Cause he comes in here every night,

But don't tell mama what you saw!

 

All:          Mama Thinks I'm on a tour of Europe,

With a couple of my school chums

And a lady chaperone.

 

Sally:       Hello darlings!

 

All:          Mama Doesn't even have an inkling

That I left them all in Antwerp

And I'm touring on my own.

So please, sir,

If you run into my mama

Don't reveal my indiscretion

 

Sally:       Just leave well enough alone

Hush up,

All:      Don't tell mama

Sally:   Shush up

All:      Don't tell mama,

Don't tell mama

Whatever you do.

 

Sally:   If you had a secret

You bet I would keep it.

All:      I would never tell on you.

You wouldn't want to get me

In a pickle,

 

Sally:       And have her go and cut me off

Without a nickel.

 

All:          So let's trust one another,

Keep this from my mother,

Though I'm still as pure as mountain snow.

 

Sally:       You can tell my uncle

Here and now

Cause he's my agent anyhow,

All:      But don't tell mama what you know.

 

Sally:   You can tell my grandma,

Suits me fine,

Just yesterday she joined the line,

All:      But don't tell mama what you know

 

Sally:   You can tell my brother,

That ain't grim

'Cause if he squeals on me

I'll squeal on him,

All:      But don't tell mama, bitte,

Don't tell mama, please, sir.

Don't tell mama what you know

 

Kit Kat Girls:

Sssh!

Sssh!

 

Sally:   If you see my mummy,

Mums the word!

 


Do-re-mi

 

Let's start at the very beginning

A very good place to start

When you read you begin with

 

A-B-C

When you sing you begin with do-re-mi

 

Do-re-mi

 

Do-re-mi

The first three notes just happen to be

Do-re-mi

 

Do-re-mi

 

Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti

 

Oh, let's see if I can make it easier

 

Doe, a deer, a female deer

Ray, a drop of golden sun

Me, a name I call myself

Far, a long long way to run

Sew, a needle pulling thread

La, a note to follow sew

Tea, I drink with jam and bread

That will bring us back to do...oh oh oh

 

Doe, a deer, a female deer

Ray, a drop of golden sun

Me, a name I call myself

Far, a long long way to run

Sew, a needle pulling thread

La, a note to follow sew

Tea, I drink with jam and bread

That will bring us back to Do

 

When you know the notes to sing

You can sing most anything

 

Doe, a deer, a female deer

Ray, a drop of golden sun

Me, a name I call myself

Far, a long long way to run

Sew, a needle pulling thread

La, a note to follow sew

Tea, I drink with jam and bread

That will bring us back to doe

 

Doe re mi fa so la ti do, so doe


Dream

Music and Lyrics by Johnny Mercer

 

Dream, when you’re feeling blue

Dream, that’s the thing to do

Just watch the smoke rings rise in the air

You’ll find your share of memories there

 

So dream when the day is through

Dream, and they might come true

Things never are as bad as they seem

So dream, dream, dream

 


Dream a Little Dream

Mamas and Papas - Mama Cass

 

Verse 1:

Stars shining bright above you,

Night breezes seem to whisper: "I love you".

Birds singing in the sycamore tree...

Dream a little dream of me!

 

Verse 2:

Say "ninety-night" and kiss me,

Just hold me tight and tell me you miss me.

While I'm alone as blue as can be,

Dream a little dream of me!

 

Chorus:

Stars fading,

But I linger on dear...

Still craving your kiss.

I'm longing

To linger 'til dawn dear,

Just saying this...

 

Verse 3:

Sweet dreams 'til sunbeams find you,

Sweat dreams that leave all worries behind you.

But in your dreams, whatever they be,

Dream a little dream of me!

 

Repeat Chorus:

 

Verse 4:

Sweet dreams 'til sunbeams find you,

Sweat dreams that leave all worries far behind you.

But in your dreams, whatever they be,

Dream a little dream of me!


-E-

Easter Parade

(1) Words and music by Irving Berlin.

 

(verse)

Never saw you look quite so pretty before.

Never saw you dressed quite so lovely, what's more.

I could hardly wait to keep our date this lovely Easter morning,

And my heart beat fast as I came through the door for:

 

(chorus)

In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it,

You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter Parade.

I'll be all in clover, and when they look you over

I'll be the proudest fellow in the Easter Parade.

On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue,

The photographers will snap us

And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure.

Oh, I could write a sonnet

About your Easter bonnet

And of the girl I'm taking to the Easter Parade.

 


East of the Sun, West of the Moon

(1) Brooks Bowman

 

East of the sun

And west of the moon,

We'll build a dream house, so lovely

Near to the sun in a day,

Near to the moon at night,

We'll live in a lovely way dear

Living our love in pale moon light

 

Just you and I,

Forever and a day,

Love will not die,

We'll keep it that way,

Up among the stars we'll find

A harmony of life,

Too lovely tune

East of the sun

And west of the moon, dear,

East of the sun

And west of the moon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easy To Love

(1) Cole Porter

 

You'd be so easy to love
So easy to idolize all others above
So worth the yearning for
So swell to keep every home fire burning for

 

We'd be so grand at the game
So carefree together that it does seem a shame
That you can't see your future with me
'cause you'd be, oh, so easy to love

 


Edelweiss

 

Edelweiss, Edelweiss,

Every morning you greet me,

Small and White,

Clean and bright

You look happy to meet me..

 

Blossoms of snow may you bloom and grow,

Bloom and grow forever

 

Edelweiss Edelweiss

Bless my homeland forever


Embraceable You

See  Someone to Watch Over Me

 

Dozens of girls would storm up;

I had to lock my door.

Somehow I couldn't warm up

To one before.

What was it that controlled me?

What kept my love-life lean?

My intuition told me

You'd come on the scene.

Lady, listen to the rhythm of my heart beat,

And you'll get just what I mean.

 

 

Embrace me,

My sweet embraceable you.

Embrace me,

You irreplaceable you.

Just one look at you - my heart grew tipsy in me;

You and you alone bring out the gypsy in me.

I love all

The many charms about you;

Above all

I want my arms about you.

Don't be a naughty baby,

Come to papa - come to papa - do !

My sweet embraceable you.

 

I went about reciting,

"Here's one who'll never fall !"

But I'm afraid the writing

Is on the wall.

My nose I used to turn up

When you'd besiege my heart;

Now I completely burn up

When you're slow to start.

I'm afraid you'll have to take the consequences;

You upset the apple cart.

 

Embrace me,

My sweet embraceable you.

Embrace me,

You irreplaceable you.

In your arms I find love so delectable, dear,

I'm afraid it isn't quite respectable, dear.

But hang it -

Come on, let's glorify love !

Ding dang it !

You'll shout, "Encore !" if I love.

Don't be a naughty papa,

Come to baby - come to baby - do !

My sweet embraceable you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Someone to Watch Over Me

 

There's a somebody I'm longing to see

I hope that he turns out to be

Someone who'll watch over me

I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood

I know I could always be good

To one who'll watch over me

 

Although he may not be the man some

Guys think of as handsome

To my heart he carries the key

Won't you tell him please to put on some speed

Follow my lead, oh, how I need

Someone to watch over me

 

 


Enjoy Yourself

Music: Carl Sigman; Lyrics: Herb Magidson

 

You work and work for years and years

You're always on the go

You never take a minute off

Too busy making dough

Some day you say you'll have your fun

When you're a millionaire

Imagine all the fun you'll have

In your old rocking chair

 

Chorus:

 

Enjoy yourself

It's later than you think

Enjoy yourself

While your still in the pink

The years go by

As quickly as a wink

Enjoy yourself

Enjoy yourself

It's later than you think!

 

(Repeat chorus)

 

You're gonna take that ocean trip

No matter come what may

You've got your reservations but

you just can't get away

Next year for sure you'll see the world

you'll really get around

But how far can you travel

when you're six feet under ground

 

(Repeat chorus)

 

Your heart of hearts, your dream of dreams

Your Ravishing brunette

She’s left you and she’s now become somebody else’s pet.

Lay down that gun, don’t try, my friend,

To reach the great beyond

You’ll have more fun by reaching for a readhead or a blond!

 

(Repeat chorus)

 

 

 

 

You’ll worry when the weather’s cold,

You worry when it’s hot.

You worry when you’re doing well,

You worry when you’re not.

It’s worry, worry, all the time,

You don’t know how to laugh

They’ll think of something funny,

When the write your epitaph!

 

(Repeat chorus)

 

You love somebody very much,

You’ like to set the date.

But money doesn’t grow on trees,

So you decided to wait.

You’re so afraid that you may bite off

More than you can chew

Don’t be afraid, you won’t have teeth,

When you reach ninety-two!

 

(Repeat chorus)

 

You never go to nightclubs,

You just don’t care to dance.

You don’t have time for silly things,

Like moonlight and romance.

You only think of dollar bills.

Tied neatly in a stack,

But when you kiss a dollar bill,

It doesn’t kiss you back!

 

(Repeat chorus)

 

Another birthday’s here and gone,

You’ve turned another page,

And suddenly you realize,

That you’ve reached middle age,

Just think of all of the fun you’ve missed,

It makes you kind of sad,

It’s better to have had your wish,

Than to have wished you had!

 

(Repeat chorus)

 


Every Street's a Boulevard in Old New York

(1)

 

I tell you every street's a boulevard

In old New York

Every street's a highway of your dreams

I like to shop on 34th street

And down in Union Square

You’ll like the people you meet

On Mulberry street

Have you ever been there?

 

Refrain

 

Every street's a boulevard in old New York

So keep smiling and you'll never wear a frown

Just remember there's an East Side

And the West Side

And Uptown and Down

That's why we're proud to be

A part of New York town

 

Every street's a boulevard in old New York

Every street's a highway of your dreams

I like to shop on 34th street

Burgdorf's and Bloomingdales

You’ll like the people you meet

On Christopher Street

Have you ever been there?

 

Repeat Refrain

 

34th street...Union Square...Mulberry street

Have you ever been there

 

Every street's a boulevard in old New York

Streets are paved with happiness in old New York

We're proud you're a part of it

We're happy that you came

Each sidewalk is a concrete path to fame

Just remember there's an East Side and the West Side

And Uptown and Down

In this great big metropolis known as New York town

 


Everything’s Coming Up Roses

Jule Stein Stephen Sondheim 1959 Gypsy

 

I had a dream, a dream about you, baby.

It's gonna come true, baby.

They think that we're through, but baby,

 

You'll be swell! You'll be great!

Gonna have the whole world on the plate!

Starting here, starting now,

Honey, everything's coming up roses!

 

Clear the decks! Clear the tracks!

You've got nothing to do but relax.

Blow a kiss. Take a bow.

Honey, everything's coming up roses!

 

Now's your inning. Stand the world on its ear!

Set it spinning! That'll be just the beginning!

Curtain up! Light the lights!

You got nothing to hit but the heights!

You'll be swell. You'll be great.

I can tell. Just you wait.

That lucky star I talk about is due!

Honey, everything's coming up roses for me and for you!

 

You can do it, all you need is a hand.

We can do it, Mama is gonna see to it!

Curtain up! Light the lights!

We got nothing to hit but the heights!

 

You’ll be swell, wait and see.

There's the bell! Follow me!

And nothing's gonna stop us 'til we're through!

 

Honey, everything's coming up roses and daffodils!

Everything's coming up sunshine and Santa Claus!

Everything's gonna be bright lights and lollipops!

Everything's coming up roses for me and for you!

 

 

 

 

 

Let Me Entertain You

 

Let me entertain you.

Let me make you smile.

Let me do a few tricks.

Some old and then some new tricks.

I'm very versatile.

 

And if you’re real good

I’ll make you feel good

I want your spirits to rise

 

So let me

Entertain you

And we'll have a real good time...

Yes Sir!

And we'll have a real goooooooood time.


Everywhere You Go

Fisher, Goodwin, Shay

 

Everywhere you go

Sunshine follows you.

Everywhere you go,

Skies are always blue.

Children love you,

They seem to know,

You bring roses out of the snow.

The whole world says “Hello,”

Everywhere you go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exactly Like You

 

Lyrics by:  Dorothy Fields. Music by:  Jimmy McHugh

From the Show:  Lew Leslie's International Revue  (1930)

 

I know why I've waited, know why I've been blue,

Prayed each night for someone exactly like you.

Why should we spend money on a show or two.

No one does those love scenes exactly like you.

 

You make me feel so grand, I'd like to hand the world to you.

You seem to understand each foolish little scheme I'm scheming,

And the dream I'm dreaming,

 

Now I know why my mother taught me to be true,

She meant me for someone exactly like you.

 

(musical interlude)

 

You make me feel so grand, I wanna hand the world to you.

You seem to understand each foolish little scheme that I'm scheming,

And the dream that I'm dreaming,

 

Now I know why my mother, she taught me to be true,

She meant me for someone exactly like you.


Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You, The

 

The eyes of Texas are upon you

All the live long day

The eyes of Texas are upon you,

You cannot get away

Do not think you can escape them

At night or early in the morn

The eyes of Texas are upon you 

'Till Gabriel blows his horn

 


-F-

Falling in Love with Love

(1) Lyrics: Lorenz Hart; Music: Richard Rodgers

 

Falling in Love with Love

Is falling for make-believe!

Falling in Love with Love is playing the fool!

Caring too much is such a juvenile fancy!

Learning to trust is just for children in school.

 

I fell in love with love

One night when the moon was full

I was unwise with eyes unable to see!

I fell in love with love with love everlasting.

But Love fell out, with me!!

 

Repeat All


Far From the Home I Love

 

How can I hope to make you understand?

Why I do what I do?

Why I must travel to a distant land,

Far from the home I love.

Once I was happily content to be

As I was where I was

Close to the people who are close to me

Here in the home I love.

 

Who could see that a man would come?

Who would change the shape of my dreams?

Helpless now I stand with him

Watching older dreams grow dim

 

Oh what a melancholy choice this is

Wanting home, wanting him

Closing my heart to every hope but his

Leaving the home I love

There where my heart has settled long ago

I must go, I must go

Who could imagine I'd be wandering so

Far from the home I love

Yet there with my love I'm home.

 


Fascinatin' Rhythm

 

Got a little rhythm, a rhythm, a rhythm

That pit-a-pats through my brain;

So darn persistent,

The day isn't distant

When it'll drive me insane.

Comes in the morning

Without any warning,

And hangs around me all day.

I'll have to sneak up to it

Someday, and speak up to it.

I hope it listens when I say:

 

Refrain:

Fascinating Rhythm,

You've got me on the go!

Fascinating Rhythm,

I'm all a-quiver.

 

When a mess you're making!

The neighbours want to know

Why I'm always shaking

Just like a flivver.

 

Each morning I get up with the sun -

Start a-hopping,

Never stopping -

To find at night no work has been done.

 

I know that

Once it didn't matter -

But now you're doing wrong;

When you start to patter

I'm so unhappy.

 

Won't you take a day off?

Decide to run along

Somewhere far away off -

And make it snappy!

 

Oh, how I long to be the man I used to be!

Fascinating rhythm,

On won't you stop picking on me?


Fiddler On The Roof

 

Away above my head I see the strangest sight

A fiddler on the roof who's up there day and night

He fiddles when it rains, he fiddles when it snows

I've never seen him rest, yet on and on he goes

 

Refrain

 

What does it mean, this fiddler on the roof

Who fiddles every night and fiddles every noon

Why should he pick so curious a place

To play his little fiddler's tune

An unexpected breeze could blow him to the ground

Yet after every storm, I see he's still around

Whatever each day brings, this odd outlandish man

He plays his simple tune as sweetly as he can

 

Refrain

 

A fiddler on the roof, a most unlikely sight

It might not mean a thing, but then again it might!

 

Far From The Home I Love

 

Far From The Home I Love

How can I hope to make you understand

Why I do what I do,

Why I must travel to a distant land,

Far from the home I love.

Once I was happily content to be

As I was, where I was,

Close to the people who are close to me,

Here in the home I love.

Who could see that a man could come

Who would change the shape of his dreams.

 

Helpless now I stand with him,

Watching older dreams grow dim.

Oh, what a melancholy choice this is,

Wanting home, wanting him,

Closing my heart to ev'ry hope but his,

Leaving the home I love,

There where my heart has settled long ago

I must go, I must go, I must go,

Who could imagine I'd be wand'ring so

Far from the home I love

Yet there with my love, I'm home.

 

How can she think we wouldn't understand

Why she does what she does,

Why she must travel to a distant land,

Far from the home she loves.

Once she was happily content to be

As she was, where she was,

Safe in the bosom to her family,

Here in the home she loves.

Who could see that a man could come

Who would change the shape of my dreams.

Helpless now she stands with him,

Watching older dreams grow dim.

Oh, what a melancholy choice this is,

Wanting home, wanting him,

Closing her heart to ev'ry hope but his,

Leaving the home she loves,

There where her heart has settled long ago

She must go, she must go, she must go,

Who could imagine she'd be wand'ring so

Far from the home she loves

Yet there with her love, she's home.

 


If I Were A Rich Man

 

If I were a rich man,

Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.

All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.

If I were a wealthy man.

 

I wouldn't have to work hard.

Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.

If I were a biddy biddy rich,

Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.

 

I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen,

Right in the middle of the town.

A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below.

There would be one long staircase just going up,

And one even longer coming down,

And one more leading nowhere, just for show.

 

I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks

For the town to see and hear.

And each loud "cheep" and "swaqwk" and "honk" and "quack"

Would land like a trumpet on the ear,

As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man."

 

If I were a rich man,

Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.

All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.

If I were a wealthy man.

I wouldn't have to work hard.

Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.

If I were a biddy biddy rich,

Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.


Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Bock and Harnick

 

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match.

Find me a find, catch me a catch.

Matchmaker, matchmaker,

Look through your book

And make me a perfect match.

 

Matchmaker, matchmaker, I'll bring the veil.

You bring the groom, slender and pale.

Bring me a ring, for I'm longing to be

The envy of all I see.

 

For Papa, make him a scholar.

For Mama, make him rich as a king.

For me, well, I wouldn't holler

If her were as handsome as anything.

 

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match.

Find me a find, catch me a catch.

Night after night, in the dark, I'm alone.

So, find me a match of my own.

 

TSEITEL

Hodel, oh Hodel, have I made a match for you.

He's handsome! He's young! All right, he's 62.

But he's a nice man, a good catch. True? True!

I promise you'll be happy. And even if you're not,

There's more to life than that. Don't ask me what!

 

Chava! I've found him! Will you be a lucky bride!

He's handsome. He's tall!

That is, from side to side.

But he's a nice man, a good catch, Right? Right!

You've heard he has a temper.

He'll beat you every night.

But only when he's sober- so you're all right!

 

Did you think you'd get a prince?

Well I do the best I can.

With no dowry, no money, no family background,

Be glad you got a man!

 

Matchmaker, matchmaker, you know that I'm

Still very young. Please, take your time.

Up to this minute, I've misunderstood

That I could get stuck for good.

 

Dear Yenta, see that he's gentle.

Remember, you were also a bride.

It's not that I'm sentimental.

It's just that I'm terrified!

 

Matchmaker, matchmaker, plan me no plans.

I'm in no rush. maybe I've learned

Playing with matches a girl can get burned.

So bring me no ring, groom me no groom,

Find me no find, catch me no catch.

Unless he's a matchless match!

 

Miracle of Miracles

 

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles-

God took up Daniel once again,

Stood by his and side and- miracle of miracles-

Walked him through the lions den!

 

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles-

I was afraid that God would frown,

But like he did so long ago, at Jericho,

God just made a wall fall down!

 

When Moses softened Pharaohs heart, that was a miracle.

When God made the waters of the red sea part, that was a miracle too!

But of all God's miracles large and small,

The most miraculous one of all

Is that out of a worthless lump of clay,

God has made a man today.

 

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles-

God took the tailor by the hand

Turned him around and- miracle of miracles- Led him to the promised land!

 

When David slew Goliath (yes!), that was a miracle.

When God gave us matter in the wilderness, that was a miracle too.

But of all God's miracles large and small,

The most miraculous one of all

Is the one I thought could never be:

God has given you to me.


Sunrise, Sunset

 

tevye

Is this the little girl I carried,

Is this the little boy at play?

 

golde

I don't remember growing older,

When did they?

 

tevye

When did she get to be a beauty,

When did he grow to be so tall?

 

golde

Wasn't it yesterday when they were small?

 

men

Sunrise, sunset

Sunrise, sunset

Swiftly flow the days.

Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers,

Blossoming even as we gaze.

 

Refrain (everyone)

Sunrise, sunset

Sunrise, sunset

Swiftly fly the years,

One season following another,

Laiden with happiness and tears.

 

tevye

What words of wisdom can i give them,

How can I help to ease their way?

 

golde

Now they must learn from one another,

Day by day.

 

perchik

They look so natural together.

 

hodel

Just like two newlyweds should be.

 

perchik and hodel

Is there a canopy in store for me?

 

Repeat Refrain (everyone)

 

 

 

 

To Life

 

To life! To life! L'chai-im!

L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!

If you've been lucky,

Then Monday was No worse than Sunday was,

Drink l'chai-im, to life.

 

To life, l'chai-im!

 L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!

One day it's honey and raisin cake,

Next day a stomach ache,

Drink L'chai-im, to life!

 

Our great men have written words of

Wisdom to be used

When hardship must be faced;

Life obliges us with hardship

So the words of wisdom

shouldn't go to waste.

 

To us and our good fortune

Be happy be healthy, long life!

And if our good fortune never comes

Here's to whatever comes,

Drink l'chaim, to life!

 

To life, to life, l'chai-im,!

L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!

Life has a way of confusing us

Blessing and bruising us,

Drink l'chaim, to life,

 

To life, l'chaim!

L'chaim, l'chaim, to life!

A gift we seldom are wise enough

Ever to prize enough,

Drink l'chaim, to life!

 

God would like us to be joyful

Even though our hearts lie panting on the floor;

How much more can we be joyful,

When there's really something

To be joyful for.

 

To life, to life, L'chai-im!

L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!

It gives you something to think about,

Something to drink about,

Drink l'chai-im, to life! l'chai-im !


Tradition

 

EVYE

Tradition, tradition! Tradition!

Tradition, tradition! Tradition!

 

TEVYE & PAPAS

Who, day and night, must scramble for a living,

Feed a wife and children, say his daily prayers?

And who has the right, as master of the house,

To have the final word at home?

 

The Papa, the Papa! Tradition.

The Papa, the Papa! Tradition.

 

GOLDE & MAMAS

Who must know the way to make a proper home,

A quiet home, a kosher home?

Who must raise the family and run the home,

So Papa's free to read the holy books?

 

The Mama, the Mama! Tradition!

The Mama, the Mama! Tradition!

 

SONS

At three, I started Hebrew school. At ten, I learned a trade.

I hear they've picked a bride for me. I hope she's pretty.

 

The son, the son! Tradition!

The son, the son! Tradition!

 

DAUGHTERS

And who does Mama teach to mend and tend and fix,

Preparing me to marry whoever Papa picks?

 

The daughter, the daughter! Tradition!

The daughter, the daughter! Tradition!

 

 


Fifty Percent

 

If anyone had told me

A year and a half ago

That Moury would be gone

I wouldn’t have believed it.

 

If any had told me

I’d open up a store

Make a go of it what’s more

I wouldn’t have believed it.

 

If anyone had told me

A year and a half ago

That I’d be dancing

Going to a ballroon dancing

I’d have said, “Who me?”

I’d have said, “Not me!”

 

If anyone had told me

A year and a half ago

That there would be a man

I wouldn’t have believed it.

 

To think my eyes would shine again

That what was lost

Could be mine again

I wouldn’t have believed it.

 

I don’t iron his shirts

I don’t sew on his buttons

I don’t know all of the jokes he tells

Or the songs he hums

 

Though I may hold him

All through the night

He may not be there

When the morning comes

 

I don’t pick out his ties

Or expect his tomorrows

But I feel when he’s in my arms

He’s where he wants to be

 

We have no memories bittersweet with time

And I doubt if he’ll spend New Years Eve with me

 

 

 

 

I don’t share share his name

I don’t wear his ring

There’s no piece of paper

Saying that he’s mine

 

But he says that he loves me

And I believe it’s true

Doesn’t that make someone

Belong to you?

 

So I don’t share share his name

So I don’t wear his ring

So there’s no piece of paper

Saying that he’s mine

 

So we don’t have the memories

I have enough memories

I’ve washed enough mornings

I’ve dried enough evenings

Had enough birthdays

To know what I want!

 

Life is anyone’s guess

It’s a constant surprise

You don’t plan to fall in love

But when you fall, you fall

 

But I’d rather have fifty percent of him

Or any percent of him

Then all of anybody else at all!


Fly Me to the Moon

 

Fly me to the moon

Let me play amoung the stars

Let me see what spring is like

On Jupiter and Mars

 

In other words, hold my hand

In other words, baby kiss me

 

Fill my heart with song and

Let me sing for ever more

You are all I long for

All I worship and adore

 

In other words, please be true

In other words, I love you.

 

Fill my heart with song

Let me sing for ever more

You are all I long for

All I worship and Adore

 

In other words, please be true !!!!!!!!!!!!

In other words

In other wordsss, I love you !!!!!!!!


Foggy Day, A

Gershwin

 

A foggy day, in London town

Had me low, had me down

I viewed the morning, with alarm

The British Museum, had lost its charm

 

How long I wondered, would this thing last

But the age of miracles, hadn't passed

And suddenly, I saw you there

And in foggy London town,

The sun was shining everywhere

 

(Repeat all)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For All We Know

 

For all we know, we may never meet again

Before you go, make this moment sweet again

We won't say "Good night" until the last minute

I'll hold out my hand and my heart will be in it

For all we know, this may only be a dream

We come and go, like a ripple on a stream

So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some

Tomorrow may never come, for all we know

 

So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some

Tomorrow may never come for all we know


For Me and My Gal

Lyrics: Edgar Leslie and E. Ray Goetz

Music: George W. Meyer

 

What a beautiful day

For a wedding in May!

See the people all stare

At the loveable pair.

 

She's a vision of joy,

He's the luckiest boy.

In his wedding array

Hear him smilingly say:

 

The bells are ringing for me and my gal,

The birds are singing for me and my gal.

Everybody's been knowing

To a wedding they're going

And for weeks they've been sewing,

Every Susie and Sal.

They're congregating for me and my gal,

The Parson's waiting for me and my gal.

And someday

I'm goin' to build a little home for two,

For three or four or more,

In love-land for me and my gal.

 

See the relatives there

Looking over the pair!

They can tell at a glance

It's a loving romance.

 

It's a wonderful sight

As the families unite.

Gee! It makes the boy proud

As he says to the crowd:

 

The bells are ringing for me and my gal,

The birds are singing for me and my gal.

Everybody's been knowing

To a wedding they're going

And for weeks they've been sewing,

Every Susie and Sal.

They're congregating for me and my gal,

The Parson's waiting for me and my gal.

And sometime

I'm goin' to build a little home for two,

For three or four or more,

In Love-land for me and my gal.

 

Repeat chorus


For Once In My Life 

(1) Murden/Miller

 

For once in my life

I’ve got someone who needs me

Someone I’ve needed so long

For once unafraid I can go where life leads me

And somehow I know I’ll be strong

 

For once I can touch

What my heart used to dream of

Long before I knew

Someone warm like you

Could make my dreams come true

 

For once in my life I won’t let sorrow hurt me

Not like it’s hurt me before

For once I’ve got someone

I know won’t desert me

And I’m not alone anymore

 

For once I can say "This is mine you can’t take it"

As long as I know I’ve got love I can make it

For once in my life

I’ve got someone who needs me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For You

Lyrics:  Al Dubin; Music: Joe Burke

 

I would gather stars out of the blue,

For you, for you.

I would make a string of pearls out of the dew,

For you, for you.

Over the highway and over the street,

Carpets of clover I'll lay at your feet.

There's nothing in this world I would not do,

For you, just for you.

 

Over the highway and over the street,

Carpets of clover I'm gonna lay at your feet.

There is nothing in this world I would not do, baby, for you, just for you.


Forty-Second Street

Lyrics: Al Dubin, Music by Harry Warren

 

Come and meet those dancing feet

On the avenue I'm taking you to

Forty-Second Street

Hear the beat of dancing feet

It's the song I love the melody of

Forty-Second Street

Little nifties from the fifties, innocent and sweet

Sexy ladies from the eighties, who are indiscreet

They're side by side, they're glorified

Where the underworld can meet the elite

Forty-Second Street

 

Come and meet those dancing feet

On the avenue I'm taking you to

Forty-Second Street

Hear the beat of dancing feet

It's the song I love the melody of

Forty-Second Street

Little nifties from the fifties, innocent and sweet

Sexy ladies from the eighties, who are indiscreet

They're side by side, they're glorified

Where the underworld can meet the elite

Naughty, bawdy, gawdy, sporty,

Forty-Second Street


Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway

Music and Lyrics by George M. Cohan (1906)

 

Verse 1

The West, so they say,

Is home of the jay,

And Missouri's the state

That can grind them.

This may all be,

But just take it from me,

You don't have to go

Out West to find them.

If you want to see

The real jay delegation,

The place where the

Real rubens dwell.

Just hop on a train

At the Grand Central Station.

Get off when they shout

"New Rochelle."

 

Refrain 1

Only forty-five minutes from Broadway,

Think of the changes it brings;

For the short time it takes,

What a diff'rence it makes

In the ways of the people and things.

Oh! What a fine bunch of rubens,

Oh! what a jay atmosphere;

They have whiskers like hay,

And imagine Broadway

Only forty-five minutes from here.

 

Verse 2

When the bunco men hear that their game is so near,

They'll be swarming here thicker than bees are.

In Barnum's best days, why he never saw jays

That were easier to get to than these are.

You tell them old jokes and they laugh till they sicken,

There's giggles and grins here to let.

I told them that one about "Why does a chicken,

The rubens are all laughing yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refrain 2

Only forty-five minutes from Broadway,

Not a cafe in the town;

Oh! The place is a bird,

No one here ever heard

Of Delmonico, Rector or Browne.

With a ten-dollar bill you're a spendthrift;

If you open a bottle of beer

You're a sport, so they say,

And imagine Broadway

Only forty-five minutes from here.


Frankie and Johnny

 

Frankie and Johnny were lovers,

Oh, Lordy, how they could love.

They were as true to each other

As the moon and the stars above.

He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.

 

Frankie went down to the corner

Just for a bucket of beer.

Says to the fat bartender,

"Has my Johnny baby been here?"

He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.

 

"Ain't gonna tell you no story,

Ain't gonna tell you no lie.

Johnny was here 'bout an hour ago

With that two-bit Nellie Bly.

He was your man, but he's a-doin' you wrong."

 

Frankie went home in a hurry,

And she didn't go for fun.

And under her favorite old apron,

Ahe stashed Johnny's 38 gun.

He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.

 

Frankie went down to South Clark Street,

Looked in a window so high.

She saw her Johnny man a-lovin' up

On that cheap tramp, Nellie Bly.

He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.

 

Johnny saw Frankie a-comin',

And out in the back he did scoot.

But Frankie took aim with that old 38

and she fired out a rootie-toot-toot.

He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.

 

"Oh, roll me over so easy

Oh, roll me over so slow.

Oh, roll me over so easy, boys,

'cause my wounds are a-hurtin' me so.

I was her man, but I was doin' her wrong."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, bring on your rubber-tired carriage,

Bring on your rubber-tired hack.

They're takin' your man to the graveyard

And they ain't gonna bring him back.

He was your man, but he was doin' you wrong.

 

The sheriff arrested poor Frankie,

Took her to jail right away.

He locked her up in a dingy old cell

And he threw the key away.

She shot her man, though he was doin' her wrong.

 

This story has no moral, this story has no end.

This story only goes to show

That there ain't no good in men.

He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.

 


From This Moment On

Cole Porter

 

From this moment on you and me dear.

Only two for tea dear from this moment on.

From this happy day no more blue songs.

Only hoopty-do songs from this moment on.

 

For you got the love I need so much,

Got the skin I love to touch.

Got the arms to hold me tight.

You got the sweet lips to kiss me good night.

 

From this moment on, you and I babe, we'll be riding high babe.

Every care is gone.

From this moment on


Fugue for Tinhorns

 

I got the horse right here,

The name is Paul Revere,

And here's a guy that says if the weather's clear,

Can do, Can do, This guys says the horse can do,

If he says the horse can do,

Can do, Can do,

This guy says the horse can do

If he says the horse can do,  Can do, Can do.

 

For Paul Revere I'll bite,

I hear his foot's all right.

Of course it all depends if it rained last night.

Likes mud, Likes mud,

This "X" means the horse likes mud,

If that means the horse likes mud,

Likes mud, Likes mud.

I'll tell you Paul Revere,

Now this is no bum steer,

It's from a handicapper that's real sincere.

Can do, Can do, This guy says the horse can do.

If he says the horse can do, Can do, Can do.

Paul Revere, I got the horse right here.

 

Benny

 

I'm picking Valentine,

Cause on the morning line,

This guy has got him figured at five to nine

Has chance, Has chance,

This guy says the horse has chance,

If he says the horse has chance,

Has chance, Has chance.

I know it's Valentine,

The morning works looks fine.

Besides the jockey's brother's a friend of mine.

Needs race, Needs race,

My friend says the horse needs race.

If he says the horse needs race,

Needs race, Needs race.

I go for Valentine,

Cause on the morning line,

The guy has got him figured at five to nine.

Has chance, Has chance,

This guy says the horse has chance.

Valentine,

I got the horse right here.

 

 

 

 

 

Benny

 

I'm picking Valentine,

Cause on the morning line,

This guy has got him figured at five to nine

Has chance, Has chance,

This guy says the horse has chance,

If he says the horse has chance,

Has chance, Has chance.

I know it's Valentine,

The morning works looks fine.

Besides the jockey's brother's a friend of mine.

Needs race, Needs race,

My friend says the horse needs race.

If he says the horse needs race,

Needs race, Needs race.

I go for Valentine,

Cause on the morning line,

The guy has got him figured at five to nine.

Has chance, Has chance,

This guy says the horse has chance.

Valentine,

I got the horse right here.

 

 

Rusty

 

But look at Epitaph,

He wins it by a half,

According to this here in the Telegraph,

Big threat, Big threat,

This guy calls the horse big threat.

If he calls the horse big threat,

Big threat, Big threat.

And just a minute boys,

I've got the feed box noise,

It says the great grandfather was Equipoise.

Shows class, Shows class,

This guy says the horse shows class,

If he says the horse shows class,

Shows class, Shows class.

So make it Epitaph,

He wins it by a half,

According to this here in the Telegraph.

Epitaph,

I got the horse right


-G-

Gary, Indiana

Music Man

 

Gary, Indiana, Gary Indiana, Gary, Indiana,

Let me say it once again.

Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana,

That's the town that "knew me when."

 

If you'd like to have a logical explanation

How I happened on this elegant syncopation,

I will say without a moment of hesitation

There is just one place

That can light my face.

Gary, Indiana,

Gary Indiana,

 

Not Louisiana, Paris, France, New York, or Rome,

but Gary, Indiana,

Gary, Indiana,

Gary Indiana,

My home sweet home.

 

If you'd like to have a logical explanation

How I happened on this elegant syncopation,

I will say without a moment of hesitation

There is just one place

That can light my face.

Gary, Indiana,

Gary Indiana,

 

Not Louisiana, Paris, France, New York, or Rome,

but Gary, Indiana,

Gary, Indiana,

Gary Indiana,

My home sweet home.

 


Georgia on My Mind

(1) Stuart Gorrell/Hoagy Carmichael

 

Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through

Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.

Georgia, Georgia, a song of you

Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines.

 

Other arms reach out to me

Other eyes smile tenderly

Still in peaceful dreams I see

The road leads back to you.

 

Georgia, Georgia, no peace I find

Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.

 

Melodies bring memories

That linger in my heart

Make me think of Georgia

Why did we ever part?

 

Some sweet day when blossoms fall

And all the world's a song

I'll go back to Georgia

'Cause that's where I belong

 

 

 

 

 

 


Get Happy

Lyrics and Music by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler

 

Forget your troubles and just, get happy

You better chase all your cares away.

Sing hallelujah come on, get happy

Get ready for the judgment day.

 

The sun is shinin’ come on, get happy

The Lord is waitin’ to take your hand.

Shout hallelujah come on, get happy

We’re going to the promised land.

 

We’re headin’ cross the river,

Wash your sins away In the tide.

It’s all so peaceful on the other side.

Forget your troubles and just, get happy

You better chase all your cares away

 

Shout hallelujah come on, get happy

Get ready for the judgment day.

Get Me to the Church On Time

 

I'm gettin' married in the morning

Ding-dong the bells are gonna chime

We'll have a whopper, pull out the stopper

Get me to the church on time

 

I've got to be there in the morning

Spruced up and lookin' in me prime

Pull out your compass, kick up a rompass

Get me to the church on time

 

If I am dancing roll up the floor

If I am romancing, whisk me out the door

 

I'm gettin'' married in the morning

Ding-ding-dong the bells are gonna chime

Someone who is able, lift up the table

Boys come and kiss me, say that you'll miss me

Get me to the church,

Get me to the church,

For god sake Get me to the church, on time

 

(See I Could Have Danced All Nice)

 


Getting to Know You

 

Getting to know you,

Getting to know all about you.

Getting to like you,

Getting to hope you like me.

 

Getting to know you,

Putting it my way but nicely.

You are precisely,

My cup of tea.

 

Getting to know you,

Getting to feel free and easy.

When I am with you,

Getting to know what to say.

Haven't you noticed,

Suddenly I'm bright and breezy,

Because of all the beautiful and new

Things I'm learning about you

Day by day.


Girl That I Marry, The

Annie Get Your Gun

 

The girl that I marry will have to be

As soft and as pink as a nursery

The girl I call my own

Will wear satin and laces and smell of cologne

Her nails will be polished

And in her hair she'll wear a gardenia

And I'll be there

Instead of flittin', I'll be sittin'

Next to her I'll purr like a kitten

A doll I can carry,

The girl that I marry must be.

 

Instead of flittin', I'll be sittin'

Next to her I'm cheerful like a kitten

A doll I can carry,

The girl that I marry must be


Give Me The Simple Life

Words & Music by Harry Ruby & Rube Bloom 1959

 

I don't believe in frettin' and grievin';

Why mess around with strife?

I never was cut out to step and strut out.

Give me the simple life.

 

Some find it pleasant dining on pheasant.

Those things roll off my knife;

Just serve me tomatoes; and mashed potatoes;

Give me the simple life.

 

Bridge:

 

A cottage small is all I'm after,

Not one that's spacious and wide.

A house that rings with joy and laughter

And the ones you love inside.

 

 

Some like the high road, I like the low road,

Free from the care and strife.

Sounds corny and seedy, but yes, indeed-y;

Give me the simple life.

Give My Regards to Broadway!

 

Did you ever see two Yankees part upon a foreign shore?
When the good ship's just about to start for Old New York once more?
With tear dimmed eye, they say goodbye
They're friends, without a doubt;
When the man on the pier shouts, "Let them clear!"
As the ship strikes out.

 

Give my regards to Broadway!
Remember me to Herald Square!
Tell all the gang at Forty Second Street
That I will soon be there!
Whisper of how I'm yearning
To mingle with the old time throng!
Give my regards to Old Broadway
And say that I'll be there, 'ere long!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glory of Love, The

(1)

 

You've got to give a little, take a little,

And let your poor heart break a little.

That's the story of, that's the glory of love.

 

You've got to laugh a little, cry a little,

Until the clouds roll by a little.

That's the story of, that's the glory of love.

 

As long as there's the two of us,

We've got the world and all its charms.

And when the world is through with us,

We've got each other's arms.

 

You've got to win a little, lose a little,

And always have the blues a little.

That's the story of, that's the glory of love.

That's the story of, that's the glory of love


Glow Worm

Johnny Mercer

 

Glow, little glow-worm, fly of fire

Glow like an incandescent wire

Glow for the female of the specie

Turn on the A-C and the D-C

This night could use a little brightning

Light up, you li'l ol' bug of lightning

When you gotta glow, you gotta glow

Glow little glow-worm glow.

 

 

Glow, little glow-worm, glow and glimmer

Swim through the sea of night, little swimmer

Thou aer-o-nau-tic-al boll weevil

Il-lu-mi-nate yon woods primeval

See how the shadows deep and darken

You and your chick should get to sparking

I got a gal that I love so

Glow little glow-worm glow.

 

Glow, little glow-worm, turn the key on

you are equipped with tail light neon

You got a cute vest-pocket Mazda

Which you can make both slow or "Fazda"

I don't know who you took a shine to

Or who you're out to make a sign to

I got a gal that I love so

Glow little glow-worm glow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go Into Your Dance

(1) Music: Harry Warren;  Lyrics: Al Dubin; Premiere: 1935

 

Verse:

 

If you've a melancholy case of the blues,

I've got a remedy for you.

If you've an ounce of rhythm down in your shoes,

Then I'll change your point of view;

 

Chorus:

 

If you've been singin' a sad and blue song,

Go into your dance.

Until you learn how to sing a new song,

Go into your dance.

Don't be complainin',

Learn how to smile;

And if it's rainin',

Dance in the rain a while.

Put off your sorrow until tomorrow,

Go into your dance;

Shake your shoes and go into your dance.


Gonna Build a Mountain

Bricusse/Newley August 26, 1967

 

I'm gonna build a mountain

From a little hill

I'm gonna build a mountain

Least I hope I will

I'm gonna build a mountain

I'm gonna build it high

I don't know how I'm gonna do it

Only know I'm gonna try

 

I'm gonna build a daydream

From a little hope

I'm gonna push the daydream

Up that mountain top

I'm gonna build a daydream

I'm gonna see it through

I'm gonna build a mountain and a daydream

I'm gonna make them both come true

 

I'm gonna build a heaven

And I will someday

And the lord sends Gabriel

To take me away

I want a fine young son

To take my place

I'll leave my son in my heaven

On earth with the good lord's grace

 

I want a fine young son

To take my place

I'll leave my son in my heaven

On earth with the good lord's grace

Yeah.....


Good Mornin'

 

Good mornin', good mornin'

We've talked the whole night through

Good mornin', good mornin' to you

 

Good mornin', good mornin'

It's great to stay out late

Good mornin', good mornin' to you

 

When the band began to play,

The stars were shining bright.

Now the milkman's on his way-

It's too late to say good'night

So, good mornin', good mornin'

Sunbeams will still smile through

Good mornin', good mornin' to you

And you and you and you

 

Good mornin', good mornin'

We gabbed the whole night through

Good mornin, good mornin' to you

Nothin' could be grander than to be in Louisiana

 

in the mornin', in the mornin'

 

 

It's GREAT to stay up late

Good mornin' good mornin' to you

It might be just as zippy if we was in Mississippi

                in the mornin', in the mornin' with you

 

When we left the movie show,

The future wasn't bright

But came dawn, the show goes on

And I don't wanna say good-night

So say good mornin', good mornin'

Rainbows are shining through

Good mornin

Boungiorno!

Good mornin

Buenos Dias!

Good mornin to you

 


Good Morning Starshine

James Rado (From Hair)

 

Chorus

 

Good morning starshine

The earth says hello

You twinkle above us

We twinkle below

Good morning starshine

You lead us along

My love and me as we sing

Our early morning singing song

 

Gliddy glub gloopy

Nibby nabby noopy

La la la lo lo

Sabba sibby sabba

Nooby abba nabba

Le le lo lo

Tooby ooby walla

Nooby abba naba

 

Early morning singing song

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Singing a song

Humming a song

Singing a song

Loving a song

Laughing a song

Singing a song

Sing the song

Song song song sing

Sing sing sing sing song

 

Good morning starshine

The universe rings

With milky way music

Our blue planet sings

Good morning starshine

And someday so strong

They'll hear the song we sang

Our early morning singing song


Goodnight Irene

Words and Music: Huddie Leadbetter, John Lomax

 

Irene, goodnight

Irene, goodnight

Goodnight, Irene, goodnight, Irene

I’ll see you in my dreams.

 

Last Saturday night I got married,

Me and my wife settled down,

Now, me and my wife are parted,

I’m going to take another stroll downtown.

Irene, goodnight,

Irene, goodnight,

Goodnight, Irene, goodnight Irene,

I’ll see you in my dreams

 

Sometimes I live in the country,

Sometimes I live in the town,

Sometimes I have a great notion,

To jump into the river and drown.

Irene, goodnight,

Irene, goodnight,

Goodnight, Irene, goodnight Irene,

I’ll see you in my dreams.

 

Stop ramblin’ and stop your gamblin’,

Stop stayin’ out late at night,

Go home to your wife and your fam’ly,

Sit down by the fireside bright.

Irene, goodnight,

Irene, goodnight,

Goodnight, Irene, goodnight, Irene,

I’ll see you in my dreams


Goodnight, My Someone

Meredith Willson

 

Good night, my someone.

Good night, my love.

Sleep tight, my someone.

Sleep tight, my love.

 

Our star is shining its brightest light,

For good night, my love, for good night.

Sweet dreams be yours, dear, if dreams there be

Sweet dreams to carry you close to me.

I wish they may and I wish they might.

So good night, my someone, good night.

 

True love can be whispered from heart to heart,

When lovers are parted," they say.

But I must depend on a wish and a star

As long as my heart doesn't know who you are.

 

Sweet dreams be yours, dear, if dreams there be

Sweet dreams to carry you close to me.

I wish they may and I wish they might.

So good night, my someone, good night.

Good night! Good night


Goody Goody

Lyrics: Johnny Mercer; Music: Matty Malneck 1936

 

You told me that there wasn't a lesson in lovin' You hadn't learned Oh yeah? Oh Yeah?

You told me that you keep playing with fire Without getting burned. Oh yeah? Oh Yeah?

 

So you met someone

Who set you back on your heels,

goody goody!

 

So, you met someone

And now you know how it feels,

Goody goody!

So you gave him your heart too

Just as I gave mine to you

And he broke it in little pieces,

Now, how do you do?

 

So you lie awake just singin’ the blues all night

Goody goody!

So you think that love’s a barrel of dynamite?

Hooray and hallelujah! 

You had it comin’ to ya!

Goody goody for him!  Goody goody for me!

And I hope you’re satisfied, you rascal you!

 

Do you remember me sittin’ all alone

Waitin’ for a tinkle from the telephone

Now, the action, Jackson, ’s turned right around

Goody goody!

Yes, you must remember me, I was home for you

Sittin’, waitin’, hopin’ like you told me to

Now, the action, Jackson, ‘s turned right around

 

‘Cause, you met someone

Who set you back on your heels, goody goody!

So, you met someone

And now you know how it feels

Hooray and hallelujah!  You had it comin’ to ya!

Goody goody for him!  Goody goody for me!

And I hope you’re satisfied, you rascal –

I hope she tans your hide, you rascal!

So, goody good good for me, you rascal you!

 


Gotta Sing a Show Tune

Showtune

 

On the radio today, all they ever play is

Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!

Well, I've had it up to here!

So please don't bend my ear

With punk, or funk, it's junk!

 

When I pine for a lyric line or a mellow melody,

Guys like Hammerstein, and Jule Styne

Are the stars that shine for me.

 

Wanna sing... A show tune,

Good ol' Broadway show tune

Nothing that has no tune,

Something that has heart.

Something you can hum or can strum by the hour,

Something kind of light

That's as bright as a flower,

Something with a tune

You can croon in the shower,

To help the day start.

 

You can keep those rock songs,

I don't need those schlock songs,

Only summer stock songs set me tapping my toe!

How I love to sing a ditty that's witty and stylish,

Something Gershwin-esque,

Porter-esque or Kurt Weill-ish.

Wanna sing a show tune, from a broadway show.

 

Hello dolly, some enchanted evening,

I'm just a guy who can’t say no.

Something you can la-dah-dah-dah by the hour,

Make believe you're Bennett, or Fosse, or Gower,

Something you can scat,

Slightly flat, in the shower,

Who cares if it's art?

 

You can keep those rock songs,

I don't need those schlock songs,

Only summer stock songs get me rarin' to go!

From Cabaret to Carousel

Let me tell you how fond I'm

Of anything by Berlin or Rodgers or Sondheim.

Wanna sing a show tune,

A Lerner and Loewe tune,

Gotta sing a show tune, from a broadway show!


Grant Avenue

 

A western street with eastern manners,

Tall pagodas and golden banners

Throw their shadows through the lantern glow.

You can shop for precious jade or teakwood tables or silk brocade

Or see a bold and brassy night club show,

On the most exciting thoroughfare I know.

 

We call it Grant Avenue, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Looks down from Chinatown

Over a foggy bay.

You travel there in a trolley,

In a trolley up you climb,

Dong! Dong!

You're in Hong Kong,

Having yourself a time.

You can eat, if you are in the mood,

Shark-fin soup, bean cake fish.

The girl who serves you all your food

Is another tasty dish!

You know you

Can't have a new way of living

Till you're living all the way

On Grant Avenue. --

Where is that?--

San Francisco,

That's where's that!

California U.S.A.

 


Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry

Words: Sammy Cahn Music: Jule Styne

 

The torch I carry is handsome

It's worth its heartache in ransom

Now when that twilight steals

I know how the lady in the harbor feels

 

When I want rain, I get sunny weather

I'm just as blue, blue as the sky

Since love has gone, I can't get myself together

Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry

 

My friend ask me out, but I tell them I'm busy

I've got to get a new alibi

I hang around at home, and ask myself: "Where is she?"

Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry

 

Dry little tear drops, my little tear drops

Moving on a stream of dreams

My little memories, those precious memories

Remind me of our crazy schemes

 

Then somebody says, just forget about her

But I gave that treatment a try

Strangely enough, I got along without her

Then one day she passed me right by - oh well

I guess I'll hang my tears out to dry


-H-

Happy Days are Here Again

J. Yellen and M. Ager

 

So long sad times

Go long bad times

We are rid of you at last

 

Howdy gay times

Cloudy gray times

You are now a thing of the past

 

Happy days are here again

The skies above are clear again

So let's sing a song of cheer again

Happy days are here again

 

Altogether shout it now

There's no one

Who can doubt it now

So let's tell the world about it now

Happy days are here again

 

Your cares and troubles are gone

There'll be rain no more from now on

From now on ...

 

Happy days are here again

The skies above are clear again

So, Let's sing a song of cheer again

 

Happy times

Happy nights

Happy days

Are here again!


Happy Talk

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein, II; Music: Richard Rodgers.

 

Happy talk, keep talking happy talk,

Talk about things you'd like to do,

You gotta have a dream,

If you don't have a dream,

How you gonna have a dream come true?

 

Talk about a moon floating in de sky

Looking like a lily on a lake,

Talk about a bird learning how to fly

Making all the music he can make

 

Happy talk, keep talking' happy talk,

Talk about things you'd like to do,

You gotta have a dream,

If you don't have a dream,

How you gonna have a dream come true?

 

Talk about a star looking like a toy

Peeking through de branches of a tree,

Talk about a girl, talk about a boy,

Counting all de ripples on de sea

Happy talk, keep talking happy talk,

 

Talk about things you'd like to do

You gotta have a dream,

If you don't have a dream,

How you gonna have a dream come true?

 

Talk about a boy saying to de girl:

"Golly, baby, I'm a lucky cuss!"

Talk about a girl saying to de boy:

"You an' me is lucky to be us!"

 

Happy talk, keep talking' happy talk,

Talk about things you'd like to do,

You gotta have a dream,

If you don't have a dream,

How you gonna have a dream come true?

 

If you don't talk happy and you never dream,

Then you'll never have a dream come true.

 

 


Happy To Make Your Acquaintance

From The Most Happy Fella

Music & Lyrics: Frank Loesser

Thursday, May 3, 1956

 

When you meet somebody

For the first time

There are spcial things

You're supposed to say

Which you may not mean

But they sound polite as can be

Would you like to learn them?

 

Well then, repeat after me

Happy to make your acquaintance.

'Appy to make your acquaintance.

Thank you so much, I feel fine.

T'ank you so much, omma feel fine.

 

Happy to make your acquaintance

:Acquaintance

And let me say the pleasure

Da pleasure: Is Mine.

Da pleasure's-a mine.

 

How do you do? Pleased to know you.

'Ow do you do? Pleased to know you.

 

And though my English is poor.

My English is-a goddamn' poor!

 

Happy to make your acquaintances

 

Now won't you please say, likewise.

 

Look-a-wise.

No. Likewise.

 

Like-a-ways

No. Likewise.

 

Oh, like-a-wise.

I'm sure.

 

 

 

 

 

Happy To Make Your Acquaintance Reprise

 

How do you do? Pleased to know you.

And though my English is poor.

Happy to make your acquaintances

 

Now won't you please say,likewise?

Look-a-wise

No. likewise

 

Like-a-ways.

No. likewise.

 

Oh. Likewise

I'm sure

 


Happy Trails

by Dale Evans

 

Happy trails to you, until we meet again.

Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then.

Who cares about the clouds when we're together?

Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.

Happy trails to you, 'till we meet again.

 

Some trails are happy ones,

Others are blue.

It's the way you ride the trail that counts,

Here's a happy one for you.

 

Happy trails to you, until we meet again.

Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then.

Who cares about the clouds when we're together?

Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.

 

Happy trails to you, 'till we meet again.


Hard Hearted Hannah

Jack Yellen, Milton Ager. Bob Bigelow, Charles Bates

 

They call her hard hearted Hannah,

The vamp of Savannah,

The meanest gal in town.

Leather is tough but Hannah's heart is tougher.

She's a gal who loves to see men suffer.

To tease 'em and thrill 'em,

To torture and kill 'em

Is her delight they say.

I saw her at the seashore with a great big pan.

There was Hannah throwin' water

On a drownin' man.

That's hard hearted Hannah,

The vamp of Savannah, G.A.

 

They call her hard hearted Hannah,

The vamp of Savannah,

The meanest gal in town.

Talk of your cold refrigerating Mammas,

Brother, she's the polar bear's pajamas.

To tease 'em and thrill 'em,

To torture and kill 'em

Is her delight they say.

An ev'ning spent with Hannah

Sitting on your knees

Is like trav'ling thru Alaska in your B.V.D.s.

She's hard hearted Hannah,

The vamp of Savannah, G.A.

 

 


Harrigan

(1) Words and Music by George M. Cohan

 

Verse 1:

 

Who is the man who will spend or will even lend?

Harrigan, That's Me!

Who is your friend when you find that you need a friend?

Harrigan, That's Me!

For I'm just as proud of my name you see,

As an Emperor, Czar or a King, could be.

Who is the man helps a man every time he can?

Harrigan, That's Me!

 

Chorus

 

H - A - double R - I - G - A - N spells Harrigan

Proud of all the Irish blood that's in me; Devil a man can say a word agin me.

H - A - double R - I - G - A - N, you see,

Is a name that a shame never has been connected with, Harrigan, That's me!

 

Verse 2:

 

Who is the man never stood for a gad about?

Harrigan, That's Me!

Who is the man that the town's simply mad about?

Harrigan, That's Me!

The ladies and babies are fond of me,

I'm fond of them, too, in return, you see.

Who is the gent that's deserving a monument?

Harrigan, That's Me!

 

 


Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

 

Five foot two, eyes of blue,

Oh, what those five feet could do:

Has anybody seen my gal?

 

Turned-up nose, turned-down hose

Flapper? Yes sir, one of those

Has anybody seen my gal?

 

Well, if you run into a five-foot-two

Covered with pearls,

Diamond rings, all those things,

Bet your life it isn't her

 

But could she love, could she coo!

Cootchie-cootchie-cootchie coo!

Has anybody seen my gal?

 

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

Gene Austin or Bert Lown

 

Please don't talk about me when I'm gone,

Though our friendship ceases from now on,

 

And if you can't say anything that's nice,

Then please don’t talk at all, is my advice,

 

We're parting, you go your way,

I'll go mine, it's best that we do,

 

Here's a kiss! I hope that this

Brings, Lots of luck to you.

 

Makes no difference how I carry on,

Please don't talk about me when I'm gone.

 


Heartaches

Al Hoffman, John Klenner

 

Heartaches, heartaches

My loving you meant only heartaches

Your kiss was such a sacred thing to me

I can't believe it's just a burning memory

 

Heartaches, heartaches

What does it matter how my heart breaks

I should be happy with someone new

But my heart aches for you

 

Heartaches, heartaches

What does it matter how my heart breaks

I should be happy with someone new

But my heart aches

And my heart breaks

And my heart aches for you

 


Heart And Soul

By Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser

 

Heart and soul, I fell in love with you

Heart and soul, the way a fool would do, madly

Because you held me tight

And stole a kiss in the night

 

Heart and soul, I begged to be adored

Lost control, and tumbled overboard, gladly

That magic night we kissed

There in the moon mist

 

Oh! but your lips were thrilling, much too thrilling

Never before were mine so strangely willing

 

But now I see, what one embrace can do

Look at me, it's got me loving you madly

That little kiss you stole

Held all my heart and soul

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heat Wave

Irving Berlin

 

We’re having a heat wave,

A tropical heat wave,

The temperature’s rising,

It isn’t surprising,

She certainly can, can-can.

 

She started a heat wave

By letting her seat wave

In such a way that

The customers say that

She certainly can can-can.

 

Gee, her anatomy

Makes the mercury

Jump to ninety-three.

 

We’re having a heat wave,

A tropical heat wave,

The way that she moves

That thermometer proves

That she certainly can can-can.
Heart Of My Heart

Ben Ryan

Recorded by The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts

October 14, 1953 at Pythian Temple, New York City

 

"Heart Of My Heart", I love that melody

"Heart Of My Heart" brings back a memory

 

When we were kids on the corner of the street

We were rough 'n ready guys

But oh, how we could harmonize

 

"Heart Of My Heart"

Meant friends were dearer then

Too bad we had to part

I know a tear would glisten

If once more I could listen

To that gang that sang "Heart Of My Heart"

 

C'mon now, let's everybody sing!

 

"Heart Of My Heart", I love that melody

"Heart Of My Heart" brings back a memory

 

When we were kids on the corner of the street

We were rough 'n ready guys

But oh, how we could harmonize

 

"Heart Of My Heart"

Meant friends were dearer then (do-do-do-do-do)

Too bad we had to part (to part, to part, to part)

I know a tear would glisten

If once more I could listen

To that gang that sang "Heart Of My Heart"

"Heart Of My Heart"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Heaven, I'm in Heaven

(Cheek to cheek)

 

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.

 

Repeat from here

 

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

 


Hello Bluebird

(1) Cliff Friend

 

All day long I jump and run about

You can always hear me shoutin' out

Hello Bluebird

 

Got no time for blues or anything.

I’m so happy I just wanna sing

Hello Bluebird.

 

Blue skies, sunshine,

Friends that are real.

Old folks, sweat heart

Oh how I feel.

 

I’ll not go roamin’ like I did again

I’ll stay home and be a kid again

Hello Bluebird Hello

 

Repeat  all then

 

Happy Happy Bluebird

Mister Bluebird, Hello!

 


Hello Dolly

 

I went away from the lights of 14th Street

And into my personal haze,

But now that I'm back in the lights of 14th street

Tomorrow will be brighter than the good old days

 

Hello, Dolly,

Well, hello, Dolly.

It's so nice to have you back where you belong.

 

You're looking swell, Dolly,

I can tell, Dolly,

You're still glowin', you're still crowin',

You're still goin' strong.

 

We feel the room swayin

For the band's playin

One of your old fav-rite songs from way back when.

 

Golly Gee, fellas,

Find her an empty knee, fellas.

Dolly'll never go away again.

 

Hello, Dolly,

Well, hello, Dolly.

It's so nice to have you back where you belong.

 

You're looking swell, Dolly,

I can tell, Dolly,

You're still glowin', you're still crowin',

You're still goin' strong.

 

We feel the room swayin

For the band's playin

One of your old fav-rite songs from way back when.

 

Wowo wow wow, fellas,

Look at the old girl now fellas.

Dolly'll never go away,

Dolly'll never go away,

Dolly'll never go away again.

 

 

 

 

 

So Long Dearie

Written by J. Herman

 

Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye. Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye. Goodbye.

Don't try to stop me Horace, please...

 

Wave your little hand and whisper 

So long dearie

You ain't gonna see me anymore

And when you discover that your life is dreary

Don't you come a knockin' at my door

'Cause I'll be all dolled up

And singin' that song

That says you dog, I told you so

 

So wave your little hand and whisper

So long dearie

Dearie, should have said so long.  So long ago

 

Because you've treated me so rotten and rough

I've had enough of feelin' low

So wave your little hand and whisper

So long dearie

Dearie would have said so long .  So long ago

 

For I can hear that choo choo callin' me on

To a fancy new address

Yes, I can hear that choo choo callin' me on

On board that happiness express

I'm gonna learn to dance and drink and smoke a cigarette

I'm go'n as far away from Yonkers as a girl can get   So...

 

And on those cold winter nights, Horace...

You can snuggle up to your cash register.

It's a little lumpy but it rings!

Don't come a knockin' I'll be all dolled up

And singin' that song

That says you dog,  I told you so

 

So Horace, you will find your life a sad old story

You'll be livin' in that lonesome territory

When you see your Dolly shuffle off to glory

Oh I should have said so long...

 

How could I have been wrong?

Oh, I should have said so long... So long ago!


Hello, My Baby

 

Hello, my baby

Hello, my honey

Hello, my ragtime gal

 

Send me a kiss by wire

Baby, my hearts on fire

 

If you refuse me

Honey, you'll lose me

Then you'll be left alone

 

Oh baby, telephone

And tell me I'm your own

 

Hello, my baby

Hello, my honey

Hello, my ragtime gal

 

Send me a kiss by wire

Baby, my hearts on fire

 

If you refuse me

Honey, you'll lose me

Then you'll be left alone

 

Oh baby, telephone

And tell me I'm your own

 


Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love

 

Hello, Twelve

Hello, Thirteen

Hello, Love

Changes, Oh

Down below, up above

Time to doubt

To break out

It's a mess, it's a mess

Time to grow, time to go

Adolesce, Adolesce

 

Too young to take over

Too old to ignore

Gee, I'm almost ready

But what for

There's a lot I am not certain of

 

Repeat above then sing

 

Goodbye, Twelve

Goodbye, Thirteen

Goodbye, Fourteen

Goodbye, Fifteen

Goodbye, Sixteen

Goodbye, Seventeen

Hello, love...

Don't do it

Don't do it

And now life really begins...

Don't do it

Don't do it

And now life really begins...


Hello Young Lovers

 

Hello young lovers who ever you are

I hope your troubles are few

All my good wishes go with you tonight

I've been in love like you

 

Be brave young lovers and follow your star

Be brave and faithful and true

Cling very close to each other tonight

I've been in love like you

 

Repeat from here

 

I know how it feels to have wings on your heels

And fly down the street in a trance

You fly down a street on a chance that you'll meet

And you meet not really by chance

 

Don't cry young lovers what ever you do

Don't cry because I'm alone

All of my memories are happy tonight

I've had a love of my own

 

I've had a love of my own like yours

I've had a love of my own

 

When I think of Tom, I think about a night

When the earth smelled of summer

And the sky was streaked with white

And the gray mist of England was sleeping on the hill

I remember this

And I always will

 

There are new lovers now on the same silent hill

Looking at the same blue sea

And I know Tom and I are a part of them still

And they're all a part of Tom and me

 

Don't cry young lovers whatever you do…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here Comes Heaven

Music: Jimmy McHugh Lyrics: Harold Adamson, 1945

 

Here comes heaven again

Get that angel face

You don't need a halo or wings

You can do such fabulous things!

 

With eyes that lull me to dreams 

Lips that say, say when 

You walk by and everybody starts to sigh

Here comes heaven again!

 

repeat last verse


Hernando's Hideaway

(1) Adler-Ross

 

I know a dark secluded place

A place where no one knows your face

A glass of wine a fast embrace

It's called...Hernando's Hideaway...OLÉ

 

All you see are silhouettes

And all you hear are castanets

And no one cares how late it gets

Not at Hernando's Hideaway...OLÉ

 

At the Golden Fingerbowl or any place you go

You can meet your Uncle Max

And everyone you know

But if you go to the spot that I am thinking of

You will be free...to gaze at me

And talk of love

 

Just knock three times and whisper low

That you and I were sent by Joe

Then strike a match and you will know

You're in Hernando's Hideaway...OLÉ

 

ooohh yeah!

move over here a little closer...

mmmmm....

HEY!

 

Oh just knock three times and whisper low

That you and I were sent by Joe

Then strike a match and you will know

That you're in Hernando's Hideaway.

 

 

 


Hey Good Lookin'

H. Williams

 

Hey good lookin'

What ya got cookin?

How about cookin' something up with me

 

Oh, sweet baby

Now, don't say maybe

How about cooking a brand new recipe

 

Got a hot-rod Ford and a two-dollar bill

And I know a place right over the hill

Sodie-pop and the dancings free

Do you wanna come along, come along with me

 

I said hey good lookin'

What ya got cookin?

How about cookin' something up with me

 

I got a hot-rod Ford and a two-dollar bill

I know a place right over the hill

If ya sodie-poppin and if ya think it's free

Then I got news for you, along with me

 

I said hey good lookin'

Now what you got cookin?

About cookin' something up with Slinkee?

How about cookin' something up with Merle?

So how about cookin' someting up with me?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey Look Me Over

Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh; Music: Cy Coleman

 

Hey, look me over,

Lend me an ear,

Fresh out of clover,

Mortgage up to here.

 

Don't pass your plates boys,

Don't pass your cups.

I figure whenever you're down and out

The only way is up.

 

And I'll be up like a rosebud,

High on the vine,

Don't thumb your nose bud,

Take a tip of mine.

 

I'm a little short of the elbowroom,

So let me get me some

And look out world,

Here I come.

 

Nobody in the world

Is ever without a care.

Ba dum ba dum.

How can you win the world

When nobody knows you're there,

Ba, dum, ba dum.

 

Just when you need the crowd,

The tickets are hard to sell,

Ba dum, ba dum.

Still you can lead the crowd

if you can get up and yell. Hey!

 

Hey, hey, lookie, lookie here,

Folks, we're folks here,

To lease a hill, or in a pinch,

I'll take an acre; I'll take an inch.

 

And I'll be hey what do you say,

Let's give the wildcat,

Hip hooray, hooray, hooray,

I'm a little bit short of the elbowroom

So let me get me some,

And look out world, here I come.

 


Hey There

(1) Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

 

Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes

Love never made a fool of you,

You used to be too wise

Hey there, you on that high-flying cloud

Though he won't throw a crumb to you

You think some day, he'll come to you

 

Better forget him

Him with his nose in the air

He has you dancing on a string

Break it and he won't care

 

Won't you take this advice

I hand you like a brother

Or are you not seeing things too clear

Are you too much in love to hear

Is it all going in one ear and out the other

 

Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes

Love never made a fool of you

You used to be too wise

 

Will you take this advice

I hand you like a bother

Or am I not seein' things too clear

Are you just too far gone to hear

Is it all goin' in one ear and out the other


High Hopes

Lyrics Sammy Cahn/ Music James Van Heusen

 

Next time you're found,

With your chin on the ground

Theres a lot to be learned, so look around

 

Just what makes that little old ant

Think he'll move that rubber tree plant

Anyone knows an ant, can't

Move a rubber tree plant

 

But he's got high hopes,

He's got high hopes

He's got high apple pie, in the sky hopes

So any time your gettin' low

'Stead of lettin' go

Just remember that ant

Oops there goes another rubber tree

Oops there goes another rubber tree

Oops there goes another rubber tree plant

 

When troubles call, and your back's to the wall

There’s a lot to be learned, that wall could fall

 

Once there was a silly old ram

Thought he'd punch a hole in a dam

No one could make that ram, scram

He kept buttin' that dam

 

'Cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes

He had high apple pie, in the sky hopes

So any time your feelin' bad

'Stead of feelin' sad

Just remember that ram

Oops there goes a billion kilowatt

Oops there goes a billion kilowatt

Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam

 

So keep you keep your high hopes

Keep your high hopes

Keep your high apple pie in the sky hopes

A problem’s just a toy balloon

They'll be bursting soon

They're just bound to go POP

Oops there goes another problem

Oops there goes another problem

Oops there goes another problem,Kerplop


Honey Bun

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein, II; Music: Richard Rodgers.

 

My doll is as dainty as a sparrow

Her figure is something to applaud

Where she's narrow

She's as narrow an arrow

And she's broad

Where a broad

Should be broad

 

A hundred and one pounds of fun

That's my little honey bun

Get a load of honey bun tonight

I'm speaking of my sweetie pie

Only sixty inches high

Every inch is packed with dynamite

 

Her hair is blond and curly

Her curls are hurly-burly

Her lips are pips,

I call her hips

Twirly and whirly

 

She's my baby, I'm her pap

She's my booby, I'm her trap

I am caught and I don't wanna run,

'Cause I'm having so much fun

With honey bun

 

I am caught and I don't wanna run,

'Cause I'm having so much fun

With honey bun

 

Believe me sonny!

She a cookie

Who can cook you 'till you're done

Ain't being funny!

Sonny,

Put your money

On my honey bun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wonderful Guy, A

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein, II; Music: Richard Rodgers.

 

I'm as corny as Kansas in August,

I'm as normal as blueberry pie.

No more a smart little girl with no heart,

I have found me a wonderful guy!

 

I am in a conventional dither,

With a conventional star in my eye.

And you will note there's a lump in my throat

When I speak of that wonderful guy!

 

I'm as trite and as gay as a daisy in May,

A cliche coming true!

I'm bromidic and bright as a moon happy night

Pouring light on the dew!

 

I'm as corny as Kansas in August,

High as a flag on the Fourth of July!

If you'll excuse an expression I use,

I'm in love, I'm in love,

I'm in love, I'm in love,

I'm in love with a wonderful guy!

 

 

I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein, II; Music: Richard Rodgers.

 

Refrain

 

I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair

I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair

I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair

And send him on his way

 

I'm gonna wave that man right outa my arms

I'm gonna wave that man right outa my arms

I'm gonna wave that man right outa my arms

And send him on his way

 

Don't try to patch it up, tear it up, tear it up

Wash him out, dry him out, push him out, fly him out

Cancel him, and let him go, Yea, sister

 

Repeat Refrain


Honeysuckle Rose

Fats Waller and Andy Razaf

Transcribed from Fats Waller and His Rhythm, vocals by Fats Waller; recorded 11/7/34;

From An Introduction to Fats Waller: His Best Recordings 1928 - 1942; Best of Jazz, 4006.

 

Every honeybee fills with jealousy,

When they see you out with me,

I don't blame them, goodness knows,

Honeysuckle rose!

 

When we're passing by, flowers droop and sigh,

And I know the reason why,

You're much sweeter, goodness knows,

Honeysuckle rose!

 

Don't buy sugar; you just have to touch my cup,

You're my sugar; it's sweet when you stir it up!

When I'm taking sips, from your tasty lips,

The honey fairly drips,

You're confection, goodness knows,

Honeysuckle rose!

 

Oh, when I'm taking sips from your tasty lips,

See the honey fairly drips,

Confection, goodness knows!

Talking 'bout honeysuckle rose!

 

[Spoken]

Yas, yas!


Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)

Artist: Perry Como (peak Billboard position # 1 in 1956)

Words and Music by Al Hoffman and Dick Manning

Melody based on Chabrier's "España Rhapsody"

 

Chorus

Oh, hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom what you do to me

It's so new to me, what you do to me

Hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom what you do to me

When you're holding me tight

 

Never dreamed anybody could kiss thattaway

Bring me bliss thattaway, what a kiss thattaway

What a wonderful feelin' to feel thattaway

Tell me where have you been all my life

 

Chorus

 

Never knew that my heart could go "zing" thattaway

Ting-a-ling thattaway, make me sing thattaway

Said "goodbye" to my troubles, they went thattaway

Ever since you came into my life

 

Chorus

 

There's a cute little cottage for two thattaway

Skies are blue thattaway, dreams come true thattaway

If you say I can share it with you thattaway

I'll be happy the rest of my life

 

Chorus

 

Oh, hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom what you do to me

How my future will shine

Hot diggity, dog ziggity, boom what you do to me

From the moment you're mine

 

Hot Dog!!


 

Hooray for Hollywood

JOHNNY MERCER

 

Hooray for Hollywood

That screwy, ballyhooey Hollywood!

Where any office boy

Or young mechanic

can be a panic

With just a good-looking pan (pan=face)

And any barmaid

Can be a star maid

If she dances with or without a fan (reference: Sally Rand)

Hooray for Hollywood!

Where you're terrific

if you're even good!

Where anyone at all from Shirley Temple (child actress)

to Aimee Semple (Aimee Semple McPherson - evangelist)

is equally understood

Come on and try your luck

You could be Donald Duck

Hooray for Hollywood!

 

Hooray for Hollywood!

That phony, super Coney, Hollywood

They come from Chilicothes and Padukahs

with their bazookas (it could refer to so many things!)

To see their names up in lights

All armed with photos

From local rotos

With their hair in curlers

and legs in tights

Hooray for Hollywood!

You may be homely in your neighborhood.

Still, if you think that you can be an actor

See Mister Factor (Max Factor - makeup artist)

He'd make a monkey look good!

Within a half an hour

You'll look like Tyrone Power (hunky action star)

Hooray for Hollywood!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How Are Things in Glocca Morra?

Words: E.Y. Harburg, Music: Burton Lane

From the show "Finian's Rainbow."

Album: Still on the Road

 

 

I hear a bird, Londonderry bird,

It well may be he's bringing me a cheering word.

I hear a breeze, a River Shanon breeze,

It well may be it's followed me across the seas.

Then tell me please:

 

How are things in Glocca Morra?

Is that little brook still leaping there?

Does it still run down to Donny cove?

Through Killybegs, Kilkerry and Kildare?

 

How are things in Glocca Mora?

Is that willow tree still weeping there?

Does that lassie with the twinklin' eye

Come smilin' by and does she walk away,

Sad and dreamy there not to see me there?

 

So I ask each weepin' willow

And each brook along the way,

And each lass that comes a-sighin" Too ra lay

How are things in Glocca Morra this fine day?


How High The Moon

lyrics Nancy Hamilton, Music Morgan Lewis.

 

"Somewhere there's music, how faint the tune

Somewhere there's heaven, how high the moon

There is no moon above and love is far away too

'Til it comes true

That you love me and I love you

"Somewhere there's music, how near how far

Somewhere there's heaven, that's where you are

The darkest night would shine if you would come to me soon

Until you will, I'll still my heart, how high the moon

"Somewhere there's music, how faint the tune

Somewhere there's heaven, how high the moon

The darkest night would shine if you would come to me soon

Until you will, I'll still my heart, how high the moon"

 

 


How Long Has This Been Going On?

Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin From Rosalie 1927

 

I could cry salty tears

Where have I been all these years

A little while, tell me now

How long has this been going on?

 

There were chills, up my spine

Yes, there're thrills I can't define

Listen sweet, while I repeat

How long has this been going on?

 

I could feel that I could melt

Into heaven I'm hurled

I know how Columbus felt

Finding another world

 

Kiss me once, and then once more

What a dunce, I was before

What a break, for heaven's sake

How long has this been going on?

 

Repeat last verse


How Lucky Can You Get

Written by F.Ebb & J.Kender 1975

 

Ain't she got fun,

She's the luckiest one

 

Satin on my shoulder and a smile on my lips

How lucky can you get

Money in my pocket right at my fingertips

How lucky can you get

Every night a party where the fun never ends

You can circle the globe with my circle of friends

Someone I am crazy for is crazy for me

I'm his personal pet

Wow how lucky can you get

 

See her diamonds are gleam her life is a dream

Wrap it up and charge it

That's my is my favourite phrase

How lucky can you get

When I see the chauffeur

Think I'll give him a raise

How lucky can you get

Weekends in the country with the baron of course

And a wardrobe to choke Mrs Asters pet horse

Making merry music with the one that I love

We're a perfect duet

Gee how lucky can you

Wee how lucky can you

Wow how lucky can you get

 

Ain't she got fun

She's the luck the luck the luck the luck the luck

The luck the luck the luck the luck the luck

The luck

 

Satin on my shoulder how lucky can you get

Money in my pocket how lucky can you get

Every night's a party where the fun never ends

You can circle the globe with my circle of friends

Someone I am crazy for is crazy for me

I'm his personal pat

Wow how lucky can you get

He there gorgeous!

Big success!

What's your secret gorgeous!

Just lucky I guess

 

 

You wanna know what it's really like

FANTASTIC!

Satin on my shoulder and a smile on my lips

Money in my pocket right at my fingertips

Wrap it up and charge it that's my favourite phrase

How lucky

When I see the chauffeur think I'll give him a raise

How lucky

Life's a bed of roses whirling perfume on me

You can spare me the blues I don't sing in that key

And if there's a man who'd leave me I am happy to say

I haven't run into him yet

 

Gee Wee Wow

How lucky, how lucky can you get!


How Much Is That Doggie In The Window

Patti Page

 

Chorus

How much is that doggie in the window?

(arf! arf!)

The one with the waggley tail

How much is that doggie in the window?

(arf! arf!)

I do hope that doggie's for sale

 

I must take a trip to California

And leave my poor sweetheart alone

If he has a dog, he won't be lonesome

And the doggie will have a good home

 

Chorus

 

I read in the paper there are robbers

(roof! roof!)

With flashlights that shine in the dark

My love needs a doggie to protect him

And scare them away with one bark

 

I don't want a bunny or a kitty

I don't want a parrot that talks

I don't want a bowl of little fishies

He can't take a goldfish for a walk

 

How much is that doggie in the window?

(arf! arf!)

The one with the waggley tail

How much is that doggie in the window?

(arf! arf!)

I do hope that doggie's for sale

 

I do hope that doggie's for sale


Hurry, It’s Lovely Up Here

Alan J Lerner and Burton Lane, What’s New Pussycat

 

Hey buds below ... up is where to grow

Up with which below can't compare with.

Hurry - it's lovely up here

 

Life down a hole takes an awful toll,

What with not a soul there to share with

Hurry - it’s lovely up here!

 

Wake up, bestir yourself,

It's time that you disinter yourself

You’ve got a spot to fill - a pot to fill

And what a gift package of showers, sun and love

You’ll be met above everywhere with,

Fondled and sniffed by, millions who drift by,

Life here is rosy - if you’re a posy

Hurry it's lovely here!

 

Climb up geranium, it can’t be fun subterran-ium

On the exterior, it’s cheerier

RSVP peonies, pollinate the breeze,

Make the queen of bees hot as brandy

Come give at least a preview of Easter

Come up and see the good we're giving

Come up and see the grounds for living

Come poke your head out,

Open up and spread out,

Hurry it’s lovely here! 


-I-

I Am What I Am

Jerry Herman

 

I am what I am

I am my own special creation

So come take a look

Give me the hook or the ovation

It's my world

That I want to have a little pride in

My world

And it's not a place I have to hide in

Life's not worth a damn

Till you can say

Hey world, I am what I am

 

I am what I am

I don’t need praise, I don’t need pity.

I bang my own drum

Some call it noise, I call it pretty.

And so what if

I love each bauble and each bangle,

Why not try to see things from a different angle?

Your life is a sham

'Till you can shout out loud,

"I am what I am!"

 

I am what I am

And what I am

Needs no excuses.

I deal my own deck,

Sometimes the ace

Sometimes the deuces.

It's one life and there's no return and no deposit

One life so it's time to open up your closet

Life's not worth a damn

‘till you can shout out loud

I am what I am

 


I Can Do That

Lyrics: Edward Kleban; Music Marvin Hamlisch

 

I'm watchin' Sis

Go pitterpat.

Said, "I can do that,

I can do that."

Knew ev'ry step

Right off the bat.

Said, "I can do that,

I can do that."

 

One morning Sis won't go to dance class.

I grabbed her shoes and tights and all,

But my foot's too small, so,

 

I stuffed her shoes

With extra socks,

Run seven blocks

In nothin' flat,

Hell, I can do that,

I can do that!

 

I got to class

And had it made,

And so I stayed

The rest of my life

All thanks to Sis

(Now married and fat)

I can do this.

 

That I can do.

I can do that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Can Dream Can't I?

Irving Kahal & Sammy Fain

 

As we eye the blue horizon's bend,

Earth and sky appear to meet and end.

But it's merely an illusion.

Like your heart and mine,

There is no sweet conclusion

 

I can see,

No matter how near you'll be,

You'll never belong to me.

But I can dream Can't I?

Can't I pretend

that I'm locked in the bend of your embrace?

For dreams are just like wine,

And I am drunk with mine

 

I'm aware my heart is a sad affair.

There's much disillusion there,

But I can dream, Can't I

 

Can't I adore you although we are oceans apart?

I can't make you open your heart,

But I can dream Can't I


I Can't Begin to Tell You

Mack Gordon & James V. Monaco

 

I can't begin to tell you

How much you mean to me.

My world would end

If ever we were through.

 

I can't begin to tell you

How happy I would be

If I could speak my mind

Like others do.

 

I make such pretty speeches

Whenever we're apart.

But when you're near

The words I choose

Refuse to leave my heart.

 

So take the sweetest phrases

The world has ever known

And make believe

I've said them all to you.

 

I make such pretty speeches

Whenever we're apart.

But when you're near

The words I choose

Refuse to leave my heart.

 

So take the sweetest phrases

The world has ever known.

And make believe

I've said them all to you.

 


I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

Gaskill/McHugh

 

Your eyes so blue - your kisses too

I never knew - what they could do

I can't believe that you're in love with me

 

You're telling everyone I know

I'm on your mind each place you go

They can't believe that you're in love with me

 

I have always placed you far above me

I just can't imagine that you love me

 

And after all is said and done

To think that I'm the lucky one

I can't believe that you're in love

Just can't believe that you're in love with me


I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby

(1) Lyrics: Dorothy Fields, Music: by Jimmy McHugh 

 

I can't give you anything but love, baby

That's the only thing I've plenty of, baby

Dream a while,

Scheme a while

You’re sure to find

Happiness and I guess

All those things you've always pinned for

 

Gee I'd like to see you looking swell, baby

Diamond bracelets Woolworths doesn't sell, baby

'Till that lucky day, you know darn well, baby

I can't give you anything but love

 

I Can't Help Falling in Love with You

 

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

Darling 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

 

 

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

Darling 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

For I can't help falling in love with you

I Can't Say No!

Lyrics: Hammerstein II; Music: Richard Rodgers

 

I'm just a girl who can't say no,

I'm in a terrible fix.

I always say 'Come on, let's go!'

Just when I oughta say nix.

 

When a person tries to kiss a girl,

I know she oughta give his face a smack.

But as soon as someone kisses me,

I somehow, sorta, wanna kiss him back!

 

I'm just a fool when the lights are low,

I I ain't the type that can faint

How c'n I be whut I ain't?

I can't say no!

 


I Could be Happy With You

 

I could be happy with you

If you could be happy with me

I'd be contented to live anywhere

Life without care, as long as you are there

Skies may be not always be blue

But one thing’s as sure as can be

I know that I could be happy with you my darling

If you could be happy with me

 

I could be happy with you

If you could be happy with me

I'd be contented to live anywhere

Life without care, as long as Russell’s there

Skies may be not always be blue

But one thing’s as sure as can be

I know that I could be happy with you my darling

If you could be happy with me

 


I Could Have Danced All Night

Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner; Music Frederick Loewe

 

I could have danced all night,

I could have danced all night

And still have danced some more

I could have spread my wings,

And done a thousand things

I've never done before

 

I'll never know what made it so exciting

But all at once my heart took flight

I only know that she, began to dance with me

I could have danced, danced, danced, all night

 

Get Me to the Church On Time

 

I'm gettin' married in the morning

Ding-dong the bells are gonna chime

We'll have a whopper, pull out the stopper

Get me to the church on time

 

I've got to be there in the morning

Spruced up and lookin' in me prime

Pull out your compass, kick up a rompass

Get me to the church on time

 

If I am dancing roll up the floor

If I am romancing, whisk me out the door

 

I'm gettin'' married in the morning

Ding-ding-dong the bells are gonna chime

Someone who is able, lift up the table

Boys come and kiss me, say that you'll miss me

Get me to the church,

Get me to the church,

For god sake Get me to the church, on time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wouldn't it be Loverly?

All I want is a room somewhere,

Far away from the cold night air.

With one enormous chair,

Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?

 

Lots of choc'lates for me to eat,

Lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat.

Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet,

Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?

 

Aow, so loverly sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still.

I would never budge 'till spring

Crept over me windowsill.

 

Someone's 'ead restin' on my knee,

Warm an' tender as 'e can be.

'ho takes good care of me,

Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?

 

Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly

 

 


I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night

Harold Adamson & Jimmy McHugh

 

I couldn't sleep a wink last night

Because we had that silly fight

I thought my heart would break

The whole night through,

I knew that you'd be sorry, and I am sorry too,

I couldn't have my favorite dream,

The one in which I hold you tight,

I had to call you up this morning

To see if everything was still all right,

Yes, I had to call you up this morning

'Cause I couldn't sleep a wink last night,


I Could Write a Book

(1) Lyrics: Lorenz Hart, Music: Richard Rodgers From Pal Joey

 

A-B-C-D-E-G

I never learned to spell

at least not well.

1-2-3-4-5-6-7

I never learned to count

a great amount.

But my busy mind is burning

to use what learning I've got.

I won't waste any time,

I'll strike while the iron is hot.

 

If they asked me, I could write a book

About the way you walk and whisper and look.

I could write a preface on how we met

So the world would never forget.

And the simple secret of the plot

Is just to tell them that I love you a lot.

Then the world discovers as my book ends

How to make two lovers of friends

 

LINDA:

 

Use to hate to go to school

I never craked a book;

I pleyed the hook

Never answered any mail;

to write I used to think was wasting ink.

It was never my endeavor

to be too clever and smart.

Now I suddenly feel

a longing to write in my heart

 

If they asked me, I could write a book

about the way you walk and whisper and look.

I could write a preface on how we met

so the world would never forget.

And the simple secret of the plot

is just to tell them that I love you a lot.

Then the world discovers as my book ends

how to make two lovers a friend

 


I Don't Care

 

They say I'm crazy

Got no sense

But I don't care

They may or may not mean offense

But I don't care

You see, I'm sort of independent

I am my own superintendent

And my star is on the ascendent

That's why I don't care

I don't care, I don't care

What they may think of me

I'm happy-go-lucky, they say that I'm plucky

Content and carefree

I don't care

Don't care if I do get a mean and stony stare

If I'm not successful it won't be distressful

Cause I don't care

A girl should know her etiquette

Alas, alack

Propriety demands we walk a narrow track

When fellas used to blink at me

I'd freeze 'em and they'd shrink at me

But now when fellas wink at me

I wink at them right back!

I don't care

I don't care if people frown on me

Perhaps it's the lone way

But I go my own way

That's my philosophy

I don't care

I don't care if he's clerk or just a millionaire

There's no doubt about it, I'll sing and I'll shout it

Cause I don't care

Oh, I don't care, I don't care

When it comes to happiness, I want my share

Don't try to rearrange me

There's nothing can change me 'cause I don't care.

 

 

 


I Don't Know How to Love Him

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber, from Jesus Christ Superstar

 

I don't know how to love him

What to do, how to move him

I've been changed, yes really changed

In these past few days when I've seen myself

I seem like someone else

 

I don't know how to take this

I don't see why he moves me

He's a man, he's just a man

And I've had so many men before

In very many ways, he's just one more

 

Should I bring him down,

Should I scream and shout

Should I speak of love, let my feelings out?

I never thought I'd come to this –

What's it all about?

 

Don't you think it's rather funny

I should be in this position?

I'm the one who's always been

So calm so cool, no lover's fool

Running every show, he scares me so

 

(Musical interlude)

 

I never thought I'd come to this -- what's it all about?

 

 


I Don't Know Why I love Ya Like I Do

 

I don't know why I love ya like I do

I don't know why I just do

Well I don't know why you thrill me like you do

I don't know why you, just do

 

You never seem to want my romancing

The only time you hold me is when we're dancing I don't know why I love ya like I do

I don't know why I just do
I Don't Need Anything But You

 

I don't need anything but you 

Together at last!

Together for ever!

We're tying a knot,

They never can sever!

 

I don't need sunshine now,

To turn my skies at blue --

I don't need anything but you!

You've wrapped me around

That cute little finger.

You've made life a song .....

You've made me the singer!

And what's the bathtub tune

You always "Bu-Bu-Boo?"

Bu-Bu-Bu

I don’t need anything but you

 

Yesterday was plain awful

You can say that again

Yesterday was plain awful

But that's

Not now

That's then

I'm poor as a mouse,

I'm richer than Midas.

But nothing on earth

Could ever divide us!

And if tomorrow,

I'm an apple seller, too--

I don't need anything but you!

 

Cole Porter needs praise in order to write more;

Lugosi needs teeth the better to bite more.

And Charlie Chan to get his man, he needs a clue,

I don't need anything but you!

 

A steamer needs coal to get up her steam with;

Knute Rockne needs rage to charge up his team with.

And Tommy Manville needs to pitch a little woo;

I don't need anything but you!

 

 

 

 

Hamlet needed his mother,

Woolworth neede his shop.

Orville needed his brother,

Or else he'd go "kerplop!"

 

I used to need work to fill every hour!

I needed to feel that feeling of power.

Now every other need has disappeared from view!

I don't need anything, anything, anything.

I don't need anything but you!

 

 

 

I Don't Want To Walk Without You

 

All our friends keep knocking at the door

They've asked me out a hundred times or more

But all I say is, "Leave me in the gloom"

And here I stay within my lonely room

'Cause...

 

I don't want to walk without you, Baby

Walk without my arm about you, Baby

I thought the day you left me behind

I'd take a stroll and get you right off my mind

But now I find that

I don't want to walk without the sunshine

Why'd you have to turn off all that sunshine?

Oh, Baby, please come back or you'll break my heart for me

 

'Cause I don't want to walk without you

I don't want to walk without you

I don't want to walk without you

 

No, siree

 


I’d Rather Be Blue

 

I’d rather be blue

Thinking of you

I’d rather be blue over you

Than be happy with somebody else.

 

I’m crazy about ya,

Without ya,

For you I’m strong

I can’t do without ya

Ocha ma goucha

Don’t stay too long!

I need a little ow, little ou, little oh

And I’m knocking on wood.

Ah honey hurry up, hurry up, hurry up,

It’s so hard to be good!

 

I’d rather be blue

Thinking of you

I’d rather be blue over you

Than be happy with somebody else.

 

Will I be good?  Will I be bad?

Don’t be a fool you fool!

My little flat, I’m turning that

Into a Sunday school!

While you’re away, I’m here to say

They’ll be no iceman there

Singing the blues, I’m gonna use

Nothing but Fridgedaire!

 

I’d rather be blue

Thinking of you

I’d rather be blue over you

Than be happy with somebody else.

 

Blue over you,

I’d rather be blue over you,

Than be hap-hap-hap- happy

With somebody else!

 

 


I Enjoy Being a Girl

 

I'm a girl and by me that's only great!

I am proud that my silhouette is curvy,

That I walk with a sweet and girlish gait,

With my hips kind of swively and swervy.

 

I adore being dressed in something frilly

When my date comes to get me at my place.

Out I go with my Joe or John or Billy,

Like a filly who is ready for the race!

 

When I have a brand new hair-do,

With my eyelashes all in curl,

I float as the clouds on air do --

I enjoy being a girl!

 

When men say I'm cute and funny,

And my teeth aren't teeth, but pearl,

I just lap it up like honey --

I enjoy being a girl.

 

I flip when a fellow sends me flowers,

I drool over dresses made of lace,

I talk on the telephone for hours

With a pound and a half of cream upon my face!

 

I'm strictly a female female,

And my future, I hope, will be,

In the home of a brave and free male

Who'll enjoy being a guy,

Having a girl like me!

 

Feel all better now, don't you?


If

Bread

 

If a picture paints a thousand words,

Then why can´t I paint you?

The words will never show

The you I´ve come to know

If a face could launch a thousand ships,

Then where am I to go?

There´s no one home but you,

You´re all that´s left me too

And when my love for life is running dry,

You come and pour yourself on me

If I could be two places at one time,

I´d be with you

Tomorrow and today,

Beside you all the way

If the world should stop revolving

Spinning slowly down to die,

I´d spend the end with you

And when the world was through,

Then one by one the stars would all go out,

Then you and I would simply fly away

 

If a picture paints a thousand words,

Then why can´t I paint you?

'Cause the words could never show

The you I´ve come to know

And one by one the stars will all go out,

But you and I will simply fly away

We'll fly away


I Feel Pretty

 

I feel pretty,

Oh so pretty,

I feel pretty and witty and gay,

And I pity

Any girl who isn't me today

 

I feel charming,

Oh so charming,

It's alarming how charming I feel,

And so pretty

That I hardly can believe I'm real.

 

See the pretty girl in that mirror there:

Who can that attractive girl be?

Such a pretty face,

Such a pretty dress,

Such a pretty smile,

Such a pretty me!

 

I feel stunning

And entrancing,

Feel like running and dancing for joy,

For I'm loved

By a pretty wonderful boy!

 

Have you met my good friend Maria,

The craziest girl on the block?

You'll know her the minute you see her,

She's the one who is in an advanced state of shock.

It must be the heat

Or some rare disease,

Or too much to eat

Or maybe it's weed.

She thinks she's in love.

She thinks she's in Spain.

She isn't in love,

She's merely insane.

Send for Chino!

This is not the Maria we know!

Modest and pure,

Polite and refined,

Well-bred and mature,

And out of her mind!

Miss America! Speech! Speech!

 

Maria

I feel pretty,

Oh so pretty

That the city should give me its key.

A committee

Should be organized to honor me.

I feel dizzy,

I feel sunny,

I feel fizzy and funny and fine,

And so pretty,

Miss America can just resign!

Girls:

See the pretty girl in that mirror there:

What mirror where?

Who can that attractive girl be?

(Which? What? Where? Whom?)

Such a pretty face,

Such a pretty dress,

(Whommm? Whommm? )

Such a pretty smile,

Such a pretty me!

(Whommm?)

I feel stunning

And entrancing,

Feel like running and dancing for joy,

For I'm loved

By a pretty wonderful boy!

 


If Ever I Would Leave You

Music: Alan Lerner; Lyrics: Frederick Loewe- Camelot

 

If ever I would leave you,

It wouldn't be in summer,

Seeing you in summer,

I never would go.

Your hair streaked with sunlight,

Your lips red as flame,

Your face with a lustre

That puts gold to shame.

 

But if I'd ever leave you,

How could it be in Autumn?

How I'd leave in Autumn,

I never would know.

I've seen how you sparkle

When Fall nips the air,

I know you in Autumn,

And I must be there.

 

And could I leave you running

Merr'ly through the snow?

Or on a wintry evening

When you catch the fires glow?

 

If ever I would leave you,

How could it be in Springtime

Knowing how in Springtime

I'm bewitched by you so

Oh no, not in Springtime,

Summer, Winter or Fall

No, never could I leave you

At all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If He Walked Into My Life

Mame

 

Where's that boy with the bugle?

My little love who was always my big romance;

Where's that boy with the bugle?

And why did I ever buy him those damn long pants?

 

Did he need a stronger hand?

Did he need a lighter touch?

Was I soft or was I tough?

Did I give enough?

Did I give too much?

At the moment he need me,

Did I ever turn away?

Would I be there when he called,

If he walked into my life today?

 

Were his days a little dull?

Were his nights a little wild?

Did I overstate my plan?

Did I stress the man?

And forget the child?

And there much have been a million things,

That my heart forget to say.

Would I think of one or two,

If he walked into my life today?

 

Should I blame the times I pampered him,

Or blame the times I bossed him?

What a shame I never really found the boy,

Before I lost him.

 

Were the years a little fast?

Was his world a little free?

Was there too much of a crowd?

All too lush and too loud

And not enough of me.

Though I'll ask myself my whole life long

What went wrong along the way,

Would I make the same mistakes

If he walked into my life today?

If that boy with the bugle,

Walked into my life today?


If I Could Tell You

Lyrics by Madeleine Marshall; Music by Idabelle Firestone

Opening theme for “The Voice of Firestone” radio/TV program

 

If I could tell you the thoughts I cherish

And all the ways you are dear to me,

A tender feeling of love revealing

When e’er your smiling face I see,

 

If I could capture the blue of heaven,

That wondrous rapture within your eyes,

 

If I could tell you of my devotion,

If I could pledge all my love so true,

Then my confession would find expression

In all the music my heart sings to you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If I Didn't Care

David Cassidy

 

If I didn't care more than words can say

 

If I didn't care would I feel this way?

If this isn't love

then why do I thrill?

And what makes my head go round an' round

 

While my heart stays still?

If I didn't care

would it be the same?

Would my ev'ry pray'r begin and end

When I speak your name?

And would I be sure that this is love

Beyond compare?

Would all this be true

If I didn't care for you?

 

If I didn't care more than words can say


If I Had My Life to Live Over

Let Me Count the Ways

Jim McGuiggan

 

As I review my life with you

Since the days of old

I wouldn't think of changing things

For all the world and it's gold.

 

If I had my life to live over

I'd do the same things again

I'd still want to roam

Near the place we called home

And my happiness never would end.

 

I'd meet you when school days were over

We'd walk down the lanes we once knew.

If I had my life to live over

I'd still fall in love with you!


If I Love Again

Funny Lady

 

I often wonder why he came to me

Brought such a flame to me

Then let it die

And if another love should find my heart

It will remind my heart of your goodbye

With every new love

You’ll come back to me

In other eyes it’s you I see

If I love again

Though it’s someone new

If I love again

It will still be you

In someone else’s firm embrace

I close my eyes but see your face

If I love again

I’ll find another charms

But I’ll make believe

 

You are in my arms

And though my lips whisper "love me!"

My heart will not be true

I’ll be loving you

Every time I love again...


If I Loved You

Musi: Richard Rodgers Lyrics:  Oscar Hammerstein

 

If I loved you

Time and again I would try to say

All I'd want you to know!

 

If I loved you

Words wouldn't come in an easy way

'Round in circles I'd go!

 

Longing to tell you

But afraid an' shy

I'd let my golden chances pass me by!

 

Soon you'd leave me

Off you would go in the mist of day

Never, never to know

How I’d love you

If I loved you!


If I Only Had A Brain

Music by Harold Arlen and Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg

Originally recorded October 1 and November 8, 1938

 

I could while away the hours

Conferrin with the flowers

Consultin with the rain

And my head I'd be scratchin

While my thoughts were busy hatchin

If I only had a brain

 

I'd unravel any riddle

For any individd-el

In trouble or in pain

With the thoughts I'd be thinkin

I could be another Lincoln

If I only had a brain

 

Oh I, could tell you why

The ocean's near the shore

I could think of things I never thunk before

And then, I'd sit and think some more

 

I would not be just a nothin

My head all full of stuffin

My heart all full of pain

Perhaps I deserve you

And be even worthy erve you

If I only had

If I only had a brain

 

If I Only Had A Heart 

 

When a man's an empty kettle

He should be on his mettle,

And yet I'm torn apart.

 

Just because I'm presumin'

That I could be kind-a-human,

If I only had heart.

 

I'd be tender - I'd be gentle

And awful sentimental

Regarding Love and Art.

 

I'd be friends with the sparrows ...

And the boy who shoots the arrows

If I only had a heart.

 

Picture me - a balcony.

Above a voice sings low.

Wherefore art thou, Romeo?

 

I hear a beat....

How sweet!

 

Just to register emotion,

Jealousy - devotion,

And really feel the part.

 

I could stay young and chipper

And I'd lock it with a zipper,

If I only had a heart.

 

If I Only Had The Nerve 

 

Yeh, it's sad, believe me, Missy,

When you're born to be a sissy

Without the vim and verve.

 

But I could show my prowess,

Be a lion not a mou-ess

If I only had the nerve.

 

I'm afraid there's no denyin'

I'm just a dandelion,

A fate I don't deserve.

 

I'd be brave as a blizzard....

I'd be gentle as a lizard....

I'd be clever as a gizzard....

 

If the Wizard is a Wizard who will serve.

 

Then I'm sure to get

A brain,

A heart,

A home,

 

The nerve!


If I Were a Bell

(1) Frank Loesser

 

Ask me...how do I feel,

Ask me now that we’re cozy and clinging!

Well, sir, all I can say

Is if I were a bell I’d be ringing!

 

From the moment we kissed tonight

That’s the way I just got to behave

Boy, if I were a lamp I’d light!

And if I were a banner I’d wave

 

Ask me how do I feel

Little me with my quiet upbringing

Well, sir, all I can say

Is if I were a gate I’d be swinging!

 

And if I were a watch I’d start

Popping my spring...

Oh, if I were a bell

I’d go ding-dong-ding-dong-ding

 

Ask me how do I feel

From this chemistry lesson I’m learnin’

Yeah, chemistry!

Well, sir, all I can say

Is if I were a bridge

I’d be burning

Yes, I’d do, my moral would crack

From the wonderful way that you look

Boy, if I were a duck I’d quack!

 

And if I were a goose I’d be cooked!

Ask me how do I feel

Ask me now that we’re fondly caressing

Oh, if I were a salad

I know I’d be splashing my dressing

 

Ask me how to describe

This whole beautiful thing

Oh, if I were a bell

If I were a bell

Oh, if I were a bell

I’d go ding-dong-ding-dong

Ding-dong-ding-dong-ding!

 

 

 


If My Friends Could See Me Now

Lyrics: Dorothy Fields;/ Music: Cy Coleman-Sweet Charity

 

If they could see me now, that little gang of mine,

I'm eating fancy chow and drinking fancy wine.

I'd like those stumble bums to see for a fact

The kind of top-drawer,

First-rate chums I attract.

All I can say is, Wow ee! Look at where I am.

Tonight I landed, pow! right in a pot of jam.

What a setup! Holy cow!

They'd never believe it,

If My Friends Could See Me Now!

 

If they could see me now, my little dusty group,

Traipsin' 'round this million dollar chicken coop.

I'd hear those thrift shop cats say:

Brother, get her!  Draped on a bed spread made from three kinds of fur.

All I can say is, Wow! Wait ‘till the riff and raff

See just exactly how he signed this autograph.

What a buildup! Holy cow!

They'd never believe it,

If My Friends Could See Me Now!

 

If they could see me now, alone with Mister V.,

Who's waitin' on me like he was a maitre d'.

I hear my buddies saying:

Crazy, what gives?  Tonight she's living like the other half lives.

To think the highest brow,

Which I must say is he,

Should pick the lowest brow,

Which there's no doubt is me.

What a step up!  Holy cow!

They'd never believe it,

If My Friends Could See Me Now!

 


I Found a Million Dollar Baby

(In a 5 and 10 Cent Store)

Music: Harry Warren; Lyrics: Billy Rose and Mort Dixon

 

 

 

It was a lucky April shower

It was the most convenient door

I found a million dollar baby

In a five an' ten cent store!

 

The rain continued for an' hour

I hung around for three or four

Around a million dollar baby

In a five an' ten cent store!

 

She was sellin' china

An’ when she made those eyes

I kept buyin' china

Until the crowd got wise!

 

Incidentally

 

If you should run into a shower

Just step inside my cottage door

An’ meet the million-dollar baby

From a five an' ten cent store!

 

<instrumental repeat of verse>

 

She was sellin' china

An’ when she made those eyes

I kept buyin' china

Until the crowd got wise!

 

Incidentally

 

If you should run into a shower

Just step inside my cottage door

An’ meet the million-dollar baby

The lady that I adore 

She’s the million-dollar baby

From the five

The five an' ten cent store!


If This Isn’t Love

From Finian's Rainbow

(By B. Lane)

 

Refrain

 

If this isn’t love, the whole world is crazy,

If this isn’t love, I’m daft as a daisy,

With moons all around, and cows jumping over,

There’s something amiss and I’ll eat my hat if this

Isn’t love,

 

(Skip Patter in First Chorus)

Patter

 

I’m feeling like the apple

On top of william tell,

With this I cannot grapple because,

Because you’re so “adorabelle”,

 

Refrain (continued)

 

If this isn’t love, then winter is summer,

If this isn’t love, my heart needs a plumber,

I’m swingin’ on stars, I’m ridin’ on rainbows,

I’m bustin’ with bliss, and I’ll kiss your hand

If this isn’t love!

 

(Repeat Refrain - Include Patter)

 


If You Could See Her

Emmcee (appearing with a gorilla)

I know what you're thinking:

You wonder why I chose her

Out of all the ladies in the world.

That's just a first impression,

What good's a first impression?

If you knew her like I do

It would change your point of view.

 

If you could see her through my eyes,

You wouldn't wonder at all.

If you could see her through my eyes

I guarantee you fall (like I did)

When we're in public together

I hear society moan.

But if you could see her through my eyes

Maybe they'd leave us alone.

 

(There you are my Liebling. Your favourite)

 

How can I speak of her virtues?

I don't know where to begin.

She's clever, she's smart, she reads music

She doesn't smoke or drink gin (like I do)

Yet, when we're walking together

They sneer if I'm holding her hand,

But if they could see her through my eyes

Maybe they'd all understand.

 

(they dance)

Why can't they leave us alone?

 

(spoken)

Meine Damen und Herren, Mesdames et Messieurs,

Ladies and Gentlemen-

Is it a crime to fall in love?

Can we ever tell where the heart truly leads us?

All we are asking is eine bisschen Verstandnis-

A little understanding-

Why can't 'leben und leben lassen'?

 

'Live and let live'...

I understand your abjection,

I grant you the problem's no small.

But if you could see her through my eyes...

 

She wouldn't look Jewish at all.


If You Knew Susie

DeSylva & Meyer

 

If you knew Susie, like I know Susie

Oh! Oh! Oh! What a girl

There's none so classy

As this fair lassie,

Oh! Oh! Holy Moses, what a chassis

We went riding, she didn't balk

Back from Yonkers

I'm the one that had to walk

If you knew Susie, Like I know Susie

Oh! Oh! What a girl!

 

If you knew Susie, like I know Susie

Oh! Oh! Oh! What a girl

She wears long tresses

And nice tight dresses

Oh! Oh!

What a future she possesses

Out in public

How she can yawn

In a parlour, you would think the war was on

If you knew Susie, like I know Susie

Oh! Oh! What a girl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, You Beautiful Doll

 

Oh, you beautiful doll

You great big beautiful doll

Let me put my arms around you

I could never live without you

 

Oh, you beautiful doll

You great big beautiful doll

If you ever leave me

How my heart will ache

I want to hug you

But I fear you'd break

Oh, oh, oh, oh,

You beautiful doll

 

Oh, you beautiful doll

You great big beautiful doll

Let me put my arms around you

I could never live without you

Oh, you beautiful doll

You great big beautiful doll

If you ever leave me

How my heart will ache

I want to hug you

But I fear you'd break

Oh, oh, oh, oh,

You beautiful doll

 

Ma, he's making eyes at me

Ma, he's awful nice to me

Ma, he's almost breaking my heart

I'm beside him

Mercy! Let his conscience guide him!

Ma, he wants to marry me

Be my honey bee

Every minute he gets bolder

Now he's leaning on my shoulder

Ma, he's kissing me

Ma, he's making eyes at me

Ma, he's awful nice to me

Ma, he's almost breaking my heart

If you peek in, can't you see

I'm goin' to weakin'

Ma, he wants to marry me,

Be my honey bee

Ma I'm meeting with resistance

I shall holler for assistance

Ma, he's kissing me
I Get a Kick Out Of You

(1) Cole Poter

 

I get no kick from champagne

Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at'all

So tell me why should it be true?

That I get a kick out of you

 

I get no kick from cocaine

I'm sure that if I took even one sniff

That would bore me terrifically too

Still I get a kick out of you

 

Repeat from, here

 

I get a kick every time I see you

Standin' there before me

I get a kick though it's clear to see

You obviously do not adore me

 

I get no kick in a plane

Flying too high with some guy in the sky

Is my idea of nothin' to do

Still I get a kick out of you

 

Repeat above then sing below

 

You give me a boot

I get a kick out of you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Got Lost in His Arms

 

Don't ask me just how it happened,

I wish I knew.

 I can't believe that it's happened,

And still it's true.

 

Refrain 1

 

I got lost in his arms,

And I had to stay.

It was dark in his arms,

And I lost my way.

From the dark came a voice,

And it seemed to say:

"There you go... There you go..."

 

Refrain 2

 

How I felt as I fell,

I just can't recall.

But his arms held me fast,

And they broke the fall.

And I said to my heart

As it foolishly went jumping all around...

I got lost,

But look what I found.

 

(Repeat refrains 1 and 2)


I Got Rhythm

Lyrics: Ira-Music George Gershwin-Girl Crazy

 

Refrain

 

I got rhythm,

I got music,

I got my man -

Who could ask for anything more?

 

I got daisies,

In green pastures,

I got my man -

Who could ask for anything more?

 

Verse 1

Old Man Trouble,

I don't mind him -

You won't find him

Hangin' 'round my back door.

 

I got starlight,

I got sweet dreams,

I got my man -

Who could ask for anything more -

Who could ask for anything more?

 

(Repeat refrain)

 

Verse 2

 

Old Man Trouble,

I don't mind him -

You won't find him

Hangin' 'round my front or back door.

 

I got starlight,

I got sweet dreams,

I got my man -

Who could ask for anything more -

Who could ask for anything more?

 

I got rhythm, I got music

I got my girl

Who could ask for anything more?

I've got good times, no more bad times

I've got my girl

Who could ask for anything more?

Old man trouble (old man trouble)

I don't mind him (I don't mind him)

You won't find him 'round my door

I've got starlight (I've got starlight)

I've got sweet dreams (I've got sweet dreams)

I've got my girl

Who could ask for, who could ask for more?

Old man trouble (old man trouble)

I don't mind him (I don't mind him)

You won't find, you're never gonna find him 'round my door

Oh, I've got rhythm (hey! I've got rhythm)

I've got music (hey! I got music)

I got my girl

Who could ask for anything more?

In this fast and troubled world

I've got rhythm, I've got rhythm

I've got rhythm, I've got rhythm

I've got rhythm, I've got rhythm

{fade}

Verse:

Days can be sunny,

With never a sigh;

Dont' need what money

Can buy.

Birds in the tree sing

Their dayful of song.

Why shouldn't we sing

Along?

I'm chipper all the day,

Happy with my lot.

How do I get that way?

Look at what I've got:


I Had the Craziest Dream

Music: Harry Warren; Lyrics: Mack Gordon

 

I had the craziest dream, last night, yes I did!

I never dreamed it could be,

Yet there you were, in love with me.

 

I found your lips close to mine, so I kissed you,

And you didn't mind it at all!

When I'm awake, such a break never happens,

How long can a guy go on dreamin'?

 

If there's a chance that you care,

Then please, say you do, baby!

Say it and make, my craziest dream come true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Have Dreamed

 

Alone and awake, I've looked at the stars

The same that smiled on you

And time and again, I've thought all the things

That you were thinking too.

 

I have dreamed that your arms are lovely

I have dreamed what a joy you'll be

I have dreamed ev'ry word you'll whisper

When you're close, close to me

 

How you look in the glow of evening

I have dreamed and enjoyed the view

In these dreams I've loved you so

That by now I think I know

What it's like to be loved by you

I will love being loved by you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


I Left my Heart in San Francisco

Music: George Cory lyrics: Douglas Cross

 

The loveliness of Paris seems so far away

The glory that was Rome is of another day

I've been terribly alone

And forgotten in Manhattan

But I'm going home to my city by the bay

 

I left my heart in San Francisco,

High on a hill it calls to me,

To be where little cable-cars,

Climb halfway to the stars,

The morning fog may chill the air,

I don't care -

 

My love waits there in San Francisco

Above the blue and windy sea,

When I come home to you, San Francisco

Your golden sun will shine for me.

 

 


I Like New York in June

 

I like New York in June,

How about you?

I like a Gershwin tune,

How about you?

I love a fireside

When a storm is due.

I like potato chips,

Moonlight

And motor trips,

How about you?

 

I'm mad about good books,

Can't get my fill,

And Ricky Martin's looks

Give me a thrill.

Holding hands

At the movie show,

When all the lights are low

May not be new,

But I like it,

How about you?

 

I like Jack Benny's jokes.

To a degree.

I love the common folks.

That includes me.

I like to window shop

On 5th Avenue.

I like banana splits,

Late supper at the Ritz,

How about you?

 

I love to dream of fame,

Maybe I'll shine.

I'd love to see your name

Right beside mine.

I can see

We're in harmony

Looks like we both agree

On what to do,

And I like it,

How about you?


I’ll be Around

Alex Wilder

The Mills Brothers

 

I’ll be around,

No matter how

You treat me now

I’ll be around from now on.

 

Your latest love

Can never last,

And when its past,

I’ll be around when he’s gone

 

 

Good-bye again,

And if you find a love like mine

Just now and then,

Oh drop a line to say you ‘re feeling fine

 

And when things go wrong

Perhaps you’ll see

You’re meant for me

So I’ll be around when he’s gone.

 

Good-bye again,

And if you find a love like mine

Just now and then,

Oh drop a line to say your feeling fine

 

And when things go wrong

Perhaps you’ll see

You’re meant for me

So I’ll be around when he’s gone.

 

 


I'll be Seeing You

 

I'll be seeing you;

In all the old, familiar places;

That this heart of mine embraces;

All day through.

 

In that small cafe;

The park across the way;

The children's carousel;

The chestnut tree;

The wishing well.

 

Repeat from here

 

I'll be seeing you;

In every lovely, summer's day;

In everything that's light and gay;

I'll always think of you that way;

I'll find you in the morning sun;

And when the night is new;

I'll be looking at the moon;

But I'll be seeing you.


I'll Be With You In Apple Blossom Time

1920

Words by Neville Fleeson

Music by Albert Von Tilzer

 

 

I'm writing you dear, just to tell you,

In September, you remember

'neath the old apple tree, you whispered to me

When it blossomed again, you'd be mine.

 

I've waited until I could claim you,

I hope I've not waited in vain.

For when it's spring in the valley,

I'm coming, my sweetheart again.

 

I'll be with you in apple blossom time,

I'll be with you to change your name to mine.

One day in May, I'll come and say,

"Happy the bride the sun shines on today."

 

What a wonderful wedding there will be,

What a wonderful day for you and me,

Church-bells will chime, you will be mine,

In apple blossom time.


(I'll Build A) Stairway to Paradise

Music : George Gershwin  Lyrics : Ira Gershwin

From : For Goodness Sake, 1922

 

Verse

All you preachers

Who delight in panning the dancing teachers,

Let me tell you there are a lot of features

0f the dance that carry you through

The Gates of Heaven.

 

It's madness

To be always sitting around in sadness,

When you could be learning the Steps of Gladness.

(You'll be happy when you can do

Just six or seven.)

Begin today. You'll find it nice:

The quickest way to Paradise.

When you practice,

Here's the thing to do -

 

Refrain

I'll build a Stairway to Paradise,

With a new Step ev'ry day.

I'm going to get there at any price;

Stand aside, I'm on my way!

I got the blues,

And up above it's so fair;

Shoes,

Go on and carry me there!

I'll build a Stairway to Paradise

With a new Step ev'ry day.

 

With a new Step ev'ry day

 

In Lyrics On Several Occasions, changed to :

Here's the thing to know -


I'll Buy That Dream

Music: Allie Wrubel Lyrics: Herb Magidson

 

Imagine me with my head on your shoulder

And you with your lips getting bolder

A sky full of moon and a sweet mellow tune

I'll buy that dream

 

Imagine me in a gown white and flowery

And you thanking Dad for my dowry

A church full of folks, those last minute jokes

I'll buy that dream

 

A honeymoon in Cairo in a brand new autogyro

Then home by rocket in a wink

We'll settle down near Dallas

In a little plastic palace

It's not as crazy as you think

 

Imagine me on our first anniversary

With some one like you in the nursery

It doesn't sound bad

And if it can be had

I’ll buy that dream.

 

Imagine me with my head on your shoulder

And you with your lips getting bolder

The sky full of moon, a sweet mellow tune

I'll buy that dream

 

Imagine me in a gown white and flowery

And you thanking Dad for my dowry

A church full of folks, those last minute jokes

I'll buy that dream

 

A honeymoon in Cairo, in a brand new autogyro

Then off to Rio for a drink

We'll settle down in Dallas

In a little plastic palace

Oh it's not as crazy as you think

 

Imagine me eighty three wearing glasses

And you ninety two making passes

It soesn't sound bad, and if it can be had

I'll buy that dream

 


I'll Never Say No To You

from "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"

 

I'll never say no to you

Whatever you say or do

If you ask me to wait for a lifetime

You know I'll gladly wait for a lifetime or two

Just to be with you

 

I'll smile if you say be glad

I'll weep if you want me sad

Today is tomorrow if you want it so

I'll stay or I'll go

But I'll never say no

 

I'll never say no to you

Whatever you say or do

If you tell me you want me to wait for a lifetime

You know I'll gladly gonna wait for a lifetime or two

Just to look at you

 

 I'll smile if you say be glad

I'll weep if you want me sad

Today is tomorrow if you want it so

I'll stay or I'll go

But I'll never say no

 

I'll never say no to you

Whatever you say or do

If you tell me you want me to wait for a lifetime

You know I'll gladly gonna wait for a lifetime or two

Just to look at you

 

I'll smile if you say be glad

I'll weep if you want me sad

Today is tomorrow if you want it so

I'll stay or I'll go

But I'll never say no


I'll See You Again

Noel Coward from Bittersweet

 

I'll see you again

Whenever Spring breaks through again

Time may lay heavy between

But what is mean

Is past forgetting

This sweet memory

Across the years

Will come to me

Though my world may go awry

In my heart will ever lie

Just the echo of a sigh

Goodbye

 

I'll see you again

Whenever Spring breaks through again

Time has lain heavy between

But what is mean

Can leave me never

Your dear memory

Throughout my life

Will come to me

Though my world has gone awry

Though the years my tears may dry

I shall love you 'til I die

Goodbye

ho of a sigh

Goodbye

I'll see you again

Whenever Spring breaks through again

Time has lain heavy between

But what is mean

Can leave me never

Your dear memory

Throughout my life

Will come to me

Though my world has gone awry

Though the years my tears may dry

I shall love you 'til I die

Goodbye


I'll Take Manhattan

Lyrics: Lorenz Hart; Music: Richard Rodgers

From the Show: The Garrick Gaieties 1925 (S)

 

Verse

Summer journeys to Niag’ra,

And to other places aggravate all our cares;

We’ll save our fares;

I’ve a cozy little flat in what is known as old Manhattan,

We’ll settle down right here in town.

 

We'll take Manhattan,

The Bronx, snd Staten Island too,

It's lovely going through, the zoo

 

It's very fancy,

On old Delancey Street you know.

The subway charms us so,

When balmy breezes blow, to and fro.

 

And tell me what street

Compares with Mott street in July,

Sweet push-carts gently gliding by

 

The great big city's a wondrous toy,

Just made for a girl and boy.

w'll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy.

 

 

We'll go to Greenwich,

Where modern men itch to be free.

And Bowling Green you'll see, with me.

 

We'll bathe at Brighton,

The fish you'll frighten when you're in,

Your bathing suit so thin,

Will make the shellfish grin, fin to fin.

 

I'd like to take a sail on Jamaica Bay with you,

And fair Canarsie’s Lake, we'll view

The city's bustle cannot destroy

The dreams of a girl and boy,

We'll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy.

 

 

We’ll go to Yonkers,

Where true love conquers In the wilds;

And starve together dear, in Childs’

 

We’ll go to Coney, And eat bologny on a roll;

In Central Park, we’ll stroll

Where our first kiss we stole, Soul to soul;

 

Our future babies ,we’ll take to Abie’s Irish Rose,

I hope they’ll live to see, it close;

 

The city’s clamor can never spoil

The dreams of a boy and goil,

We’ll turn Manhattan Into an isle of joy.

 

 

We’ll have Manhattan,

The Bronx and Staten Island too;

We’ll try to cross Fifth Avenue;

 

As black as onyx

We’ll find the Bornix Park Express;

Our Flatbush flat I guess

Will be a great success, More or less;

 

A short vacation,

On Inspiration Point we’ll spend

And in the station house we’ll end

 

But Civic Virtue cannot destroy

The dreams of girl and boy,

We’ll turn Manhattan Into an isle of joy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll Walk Alone

Lyrics by:  Sammy Cahn Music by:  Jule Styne

Originally made famous by:  Dinah Shore

From the Film:  Follow The Boys  (1944)

 

I'll walk alone

Because to tell you the truth I'll be lonely,

I don't mind being lonely

When my hear tells me you are lonely too.

 

I'll walk alone,

They'll ask me why and I’ll tell them I'd rather.

There are dreams I must gather,

Dreams we fashioned the night you held me tight.

 

I'll always be near you

Wherever you are each night in every prayer.

If you call, I'll hear you, no matter how far.

Just close your eyes and I'll be there.

 

Please walk alone

And send your love and your kisses to guide me

Till you're walking beside me, I'll walk alone.


I Love an Organ

Spoof on “I Love A Piano”)

lyrics by Tom Bateman

 

I love an organ, a big pipe organ,

I love to hear somebody play

Upon an organ, a big pipe organ,

It simply carries me away!

I am a winner, on an Aeolian-Skinner.

I love to run my fingers o’er the stops,

My jaw- it drops!

Then there’re the pedals.  I love those pedals!

I dance on them like Fred Astaire.

I do a toe-heel, and then a heel-toe,

At times I’ll leap from here to there!

So you can keep your fiddle and your drum, give me an O-R-G-A-N,

I love that organ maker, from Wanamaker’s,

And a mega-rank Casavant!

 

I love an organ, a big pipe organ,

It’s swell to play upon the swell!

If you inquire, I’ll play the choir- I’m positive it’s cool as hell!

I’m in a grand state, when I play the great!

I love to hit sforzando: shake the place right off it’s base.

Oh registration brings me elation. The reeds and flutes will all chime in.

I’ll add the couplers, and then the mixtures; they simply multiply the din!

So you can keep you I-pod and headphones, give me an O-R-G-A-N,

I love that organ maker, from Wanamaker’s,

And a mega-rank Casavant!

 

 


I Love You

(1) Cole Porter

 

I love you

Hums the April breeze.

I love you

Echo the hills.

I love you

The golden dawn agrees

As once more she sees

Daffodils.

It's spring again

And birds on the wing again

Start to sing again

The old melody.

I love you,

That's the song of songs

And it all belongs

To you and me.

 

It's spring again

And birds on the wing again

Start to sing again

The old melody.

I love you,

That's the song of songs

And it all belongs

To you and me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Love You

Thompson/Archer

 

I love you

I love you

Is all

That I can say

 

I love you

I love you

The same old words

I'm saying in the same old way

 

(Little girl I love you - can't you see I love you)

(I love you - can't you see I love you)

 

I love you

I love you

Three words

That are divine

And so, my dear

I'm waiting to hear

The words

That say you’re mine

 

 

 

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

Words by Harry Carroll, music by Joseph McCarthy, 1918

Performed by Judy Garland in the film Ziegfeld Girl, 1941

 

I'm always chasing rainbows,

Watching clouds drifting by.

My schemes are just like all my dreams

Ending in the sky.

 

Some fellows look and find the sunshine,

But I always look and find the rain.

Some fellows make a winning sometime,

I never even make a gain.

Believe me,

I'm always chasing rainbows

Waiting to find a little bluebird in vain.

 


I’m An Old Cowhand

Johnny Mercer

From Paramount Picture “Rhythm on the Range” (1936)

Recorded by Bing Crosby & Jimmy Dorsey & his Orchestra

 

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande

But my legs ain't bowed

And my cheeks ain't tanned

I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow

Never roped a steer 'cause I don't know how

And I sure ain't fixin' to start in now

Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay

Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay

 

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande

And I learned to ride

'fore I learned to stand

I'm a ridin' fool who is up to date

I know every trail in the Lone Star state

'cause I ride the range in a Ford V8

Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay

Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay

 

I know all the songs that the cowboys know

'bout the big corral where the dogies go

'cause I learned them all on the rad-ee-o

Hey, yppie-yi-yo-ki-yay

Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay


I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy

by George M. Cohan

 

I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,

A Yankee Doodle do or die,

A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam,

Born on the Fourth of July!

 

I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart,

She's my Yankee Doodle joy.

Yankee Doodle came to London,

Just to ride the ponies.

I am that Yankee Doodle boy

 

CHORUS:
He's a Yankee Doodle Dandy,

A Yankee Doodle, do or die;

A real live nephew of his Uncle Sam,

Born on the Fourth of July.

 

He's got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart,

She's his Yankee Doodle joy.

Yankee Doodle came to London,

Just to ride the ponies,

He is that Yankee Doodle boy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You're A Grand Old Flag

by George M. Cohan

 

You're a grand old flag,

You're a high flying flag

And forever in peace may you wave.

You're the emblem of

The land I love.

The home of the free and the brave.

Ev'ry heart beats true

'neath the Red, White and Blue,

Where there's never a boast or brag.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

You're a grand old flag,

You're a high flying flag

And forever in peace may you wave.

You're the emblem of

The land I love.

The home of the free and the brave.

Ev'ry heart beats true

'neath the Red, White and Blue,

Where there's never a boast or brag.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

Keep your eye on the grand old flag.


I Married Joan

by Richard Mack

Theme song for NBC television series (1952-1955)

starring Joan Davis and Jim Backus

 

 

I married Joan

What a girl, what a whirl, what a life.

Oh, I married Joan

What a find, love is blind, what a wife.

 

Giddy and gay, all day she keeps my heart laughin'

Never know where her brain has flown.

 

To each his own

Can't deny, that's why I married Joan.

I married Joan.

 

 

 


I May Be Wrong

(But I Think You're Wonderful)

From "John Murray Anderson's Almanac"

Music: Harry Sullivan; Lyrics: Harry Ruskin, 1929 

 

I may be wrong, but,

I think you're wonderful! 

I may be wrong, but, 

I think you're swell! 

 

I like your style, say,

I think you're marvellous, 

But I can't see 

So how can I tell?

 

All of my shirts are unsightly,

All of my ties are a crime, 

If dear in you I've picked rightly, 

It's the very first time! 

 

You came along, say,

I think you're wonderful! 

I think you're grand, but, 

I may be wrong!

 

< instrumental bridge >

 

I may be wrong, but, 

I think you're swell! 

 

< instrumental bridge >

 

But I can't see 

So how can I tell? 

 

All of my shirts are unsightly,

All of my ties are a crime, 

If dear in you I've picked rightly, 

It's the very first time! 

 

You came along, say,

I think you're wonderful! 

I think you're grand, but, 

I may be wrong!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Meant Every Word He Said

Ricky Van Shelton

 

 

I heard him say “I love you”

I heard him say “Forever”

Without you he'd rather be dead

I felt my hand shaking

I felt my heart breaking

‘Cause I meant every word he said

 

I saw him whisper something

Then I saw you look so happy

It's a look I won't ever forget

‘Cause whatever he told you

Meant I'd never hold you

And I meant every word he said

 

His heart stole those words from my head

Now it's too late to tell you what he's already said

 

I heard him say “I love you”

I heard him say “Forever”

Then he said, ”With this ring I thee wed “

And when he said “I do”

I choked back “I do” too

And I meant every word he said

 

His heart stole those words from my head

Now it's too late to tell you what he's already said

 

I heard him say “I love you”

I heard him say “Forever”

Then he said, “With this ring I thee wed”

And when he said “I do”

I choked back “I do” too

‘Cause I meant every word he said

 


I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore

 

How lovely to sit here in the shade

With none of the woes of man and maid

I'm glad I'm not young anymore

 

The rivals that don't exist at all

The feeling you're only two feet tall

I'm glad that I'm not young anymore

 

No more confusion

No morning-after surprise

No self delusion

That when you 're telling those lies

He isn't wise

 

And even if love comes through the door

The kind that goes on forever more

Forever more is shorter than before

Oh I'm so glad that I'm not young anymore

 

The tiny remark that tortures you

The fear that your friends won't like him too

I'm glad I'm not young anymore

 

The longing to end the stale affair

Until you find out he doesn't care

I'm glad that I'm not young anymore

 

No more frustration

No star-crossed lover am I

No aggravation

Just one reluctant reply, "lady, goodbye!"

 

The fountain of youth is dull as paint

Methuselah is my patron saint

I've never been so comfortable before

Oh, I'm so glad I'm not young anymore


I'm Glad There Is You

 Jimmy Dorsey and Paul Madeira

 

In this world of ordinary people

Extraordinary people

I'm glad there is you

 

In this world of over-rated pleasures

Of under-rated treasures

I'm so glad there is you

 

I live to love, I love to live with you beside me

This role so new, I'll muddle through with you to guide me

 

In this world where many, many play at love

And hardly any stay in love

I'm glad there is you

 

<brief instrumental>

 

In this world where many, many play at love

And hardly any stay in love

I'm glad there is you

 

More than ever, I'm glad there is you

 


I'm Going Back!

 

I'm going back!

Where I can be me.

At the Bon Juor Tristise Brassiere Company.

They have a great big switchboard there--

Where it's just hello/goodbye.

It may be dull,

But there I can be--

Just me, myself and I.

 

A little modeling on the side.

Yes that's where I'll be.

At the Bon Juor Tristise Brassiere Company.

If anybody asks for Ella, Mella or Mom,

Tell them that I'm going back where I came from

To the Tristise Brassiere Company.

 

Good-bye everybody!

Good-bye Madame Grimaldi.

Good-bye Junior Mallot--

Santa Clause is hittin' the road.

Listen to your ever-lovin' mama.

Eat your spinach baby.

Eat your spinach baby by the load.

 

Good-bye La Petite restaurant, adieu

(some more French words...)

Se tu fini

Adieu to you

 

And Good-bye Max

To your dogs and your cats

To the Duke of Windsor and his duchess!

Bye bye Barton and Kitchell and Hastings,

At last you're out of my clutches.

You'll miss me but you'll carry on.

You'll never know that I'm gone!

 

I'm goin' back...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

 

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter

And make believe it came from you

 

I'm gonna write words oh so sweet

They're gonna knock me off my feet

A lotta kisses on the bottom

I'll be glad I got 'em

 

I'm gonna smile and say:

"I hope you're feeling better"

And close with love the way you do

I'm gonna sit right down

And write myself a long letter

And make believe that it came from you!

 

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter

And make believe it came from you

 

I'm gonna write words oh so sweet

They're gonna knock me off my feet

A lotta kisses on the bottom

I'll be glad I got 'em

 

I'm gonna smile and say:

"I hope you're feeling better"

And close with love the way you do

I'm gonna sit right down

And write myself a long, long letter

And make believe that it came

And make believe that it came

And make believe that it came

Came from you!

 

 

 


I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein, II; Music: Richard Rodgers.

 

Refrain

 

I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair

I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair

I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair

And send him on his way

 

I'm gonna wave that man right outa my arms

I'm gonna wave that man right outa my arms

I'm gonna wave that man right outa my arms

And send him on his way

 

Don't try to patch it up, tear it up, tear it up

Wash him out, dry him out, push him out, fly him out

Cancel him, and let him go, Yea, sister

 

Wonderful Guy, A

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein, II; Music: Richard Rodgers.

 

I'm as corny as Kansas in August,

I'm as normal as blueberry pie.

No more a smart little girl with no heart,

I have found me a wonderful guy!

 

I am in a conventional dither,

With a conventional star in my eye.

And you will note there's a lump in my throat

When I speak of that wonderful guy!

 

I'm as trite and as gay as a daisy in May,

A cliche coming true!

I'm bromidic and bright as a moon happy night

Pouring light on the dew!

 

I'm as corny as Kansas in August,

High as a flag on the Fourth of July!

If you'll excuse an expression I use,

I'm in love, I'm in love,

I'm in love, I'm in love,

I'm in love with a wonderful guy!

 

 

Honey Bun

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein, II; Music: Richard Rodgers.

 

My doll is as dainty as a sparrow

Her figure is something to applaud

Where she's narrow

She's as narrow an arrow

And she's broad

Where a broad

Should be broad

 

A hundred and one pounds of fun

That's my little honey bun

Get a load of honey bun tonight

I'm speaking of my sweetie pie

Only sixty inches high

Every inch is packed with dynamite

 

Her hair is blond and curly

Her curls are hurly-burly

Her lips are pips,

I call her hips

Twirly and whirly

 

She's my baby, I'm her pap

She's my booby, I'm her trap

I am caught and I don't wanna run,

'Cause I'm having so much fun

With honey bun

 

I am caught and I don't wanna run,

'Cause I'm having so much fun

With honey bun

 

Believe me sonny!

She a cookie

Who can cook you 'till you're done

Ain't being funny!

Sonny,

Put your money

On my honey bun!

 

 


I'm In the Mood For Love

 

I'm in the mood for love

Simply because you're near me

Funny, but when you're near me

I'm in the mood for love

 

Heaven is in your eyes

Bright as the stars we're under

Oh, is it any wonder?

I'm in the mood for love

 

Why stop to think of whether

This little dream might fade?

Let's put our hearts together

Now we are one, I'm not afraid

 

If there's a cloud above

If it should rain, we'll let it

But, for tonight, forget it

I'm in the mood for love

 

Why stop to think of whether

This little dream might fade?

Let's put our hearts together

Now we are one, I'm not afraid

 

If there's a cloud above

If it should rain, we'll let it

But, for tonight, forget it

I'm in the mood  

Hope you're in the mood  

For love

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m Just Wild About Harry

Eubie Blake

 

I am here to state

I'm here to relate

To explain

and make it plain that:

 

I’m just wild about Harry

and Harry's wild about me;

The heavenly blesses of his

kisses fill me with ecstasy.

He's sweet just like sugar candy

and just like honey from a bee;

Oh, I’m just wild about Harry

and he's just wild about,

cannot do without,

he's just wild about me

 

I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover

Words Mort Dixon, music: Harry Woods 1927

 

I'm looking over a four leaf clover

That I over looked before,

One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain,

Third is the roses that grow in the lane.

 

No need explaining the one remaining,

It's somebody I adore,

I'm looking over a four leaf clover

That I over looked before.

 

I'm looking over a four leaf clover

That I over looked before.

One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain,

Third is the roses that grow in the lane.

 

No need explaining the one remaining,

It's somebody I adore,

I'm looking over a four leaf clover

That I over looked before.

 


I’m Nobody’s Baby

 

I'm nobody's baby, I wonder why,

Each night and day I pray the lord up above,

Please send me down somebody to love,

But nobody wants me, I'm blue somehow,

Won't someone here my plea

And take a chance with me,

'Cause I'm nobody's baby now.

 

No, nobody's baby,

And I've got to know the reason why,

Last week, I was walking down the street

And met and I said,

"Hey, maybe I was meant for you",

But he only tipped his hat and shook his head,

Kept on walking down the avenue.

 

Oh, nobody wants me, I'm mighty blue somehow,

Won't someone here my plea and take a little chance with me.

Because I'm...

 

No, nobody's baby, I'm blue somehow,

Won't someone here my plea

Aand take a chance with me,

There's no dennying, I'm crying,

I'm lonesome, on my ownsome,

I don't mean maybe, I'm nobody's baby.

 

 


I’m Past My Prime

Music: Gene de Paul / Lyrics: Johnny Mercer

Li'l Abner: Opened November 15, 1956 at the Saint James Theatre, NYC

 

Daisy Mae

Marryin' Sam

I'm past my prime

What a shame

And I'm losin' time

Guess the old clock's run down

Seventeen last spring

My, what a wasted life

Still without a ring

Would you become my wife?

I'm past my peak

You're an early antique

Look at this physique

Just hear the old bones creak

Where there was a glow

There ain't a glow no more

Now the wrinkles show

Where art Thou Romeo?

 

Who'd think of marryin' an octogenarian,

(both) Eighty-seven year old hag

When you're in this position you'll lose your disposition

(both) All the time it's nag, nag, nag

 

Life's like a song

And the happiest thing

When you're young and strong

Most everyday is spring

But it's just a crime

You can't get off the time

When you're past your prime

 

You's past your prime

Gettin' grumpy and grey

You's on over time

Ain't making take-home pay

Every sun that sets

All through the day I frets

Brings ya more regrets

And larger silhouettes

You's climb the heights

I is over the hill

Of romantic nights

My hand has lost it's skill

Comes the cruel dawn

I's feelin' pale and drawn

Lover boy has gone

He’s dog gone!

 

I ask you who's elated when you's Methusilated

(both) Like a mummy underground

When you is antiquated boys ain’t entraniquated

(both) They'd prefers you in the round

 

Life's just like pie

Huckleberry or peach?

When you're young and spry

Heaven's within your reach

But it's just a crime

How can it be sublime

When you're past your prime?

When you're past your prime?

When you're past your prime?

 


Impossible

Rodgers and Hammerstein

 

Impossible

for a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage.

Impossible,

for a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in marriage,

And four white mice will never be four white horses!

Such fol-der-ol and fid-dle-dy dee of course, is--- Impossible!

 

But the world is full of zanies and fools

Who don't believe in sensible rules

And won't believe what sensible people say.

And because these daft and dewey-eyed dopes keep building up impossible hopes,

Impossible things are happening every day.

 

Impossible!

Impossible!

Impossible!

Impossible!

Impossible!

Impossible!

Impossible!

 

It's Possible!

For a plain yellow pumpkin to become a golden carriage!

It's Possible!

For a plain country bumpkin and a prince to join in marriage!

 

And four white mice are easily turned to horses!

Such fol-der-ol and fid-dle-dy dee of course, is

Quite Possible! It's possible!

 

For the world is full of zanies and fools

Who don't believe in sensible rules

And won't believe what sensible people say

 

And because these daft and dewey-eyed dopes keep

building up Impossible hopes

Impossible things are happening every day!

 

It's Possible!

It's Possible!

It's Possible!

It's Possible!

It's Possible!

It's Possible!

It's Poss-i-ble!

in


I’m Old Fashion

(3)

 

I’m old fashion

I love the moonlight

I love the old fashion ways

The sound of rain

Upon a window pane

The starry song that April sings

 

This year’s fancies

Are passing fancies

Of sighing sighs and holding hands

These my heart understands

 

I’m old fashion

But I don’t mind it

That’s how I want to be

As long as you agree

To stay old fashion with me

 


I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

Lyric: Lewis and Young; Music: Ray Henderson

 

I'm sitting on top of the world,

Just rolling along, just rolling along.

I'm quitting the blues of the world,

Just singing a song, just singing a song.

 

Glory, hallelujah, I just phoned the parson,

"Hey, Par, get ready to call!"

Just like humpty dumpty,

I'm ready to fall.

 

I'm sitting on top of the world,

Just rolling along, just rolling along.

I'm quitting the blues of the world,

Just singing a song, just singing a song.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm Stepping Out with a Memory Tonight

(I) Music: Allie Wrubel and lyrics: Herb Magidson 1940

 

I'm stepping out with a memory tonight

To paint the town the way we used to do

I'll dine at the old café

Where we had so much fun

And order cocktails for two

Instead of the usual one

 

Then after dark in a hansom thru the park

While reminiscing I'll be kissing you

A lot of folks may think that I'm crazy,

Well, maybe they're right

But I'm stepping out with a memory tonight.

 


I'm Still Here

Stephen Sondheim 1971 Film 'Postcards From The Edge'

 

I'm Still Here

 

Good times and bum times,

I've seen them all and, my dear,

I'm still here

Plush vel-vet some-times,

Some-times just pret-zels and beer

But I'm here.

 

Ten years of brac-es, Voice and tap,

Tour-ing in plac-es off the map

Giv-ing au-di-tions on Zan-uck's lap, Nev-er fear.

My Moth-er drew up the con-tracts

So I'm here.

 

I've done commercials and club dates and and talkshows.

Gee, that was fun and a half.

When you've done commercials and club dates and and talkshows,

an -y- thing else is a laugh.

 

Black sa-ble one day, Next day it goes in-to hock,

But I'm here.

Top bill-ing Mon-day, Tues-day you're tour-ing in stock,

But I'm here

 

First you're an-oth - er True-blue  tramp,

Then some-one's moth-er, Then you're camp.

Then you ca-reen from ca-reer to ca - reer.

 

I'm feel-ing tran-scen -den- tal Am I  here

I've got-ten through "Hey, la - dy, are-n't you Whoo - zis?

Wow! What a look - er you were."

Or bet-ter yet, "Sor - ry, I thought you were Who  -  zis.

What-ev-er hap - pened to her?

 

Good times and bum times, I've seen 'em all and, my dear,

I'm stil here.

Smooth sail-ing some-times, Some-times a kick in the rear,

But I'm here.

 

I've run the gam-ut,  A   to  Z.

Three cheers and dam-mit, C'est la- vie.

I got through all of last year

And I'm here.

 

Lord knows at least I was there

And I'm here!

Look who's here!

I'm still here!


In My Garden

Lyrics by Lester O’Keefe; Music by Idabelle Firestone (1929)

Closing theme for “The Voice of Firestone” radio/TV program

 

 

A garden sweet, a garden small,

Where rambler roses creep along the wall;

Where dainty phlox and columbine

Are nodding to the trumpet-vine.

I look upon each lovely bloom

That woos the breezes with its fait perfume –

And yet it seems my garden’s not so fair;

I know it’s just because you are not there.

 

Con moto

Here in my garden at twilight,

While tiny stars lend their shy light,

Thinking of you

I sit alone –

I’m dreaming of other nights we’ve known –

Upon the air softly falling,

The thrush’s song comes a-calling;

The trembling rose awaits the dew,

And here I wait for you, --

I wait for you. –

 

Tempo I

A garden sweet, a garden small,

Where rambler roses creep along the wall;

Where dainty phlox and columbine

Are nodding to the trumpet-vine.

And now each flow’r is sweeter, dear;

I know it’s just because at last you’re here.

We sit alone, from all the world apart,

And love is blooming full within my heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In My Little Red Book

Words and Music by Ray Bloch, Nat Simon and Al Stillman

From the 20th Century-Fox Production "Happy Landing"

 

In my little red book,

I see somehow,

all the girls that I knew

and I'm wondering who,

can be kissing her now . . .

Down through memory lane,

I love to look,

at the little blue sighs

and the little white lies

in my little red book . . .

 

But there's one girl I had a yen for,

back in 1933,

that's the one I'd go again for,

and if she came back to me . . .

 

Everybody but her,

I'd overlook,

I'd have only one flame

there'd be only one name,

in my little red book . . .

 


In My Merry Oldsmobile

Words by Vincent Bryan, Music by Gus Edwards

 

Verse 1:

Young Johnnie Steele has an Oldsmobile. He loves a dear little girl.

She is the queen of his gas machine. She has his heart in a whirl.

Now when they go for a spin, you know, she tries to learn his auto, so

He lets her steer while he gets her ear, and whispers soft and low;

 

Chorus:

Come away with me Lucile in my merry Oldsmobile

Down the road of life we’ll fly automo-bubbling you and I.

To the church we’ll swiftly steal, then our wedding bells will peal,

You can go as far you like with me, In my merry Oldsmobile.

 

Verse 2:

They love to spark in the dark old park, as they go flying along,

She says she knows why his motor goes; his sparker’s awfully strong.

Each day they spoon to the engine’s tune, their honeymoon will happen soon,

He’ll win Lucile with his Oldsmobile and then he’ll fondly croon;

 

Chorus:

Come away with me Lucile in my merry Oldsmobile

Down the road of life we’ll fly automo-bubbling you and I.

To the church we’ll swiftly steal, then our wedding bells will peal,

You can go as far you like with me, In my merry Oldsmobile.

 

Patter Chorus:

Come away Lucile ‘cause if I may Lucile I want to take you for my bride,

And we’ll chug along and always sing a song as down the road of life we fly

Even though my car is old and squeaky now it’s better than a horse or train.

When I pull the throttle out and put her into third you think you’re in a plane.

To the church we’re heading for a quiet wedding then I’ll crank her up and take the wheel

And away we’ll go my honey, they will know my honey that our love is real.

You can go as far you like with me, In my merry Oldsmobile,

My merry Oldsmobile.


In My Own Little Corner

Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein II

from the television production of “Cinderella” broadcast March 31, 1957

 

Cinderella:

I'm as mild and as meek as a mouse

When I hear a command I obey.

But I know of a spot in my house

Where no one can stand in my way.

 

Chorus

In my own little corner in my own little chair

I can be whatever I want to be.

On the wings of my fancy I can fly anywhere

And the world will open its arms to me.

I'm a young Norwegian princess or a milkmaid

I'm the greatest Prima Dona in Milan

I'm an heiress who has always had her silk made

By her own flock of silkworms in Japan

I'm a girl men go mad for

Love's a game I can play

With cool and confident kind of air.

Just as long as I stay in my own little corner

All alone in my own little chair.

 

I can be whatever I want to be.

I'm a slave from Calcutta

I'm a queen in Peru.

I'm a mermaid dancing upon the sea

I'm a huntress on an African safari… it's a dangerous type of sport and yet it's fun

In the night I sally forth to seek my quarry

And I find I forgot to bring my gun.

I am lost in the jungle all alone and unarmed

When I meet a lioness in her lair

Then I'm glad to be back in my own little corner,

All alone in my own little chair.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the Chapel in the Moonlight

Billy Hill, 1936

 

How I'd love to hear the organ

In the chapel in the moonlight

While we're strolling down the aisle

Where roses entwine

 

How I'd love to hear you whisper

In the chapel in the moonlight

That the love-light in your eyes

Forever will shine

 

Till the roses turn to ashes

Till the organ turns to rust

If you never come I'll still be there

Till the moonlight turns to dust

 

How I'd love to hear the choir

In the chapel in the moonlight

As they sing "Oh Promise Me"

Forever be mine


In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening

Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael  (Bette Version)

 

Evans and Livingstone wrote all the songs for "Here Comes the Groom" except one -- "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening." "Cool" was written for a Betty Hutton movie by Mercer and Carmichael but was not used. Later it was revived and incorporated into a Crosby movie and became the fourth and final Oscar-winning song that Bing introduced. Bing performed the song in one madcap take in the movie "Here Comes the Groom" with co-star Jane Wyman as they traveled from office to elevator to sidewalk. Jane and Bing reprised their performance for Decca and the platter charted for 6 weeks in the summer of '51.

 

Sue wants a barbeque

Sam wants to boil a ham

Grace votes for builabaise stew

Jake wants a weenie bake,

Stake and a layer cake

He´ll get a tummy ache too

We´ll rent a tent or teepee

Let the town cryer cry

And if it´s RSVP

This is what I´ll reply.

 

In the cool cool cool of the evening

Tell em´ I´ll be there

In the cool, cool, cool of the evening

Better save a chair

When the party´s gettin´ a glow on

Singing fills the air

In the shank of the night

When the doins´ are right

You can tell em´ I´ll be there

 

"Oui," said the bumblebee

"Let's have jubilee."

"When?" said the prairie hen, "Soon?"

"Sure," said the dinosaur

"Where?" said the grisly bear

"Under the light of the moon."

"How about your brother, jackass?"

Everyone gaily cried

"You’re coming to the fracas?"

"Offer respects," he sighed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the cooooooool, of the evening

Tell 'em I'll be there

In the cooooooool, of the evening

Better save a chair

When the party's getting a glow on

Singin' fills the air.

 

If I ain't in the clink,

And there's something to drink,

Well you can tell 'em I'll be there.

 

If I can crawl out of bed

And slap my hat on my head,

Well you can tell 'em I'll be there.

 

If there's room for one more,

And you need me, why sure,

Tell 'em, tell 'em I'll be there.


 

Bing Crosby Version

 

In the cool, cool, cool of the evening

Tell 'em I'll be there

In the cool, cool, cool of the evening

Save your pappy a chair

When the party's getting a glow on

And singin' fills the air

In the shank of the night

When the doin's are right

Well you can tell 'em I'll be there

 

I like a barbecue

I like to boil a ham

And I vote for bouillabaisse stew.

What's that?

I like a weenie bake, steak and a layer cake

And you'll get a tummy ache too

We'll rent a tent or a teepee

Let the town crier cry

"All's well!"

And if it's RSVP

This is what I'll reply:

 

In the cool, cool, cool of the evening

Tell 'em we'll be there

If you need a pair of freeloaders

To fracture your affair

I may even give them Pagliacci

Now stand back and give him air

If one can relax and we'll have a few yaks

And you can tell them we'll be there

 

"Oui," said the bumblebee

"Let's have jubilee."

"When?" said the prairie hen, "Soon?"

"Sure," said the dinosaur

"Where?" said the grisly bear

"Under the light of the moon."

"How about your brother, jackass?"

Everyone gaily cried

"Are you coming to the fracas?"

Ain't gonna blow it

"And all the respects," he sighed

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the cool, cool, cool of the evening

Tell 'em I'll be there

In the cool, cool, cool of the evening

Stick 'em on my hair

If perchance we look a bit peeked

Remember se la guerre

If we're still on our feet

And there's something to eat

Well you can tell them we'll be there

 

 

In the cool, cool, cool of the evening

Tell 'em I'll be there

In the cool, cool, cool of the evening

Better save a chair

When the party's getting a glow on

And singin' fills the air

If there's gas in my hack

and my laundry is back

If there's room for one more

And you need me

Why sure

If you need a new face or a tenor or base

If I can climb out of bed and put a head on my head

Well you can tell 'em we'll be there.

 



In the Still of the Night

Cole Porter "Rosalie" (1937)

Nelson Eddy - 1937

Perry Como - 1952

Della Reese - 1958

Frank Sinatra - 1960

Also recorded by: Buddy Greco; Joni James; Jo Stafford; Mel Tormé; Billy Eckstine; Ella Fitzgerald;

Errol Garner; Richard Tauber; Ted Heath; Anne Shelton; Woody Herman; Engelbert Humperdinck; Jackson 5.

 

In the still of the night

As I gaze out of my window

At the moon in its flight

My thoughts all stray, stray to you

 

In the still of the night

While the world lies in slumber

Oh the times without number

When I say to you

 

Do you love me

Just like I love you

Are you my life to be

That dream come true

Or will this dream of mine

Will it fade way out of sight

 

Just like that moon growing dim

Way out on the rim of the hill

In the still of the night

 

 


I Only Have Eyes For You

(1)

My love must be a kind of blind love

I can't see anyone but you

And dear, I wonder if you find love

An optical illusion, too?

 

Are the stars out tonight?

I don't know if it's cloudy or bright

'Cause I only have eyes for you, dear

The moon may be high

But I can't see a thing in the sky

'Cause I only have eyes for you.

 

(Refrain)

 

I don't know if we're in a garden

Or on a crowded avenue

You are here, so am I

Maybe millions of people go by

But they all disappear from view

And I only have eyes for you

 

(Repeat Refrain)


Irish Lullaby, An

(1)

Toora, loora, loora

Toora, loora, li

Toora, loora, loora

Hush, now, don't you cry

 

Toora, loora, loora

Toora, loora, li

Toora, loora, loora

That's an Irish lullaby.

 

Over in Killarney, many years ago

My mother sang this song to me in tones so sweet and low

Just a simple little ditty in her good old Irish way

And I'd give the world if she could sing that song to me this day

 

Toora, loora, loora

Toora, loora, li

Toora, loora, loora

Hush, now, don't you cry

 

Toora, loora, loora

Toora, loora, li

Toora, loora, loora

That's an Irish lullaby.

 

Oft in dreams I wander

To that cot again, I feel her arms a-huggin' me as when she held me then.

And I hear her voice a -hummin' to me as in days of yore,

When she used to rock me fast asleep outside the cabin door.

 

Toora, loora, loora

Toora, loora, li

Toora, loora, loora

Hush, now, don't you cry

 

Toora, loora, loora

Toora, loora, li

Toora, loora, loora

That's an Irish lullaby.

 

 

 

Is it True What They Say About Dixie?

(3)

Is it true what they say about Dixie?

Does the sun really shine all the time?

Do the sweet magnolias blossom

At everybody's door?

Do folks keep eating possum

‘till they can't eat no more?

 

Is it true what they say about Swanee?

Is a dream by that stream so sublime?

Do they laugh, do they love,

Like they say in every song?

If it's true, that's where I belong.

 


I Still Get Jealous

Lyrics by:  Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne 1959

 

I still get jealous

When they look at you

I may not show it

But I do

 

It`s more than I can bear

When they start to stare

Guess they think you`re

Too good to be true

 

I still get jealous

When we kiss goodnight

Unless you hold me

Lyrics courtesy the Top40db

Extra tight

 

And, dear, I know a secret

You didn`t think I knew

I still get jealous

Cause it pleases you

 

I still get jealous when

We kiss, kiss goodnight

Unless you hold me

Extra tight

 

And, dear, I know a secret

You didn`t think I knew

I still get jealous

Cause it pleases y-o-u

I still get jealous

Cause it pleases y-o-u

Yeah, I still get jealous

Cause it pleases you, yeah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


It All Depends On You

(1) Words and Music by Desylva/Brown/Henderson

 

Lovers depend on moonlight for a love affair

Babies depend on mothers for their tender care

Flowers depend on sunshine, and the morning dew

Each thing depends on something, and I depend on you

 

I can be happy, I can be sad

I can be good, I can be bad

It all depends on you

I can be humble, I can be proud

I can be lonely out in a crowd

It all depends on you

 

I can save money, or spend it

Go right on living, or end it

You're to blame, honey, for what I do

I know that I can be beggar, I can be king

I can be almost any old thing

It all depends on you

 

Isn't it sweet to know, dear, you can help me on?

Wouldn't it hurt, to know, dear, all my hopes were gone?

Wouldn't it make you proud, dear, if I made a name?

But if I failed to win, dear, would you want all the blame?

 

It Couldn't Please Me More

(from the Broadway production of Cabaret)

 

FRAULEIN SCHNIEDER

If you brought me diamonds,

If you brought me pearls,

If you brought me roses

Like some other gents

Might bring to other girls,

It couldn't please me more

Than the gift I see;

A pineapple for me.

 

SCHULTZ

If in your emotion

You begin to sway

Went to get some air

Or grabbed a chair

To keep from fainting dead away,

It couldn't please me more

Than to see you cling

To the pineapple I bring.

It Had To be You

 

Why do I do just as you say?

Why must I just give you your way?

Why do I sigh?

Why do I try to forget?

 

It must have been that something lovers call "Fate"

Kept on saying I had to wait

I saw them all

Just couldn't fall till we met

 

It had to be you, it had to be you

I wandered around and finally found

The somebody who

Could make me be true,

Could make me feel blue

And even be glad

Just to be sad

Thinkin' of you

 

Some others I've seen

Might never be mean

Might never be cross

Or try to be boss,

But they wouldn't do

For nobody else

Gave me a thrill

With all your faults,

I love you still

It had to be you,

Wonderful you,

It had to be you


It Might As Well Be Spring

(1) Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II (O. Greeley Clendenning H. II)

Musicy: Richard Rodgers From the Film: State Fair 1945 (M)

 

I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm,

I'm as jumpy as puppet on a string

I'd say that I had spring fever,

But I know it isn't spring

 

I am starry eyed and vaguely discontented,

Like a nightingale without a song to sing

O why should I have spring fever,

When it isn't even spring

 

I keep wishing I were someone else,

Walking down a strange new street

And hearing words that I've never heard

From a girl I've yet to meet

 

I'm as busy as spider spinning daydreams,

I'm as giddy as a baby on a swing

I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud,

Or a robin on the wing

But I feel so gay in a melancholy way,

That it might as well be spring

It might as well be spring.

 


It Only Takes a Moment

Jerry Herman

 

It only takes a moment,

For your eyes to meet and then

Your heart

Knows in a moment,

You will never be alone again

I held him for an instant,

But his arms felt sure and strong

It only takes a moment,

To be loved your whole life long.

 

Repeat above then sing

 

And that is all that love's about

And we'll recall, when time runs out

That it only took a moment

To be loved your whole life long

 

I've heard it said,

That love must grow

That to be sure,

You must be slow

I saw your smile,

And now I know

I'll listen to just my heart

That smile made me trust my heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's Alright

Stephen Sondheim

 

Dictation being forced in Afghanistan

Revolution in South Africa taking a stand

People in Eurasia on the brink of oppression

I hope it's going to be alright

I hope the music plays forever

Forests falling at a desperate pace

The earth is dying, and desert taking its place

People under pressure on the brink of starvation

I hope it's gonna be alright

(Alright Alright Alright)

'Cause the music plays forever

('Cause it goes on and on and on and on and on)

I hope it's gonna be alright

(On and on and on and on, forever)

And the music plays forever

(Alright Alright)

 

Generations will come and go (will come and go)

But there's one thing for sure

Music is our life's foundation

And shall succeed all the nations to come

(Alright Alright Alright)

'Cause the music plays forever

('Cause it goes on and on and on and on and on)

I hope it's gonna be alright

(On and on and on and on and on)

(On and on and on and on)

And the music plays forever

The year three thousand may still come to pass

But the music shall last

I can hear it on a timeless wavelength

Never dissipating but giving us strength

(It's alright)

I think it's gonna be alright

(It's gonna be alright)

(Alright Alright Alright Alright)

'Cause the music plays forever

(Eeh-oh-oh-eeh)

(Gonna be alright)

If the music plays forever

(It will be alright)

If the music plays forever

(I think it's gonna be alright)

It's gonna be alright

(If the music plays)

It's all alright, It's alright

(For it goes on and on and on and on)

It’s A Good Day

Dave Barbour/Peggy Lee

 

Oh! It's a good day, for singin' a song,

An' it's a good day for movin' along,

Yes, it's a good day, how could anything go wrong?

A good day from mornin' 'till night!

 

Yes it's a good day for shinin' your shoes

An' it's a good day for losin' the blues

Everything t' gain and nuthin' t' lose,

'Cuz it's a good day from mornin' to night!

 

I said to the sun, "Good Mornin' Sun!"

"Rise an' shine t'day!"

You kno' you gotta get goin' if you're gonna make a showin'

And you kno' you got the right of way!

 

'Cause it's a good day for payin' your bills,

And it's a good day for curin' your ills,

So, take a deep breath; throw away all your pills,

'Cause it's a good day from mornin' 'till night!

 

Just this very day, I said to the sun, "Good Mornin' Sun!"

"Rise an' shine, why don't you rise and shine t’day?"

You kno' you gotta get goin' if you wanna make a showin'

And you kno' you've got the right of way!

 

'Cause it's a good day for payin' your bills,

And it's a ' gooood ' day for curin' your ills,

So, take a deep breath; throw away all your pills,

'Cause it's a good day from mornin' 'till night!

Oh it's a good day from mornin' 'till night!

Yes it's a good day from mornin' 'till night!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a Most Unusual Day

Lyrics: Harold Adamson Music: Jimmy McHugh

From "A Date With Judy" 1948

 

It's a most unusual day

Feel like throwing my worries away

As an old native-born Californian would say

It's a most unusual day

 

There's a most unusual sky

Not a sign of a cloud passing by

And if I want to sing, throw my heart in the ring

It's a most unusual day

 

There are people meeting people

There is sunshine everywhere

There are people greeting people

And a feeling of Spring in the air

 

It's a most unusual time

I keep feeling my temperature climb

If my heart won't behave in the usual way

Well, there's only one thing to say

It's a most unusual day

 

There are people meeting people

There is sunshine everywhere

There are people greeting people

And a feeling of Spring in the air

 

It's a most unusual time

I keep feeling my temperature climb

If my heart won't behave in the usual way

Well, there's only one thing to say

 

Most unusual da-ay-ay

Most unusual da-ay


It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie!

 

Be sure it’s true when you say

I love you, It’s a sin to tell a lie.

Millions of hearts have been broken

Just because these words were spoken,

I love you, Yes I Do, I love you,

If you break my heart I’ll die,

So be sure it’s true

When you say  I love you.

It’s a sin to tell a lie.

 

Be sure it’s true when you say

"I love you"—if you break my heart,

You die! So be sure, be sure it’s true,

When you say "I love you."

It’s a sin to tell a lie!

 

Cross my heart and I hope to die

I’ll never, never, never tell another white lie

Took a little girl out on a date last night

Next to her,

Gravel Ghertie would have looked all right

 

Now I’m between the devil and the deep blue sea

‘Cause I said “Baby, you look good to me”

Told her that I loved her

But oh, how I lied

And now she’s getting set to be my blushing bride

 

If she leads me to the altar, I'm sunk

‘Cause I can’t tell the preacher I was drunk

So Lord have mercy, on this no account sinner

Give me one more chance to let another guy win her

 

Cross my heart and I hope to die

I’ll never, never, never tell another white lie

No I’ll never tell another white lie!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a Wonderful World

Charlie Barnet

 

It's a wonderful world,

I'm just walking on air

Talk of heaven on earth,

I've got more than my share

Haven't got a care,

Happy all day thru

It's a wonderful world,

Loving wonderful you

 

Repeat above

 

It's a wonderful world,

It's a wonderful world,

Loving wonderful you

 


It's Been A Long, Long Time

 

Kiss me once, then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long, long time

Haven't felt like this, my dear

Since I can't remember when

It's been a long, long time

 

You'll never know how many dreams

I've dreamed about you

Or just how empty they all seemed without you

So kiss me once, then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long, long time

 

Ah, kiss me once, then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long time

Haven't felt like this my dear

Since I can't remember when

It's been a long, long time

 

You'll never know how many dreams

I dreamed about you

Or just how empty they all seemed without you

So kiss me once then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long, long time

Long, long time

 


It's De-lovely

Cole Porter (1936) From Anything Goes

 

Billy:

The night is young and the skies are clear

And if you want to go walkin', dear

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

 

I understand the reason why

You're sentimental, well so am I

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely

 

You can tell at a glance

what a swell night this is for romance

You can hear Mother Nature murmuring low

"Let yourself go"

 

So please be sweet, my chickadee

And when I kiss ya, say to me

"It's delightful, it's delicious,

it's delectable, it's delirious,

It's dilemma, it's de limit,

it's deluxe, it's de-lovely"

 

Hope:

I feel a sudden urge to sing

The kind of ditty that invokes the Spring

So, control your desire to curse

While I crucify the verse

This verse I've started seems to me

The "Tin Pan-tithesis" of melody

So to spare you all the pain,

I'll skip the darn thing and sing the refrain

 

Mi, mi, mi, mi, mi, mi,

Re, re, re, re, re, re,

Do, sol, mi, do, la... si!

 

Time marches on, and soon it's plain,

You've won my heart and I've lost my brain.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

 

Life seems to sweet that we decide

It's in the bag to get unified.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

 

 

 

 

Billy:

See the crowd at the church,

See the proud parson propped on his perch.

Hear the sweet beat of that organ

Pealing our tune, "Here Comes the Groom."

 

How they cheer, and how they smile,

As we go galloping down the aisle.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

 

Hope:

To the pop of champagne,

Off we hop in a plush little plane,

To the bright lights and mist that

Everyone calls Niagara Falls.

 

Both:

All's well my love, our day's complete,

What a beautiful bridal suite.

...

 

Chorus:

They settled down as man and wife

To solve the riddle called married life.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

 

They're on a crest, they have no cares,

They're just a couple of honey bears.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

 

You can tell at a glance

What a swell night this is for romance.

You can hear, dear, Mother Nature

Murmuring low...

Billy: ... "Let yourself go!"

 

So please be sweet, my chickadee,

And when I kiss you, just say to me,

...


It's De-lovely

Cole Porter (1936) From Anything Goes

 

The night is young, the skies are clear

And if you want to go walking, dear,

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

I understand the reason why

You're sentimental cause so am I.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

 

You can tell at a glance

What a swell night this is for romance.

You can hear Mother Nature murmuring low: "Let yourself go."

 

So please be sweet, my chickadee,

And when I kiss you, just say to me:

It's delightful, it's delicious,

It's delectable, it's delirious,

It's dilemma, it's de-limit,

It's deluxes, it's de-lovely.

 

Time marches on and soon it's plain

You've won my heart and I've lost my brain.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

Life seems so sweet that we decide

It’s in the bag to get unified.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

 

See the crowd in that church,

See the proud parson plopped on his perch.

Get the sweet beat of that organ sealing our doom.

"Here goes the groom, boom!"

 

How they cheer and how they smile

As we go galloping down that aisle.

"It's divine, dear. It's diveen, dear.

It's de-wunderbar. It's de victory.

It's de valoop. It's de vinner.

It's de voiks. It's de-lovely."

 

The knot is tied and so we take

A few hours off to eat wedding cake.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

It feels so fine to be a bride

 

And how's the groom? why, he slightly fried.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

 

To the pop of champagne

Off we hop in our plush little plane,

Till a bright light through the darkness colly calls,

"Niag'ra Falls."

 

All's well, my love, our day's complete,

And what a beautiful bridal suite.

"It's de-reamy. It's de-rowsy. It's de-reverie.

It's de-rhapsody. It's de-regal.

It's de-royal. It's de-Ritz. It's de-lovely."

 

We settle down as man and wife

To solve the riddle called married life.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

 

We're on the crest, we have no cares,

We're just a couple of honey bears.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

 

All's as right as can be

‘till one night at my window I see,

An absurd bird with a bundle hung on his nose

"Get baby clo'es."

 

Those eyes of yours are filled with joy

When nurse appears and cries "It's a boy."

"He's appalling. He's appealing.

He's a pollywog. He's a paragon.

He's a Popeye. He's a panic.

He's a pip. He's de-lovely."

 

Our boy grows up, he's six foot three.

He's so good-looking, he looks like me.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delovely.

 

He's such a hit, this son of ours,

That all the dowagers send him flowers.

It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.

 

So sublime is his press

That in time, L.B. Mayer, no less,

Makes a night flight  to New York

And tells him he should go Hollywood.

Good God!

He gets such pay that Elaine Barrie's his fiancee.

It's delightful, it's delicious,

It's delectable, it's delirious, it's dilemma,

It's delimit, it's deluxe. It's de-lovely.


It's Love

From "Wonderful Town". Winter Garden Theater in 1953

Music: Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

 

It's love, it's love, well who woulda thought it?

If this is love, then why have I fought it?

 

What a way to feel

I could touch the sky

What a way to feel

I have found my guy

 

It's love, at last

I've someone to cheer for

It's love, at last

I've learned what we're here for

 

I've heard it said

You'll know it when you see it

Well I see it, and I know it,

It's love

 


It's Magic

Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn

 

You sigh the sun begins,

You speak and I hear violins

It's magic

 

The stars desert the skies,

And rush to nestle in your eyes

It's magic

 

Without a golden wand or mystic charms

Fantastic things begin,

When I am in your arms

 

When we walk hand in hand,

The world becomes a wonderland

It's magic

 

How else can I explain those rainbows?

When there is no rain?

It's magic

 

Why do I tell myself?

These things that happen are all really true

When in my heart I know the magic is my love for you

 

It's magic....

It's magic....

 

Why do I tell myself?

These things that happen are all really true

When in my heart I know the magic is my love for you

 


It's the Talk Of the Town

() Symes, Neiburg, Livingston

Recorded by Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra August 7, 1933

 

Verse:

We were more than lovers,

We were more than sweethearts.

It’s so hard to understand.

Don’t know why it happened.

Don’t how it started.

Why should we be strangers

After all we planned?

I can't show my face, can't go any place

People stop and stare, it's so hard to bear

Everybody knows you left me

It's the talk of the town

 

Every time we meet, my heart skips a beat

We don't stop to speak, though it's just a week

Everybody knows you left me

It's the talk of the town

 

We sent out invitations, to friends and relations

Announcing our wedding day

Friends and our relations gave congratulations

How can you face them? What can you say?

 

Let's make up, sweetheart, we can't stay apart

Don't let foolish pride, keep you from my side

How can love like ours be ending?

It's the talk of the town

 

We sent out invitations to friends and relations

Announcing our wedding day

Friends and our relations gave congratulations

How can you face them? What can you say?

 

Let's make up, sweetheart, we can't stay apart

Don't let foolish pride keep you from my side

How can love like ours be ending?

It's the talk

The talk of the town


It's Today

Jerry Herman from Mame

 

Mame

Light the candles,

Get the ice out,

Roll the rug up,

It's today.

Though it may not be anyone's birthday,

And though it's far from the first of the year,

I know that this very minute has history in it, we're here!

 

All:

It's a time for making merry,

And so I'm for making hay.

 

Mame

Tune the grand up,

Dance your shoes off,

Strike the band up,

It's today!

 

All:

And we're living

In the world game,

So this whole game's

What we make.

 

Mame

Call the cops out,

Raise the rockets,

Pull the stops out,

 

All:

Pull out the stops,

It's today

Light the candles,

Fill the punch bowl,

Throw confetti,

It's today.

 

Girls

Life can also be lived on a weekday,

So don't depend on a holiday date,

If you need New Year's to bubble,

Then order a double and wait.

Doo doo doo doo dah

 

 

All:

There's a "thank you" you can give life,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you live life all the way.

Pull the stops out,

Hold the roof down,

 

Mame

Fellows watch out,

It's today.

 

All:

It's a time for making merry,

And so I'm for making hay.

Tune the grand up,

Call the cops out,

Strike the band up,

Pull the stops out,

Hallelujah!

It's today!


I Thought About You

(1) Written by:  Johnny Mercer:  Jimmy Van Heusen

 

Arranged By:  Nelson Riddle

From the Album:  Songs For Swingin' Lovers  (1956)

Label:  Capitol Records  Recorded:  January 9, 1956

 

I took a trip on a train, and I thought about you.

I passed a shadowy lane, and I thought about you.

Two or three cars parked under the stars,

A windin' stream.

Moon shining down on some little town

And with each beam, the same old dream.

 

At every stop that we made,

Oh I thought about you.

And when I pulled down the shade,

Then I really felt blue.

I peaked through the crack

And looked at the track,

The one goin' back to you,

And what did I do?

I thought about you.


I Understand

Lyrics: Kim Gannon  Music:  Mabel Wayne

 

I understand, and darling, you are not to blame,

If when we kiss it's not the same, I understand.

It's not your fault because your heart has changed its mind.

You didn't mean to be unkind, I understand.

Forgetting you will be far from easy,

I've grown so used to your charms.

I miss that old thrill and no one can fill

Your place here in my heart.

But if you'll find our love was really meant to be,

Then darling, hurry back to me, and I'll understand.


I've Been Working On the Railroad

 

I've been working on the railroad

All the livelong day,

I've been working on the railroad

Just to pass the time away,

Don't you hear the whistle blowing

Rise up so early in the morn,

Don't you hear the captain shouting

"Dinah, blow your horn?"

 

Dinah won't you blow,

Dinah won't you blow,

Dinah won't you blow your horn.

 

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,

Someone's in the kitchen I know-oh, oh, oh,

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah,

Strumming on the old banjo,

And singing...

 

Fe fi fiddley-i-o,

Fe fi fiddley-i-o-o-o-o,

Fe fi fiddley-i-o,

Strumming on the old banjo.

 


I've Got a Crush on You

 

How glad the many millions of Annabelles and Lillians

Would be to capture me

But you had such persistence, you wore down my resistance

I fell and it was swell

 

I'm your big and brave and handsome Romeo

How I won you I shall never never know

It's not that you're attractive

But, oh, my heart grew active

When you came into view

 

I've got a crush on you, sweetie pie

All the day and night-time give me sigh

I never had the least notion that

I could fall with so much emotion

 

Could you coo, could you care

For a cunning cottage we could share

The world will pardon my mush

'Cause I have got a crush my baby on you

 

Could you coo, could you care

For a cunning cottage

That we could share

The world will pardon my mush

'Cause I have got a crush, my baby, on you


I've Got a Feelin' I'm Fallin'

Music by Thomas "Fats" Waller and Harry Link with lyrics by Billy Rose

 

I'm flyin' high, but I've got a feelin' I'm fallin'

Fallin' for nobody else but you

You caught my eye,

And I've got a feelin' I'm fallin'

Show me the ring and I'll jump right through!

 

I used to travel single-o, we chanced to mingle-o

Now I'm a tingle over you 

Hey Mister Parson stand by,

For I've got a feelin' I'm fallin' 

Fallin' for nobody else but you!

 


I've Got My Eyes On You

Cole Porter  From the Film Broadway Melody of 1940 (M)

 

I've got my eyes on you

So best beware where you roam.

I've got my eyes on you

So don't stray too far from home.

 

Incidentally, I've set my spies on you,

I'm checking all you do, from a to zee.

So, darling, just be wise, keep your eyes on me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


I've Got My Love to Keep me Warm

Irving Berlin

 

The snow is snowing

The wind is blowing

But I can weather the storm

Why do I care how much it may storm

I've got my love to keep me warm

 

I can't remember

A worse December

Just watch those icicles form

Why do I care if icicles form?

I've got my love to keep me warm

 

Off with my overcoat

Off with my gloves

I need no overcoat

I'm burning with love

 

My heart's on fire

The flame grows higher

So I will weather the storm

Why do I care how much it may storm

I've got my love to keep me warm


I've Got Rings on My Fingers

(R.P. Weston and F.J. Barnes)

Copyright 1909 Francis, Day and Hunter Ltd.

From The British Music Hall, Davison

 

Now Jim O'Shea was cast away

Upon an Indian Isle.

The natives there they liked his hair,

They liked his Irish smile,

They made him chief Nabojoe,

The Nabob of them all.

They rigged him up so gay,

And they called him Jij-ji-boo Jhai,

So he wrote to Dublin Bay,

To his sweetheart, just to say:

 

 CHORUS:

Sure, I've got rings on my fingers,

Bells on my toes,

Elephants to ride upon,

My little Irish Rose;

So come to your Nabob,

And next Patrick's Day,

Be Mistress Mumbo Jumbo

Jij-ji-boo J. O'Shea.

 

Across the sea went Rose Magee

To see her Nabob grand.

He sat within his palanquin,

And when she kissed his hand,

He led her to his harem,

Where he had wives galore.

She started shedding a tear;

Said he, "Now have no fear,

I'm keeping these wives here

Just for ornament, my dear."

 

In emerald green he robed his queen,

To share with him his throne.

'Mid eastern charms and waving palms

They'd shamrocks, Irish grown,

Sent all the way from Dublin

To Nabob J. O'Shea

But in his palace so fine

Should Rose for Ireland pine,

With smiles her face will shine

When he murmurs, "Sweetheart mine"


I've Got the World on a String

Words: Ted Koehler; Music: Harold Arlen

 

 I've got the world on a string

Sitting on a rainbow

Got that string around my finger

What a world, what a life, I'm in love

 

I've got a song that I sing

I can make the rain go

Anytime I snap my finger

What a world, what a life, I'm in love

 

Life's a beautiful thing

Long as I hold that string

I'd be a silly so-and-so

If I'd ever let you go

 

But I've got this world on a string

I'm sittin' on a rainbow

Got that string around my finger

What a world, what a life, I'm in love

 

Life's a beautiful thing

Long as I hold that string

I'd be a silly so-and-so

If I'd ever let you go

 

But, darling, I've got the world on a string

Sitting on a rainbow

Got that string around my finger

What a world, what a life, I'm in love

 


I've Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle

Music: Joseph Lilley; Lyrics:Ranke Loesser 1942

 

Chorus

I've got spurs that

jingle, jangel, jingle

As I go riding merrily along.

And they sing, "Oh, ain't you

glad you're single?"

And that song ain't

so very far from wrong.

 

Oh, Lillie Belle!  Oh, Lillie Belle,

Though I may have done some fooling

This is why I never fell--

I got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle

As I go riding merrily along.

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Oh Sally Jane Oh Sally Jane

Though I'd love to stay for-ever

this is why I can't remain

I got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle

As I go riding merrily along.

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Oh Mary Ann Oh Mary Ann

Though we've done some moonlight walking

this is why I upped and ran

I got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle

As I go riding merrily along.

 

Repeat Chorus

 

 


I've Got You Under My Skin

 

I've got you under my skin

I've got you deep in the heart of me

So deep in my heart,

You're really a part of me

I've got you under my skin

 

I've tried so not to give in

I've said to myself this affair never will go so well

But why should I try to resist,

When baby I know so well

That I've got you under my skin

 

I'd sacrifice anything come what might

For the sake of having you near

In spite of a warning voice that comes in the night

And repeats, repeats in my ear

 

Don't you know you fool, you never can win

Use your mentality, wake up to reality

But each time I do, just the thought of you

Makes me stop before I begin

'Cause I've got you under my skin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face

Music: Frederick Loewe; Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner

 

I've grown accustomed to her face,

She almost makes the day begin.

I've grown accustomed to the tune

She whistles night and noon.

Her smiles, her frowns,

Her ups, her downs

Are second nature to me now;

 

Like breathing out and breathing in.

I was serenely independent

And content before we met;

Surely I could always

Be that way again and yet

I've grown accustomed to her looks;

Accustomed to her voice;

Accustomed to her face.

 

I've grown accustomed to her face,

She almost makes the day begin.

I'm gotton used to hear hear her say

"Good morning" ev'ry day.

Her joys, her woes,

Her highs, her lows,

Are second nature to me now;

 

Like breathing out and breathing in.

I'm very grateful she's a woman

and so easy to forget;

Rather like a habbit

One can always break and yet,

I've grown accustomed to the trace

Of something in the air;

Accustomed to her face. 

 


I've Heard That Song Before

Writer: Styne/Cahn

 

It seems to me I've heard that song before

It's from an old familiar score

I know it well, that melody

 

It's funny how a theme

Recalls a favorite dream

A dream that brought you so close to me

 

I know each word, because I've heard that song before

The lyrics said: "for evermore"

For evermore's a memory

 

Please have them play it again

And (Then) I'll remember just when

I heard that lovely song before


I’ve Never Been In Love Before

 (Frank Loesser)

 

I've never been in love before

Now all at once it's you

It's you forever more

I've never been in love before

I though my heart was safe

I thought I knew the score

But this is wine

That's all too strange and strong

I'm full of foolish song

And out my song must pour.

So please forgive, this helpless haze I'm in

I've really never been in love before.

 

So this is why

That's all too strange and strong

I'm full of foolish song

And out my song must pour.

So please forgive, this helpless haze I'm in

I've never really been in love before.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl

Harry Von Tilzer, William Dillon

 

I want a girl

Just like the girl

That married dear old Dad

 

I want a girl

Just like the girl

That married dear old Dad.

 

She was a pearl

And the only girl

That Daddy ever had.

 

A good-old fashioned girl

With heart so true,

One who love

Nobody else

But You

 

I want a girl,

Just like the girl

That married dear old Dad.

 

 

I Want To Be Happy

(1) Irving Caesar/Vincent Youmans (No No Nanett)

 

I want to be happy but

I won't be happy till I make you happy too;

Life's really worth living,

When we are mirth-giving.

Why can't I give some to you?

 

When skies are gray and you say you are blue,

I'll send the sun smiling through,

I want to be happy,

But I won't be happy till I make you happy, too

 


I Wish I Didn’t Love You So

Frank Loesser (1947)

from the motion picture “The Perils of Pauline”starring Betty Hutton

 

I wish I didn't love you so,

My love for you,

Should've ended long ago.

 

I wish I didn't need your kiss,

Why must your kiss,

Torture me as long as this?

 

(bridge)

I might be smiling by now,

With some new, tender friend,

Smiling by now,

With my heart on the mend.

 

But when I try,

Something in my heart says, "No!"

You're still there,

I wish I didn't love you so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Wish I Were in Love Again

 

The sleepless nights - the daily fights

The quick toboggan - when you reach the heights

I miss the kisses - and I miss the bites

I wish I were in love again

 

The broken dates - the endless waits

The lovely loving - and the hateful hates

The conversation - with the flying plates

I wish I were in love again

 

No more pain - no more strain

Now I'm sane - but I would rather be punched - drunk

 

The pulled out fur - of cat and cur

The fine mismating - of a him and her

I've learned my lesson - but I wish I were

In love again

 

The furtive sigh - the blackened eye

The words: "I love you - 'til the day I day"

The self deception - that believes the lie

I wish I were in love again

 

When love congeals - it soon reveals

The faint aroma - of performing seals

The double-crossing - of a pair of heals

I wish I were in love again

 

No, no more care - no, no despair

Now I'm all there (now) - but I'd rather be puncdrunk

 

Believe me sir - I much prefer

The classic battle - of a him and her

I don't like quiet - and I wish I were

In love again - in love again - in love again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


I Won't Send Roses

(1) Jerry Herman (Mack and Mable)

 

I won't send roses

Or hold the door;

I won't remember

Which dress you wore.

My heart is too much in control,

The lack of romance in my soul

Will turn you gray, kid,

So stay away, kid.

Forget my shoulder

When you're in need.

Forgetting birthdays is guaranteed.

And should I love you you would be

The last to know

I won't send roses

And roses suit you so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My pace is frantic

My temper's cross;

With words romantic

I'm at a loss.

I'd be the first one to agree

That I'm preoccupied with me

And it's inbred, kid

So keep your head, kid.

In me you'll find things

like guts and nerve,

But not the kind things

That you deserve.

And so while there's a fighting chance

Just turn and go.

I won't send roses

And roses suit you so.

 

So who needs roses

Or stuff like that

So who needs chocolates,

They'd make me fat.

And I can get along just fine,

Without a gushing valentine

And I'll get by kid

With just the guy kid

And if he calls me

And it's collect

Sir Walter Raleigh

I don't expect

And though I know I may be left

Out on a limb

So who needs roses

That didn't come from him?


-J-

Jamaica Farewell

By Jimmy Buffett

 

Down the way where the nights are gay

And the sun shines daily on the mountain top

I took a trip on a sailing ship

And when I reach Jamaica I made a stop

 

Chorus:

 

But I'm sad to say, I'm on my way

Won't be back for many a day

My heart is down, my head is turning around

I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town

 

Sounds of laughter everywhere

And the dancing girls swaying to and fro

I must declare, my heart is there

Tho' I've been from Maine to Mexico

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Down at the market you can hear

Ladies cry out while on their heads they bear

Ackey rice, salt fish are nice

And the rum is fine any time of year

 

Repeat Chorus


Jersey Bounce

Words by Robert B. Wright

Music by Bobby Plater, Tiny Bradshaw and Edward Johnson

 

They call it the Jersey Bounce,

A rhythm that really counts

The temperature always mounts

Where ever they play the

Funny rhythm they play.

It started on Journal Square.

And somebody heard it there.

He put it right on the air,

And now you hear it everywhere.

 

Uptown gave it new licks,

Downtown added some tricks.

No town makes it sound the

Same as where it came from!

 

So if you don't feel so hot

Go out some Jersey spot.

And whether you're hep or not

The Jersey Bounce'll make you swing.

 


Jimmy

Jay Thompson

 

Jimmy, oh Jimmy silly boy!

Gee what a real swell guy!

Jimmy, oh Jimmy what a joy!

He makes your troubles fly.

 

His glance has fireworks in it.

We kiss, my heart does a whiz-bang, flip-flop

Heaven for a minute

 

Jimmy, oh Jimmy don't you know

What I can't quite confess.

So coax me!

Implore me!

I promise you won't bore me!

 

Jimmy, I might say yes!

 

Forget About The Boy

as sung by Sutton Foster

 

No canary in a cage for me

This canary’s ready to fly free

Cut the cord

Is that a man I once adored?

He’s nothing but an albatross

No great loss

Double crosser

Forget about the boy!

 

Pull the plug

Ain’t he the one who pulled the rug?

He’s lower than an alley cat

Dirty rat

And I flatter

Forget about the boy

Forget about the boy

Forget about the boy

 

And in the moonlight

Don’t you think about him

Sister you’re much better off without him

You can blow the blues a kiss goodbye

And put the sun back in the sky

For when he comes crawling

I’m not falling

Shout hooray and

Hallelu-

Now me and Mr Wrong are through

I’ll find myself another beau

Who I know

Is no rover

Forget about the boy

Forget about the boy

Forget about the boy

 

Jimmy, oh Jimmy,

Horace, Danny, Milton, Percy, Edgar

Jimmy,

Barney Schreiber CPA

Jimmy, oh Jimmy,

Cut the cord

Is that a man I once adored?

Silly boy,

He’s nothing but an albatross

No great loss

Gee, what a real swell guy.

Double crosser

Forget about the boy!

Jimmy, oh Jimmy,

Pull the plug

Ain’t he the one who pulled the rug?

Oh, what joy,

He makes my troubles fly.

He’s lower than an alley cat

Dirty rat

And I flatter to

Forget about the boy

Forget about the boy

Forget about the boy

 


Johnny Angel

 

Johnny Angel, how I love him.

He's got something I can't resist,

but he doesn't even know that I exist.

 

Johnny Angel, how I want him.

How I tingle when he passes by.

Every time he says "Hello" my heart begins to fly.

 

I remember how I get carried away.

I dream of him and me, and how it's gonna be.

 

Other fellas call me up for a date,

but I just sit and wait, I'd rather concentrate ...

 

... on Johnny Angel.

'Cause I love him.

And I pray that someday he'll love me.

And together we will see how lovely heaven will be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Johnny One Note

Lyrics: Lorenz Hart, music: Richard Rodgers

 

Johnny could only sing one note

And the note he sings was this

Ah!

 

Poor Johnny one-note

sang out with "gusto"

And just overlorded the place

Poor Johnny one-note yelled willy nilly

Until he was bleu in the face

For holding one note was his ace

 

Couldn’t hear the brass

Couldn’t hear the drum

He was in a class by himself, by gum!

 

Poor Johnny one-note got in Aida

Indeed a great chance to be brave

He took his one note

Howled like the North Wind

Brought forth wind that made critics rave,

While Verdi turned round in his grave!

 

Couldn’t hear the flute

Or the big trombone

Ev’ry one was mute

Johnny stood alone.

 

Cats and dogs stopped yapping

Lions in the zoo

All were jealous of Johnny's big trill

Thunder claps  stopped clapping,

Traffic ceased its roar,

And they  tell us  Niag’ra stood still.

He stopped the  train whistles,

Boat whistles,  steam whistles,

Cop  whistles, all  whistles  bowed to his skill

 

Sing  Johnny One-Note,

Sing out  with "gusto" and

Just overwhelm all the crowd

Ah!

 

So sing Johnny One-Note, out loud!!

Sing  Johnny One-Note

Sing  Johnny One-Note out loud!


Jolly Holiday

Richard and Robert Sherman Mary Poppins

 

Ain't it a glorious day

Ripe as a morning in May

I feel like I could fly

Have you ever seen the grass so green

Or a bluer sky

 

Oh it's a jolly holiday with Mary

Mary makes your heart so light

When the day is gray and ordinary

Mary makes the sun shine bright

Oh happiness is blooming all around her

The daffodils are smiling at the dove

When Mary holds your hand you feel so grand

Your heart starts beating like a big brass band

Oh it's a jolly holiday with Mary

No wonder that it's Mary that we love

 

It's a jolly holiday with you, Bert

Gentlemen like you are few

Though you're just a diamond in the rough, Bert

Underneath your blood is blue

You'd never dream of pressing your advantage

Forbearance is the hallmark of your creed

A lady needn't fear when you are near

Your sweet gentility is crystal clear

Oh it's a jolly holiday with you, Bert

A jolly jolly holiday with you

 


Just a Gigolo

I Aint Got Nobody Lyrics

Louis Prima

 

I'm Just a gigolo

Everywhere I go

People know the part

I'm playing

 

Paid for every dance

Selling each romance

Oh what their saying

 

There will come a day

And youth will pass away

What will they say about me

 

When the end comes I know

They'll say just a gigolo

Life goes on without me

 

I'm just a gigolo, everywhere I go

People know the part I'm playing

Paid for every dance

Starting each romance

Oh what their saying

 

And there will come a day

And youth will pass away

What will they say about me

 

When the end comes I know

They'll say just a gigalo

Life goes on without me

 

Cause I aint got nobody

Oh and theres nobody cares for me

Theres nobody cares for me

 

I'm so sad and lonely

Sad and lonely sad and lonely

Won't some sweet mamma

Come and take a chance with me

Cause I aint so bad

 

And I'll sing out, sweet love songs

All of the time

She will only be, only be

Bip bozadee bodzee bop le bop

I aint got nobody

Oh and theres nobody cares for me

Theres nobody cares for me

 

Hummala bebhuhla zeebuhla boobuhla

Hummala bebhuhla zeebuhla bop

 

I ain't got nobody, nobody,

Nobody cares for me

Nobody , theres nobody cares for me

I'm so sad and lonely,

Oh lonely, oh lonely, lonely lonely

 

Won't some sweet mama come and rescue me

Cause I aint so bad

 

And I'll sing out

Sweet love songs

All of the time

She will only be, only, only, only only be

Baby, sugar darling

 

I aint got nobody baby

And there's nobody, there's nobody

There's nobody theres nobody

There's no one, there's no one

Nobody, nobody, nobody

Nobody cares for me

 


Just Another Polka

 

Frank Loesser & Milton DeLugg

Recorded by Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians, vocal by Kenny Gardner & Trio

 

This is Just Another Polka, Just Another Polka,

But oh what a girl in my arms.

Am I in Heaven since we met?

Is this the Philharmonic playing Romeo and Juliet?  No!

Just Another Polka like any other polka,

But some-how the music has charms.

This is Just Another Polka, but holy schmolka!

Oh, what a girl in my arms.

 

I’m dancing with an angel, with an angel,

An angel, an angel.

Oh yes I’m dancing with an angel,

That’s why the band is sounding better

From the moment that I met her.

‘Cause I’m dancing with an angel,

With an angel, an angel, angel.

She’s got me dancing like I never thought I could,

Oh Arthur Murray never had it so good.

 

This is Just Another Polka, Just Another Polka,

But oh what a girl in my arms.

Am I in Heaven since we met?

Is this the Philharmonic playing Romeo and Juliet?  No!

Just Another Polka like any other polka,

But some-how the music has charms.

This is Just Another Polka, but holy schmolka!

Oh, what a girl in my arms.


Just Because

Mary Chapin Carpenter Version

 

Have you ever loved someone you knew nothing of

Except you'd seen the light inside their eyes

Have you ever loved someone just because

Nothing felt so easy or so right

 

And I think of you like the others do

Wondering if you think of me

And if you do, if you really do

Who is it that you see

 

Have you ever loved

Whether right or wrong

Have you ever loved someone

Just because

 

Have you ever tried to speak the truth instead of lie

When it seemed you had everything to lose

Have you ever tried to stand your ground instead of hide

When staying only made you look a fool

 

And I stayed by you though I think I knew

It wouldn't change a thing

Changes come to hearts with ease

But they come so hard to me

Have you ever tried to make it last, not knowing why

Except you had to try

Just because

 

And every day that passes now, I s'pose I'm getting older

Wiser with the things I've done

But I hope I don't grow colder

 

And now I see the ones, who've lost so much

They swear they're done

With love and all the chance it brings for pain

but have you ever touched, and by itself it was enough

to make you want to reach out once again

 

And I'll touch you when I need a friend

Or just a small reminder

That I haven't grown too cold to feel

You penetrate my armor

 

Have you ever loved

Whether right or wrong

Have you ever loved someone

Just because

Have you ever loved someone

Just because

 

 

Just because

Lloyd Price (Song by John Lennon)

 

Just because you left and said goodbye

Do you think that I will sit and cry

Even if my heart should tell me so

Darling I would rather let you go

 

Just because you think that you're so smart

Going around and breaking lovers hearts

Before I let this thing happen to me

Darling I would rather swim the sea

 

I know you think you're smart

Just going around breaking lovers hearts

 

Just because I want someone who's kind

With a heart as good and pure as mine

But maybe I am asking far too much

Darling please don't ever break my heart

 

(musical interlude)

 

I know you think you're smart

Just going around breaking lovers hearts

 

Just because I want someone who's kind

With a heart as good and pure as mine

But maybe I am asking far too much

Darling please don't ever break my heart

 

(musical ending)


Just Because

Written by J.Shelton, S.Robin, B.Shelton

 

Well-now just because you think your so pretty,

Just because you think your so hot

Just because you think you've got something,

That nobody else has got.

 

Though you make me spend all my money,

You laugh and call me old Santa Claus

Well, I'm telling you honey

I'm through with you,

Because, just because

 

Well-now just because you think I'm so lonesome,

Just because I'll be blue

Just because you think

I'd be foolish to stay around at home and wait for you

 

Though you made me drop all my boyfriends,

You laugh and call me old Santa Cause

Well, I'm telling you honey

I'm through with you,

Because, just because

 

Though you make me spend all my money.

You laugh and call me old Santa Clause

But, I'm telling you that

I'm through with you,

Because, just because


Just in Time

(1) Comden/Green/Styne

 

I was resting comfortably, face down in the gutter

Life was serene, I knew where I was at

"There's no hope for him," my dearest friends would mutter

I was something dragged in by the cat.  Then ...

 

Just in time

I found you just in time

Before you came my time

Was running low

I was lost

The losing dice were tossed

My bridges all were crossed

Nowhere to go

 

Now you're here

And now I know just where I'm going

No more doubt or fear

I found my way

For love came just in time

I found you just in time

To change my lonely life

That lovely day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just One of Those Things

(2)

It was just one of those things

Just one of those crazy flings

One of those bells that now and then rings

Just one of those things

 

It was just one of those nights

Just one of those fabulous flights

A trip to the moon on gossamer wings

Just one of those things

 

If we'd thought a bit before the end of it

When we started painting the town

We'd have been aware that our love affair

Was too hot not to cool down

 

So good-bye, dear, and amen

Here's hoping we meet now and then

It was great fun

But it was just one of those things


Just You and I

Melissa Manchester

 

When your heroes go up in a puff,

And there’s not enough to hang on to

And the ones you would count on to call

They all fall down all around you

Then you’ve got to believe there’s more

It is the reason we’re put here for

It’s just you and I

When the legends’ over - and we have just begun

We can look to each other to see us through

Just you and I

When a miracle’s long overdue

And there’s no one who’s gonna come to guide you

So you keep looking up to the sky - wondering why

The clouds won’t hide you

At the times when you’re most afraid

That is the reason why dreams are made

It’s just you and I

When the legend’s over - and we have just begun

We can look to each other to see us through

Just you and I


-K-

Kansas City

 

I got to Kansas City on a Frid'y

By Sattidy I larned a thing or two

For up to then I didn't have an idy

Of whut the modren world was comin' to!

I counted twenty gas buggies goin' by theirsel's

Almost ev'ry time I tuk a walk.

'Nen I put my ear to a Bell Telephone and a strange womern started in to talk!

(Whut next! Yeak whut!)

Whut next?

 

Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City

They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!

They went and built a skyscraper seven stories high,

About as high as a buildin' orta grow.

 

Ev'rythin's like a dream in Kansas City,

It's better than a magic lantern show!

Y' c'n turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat.

With ev'ry kind o' comfort ev'ry house is all complete.

 

You c'n walk to privies in the rain and never wet your feet!

They've gone about as fur as they c'n go,

(Yes sir!)

They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!

Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City

They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!

 

They got a big theayter they call a burlesque.

Fer fifty cents you c'n see a dandy show.

One of the gals was fat and pink and pretty,

As round above as she was round below.

I could swear that she was padded from her shoulder to her heel,

But latter in the second act when she began to peel

She proved that ev'rythin' she had was absolutely real!

She went about as fur as she could go,

(Yes sir!)

She went about as fur as she could go!


Keep It Gay

Music: Richard Rodgers; Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II

 

Keep it gay, keep it light

Keep it fresh, keep it fair

Let it bloom ev'ry night

Give it room, give it air

Keep your love a lovely dream and never wake it

Make it happy and be happy as you make it

 

Let it sing like a nightingale in May

Keep it gay, keep it free

Or you'll frighten it away

Take it easy and enjoy it while you take it

Keep it gay, keep it gay Keep it gay


Kids

(Lyrics: Lee Adams; Music: Charles Strouse)

 

Kids, I don't know what's wrong with these kids today

Kids, who can understand anything they say

Kids, they are disobedient, disrespectful oafs

Noisy, crazy, sloppy, lazy loafers

And while we're on the subject

 

Kids, you can talk and talk till your face is blue

Kids, but they still do just what they want to do

Why can't they be like we were perfect in every way

What's the matter with kids today

 

Kids ...

I don't mind the moonlight swims,

it's the loop-da-loop that hurts

Kids ...

How will we ever beat the Russians?

Kids ...

I didn't know what growing up was

till I was almost past it

 

Laughing, singing, dancing, grinning morons

And while we are on the subject

 

Kids, they are just impossible to control

Kids, with their awful clothes and their rock and roll

Why can't they dance like we did?

What's wrong with Sammy K.?

What's the matter with kids today?

 

 

(Reprise)

Kids, what's the matter with kids today

Kids, who can understand anything they say

 

Kids, they are so ridiculous, and so immature

I don't see why anybody want's them

Just you wait and see

Kids, they are just impossible to control

Soon you will be old enough to be

Kids, with their awful clothes and their rock and roll

Another teenage delinquent

Why can't they be like you were, perfect in every way

What't the matter with kids today

 

Kids, what the devil is wrong with these kids today

Kids, who could guess they would turn out that way

Why can't they be like we were, perfect in every way

What's the matter with kids?

What's the matter with kids?

What's the matter with kids today?


Kiss me Once, Then Kiss me Twice

(It's Been A Long, Long Time)

 

Intro:

 

Never thought that you would be

Standing here in front of me

There's so many things I'd like to say

But words can wait until some other day

 

Kiss me once, then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long, long time

Haven't felt like this, my dear

Since I can't remember when

It's been a long, long time

 

You'll never know how many dreams

I've dreamed about you

Or just how empty they all seemed without you

So kiss me once, then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long, long time

 

Ah, kiss me once, then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long time

Haven't felt like this my dear

Since I can't remember when

It's been a long, long time

 

You'll never know how many dreams

I dreamed about you

Or just how empty they all seemed without you

So kiss me once then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long, long time

Long, long time

 


-L-

 

Lambeth Walk, The

Lyrics: L. Arthur Rose & Douglas Furber; Music: Noel Gay

from “For Me And My Girl” (1937)

 

Any time you're Lambeth way,

Any evening, any day,

You'll find us all

Doin' the Lambeth Walk.

 

Every little Lambeth gal,

With her little Lambeth pal,

You'll find 'em all

Doin' the Lambeth Walk.

 

Everything free and easy,

Do as you darn well pleasy,

Why don't you make your way there

Go there, stay there.

 

Once you get down Lambeth way

Ev'ry ev'ning, ev'ry day,

You'll find yourself

Doin' the Lambeth Walk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lady is a Tramp, The

Rodgers/Hart

 

She gets too hungry, for dinner at eight

She loves the theater, but doesn't come late

She'd never bother, with people she'd hate

That's why the lady is a tramp

 

Doesn't like crap games, with barons and earls

Won't go to Harlem, in ermine and pearls

Won't dish the dirt, with the rest of those girls

That's why the lady is a tramp

 

She loves the free, fresh wind in her hair

Life without care

She's broke, but it's ok

Hates California, it's cold and it's damp

That's why the lady is a tramp

 

Doesn't like dice games, with sharpies and frauds

Won't go to Harlem, in Lincolns or Fords

Won't dish the dirt, with the rest of those broads

That's why the lady is a tramp

 

She loves the free, fresh wind in her hair

Life without care

She's flat, that’s that

She’s all alone when she lowers her lamp

That's why the lady is a tramp

 


Lamplighter’s Serenade

Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster; Music:  Hoagy Carmichael

January 19, 1942

 

A moment after dark around the park,

An old-fashion gent comes parading,

 

Dressed in funny clothes but singing as he goes,

The Lamplighter's Serenade.

 

The old boy loves to talk with couples on the walk,

But when it's half after love time,

 

He reaches for his stick and from his bag of tricks,

He lights every star in the sky.

 

And if a lady or a beau should answer No,

He sprinkles their hearts with his magic,

 

Then he steals away to sing another day,

The Lamplighter's Serenade.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

La Vie En Rose

 

Hold me close and hold me fast.

This magic spell you cast;

this is la vie en rose.

 

When you kiss me, heaven sighs.

And though I close my eyes

I see la vie en rose.

 

When you press me to your heart,

I'm in a world apart.

A world where roses bloom.

 

And when you speak,

angels fly from above.

Everyday words seem to turn

into love songs.

 

Give your heart and soul to me.

And life will always be

La vie en rose.

 

 

Des yeux qui font baiser les miens,

Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche,

Voila le portrait sans retouche

De l'homme auquel j'appartiens

 

Quand il me prend dans ses bras

Il me parle tout bas,

Je vois la vie en rose.

 

Il me dit des mots d'amour,

Des mots de tous les jours,

Et ca me fait quelque chose.

 

Il est entre dans mon coeur

Une part de bonheur

Dont je connais la cause.

 

C'est lui pour moi. Moi pour lui

Dans la vie,

Il me l'a dit, l'a jure pour la vie.

 

Et des que je l'apercois

Alors je sens en moi


Let Me Entertain You.

Music: Julie Styne; Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim (Gypsy)

 

Let me entertain you.

Let me make you smile.

Let me do a few tricks.

Some old and then some new tricks.

I'm very versatile.

 

And if you’re real good

I’ll make you feel good

I want your spirits to rise

 

So let me

Entertain you

And we'll have a real good time...

Yes Sir!

And we'll have a real goooooooood time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let Me Sing And I'm Happy

Irving Berlin Copyright © 1928, 1929

 

 

Verse:

What care I who makes the laws of a nation,

Let those who will take care of its rights and wrongs,

What care I who cares for the world's affairs,

As long as I can sing its popular songs.

 

Chorus:

Let me sing a funny song

With crazy words that roll a-long,

And if my song can start you laughing,

I'm happy, happy.

Let me sing a sad refrain,

Of broken hearts that loved in vain.

And if my song can start you crying, I'm happy.

Let me croon a lowdown blues

To lift you out of your seat,

If my song can reach your shoes

And start you tap-ping your feet, I'm happy.

Let me sing of Dixie's charms,

The Swanee shore, and mother's arms.

And if my song can make you homesick,

I'm happy.

 

 


Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

 

Things have come to a pretty pass.

Our romance is growing flat!

For you like this or the other,

and I go for this or that!

 

Goodness knows what the end will be,

I don't know where I am at (???)

It looks as if we two will never be one.

Something must be done.

 

You say E-ther and I say I-ther.

You say nE-ther and I say nI-ther.

E-ther, I-ther, nE-ther, nI-ther

Let's call the whole thing off!

 

You like po-tay-to and I like po-tah-to.

You like to-may-to and I like to-mah-to.

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to,

To-may-to, to-mah-to,

Let's call the whole thing off!

 

But oh, if we call the whole thing off,

Then we must part.

And oh, if we ever part

That would just break my heart.

 

So if you go for oi-sters and I go fer er-sters,

I'll order oi-sters and cancel my er-sters.

For we know we need each other

So we better call the calling off off,

Let's call the whole thing off!

 

You say a-fter and I say ah-fter,

You say la-fter and I say lah-fter.

A-fter, ah-fter,

La-fter, lah-fter,

let's call the whole thing off!

 

You say vanilla and I say vanella,

You s'asperilla and I s'asperella.

Vanilla, vanella,

chocoloate, strawberries!

Let's call the whole thing off!

 

But oh, if we call the whole thing off,

then we must part.

And oh, if we ever part

that would just break my heart.

 

You like pajamas and I like pajahmas.

I'll wear pajamas and give up pajahmas.

For we know we

need each other so we

better call the calling off off,

Let's call the whole thing off


Let's Fall In Love

From 1933 "Let's Fall In Love"

Lyrics: Ted Koehler; Music: Harold Arlen

 

Let's fall in love

Why shouldn't we fall in love

Our hearts are made if it

Let's take a chance

Why be afraid of it

 

Let’s close our eyes

And make our own paradise

Little we know of it

Still we can try

To make a go of it

 

We might have been meant for each other

To be or not to be

Let our hearts discover

 

Let's fall in love

Why shouldn't we fall in love

Now is the time for it while we are young

Let's fall in love

 

We might have been meant for each other

To be or not to be

Let our hearts discover

 

Let's fall in love

Why shouldn't we fall in love

Now is the time for it while we are young

Let's fall in love

 


Let’s Get Away From It All

Matt Dennis/Tom Adair (1941)

Recorded by Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra, vocal by Jo Stafford, the  Piped Pipers, Frank Sinatra & Connie Haines,

 

 

Let's take a boat to Bermuda

Let's take a plane to Saint Paul.

Let's take a kayak to Quincy or Nyack,

Let's get away from it all.

 

Let's take a trip in a trailer

No need to come back at all.

Let's take a powder to Boston for chowder,

Let's get away from it all.

 

We'll travel 'round from town to town,

We'll visit ev'ry state.

I'll repeat, "I love you sweet!"

In all the forty-eight.

 

Let's go again to Niag'ra

This time we'll look at the Fall.

Let's leave our hut, dear,

Get out of our rut, dear,

Let's get away from it all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s Take a Trip to the Baron

 

 

 

Let’s Take a Trip to the Baron

With Russ, 9 ‘till 2 is a ball

And then there is Bobby

Who’s really heart throbby

Let’s get away from it all.

 

No more late dates at the bookstore

It’s strickly a hole in the wall

We’d rather see Rosie, Rosie’s  our posy

Let’s get away froim it all

 

New Hope is the place to be

The crowd all think it’s great

It’s fair there’s no spot to compare

In all the forty-eight

 

The Raven we’re no longer cravin’

The Prelude has started to pall

‘Cause Russell displaces

All other faces

Let’s get away from it

The Baron’s the place for it

Let’s get away from it all!

 


Let's Get Lost

Lyrics: Frank Loesser; Music: Jimmy McHugh

From the Film:  Happy Go Lucky  (1943)

 

Let's get lost, lost in each other's arms

Let's get lost, let them send out alarms

And though they'll think us rather rude

Let's tell the world we're in that crazy mood

 

Let's defrost, in a romantic mist

Let's get crossed, off everybody's list

To celebrate this night we found each other

Darling, let's get lost

 

Instrumental

 

Let's get lost in a romantic mist

Let's get crossed, off everybody's list

To celebrate this night we found each other

Mm, let's get lost


Let's Go Fly a Kite!

Marry Popins

 

Let's go fly a kite

Up to the highest height

Let's go fly a kite

And send it soaring

Up through the atmosphere

Up where the air is queer

Oh, let's go fly a kite

Let's go fly a kite!

Spoonfull of Sugar

 

In ev'ry job that must be done,

There is an element of fun,

You find the fun and snap!

The job's a game

And ev'ry task you undertake,

Becomes a piece of cake,

A Lark! Aspree!

 It's very clear to me.

 

That a...Spoonfull of sugar

Helps the medicine go down

The medicine go down-wown,

The medicine go down

Just a spoonful of sugar

Helps the medicine go down,

In a most delightful way.

 

A robin feathering his nest

Has very little time to rest

While gathering his bits of twine and twig.

Though quite intent in his pursuit

He has a merry tune to toot

He knows, A song, will move the job along.

 

For a...Spoonful of sugar

Helps the medicine go down

The medicine go down-wown

The medicine go down

Just a spoonful of sugar

help the medicine go down.

In a most delightful way.

 

 

 

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

 

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Even though the sound of it

Is something quite atrocious

If you say it loud enough

You'll always sound precocious.

Supercalifragilisticexpialidociuos!

 

Um diddle diddle, um diddle ay

Um diddle diddle, um diddle ay

 

He traveled all around the world

And everywhere he went

He'd use his word and all would say,

"There goes a clever gent"

When dukes and maharajas

Pass the time of day with me

I say me special word and then

They ask me out to tea! oh!

 

Supercalifragilisticexpialidociuos

Even though the sound of it

is something quite atrocious

If you say it loud enough,

You'll always sound precocious

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Jolly Holiday

 

Oh, it's a jolly 'oliday with Mary

Mary makes your 'eart so light!

When the day is gray and ordinary

Mary makes the sun shine bright!

Oh, 'appiness is bloomin' all around 'er

The daffodils are smilin' at the dove

When Mary 'olds your 'and you feel so grand

Your 'eart starts beatin' like a big brass band

It's a jolly 'oliday with Mary

No wonder that it's Mary that we love!

 


Let’s Take a Trip to the Baron

 

Let’s Take a Trip to the Baron

With Russ, 9 ‘till 2 is a ball

And then there is Bobby

Who’s really heart throbby

Let’s get away from it all.

 

No more late dates at the bookstore

It’s strickly a hole in the wall

We’d rather see Rosie, Rosie’s  our posy

Let’s get away from it all

 

New Hope is the place to be

The crowd all think it’s great

It’s fair there’s no spot to compare

In all the lower forty-eight

 

The Raven we’re no longer cravin’

The Prelude has started to pall

‘Cause Russell displaces

All other faces

Let’s get away from it

The Baron’s the place for it

Let’s get away from it all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let There Be Love

(Ian Grant, Lionel Rand)

 

Let there be you,

Let there be me.

Let there be oysters

Under the sea.

 

Let there be wind,

An occassional rain.

Chile con carne,

Sparkling champagne --

 

Let there be birds

To sing in the trees,

Someone to bless me

Whenever I sneeze.

 

Let there be cuckoos,

A lark and a dove,

But first of all, please --

Let there be love.

 

Let there be cuckoos,

A lark and a dove,

But first of all, please --

Let there be love...

 

Hmmm umm...love

 

Hmmm umm...love

 

Let there be love.

 


Lida Rose

Meredith Wilson

 

Lida Rose, I'm home again, Rose

To get the sun back in the sky

Lida Rose, I'm home again, Rose

About a thousand kisses shy

 

Ding dong ding

I can hear the chapel bell chime

Ding dong ding

At the least suggestion

I'll pop the question

 

Lida Rose, I'm home again, Rose

Without a sweetheart to my name

Lida Rose, how everyone knows

That I am hoping you're the same

 

So here is my love song

Not fancy or fine

Lida Rose, oh won't you be....

Mine, Lida Rose, oh Lida Rose,

Oh Lida Rose...

 

Dream of now

Dream of then

Dream of a love song

That might have been

 

Do I love you?

Oh yes, I love you

And I'll bravely tell you

But only when we dream again

 

Sweet and low

Sweet and low

How sweet that mem'ry

How long ago

Forever

Oh yes, forever

Will I ever tell you?

Oh no.

 

 

 


Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries

1931/Lew Brown, Ray Henderson

 

People are queer, they're always crowing, Scrambling and rushing about;

Why don't they stop someday,

Address themselves this way?

Why are we here?

Where are we going? It's time that we found out.

We're not here to stay; we're on a short holiday.

 

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't take it serious; it's too mysterious.

You work, you save, you worry so,

But you can't take your dough when you go, go, go.

 

So keep repeating it's the berries,

The strongest oak must fall,

The sweet things in life, to you were just loaned

So how can you lose what you've never owned?

Life is just a bowl of cherries,

So live and laugh at it all.

 

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't take it serious; it's too mysterious.

At eight each morning I have got a date,

To take my plunge 'round the Empire State.

You'll admit it's not the berries,

In a building that's so tall;

There's a guy in the show, the girls love to kiss;

Get thousands a week just for crooning like this:

Life is just a bowl of . . . aw, nuts!

So live and laugh at it all!


Life Upon the Wicked Stage

(1) Show Boat Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II

 

ELLIE

Why do stage struck maidens clamor

To be actin' in the drammer?

 

GIRLS

We've heard say

You are gay

Night and day.

 

ELLIE

Oh, go 'way!

 

GIRLS

We drink water from a dipper,

You drink champagne from a slipper.

 

ELLIE

Tho' it seems Crool to bust

All your dreams,

Still I must;

Here's the truth I tell you:

Life upon the wicked stage

Ain't ever what a girl supposes;

Stage door Johnnies aren't rag-

Ing over you with gems and roses.

When you let a feller hold your hand (which

Means an extra beer or sandwich),

Ev'rybody whispers: "Ain't her life a whirl?"

Though you're warned against a roué

Ruining your reputation,

I have played around

The one night trade around

A great big nation:

Wild old men who give you jewels and sables

Only live in Aesop's Fables.

Life upon the wicked stage

Ain't nothin' for a girl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GIRLS

Though we've listened to you moan and grieve, you

Must pardon us if we do not believe you,

There is no doubt

You're crazy about

Your awful stage!

 

ELLIE

 

I admit it's fun

To smear my face with paint,

Causing ev'ryone

To think I'm what I ain't,

And I like to play a demi-mondy role

With soul!

Ask the hero does he

Like the way I lure

When I play a hussy

Or a paramour,

Yet when once the curtain's down

My life is pure,

And how I dread it!

 

GIRLS

Life upon the wicked stage

Ain't ever what a girl supposes,

Stage door Johnnies aren't rag-

Ing over you with gems and roses.

 

ELLIE

If some gentleman would talk with reason

I would cancel all next season.

Life upon the wicked stage

Ain't nothin' for a girl!

 

GIRLS

You'd be back the season after!


Lili Marlene

Based on a German poem of 1915, this song became a favorite of both German and American troops during the Second World War, both in English and in the original German.

 

Outside the barracks, by the corner light

Darling, I remember how I'd wait for you at night

There we'd create a world for two

I'd wait for you the whole night through

Was there that you'd whisper tenderly

That you loved me

You'd always be

Be my Lilli Marlene, Be my Lilli Marlene

 

I'd give you a rose to show I care

And wind it through your golden hair

Then we'd say goodnight and part

I'll always keep you in my heart

With me Lilli Marlene, with me Lilli Marlene

 

Time would come for roll call time for us to part

Darling I'd caress you and press you to my heart.

And there 'neath that far off lantern light

I'd hold you tight we'd kiss goodnight,

My Lilli of the Lamplight, my own Lilli Marlene.

My Lilli of the Lamplight, my own Lilli Marlene.

 

Orders came for sailing somewhere over there,

All confined to barracks was more than I could bear.

I knew you were waiting in the street

I heard your feet but could not meet,

My Lilli of the Lamplight, my own Lilli Marlene.

 

Resting in a billet just behind the line

Even tho' we're parted your lips are close to mine,

You wait where that lantern softly gleams

Your sweet face seems to haunt my dreams,

My Lilli of the Lamplight, my own Lilli Marlene.

 


Little On The Lonely Side, A

Frankie Carle

 

I'm a little on the lonely,

A little on the lonely side,

I keep thinking of you only

And wishing you were by my side

 

You know my dear, when you're not here,

There's no one to romance with

So if I'm seen, with someone else,

It's just someone to dance with

 

Every letter that you send me

I read a million times or more

Any wonder that I love you more and more

Oh how I miss your tender kiss

And long to hold you tight

I'm a little on the lonely side, tonight

 


Little Things Mean a Lot

Kitty Kallen

Lyrics Edith Lindeman  Music: Carl Stutz

 

Blow me a kiss across the room

Say I look nice when I'm not

Touch my hair as you pass my chair

Little things mean a lot

 

Give me your arm as we cross the street

Call me at six on the dot

A line a day when you're far away

Little things mean a lot

 

Don't have to buy me diamonds and pearls

Champagne, sables and such

I never cared much for diamonds and pearls

'Cause honestly, honey, they just cost money

 

Give me your hand when I've lost the way

Give me your shoulder to cry on

Whether the day is bright or gray

Give me your heart to rely on

 

Send me the warmth of a secret smile

To show me you haven't forgot

Always and ever, for now and forever that

Little things mean a lot

 

Give me your hand when I've lost the way

Give me your shoulder to cry on

Whether the day is bright or gray

Give me your heart to rely on

 

Send me the warmth of a secret smile

To show me you haven't forgot

For now and forever that always and ever

Little things mean a lot


Lonely Goatherd, The

Rodgers and Hammerstein (Sound of Music)

 

High on a hill was a lonely goatherd

Layee odl, layee odl, layeeo

Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd

Layee odl layee odloo

Folks in a town that was quite remote heard

Layee odl, layee odl, layeeo

Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heard

Layee odl, layee odloo

 

Oho laydee odl leeo, oho laydee odl lay

Oho laydee odl leeo, hodi odl leeoay

 

A prince on the bridge of the castle moat heard

Layee odl, layee odl, layeeo

Men on a road with a load to tote heard

Layee odl, layee odloo

Men in the midst of a table d'hote heard

Layee odl, layee odl, layeeo

Men drinkin' beer with the foam afloat heard

Layee odl, layee odloo

Oho laydee...

 

One little girl in a pale pink coat heard

Layee odl, layee odl, layeeo

She yodled back to the lonely goatherd

Layee odl, layee odloo

Soon her mama with a gleaming gloat heard

Layee odl, layee odl, layeeo

What a duet for a girl and goatherd

Layee odl, layee odloo Oho laydee...

 

Hm hm hm hmm,

Odl lay hee, odl lay hee hee, odl lay hee

Ho ho, lady odlee ho, ho ho lady odl lay

Ho ho lady odl lee ho, lady odl lee ho lay

 

One little girl in a pale pink coat heard

Layee odl, layee odl, layeeo

She yodled back to the lonely goatherd

Layee odl, layee odloo

Soon her mama with a gleaming gloat heard

Layee odl, layee odl, layeeo

What a duet for a girl and goatherd

Layee odl, layee odloo Oho laydee...

 

 

Happy are they

Laylee o layee leeo

O layle o laylee layeeo

Soon the duet will become a trio

Layee odl, layee odloo

Hodi layee, hodi layee, hodi layee

Ode layee odl lee-e odl lay


Long Ago (and Far Away)

 

[Her]

Long ago and far away

I dreamed a dream one day

And now that dream is here beside me

 

Long the skies were overcast

But now the clouds have passed

You're here at last

 

Chills run up and down my spine

Aladdin's lamp is mine

The dream I dreamed was not denied me

 

Just one look and then I knew

That all I longed for long ago was you

 

[Him]

Long ago and far away

I dreamed a dream one day

And now that dream is here beside me

 

Long the skies were overcast

But now the clouds have passed

You're here at last

 

Chills run up and down my spine

Aladdin's lamp is mine

The dream I dreamed was not denied me

 

Just one look and then I knew

That all I longed for long ago was you

 

[Her]

Just one look and then I knew

 

[Him, with her humming along]

That all I longed for long ago

 

[Both)]

Was you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long Before I Knew You

Comden/Green/Styne (bells are ringing)

 

Long before I knew you

Long before I met you

I was sure I’d find you

Someday, somehow

 

I pictured someone who’d walk and talk

And smile as you do.

And make me feel as you do right now.

All that was long before I held you

Long before I kissed you

Long before I touched you

And felt this glow

 

But now you really are here

And now at last I know

That long before I knew you

I loved you so.

 


Look at me I'm Sandra Dee

 

Look at me I'm Sandra Dee

Lousy with virginity

Won't go to bed till I'm legally wed

I can't I'm Sandra Dee

 

Watch it! Ya I'm Doris Day

I was not brought up that way

Won't come across even Rock Hudson lost

His heart to Doris Day

 

I don't drink I swear

I don't rat my hair

I get ill from one cigarette

Keep your filthy paws off my silky drawers

Would you pull that crap with Annette?

 

As for you Troy Donahue

I know what you wanna do

You've got your crust I'm no object of lust

I'm just plain Sandra Dee

 

Elvis, Elvis, let me be

Keep that pelvis far from me

Just keep your cool now your starting to drool

 

Hey, Fungoo, I'm Sandra Dee

 

Repris)

 

Look at me, there has to be

Something more than what they see

Wholesome and pure, oh so scared and unsure

A porr man Sandra Dee

 

Sandy you must start anew

Don't you know what you must do

Hold your head high, take a deep breath and sigh

Goodbye Sandra Dee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look For The Silver Lining

(1) 1920 by T.B. Harms, renewed

Music by Jerome Kern

Words by Buddy DeSylva

 

Look for the silver lining,

When ere a cloud appears in the blue.

Remember somewhere the sun is shining,

And so the right  thing to do  is make it shine for you.

 

A heart full of joy and gladness

Will always banish sad  ness and strife.

So always look for the silver lining,

and try to find the sunny side of life.


Look To The Rainbow

Composers: E.Y. Harburg, Burton Lane

 

On the day I was born

Said my father, said he

I’m an elegant legacy

Waiting for you

 

It’s a rhyme for your lips

And a song for your heart

To sing it whenever

The world falls apart

 

Look, look, look to the rainbow

Follow it over the hill and stream

Look, look, look to the rainbow

Follow the fellow who follows a dream

 

It was a sumptuous gift

To give to a child

Oh, the Lord wrote that song

Kept me running wild

 

Though you never grow old

And you never stand still

With whimper we’re singing

Beyond the next hill

 

Oh, look, look, look to the rainbow

Follow it over the hill and stream

Look, look, look to the rainbow

Follow the fellow who follows a dream

 

So I bundle my heart

And I roam the world free

To the east with a lot to the west

With the sea

 

And I searched all the earth

And I scanned all the skies

But I found it at last

In my own true love’s eyes

 

So look, oh, look, look to the rainbow

Follow it over the hill and stream

Look, look, look to the rainbow

Follow the fellow who follows the dream

 

 

Follow the fellow

Follow the fellow

Follow the fellow who follows the dream

 


Look What Happened to Mabel

Jerry Herman

 

Miss Waitress from Flatbush get down from there

Don't you know that you're out of your class

Miss Waitress from Flatbush I hope you're aware

You're behaving like some little ass

Hey miss, what's this?

See that fascinating creature

With perfection stamped on every feature

She was plain little Nelly

The kid from the deli

But Mother of God

Look what happened to Mabel

 

From now on this pile of flesh'll be considered something pretty special

And Miss BLT Down is the toast of the town

Mary and Joseph, what happened to Mabel?

 

Every gesture and position that she takes

Is smart and meticulous

Talk about the magic that the camera makes

But this is ridiculous

 

Hold your tongue and hold your snickers

For the new enchantress of the flickers

Is that plain little Nelly

The Kid from the Deli

Look what happened to Mabel

 

Someone who was plain as mutton

On the screen is cuter than a button

And the girl with the pickles

Who hustled for nickels

Is something see

Look what happened to Mabel

 

Yesterday, a tip collector

But today just turn on that projector

And Miss Avenue R is a regular star

Mother McCree

Look what happened to Mabel

Up 'til now I never really knew that I

Could be so ambitious

But suddenly I know I have to say good bye

To bagels and conishes

Oh Saint Aloicious

 

I know that you might think I'm balmy

But the queen of corned beef and salami

Is a glamorous goddess

Who's bustin' a bodice

Oh Jump and say do

Look! Look! Look!

Look what happened to Mabel

 

See that fascinating creature

With perfection stamped on every feature

She was plain little Nelly

The kid from the deli

But Mother of God

Look what happened to Mabel

 

 

Someone who was plain as mutton

On the screen is cuter than a button

And the girl with the pickles

Who hustled for nickels

Is something see

Look what happened to Mabel

 

 

Every gesture and position that she takes

Is smart and meticulous

Talk about this magic that the camera makes

But this is ridiculous

 

 

Hold your tongue and hold your snickers

For the new enchantress of the flickers

Is that plain little Nelly

Is that plain little Nelly

The Kid from the Deli

The Kid from the Deli

Look what happened to Mabel

 


Losing My Mind

1971 Follies Sondheim

 

The sun comes up - I think about you

The coffee cup - I think about you

I want you so, it's like I'm losing my mind

 

The morning ends - I think about you

I talk to friends and think about you

And do they know it's like I'm losing my mind?

 

All afternoon doing every little chore

The thought of you stays bright

Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor

Not going left - not going right

 

I dim the lights and think about you

Spend sleepless nights to think about you

You said you loved me,

or were you just being kind?

Or am I losing

My mind?

 

All afternoon doing every little chore

The thought of you stays bright

Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor

Not going left - not going right

 

I dim the lights and think about you

Spend sleepless nights to think about you

You said you loved me, or were you just being kind?

 

Or am I losing my mind?

Or am I losing

Losing my mind?

 

You said you loved me, or were you just being kind?

Or am I losing my mind?

 

Were you just being kind?

Or am I losing my mind?

Losing my mind?

Losing my mind?

 

 

 

 


Lot Of Livin' To Do, A

Written by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse

From the 1962 movie "Bye Bye Birdie"

 

There are girls just ripe for some kissin'

And I mean ta kiss me a few

Oh, those girls don't know what they're mssin'

I've got a lot of livin' to do

 

And there's wine all ready for tastin'

And there's Cadillacs all shiny and new

Gotta move 'cause time is a-wastin'

There's such a lot of livin' to do

 

There is music to play, places to go,

people to see

Everything for you and me

 

Life's a ball if only you know it

And it's all just waiting for you

You're alive, so come on and show it

There is such a lot of livin' to do

 

<lengthy jazz instrumental: trumpets, a sax solo, more trumpets,  and then another sax solo>

 

Music to play, places to go, and people to see

Everything for you and me

 

Life's a ball if only you know it

And it's all just waiting for you

You're alive, so come on and show it

There is such a lot of livin', such a lot of livin'

Such a lot of livin' to do!!

 

 


L-O-V-E

(1) Milt Gabler, Bert Kaempfert

 

L is for the way you look at me,

O is for the only one I see.

V is very, very extra-ordinary,

E is even more than anyone that you adore can...

 

Love is all that I can give to you,

Love is more than just a game for two.

Two in love can make it,

Take my heart and please don't break it,

Love was made for me and you.

 

L is for the way you look at me,

O is for the only one I see.

V is very, very extra-ordinary,

E is even more than anyone that you adore can...

 

And love is all that I can give to you,

Love is more than just a game for two.

Two in love can make it,

Take my heart and please don't break it,

Love was made for me and you...

Love was made for me and you...

Love was made for me and you!

 


Love Changes Everything

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics: Don Black, Charles Hart

 

Love, love changes everything:

Hand and faces, Earth and sky.

 

Love, love changes everything:

How you live and how you die.

 

Love can make the summer fly

Or a night seem like a life-time.

 

Yes love, love changes everything;

Now I tremble at your name.

Nothing in this world will ever be the same.

 

Love, love changes everything:

Days are longer, words mean more.

Love, love changes everything:

Pain is deeper than before.

 

Love will turn your world around

And that world will last forever.

 

Yes love, love changes everything;

Brings you glory, brings you shame.

Nothing in the world will ever be the same.

 

Off into the world we go;

Planning futures, shaping years.

Love bursts in and suddenly,

All our wisdom disappears.

Love makes fools of everyone;

All the rules we make are broken.

 

Yes love, love changes everyone;

Live or perish in it’s flame.

Love will never let you be the same.

Love will never, never let you be the same.

 


Love In a Home

Lyrics: Johnny Mercer; Music Gene De Paul 1956, Li’l Abner

 

You can tell when you open the door

You can tell when there’s love in a home

Every picture you see seems to say

Where you been? You been too long away

The laughter rings and the tea kettle sings

Like the people who live in the room

And the clock seems to chime

Come again anytime

You’ll be welcome wherever you roam

You can tell when there’s love in a home

 

You can tell when you open the door

You can tell if there's Love in a home.

Every table and chair seems to smile

Come on in, set a spell and stay a while

You almost feel you have been there before.

By the shine and glow of the room

And the clock seems to chime

Come again, anytime

You'll be welcome

Where ever you roam.

You can tell when there's Love in a home.


Love is a Many Splendid Thing

 

Love is a many splendid thing:

It's the April rose

That only grows

In the early spring.

Love is Nature's way of giving

A reason to be living,

A golden crown

That makes a man a king.

Once on a high and windy hill

In the morning mist

Two lovers kissed,

And the world stood still;

Then your fingers touched

My silent heart and taught it

How to sing...

 

Yes, true:

Love is a many splendid thing...

 

(Veya) Yes...

True Love is a many splendid thing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love Is Sweeping The Country

George and Ira Gershwin

 

Why are people gay

All the night and day

Feeling as they never felt before

What is the thing

That makes them sing?

 

Rich man, poor man, thief

Doctor, lawyer, chief

Feel a feeling that they can't ignore

 

It plays a part in every heart

And every heart is shouting, "Encore"

 

Love is sweeping the country,

Waves are hugging the shore,

All the sexes

From Maine to Texas

Have never known such love before!

 

See them billing and cooing

Like the birdies above

Each girl and boy alike

Sharing joy alike

Feels that passion' ll

Soon be national!

 

Love is sweeping the country

There never was so much love

 

See them billing and cooing

Like the birdies above

Each girl and boy alike

Sharing joy alike

Feels that passion' ll

Soon be national!

 

Love is sweeping the country

There never was so much love


Love Letters

 

Love letters straight from your heart

Keep us so near while apart

I'm not alone in the night

When I can have all the love you write

 

I memorize every line

I kiss the name that you sign

Darling, then I read again right from the start

Love letters straight from your heart

 

I memorize every line

I kiss the name that you sign

Darlin', then I read again right from the start

Love letters straight from your heart

 

 

 

Love Letters In The Sand

Words by Nick and Charles Kenny and Music by J. Fred Coots

Recorded by Pat Boone on Dot Records and was # 1 for 7 weeks in 1957

 

 

On a day like today

We passed the time away

Writing love letters in the sand

 

How you laughed when I cried

Each time I saw the tide

Take our love letters from the sand

 

Chorus

You made a vow that you would ever be true

But somehow that vow meant nothing to you

 

Now my broken heart aches

With every wave that breaks

Over love letters in the sand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love Look Away

Lyric: Oscar Hammerstein II (O. Greeley Clendenning H. II)

Music by: Richard Rodgers

 

Love, look away!

Love look away from me

Fly when you pass my door,

Fly and get lost at sea.

Call it a day, love let us say we're through

No good are you for me,

No good am I for you.

 

Wanting you so, I try too much;

After you go, I cry too much.

Love, look away,

Lonely though I may be,

Leave me and set me free

Look away, look away look away from me


Lover Come Back To Me

Romberg and Hammerstein

 

You went away, I let you,

We broke the ties that bind.

I wanted to forget you

And leave the past behind.

Still the magic of the night I met you

Seems to stay forever in my mind.

 

The sky was blue and high above

The moon was new and so was love

This eager heart of mine was singing

Lover where can you be

 

You came at last Love had its day

That day is past You've gone away

This aching heart of mine is singing

Lover come back to me

 

When I remember every little thing

You used to do I'm so lonely

Every road I walk along

I walk along with you

No wonder I am lonely

The sky was blue The night was cold

The moon was new But love was old

And while I'm waiting here

This heart of mine is singing

Lover come back to me 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barbra Streisand Version

 

Sky was blue and high above

The moon was new, so was love

This eager heart of mine was singing

Lover, where can you be

 

It came at last love had its day

The day is past, you've gone away

This eager heart of mine is singing

Lover, come to me

 

I remember every little thing  we used to do

I'm lonely

Every road I walked alone,

I walked along with you

No wonder I am lonely

 

The sky is blue, the night is cold

The moon is new, but love is old

And while I'm waiting here

This heart of mine is singing

Lover,, come to me

 

When I remember every little thing we used to do

Oh...I'm lonely

Every road I walked alone

I walked along with you

No wonder I am lonely

 

The sky is blue, the night is cold

The moon is new, but love is old

And while I'm standing here

This heart of mine is singing

Lover, lover, get here to me... 

Now!!!


Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me

 Irving Berlin

 

Love, you didn't do right by me...

You planned a romance that just hadn't a chance and I'm through.

Love, you didn't do right by me...

I'm back on the shelf and I'm blaming myself, but it's you.

 

My one love affair didn't get anywhere from the start

To send me a Joe who had winter and snow in his heart...

Wasn't smart.

Love, you didn't do right by me...

As they say in the song,

You done me wrong.

 

(Musical interlude)

 

My one love affair didn't get anywhere...from the start.

To send me a Joe who had winter and snow in his heart...wasn't smart

Ohhh, Love...

You didn't do right by me.

As they say in the song

You done me wrong...

Yes, Mr. Love

You done me wrong!


Love Walked In

Lyrics: George Gershwin

 

Nothing seemed to matter any more,

Didn't care what I was headed for.

Time was standing still,

No one counted till

There came a knocking at the door.

 

Love walked right in and drove the shadows away

Love walked right in and brought my sunniest day.

One magic moment, and my heart seemed to know

That love said "Hello !",

Though no a word was spoken.

 

One look and I forgot the gloom of the past ;

One look and I had found my future at last.

One look and I had found a world completely new,

When love walked in... with you.


Loving You Has Made Me Bananas

Guy Marks 1967.  Guy Marks's real name was Mario Scarpa, and he died on 28 November 1987 at the age of 64.

 

The record was the classic "Loving You Has Made Me Bananas" (ABC, 1967).  It was a parody of old radio "ballroom" broadcast, with a mellifluous announcer introducing a medley of the three titles John indicates plus the actual title he omitted, then the soloist sings:

 

Chorus:

Oh, your red scarf matches your eyes,

You closed your cover before striiiiking,

Father had the shipfitter blues,

Loving you has made me bananas.

 

(Repeat chorus)

 

Verse:

You burned your finger that evening

While my back was turned.

I asked the waiter for iodine,

But I dined all alone.

 

(Repeat chorus, verse, chorus)

 


Luck be a Lady Tonight

 

They call you lady luck

But there is room for doubt

At times you have a very un-lady-like way

Of running out

 

Your on this date with me

The pickin's have been lush

And yet before the evening is over

You might give me the brush

 

You might forget your manners

You might refuse to stay

And so the best that I can do is pray

 

Luck be a lady tonight

Luck be a lady tonight

Luck if you've been a lady to begin with

Luck be a lady tonight

 

Luck let a gentleman see

Just how nice a dame you can be

I know the way you've treated other guys you've been with

Luck be a lady with me

 

A lady never leaves her escort

It isn't fair, it isn't nice

A lady doesn't wander all over the room

And blow on some other guys dice

 

Lets keep this party polite

Never get out of my sight

Stick with me baby, I'm the guy that you came in with

Luck be a lady tonight

 

A lady never flirts with strangers

She'd have a heart, she'd be nice

A lady doesn't wander all over the room

And blow on some other guys dice

 

Lets keep this party polite

Never get out of my sight

Stick with me baby, I'm the guy that you came in with

Luck be a lady tonight


Lucky Day

 

I'm sitting on top of this great big wonderful world,

Causs this is my lucky day, lucky day

 

Oh boy I'm lucky

I'll say I'm lucky

This is my lucky day!

 

I'm all in clover

I'm glad all over

I wanna shout, "horray!"

 

I find a horseshoe

Couldn't go wrong

And then of course

You happened along

 

Oh, boy I'm lucky

I'll say I'm lucky

This is my lucky day!

 

Repeat

 

 


Lullaby of Broadway

 

Come on along and listen to,

The lullaby of Broadway

The hip hooray and ballyhoo,

The lullaby of Broadway

The rumble of a subway train,

The rattle of the taxis

The daffydils who entertain,

At Angelo's and Maxi's

When a Broadway baby says good night,

It's early in the morning

Manhattan babies don't sleep tight until the dawn:

 

Good night, baby

Good night, milkman's on his way

Sleep tight, baby

Sleep tight, let's call it a day. Hey!

 

Come on along and listen to,

The lullaby of Broadway

The hi-dee-hi and boop-a-doo,

The lullaby of Broadway

The band begins to go to town,

And everyone goes crazy

You rock-a-bye your baby round,

'til everything gets hazy

Hush-a-bye I'll buy you this and that,

You hear a daddy saying

And baby goes home to her flat, to sleep all day:

 

Good night, baby

Good night, milkman's on his way

Sleep tight, baby

Sleep tight,

Let's call it a day - - -

Listen to the lullaby of old Broadway

 

 


-M-

Mack the Knife

 

Oh, the shark has pretty teeth dear

And he shows 'em, pearly white

Just a jack knife has Macheath dear

And he keeps it way out of sight

 

When that shark bites with his teeth, dear

Scarlet billows begin to spread

Fancy gloves though has Macheath dear

So there's never, never a trace of red

 

On the sidewalk, one Sunday morning

Lies a body, oozin' life

Someone's sneaking 'round the corner

Could that someone be Mack the Knife

 

From a tugboat, on the river going slow

A cement bag is dropping on down

You know that cement is for the weight dear

You can make a large bet Mackie's back in town

 

My man Louis Miller, he split the scene babe

After drawing out all the bread from his stash

Now Macheath spends like a sailor

Do you suppose our boy, he's done something rash

 

Old Satchmo, Louis Armstrong, Bobby Darrin

Did this song nice, Lady Ella too

They all sang it, with so much feeling

That Old Blue Eyes, he ain't gonna add nothing new

 

But with this big band, jumping behind me

Swinging hard, Jack, I now I can't lose

When I tell you, all about Mack the Knife babe

It's an offer, you can never refuse

 

We got Patrick Williams, Bill Miller playing that piano

And this great big band, bringing up the rear

All the band cats, in this band now

They make the greatest sounds, you're ever gonna hear

 

Oh Sookie Taudry, Jenny Diver, Polly Peachum, Old Miss Lulu Brown

 

Hey the line forms, on the right dear

Now that Macheath's back in town

You'd better lock your doors, and call the law

Because Macheath's back in town

 

Now Louis came home to the flat,
He hung up his coat and his hat,
He gazed all around,
But no wifey he found,
So he said
"Where can Flossie be at?"


Ma Blushin’ Rosie

Music: John Stromberg; Lyrics: Edgar Smith

 

Rosie, you are my posy,

You are my heart’s bouquet.

Come out here in the moonlight,

There’s something, sweet love,

I wanna say.

Your honey boy am waiting;

Your ruby lips to greet.

Don’t be so captivating,

My blushin’ Rosie,

My posy sweet.

 

Verse:

There’s a little bunch of sweetness

That I long to call my bride.

And believe me I’m not happy,

Less my baby’s by my side.

Her baptismal name is Rosie,

But she puts the rose to shame.

And almost every night

You’ll hear me call her name.

 

Professor! I’m gonna sing about my Rosie.

 

Rosie, you are my posy,

You are my heart’s bouquet.

Come out here in the moonlight,

There’s something, sweet love,

I’m gonna sing about my baby.

Your honey, your boy am waiting;

Your ruby, your lips to greet.

Don’t be so captivating,

My blushin’ Rosie,

My posy sweet.

 

 

From the stage show Fiddle Dee Dee (1900) starring Faye Templeton. Al Jolson sang it in the 1946 film The Jolson Story and the 1949 film Jolson Sings Again. He recorded it on Decca Record number 23613 on March 20, 1946.


MacNamara's Band

(1)

 

My name is Macnamara,

I'm the leader of a band,

And though we're small in number,

We're the best in all the land.

Of course l'm the conductor

And l've often had to play

With all the fine musicians

That you read about today.

 

Chorus:

The drums they bang, the cymbals clang,

The horns they blaze away,

Macarthy puffs the ould bassoon,

Doyle (And I) the pipes does play.

Hennessey tuteily tootles the flute,

The music is something grand,

And a credit to ould Ireland's boys

Is Macnamara's Band.

 

Whenever an election's on

We play on either side,

And the way we play the fine ould airs

Fills every heart with pride.

If dear Tom Moore was living now

He'd make them understand

That none can do him justice

Like ould Macnamara's Band.

 

Chorus.

 

We play for fairs or weddings

And for every County Ball,

And at any great man's funeral

We play "The Dead March in Saul."

When General Grant to Ireland came

He shook me by the hand,

And said he never heard the like

Of ould Macnamara's Band.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chorus.

 

Just now we are practicing

For a very grand affair,

It's an annual celebration,

All the gentry will be there.

The girls and boys will all turn out

With flags and colours grand,

And in front of the procession

Will be Macnamara's Band.

 

Oh me name is Uncle Yulas (sp)

and from Sweeden I have come

To play with MacNamara's band

and beat the big base drum

And when I march along the streets,

the lady think I'm grand,

They shout their Uncle Yulas

playing with the Irish Band.

 

Oh I wear a bunch of Shamrocks,

and a uniform of Green,

And I'm the funniest looking Sweed

that you have ever seen,

There's O'Brians and Ryans,

and Sheehans (sp) and mehans (sp),

they come from Ireland,

But by yiminie I'm the only Sweed

in MacNamara's Band.

 


Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me)

(Lyrics by Sidney Clare / Music by Con Conrad)

 

Recorded by : Tina Arena; Pearl Bailey; Eddie Cantor; Carol Channing; Ray Conniff; Bing Crosby; Cliff Edwards;

Stephane Grappelli; Gene Harris; Tiny Hill; Al Hirt; Etta Jones; Isham Jones; Mike Jones; Yusef Lateef;

Rod Mason; Johnny Otis; Oscar Peterson; Jean Plum; Kermit Ruffins.

 

Lit-tle lil-ly was oh so sil-ly and shy,

And all the fel-lows knew,

She would-'nt bill and coo,

Ev-'ry sin-gle night some smart fel-low would try,

To cud-dle up to her,

But she would cry;

 

Lil-ly was so good, ev-ery bo-dy could tell,

You'd nev-er see her roam,

She'd al-ways stay at home,

All the neigh-bors knew lit-tle lil-ly too well,

For when the boys would call,

They'd hear her yell;

 

Ma, he's mak-ing eyes at me,

Ma, he's aw-ful nice to me,

Ma, he's al-most break-ing my heart,

I'm beside him, mercy let his conscience guide him

Ma, he wants to mar-ry me, be my hon-ey   bee,

Ev-'ry min-ute he  gets bold-er,

Now he's lean-ing on my should-er,

Ma, he's kiss-ing me.

 

Ma, he's mak-ing eyes at me,

Ma, he's aw-ful nice to me,

Ma, he's al-most break-ing my heart,

If you peek in, can't you see i'm goin' to weak-in'

Ma, he wants to mar-ry me,

Be my hon-ey   bee,

Ma i'm meet-ing with re-sist-ance,

I shall holl-er  for as-sist-ance,

Ma, he's kiss-ing me.


Make Believe

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

 

Only make believe I love you,

Only make believe that you love me.

Others find peace of mind in pretending,

Couldn't you?

Couldn't I?

Couldn't we?

Make believe our lips are blending

In a phantom kiss, or two, or three.

Might as well make believe I love you,

For to tell the truth I do

 

Your pardon I pray

'Twas too much to say

The words that betray my heart.


Making Whoopee

Gus Kahn

 

Another bride, another groom

The countryside is all in bloom;

The flow'rs 'n trees is,

The birds and bees is

Making whoopie.

 

The choir sings, "Here comes the bride"

Another victim is at her side

He's lost his reason

'Cause it's the season

For making whoopee.

 

Down through the countless ages,

You'll find it ev'rywhere:

Somebody makes good wages,

Somebody wants her share.

 

It's so he'll fall for

Making whoopee.

 

Another bride

Another groom

Another sunny

Honeymoon;

Another season,

Another reason

For makin' whoopee.

 

A quiet service,

A lot of rice,

The groom is nervous

He answers twice.

It's really killing

THat he's so willing

To make whoopee.

 

Picture a little lovenest

Down where the roses cling

Picture that same sweet lovenest

Think what a year can bring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

He's washing dishes

And baby clothes

He's so ambitious

He even sews;

But don't forget, boys

That's what you get, boys

For makin' whoopee.

 

Another year, or maybe less

What's this I hear? Or can't you guess?

She feels neglected,

And he's suspected

Of making whoopee.

 

She sits alone 'most ev'ry night

He doesn't come home, or even write

He says he's busy

But she says, "Is he

Making whoopee?"

 

He doesn't make much money

Five thousand dollars per;

Some judge who thinks he's funny

Says, "You pay six to her."

 

He says, "Now judge, suppose I fail?"

The judge says, "Bud, right into jail.

You'd better keep her

You'll find it cheaper

Than making whoopee."

 


Mame

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass  

 

You coax the blues right out of the horn, Mame,

You charm the husk right off of the corn, Mame,

You've got the banjoes strummin'

And plunkin' out a tune to beat the band,

The whole plantation's hummin'

Since you brought Dixie back to Dixieland.

 

You make the cotton easy to pick, Mame.

You give my old mint julep a kick, Mame.

You make the old magnolia tree,

Blossom at the mention of your name.

You've made us feel alive again,

You've given us the drive again.

You make the south revive again, Mame.

 

You've brought the cake-walk back into style, Mame.

You make the weepin' willow tree smile, Mame.

Your skin is Dixie satin,

There's rebel in your manner and your speech.

You may be from Manhattan

But Georgia never had a sweeter peach.

You make our black-eyed peas and our grits Mame

Seem like the Sill of Fare at the Ritz, Mame.

You came, you saw, you conquered

And absolutely nothing is the same.

Your special fascination'll,

Prove to be inspirational,

We think you're just sensational Mame.


Mandy

 

I'd rather see a minstrel show

Then any other show I know

Oh, those comical folks

With their riddles and jokes

Now here is a riddle that I love the best:

Why does a chicken go--

You know the rest

Yes, sir! I'd pawn my overcoat and vest

To see a minstrel show

 

Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, & Rosemary Clooney during the "Mandy" number in White Christmas (1954) - photo copyright © Paramount Pictures  

Mr. Bones, Mr. Bones

How do you feel, Mr Bones?

Rattling!

Mr. Bones feels rattling. Ha, ha! That's a good one

Tell a little story Mr. Bones

A funny little story Mr. Bones

How can you stop an angry dog from biting you on Monday?

That joke is old. The answer is to kill the dog on Sunday

That's the not the way to stop an angry dog from biting you on Monday

How would you bring the thing about?

Have the doggie's teeth pulled out

Oh, Mr. Bones that's terrible

Yes Mr. Bones, that's terrible

 

Mr. Interloc'ter

What is wrong with you?

Well, I know of a doctor

Tell about him, do!

Sad to say one day he fell right into a great, big well

Oh, that's too bad

But, but not at all!

Why speak in such a tone?

He should have attended to the sick

And let the well alone

 

That's a joke (Ho, ho!)

That was told (Ha, ha!)

In the minstrel days we miss

When Georgie Primrose use to sing

And dance to a song like this:

 

Vera-Ellen during the "Mandy" number in White Christmas (1954) - photo copyright © Paramount Pictures  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mandy, Mandy, Mandy

Mandy

There's a minister handy

And it sure would be dandy

If we let him make a fee

So, don't you linger

Here's a ring for your finger

Isn't it a humdinger?

Come along and let the wedding chimes

Bring happy times

For Mandy and me

 

Mandy! What a gal

Oh, Mandy

There's a minister handy

And it sure would be dandy

If we let him make a fee

He's got his rent to pay

So, don't delay

It's not a day to linger

Here's a ring for your finger

Isn't it a humdinger?

We advise to live and love and honor and obey

Before he gets away

Make it Mandy and me

 

The wedding chimes

Bring happy times

For Mandy and me

 

So, don't you linger

Here's a ring for your finger

Isn't it a humdinger?

Come along and let the wedding chimes

Bring happy times

For Mandy and me

Oh!

 


Man That Got Away, The

Lyrics: Ira Gershwin, music: Harold Arlen

(1954 A Star Is Born)

 

The night is bitter,

The stars have lost their glitter;

The winds grow colder

And suddenly you're older -

And all because of the man that got away.

 

No more his eager call,

The writing's on the wall;

The dreams you dreamed have all

Gone astray.

 

The man that won you

Has gone off and undone you.

That great beginning

Has seen the final inning.

Don't know what happened. It's all a crazy game!

 

No more that all-time thrill,

For you've been through the mill -

And never a new love will

Be the same.

 

Good riddance, good-bye!

Ev'ry trick of his you're on to.

But, fools will be fools -

And where's he gone to?

 

The road gets rougher,

It's lonelier and tougher.

With hope you burn up -

Tomorrow he may turn up.

There's just no letup the live-long night and day!

 

Ever since this world began

There is nothing sadder than

A one-man woman looking for

The man that got away....

The man that got away.


Margie

Words by Benny Davis

Music by Con Conrad and J. Russell Robinson

1920

 

My little Margie, I'm always thinking of you,

Margie, I'll tell the world I love you,

Don't forget your promise to me,

I have bought a home and ring and ev'ry thing for

Margie, you've been my inspiration,

days are never blue.

After all is said and done, there is really only one,

oh! Margie, Margie it's you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maria

Rodgers & Hammerstein (Sound of Music)

 

How do you solve a problem like Maria?

How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?

How do you find a word that means Maria?

A flibberti gibbet!

A willo' the wisp!

A clown!

 

Many a thing you know You'd like to tell her,

Many a thing she ought To understand.

But how do you make her say,

And listen to all you say?

How do you keep a wave Upon the sand?

Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?

How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?

 

Maria

Music: Leonard Bernstein; lyrics: Stephen Sondheim.

 

spoken

Maria . . .

 

sung

The most beautiful sound I ever heard:

Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria

All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word

Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria

Maria!

 

I've just met a girl named Maria,

And suddenly that name

Will never be the same

To me.

Maria!

I've just kissed a girl named Maria,

And suddenly I've found

How wonderful a sound

Can be!

Maria!

Say it loud and there's music playing,

Say it soft and it's almost like praying.

 

Maria,

I'll never stop saying Maria!

 

The most beautiful sound I ever heard.

Maria.


Married

From the stage musical “Cabaret”

By John Kander & Fred Ebb

 

How the world can change

It can change like that-

Due to one little word:

"married".

See a palace rise

From a two room flat

Due to one little word:

"Married".

 

And the old despair

That was often there

Suddenly ceases to be

For you wake one day,

Look around and say:

Somebody wonderful married me.

 

[GERMAN]

O wie wunderbar,

Nichts ist so wie-es-war,

Durch ein winziges wort:

"Heirat."

Aus dem erdgeschoss

Wird ein marchenschloss

Durch ein winziges wort:

"Heirat".

 

Und das grau

Wird auf einmal blau,

Wie noch kein blau jemals war.

Und dann steht man da,

Sagt beseligt'ja,

Heut'wird mein traum

Nicht so grau in grau.'

 

Ah! wie wunderbar,

Nichts ist so wie-es-war,

Durch ein winziges wort:

"Heirat."

 

Aus dem erdgeschoss

Wird ein marchenschloss

Durch ein winziges wort:

"Heirat".

 


Mary's A Grand Old Name

(1) George M. Cohan (1906)

 

My mother's name was Mary,

She was so good and true;

Because her name was Mary,

She called me Mary too.

She wasn't gay or airy,

But plain as she could be;

I hate to meet a fairy

Who calls herself Marie.

 

Refrain

For it is Mary, Mary,

Plain as any name can be.

But with propriety, society

We’ll say Marie.

But it was Mary, Mary,

Long before the fashions came,

And there is something there

That sounds so square,

It's a grand old name.

 

Verse 2

Now, when her name is Mary,

There is no falseness there;

When to Marie she'll vary,

She'll surely bleach her hair.

Though Mary's ordinary,

Marie is fair to see;

Don't ever fear sweet Mary,

Beware of sweet Marie.

(Repeat Refrain)


Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Bock and Harnick

 

Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match

Find me a find, catch me a catch

Matchmaker, matchmaker look through your book

And make me a perfect match

 

Matchmaker, matchmaker I'll bring the veil

You bring the groom slender and pale

Bring me a ring for I'm longing to be

The envy of all I see

 

For poppa make him a scholar

For momma make him rich as a king

For me, well I wouldn't holler

If he were as handsome as anything

 

Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match

Find me a find, catch me a catch

Night after night in the dark I'm alone

So make me a match of my own

 

Spoken

Hodel, oh Hodel

Have I made a match for you

He's handsome, he's young

Alright, he's 62

But he's a nice man

A good catch, true?  True

I promise you'll be happy

And even if you're not

There's more to life than that

Don't ask me what

 

Chava I've found him

Will you be a lucky bride

He's handsome, he's tall

That is from side to side

But he's a nice man

A good catch, right?  Right

You've heard he's got a temper

He'll beat you every night

But only when he's sober

So you're alright

 

Did you think you'd get a prince?

Well I do the best I can

With no dowry, no money, no family background

Be glad you've got a match

 

 

 

Matchmaker, matchmaker you know that I'm

Still very young, please take your time

Up to this minute I misunderstood

That I could get stuck for good

 

Dear Yente see that he's gentle

Remember you were also a bride

It's not that I'm sentimental

It's just that I'm terrified

 

Matchmaker, matchmaker plan me no plans 

I'm in no rush, maybe I've learned

Playing with matches a girl can get burned

So bring me no ring, groom me no groom

Find me no find, catch me no catch

Unless he's a matchless match

 


Maybe This Time

(1) John Kander/Fred Ebb

 

Maybe this time I'll be lucky,

Maybe this time he'll stay

Maybe this time, for the first time,

Love won't hurry away

He will hold me fast

I'll be home at last

Not a loser anymore,

Like the last time and the time before

 

Repeat from here

 

Everybody loves a winner,

So nobody loved me

Mr peaceful, Mr happy,

That's what I long to be

 

All the odds are, they’re in my favor

Something's bound to begin

It's gotta happen, happen sometime...

Maybe this time I'll win


Me and My Shadow

Dave Dreyer - Al Jolson - Billy Rose

 

Shades of night are falling and I'm lonely

Standing on the corner feeling blue

Sweethearts out for fun

Pass me one by one

 

Guess I'll wind up like I always do,

With only...

 

Me and my Shadow

Strolling down the avenue

Me and my shadow

Not a soul to tell our troubles to

 

And when it's twelve o'clock

We climb the stair

We never knock

For nobody's there

 

Just

 

Me and my Shadow

All alone and feeling blue!

 

When the sun sets on the far horizen

And the parlor lamps begin to glow

Jim and Jack and John

Put their slippers on

 

They're all set

But we're still on the go,

So lonely...

 

Me and my Shadow

Strolling down the avenue

Me and my shadow

Not a soul to tell our troubles to

 

And when it's twelve o'clock

We climb the stair

We never knock

For nobody's there

 

Just

 

Me and my Shadow

All alone and feeling blue!


Mean to Me

Ain’t Misbehavin’

 

Darling, I love you, think the world of you

But I’m afraid you don’t care for me

You never show it, don’t let me know it

Everyone says I’m a fool to be

Pining the whole day through

How come you do like you do?

 

You’re mean to me

Why must you be mean to me

Gee, Honey, it seems to me

You love to see me cryin’ -- I don’t know why

 

I stay home each night

When you say you’ll phone, you don’t

And I’m left alone singin’ the blues and sighin’

 

You treat me coldly each day in the year

And you always scold me

Whenever somebody is near, Dear

 

It must be

Great fun to be mean to me

You shouldn’t

For can’t you see what you mean to me

 


Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis

 

A note on the table he spied,

He read it just once,

Then he cried.

It ran, "Louis, dear,

It's too slow for me here,

So I think I will go for a ride."

 

Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,

Meet me at the fair,

Don't tell me the lights are shining

Any place but there,

We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,

I will be your tootsie wootsie;

Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,

Meet me at the fair.

 

The dresses that hung in the hall,

Were gone,

She had taken them all,

She took all his rings

And the rest of his things;

The picture he missed from the wall.

 

"What! Moving!" the janitor said,

"Your rent is paid

Three months ahead!"

"What good is the flat?"

Said poor Louis, "Read that."

And the janitor smiled as he read.

 

Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,

Meet me at the fair,

Don't tell me the lights are shining

Any place but there,

We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,

I will be your tootsie wootsie;

Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,

Meet me at the fair.

 


Mele Kalikimaka

 

Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say

On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day.

That's the island greeting that we send to you

From the land where palm trees sway.

Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright

The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night.

Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way

To say "Merry Christmas to you."

Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say

On a bright Hawaiian Christmas Day.

That's the island greeting that we send to you

From the land where palm trees sway.

Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright

The sun to shine by day and all the stars at night.

Mele Kalikimaka is Hawaii's way

To say "Merry Christmas to you

 


Mexicali Rose

Tenney Stone

 

Mexicali Rose stop crying

I'll come back to you some sunny day.

Every night you'll know that I'll be pining

Every hour a year while I'm away.

Dry those big brown eyes and smile dear

Banish all those tears and please don't sigh.

Kiss me once again and hold me

Mexicali Rose, goodbye.

 

Dry those big brown eyes and smile dear

Banish all those tears and please don't sigh.

Kiss me once again and hold me

Mexicali Rose, goodbye.

 

 


Micky Mouse Club Theme Song

 

Who's the leader of the club

That's made for you and me?

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!

 

Hey, there! Hi, there! Ho, there!

You're as welcome as can be!

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

 

Mickey Mouse! Donald Duck!

Mickey Mouse! Donald Duck!

Forever let us hold our banners high!

High! High! High!

 

Come along and sing a song

And join the jamboree

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

 

And, the ending...

 

(Softly)

Now's the time to say goodbye

To all our company

M-I-C - See ya real soon!

K-E-Y - Why? Because we like you!

M-O-U-S-E!!


Miss Celie's Blues

The Color Purple

 

 

Sister, you've been on my mind

Sister, we're two of a kind

So, sister, I'm keepin' my eye on you.

 

I betcha think I don't know nothin'

But singin' the blues, oh, sister,

Have I got news for you, I'm something,

I hope you think that you're something too

 

Scufflin', I been up that lonesome road

And I seen alot of suns going down

Oh, but trust me,

No-o low life's gonna run me around.

 

So let me tell you something Sister,

Remember your name, No twister

Gonna steal your stuff away, my sister,

We sho' ain't got a whole lot of time,

So-o-o shake your shimmy Sister,

'Cause honey the 'shug' is feelin' fine.


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 I haven’t taken up too much of your time.


Misty

 

Look at me

I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree

And I feel like I'm hanging from a cloud

I can't understand

I get misty just holding your hand

 

Walk my way

And a thousand violins begin to play

Or it might be the sound of your hello

This magic I hear

I get misty the moment you're near

 

You could say that you're leading me on

But it's just what I want you to do

Can't you see just how hopelessly I'm drawn

That's why I'm following you

 

On my own

Would I wander through this wonderland alone

Never knowing my right foot from my left

My hat from my glove

I get misty

And too much in love

 

On my own

Would I wander through this wonderland alone

Never knowing my right foot from my left

My hat and my glove

I get misty

And too much in love

Look at me

 


Mona Lisa

Livingston and Evans

 

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you

You're so like the lady with the mystic smile

Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you?

For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?

 

Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?

Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?

Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep

They just lie there and they die there

Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?

Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?

 

Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?

Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?

Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep

They just lie there and they die there

Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?

Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?


Moonlight Bay

Lyrics: Edward Madden, Music: Percy Weinrich 1951

 

Voices hum, crooning over Moonlight Bay,

Banjos strum,

Tuning while the moon beams play.

All alone, unknown they find me,

Memories like these remind me

Of the girl I left behind me,

Down on Moonlight bay.

 

Chorus:

 

We were sailing along on Moonlight Bay,

We could hear the voices ringing,

They seemed to say

You have stolen her heart, now don't go 'way!

As we sang Love's Old Sweet Song,

On Moonlight Bay.

 

Candle lights gleaming on the silent shore;

Lonely nights, dreaming till we meet once more.

Far apart, her heart is yearning,

With a sigh for my returning,

With the light of love still burning,

As in days of yore.

 

Repeat Chorus

 

You have stolen her heart, now don't go 'way!

As we sang Love's Old Sweet Song, on Moonlight Bay.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moon Over Brooklyn

 

Just give me the moon over Brooklyn

When the long, long day is through.

I’ll be walking with Maizie on Flatbush Avenue

Just give me the moon over Brooklyn

When the long, long day is through.

 

I’ll be dancing with Maizie

At Coney Island every night

I’ve seen the moon at Bali Bali

And the moon over Waikiki

I’d give it all for just one ballgame

And Maizie to see it with me.

 

Just give me the moon over Brooklyn

Let me add a dream or two

Perambulating with Maizie on Flatbush Avenue

 

Just give me the moon over Brooklyn

When the long long day is through.

I’ll be walking with Maizie on Flatbush Avenue

 

Just give me the moon over Brooklyn

When the old old world is right.

I’ll be dancing with Maizie

At Coney Island every night

 

I’ve seen the moon at Bali Bali

And the moon over Waikiki

I’d give it all for just one ballgame

And Maizie to see it with me.

 

Just give me the moon over Brooklyn

Let me add a dream or two

Perambulating with Maizie on Flatbush Avenue


Moonlight Becomes You

 

Moonlight becomes you, it goes with your hair

You certainly know the right thing to wear

Moonlight becomes you, I'm thrilled at the sight

And I could get so romantic tonight

 

You're all dressed up to go dreaming

Now don't tell me I'm wrong

And what a night to go dreaming

Mind if I tag along

 

If I say I love you

I want you to know

It's not just because there's moonlight

Although, moonlight becomes you so

 

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

 

You're all dressed up to go dreaming

Now don't tell me I'm wrong

And what a night to go dreaming

Mind if I tag along

 

If I say I love you

I want you to know

It's not just because there's moonlight

Although, moonlight becomes you so


Moonligth in Vermont

Words and music: J.Blackman/K.Suessdorf

 

Pennies in a stream

Falling leaves, a sycamore

Moonlight in Vermont

 

Icy finger-waves

Ski trails on a mountainside

Snowlight in Vermont

 

Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway

Travel each bend in the road

People who meet in this romantic setting

Are so hypnotized by the lovely...

 

Evening summer breeze

Warbling of a meadowlark

Moonlight in Vermont

 


Moon River

(1)

Moon River wider than a mile

I'm crossing you in style someday

All dream makers, you heartbreaker

Wherever you're going I'm going your way

Two drifters, off to see the world

There's such a lot of world to see

We're after the same

Rainbows and

Waiting round the band

My huckleberry friend, Moon River

And me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moonshine Lullaby

Irving Berlin (Annie Get Your Gun)

 

Behind the hill

There's a busy little still

Where your pappy's workin' in the moonlight

 

Your lovin' pa

Isn't quite within the law

So he's hidin' there behind the hill

 

Bye bye, baby

Stop your yawnin'

Don't cry, baby

Day will be dawnin'

 

And when it does

From the mountain where he was

He'll be comin' with a jug of moonshine

 

So count your sheep

Mama's singin' you to sleep

With a moonshine lullaby

 

Dream of pappy

Very happy

With his jug of mountain rye

 

So count your sheep

Mama's singin' you to sleep

With a moonshine lullaby

 

 


More

(1) Theme from Mondo Cane

 

More than the greatest love the world has known

This is the love I give to you alone

More than you'll ever know

My arms, long to hold you so.

My life, will be in your keeping

Waking, sleeping, laughing, weeping.

 

Longer than always is a long, long time

But far beyond forever, you're gonna be mine.

 

I know I never lived before,

And my heart is very sure

No one else could love you more.

 

Instrumental Break

 

More than the greatest love the world has known

This is the love I give to you alone

More than you'll ever know

My arms long to hold you so.

My life will be in your keeping

Waking, sleeping, laughing, weeping.

 

Longer than always is a long, long time

But far beyond forever, you'll be mine.

 

I know I never lived before

And my heart is very sure

No one else could love you more.

 

No one else, could love you more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More I See You, The

(1)

Each time I look at you is like the first time

Each time you're near me the thrill is new

And there is nothing that I wouldn't do for

The rare delight   of the sight of you   for

 

The more I see you, the more I want you

Somehow this feeling just grows and grows

With every sigh I become more mad about you

More lost without you and so it goes

 

Can you imagine how much I love you?

The more I see you as years go by

I know the only one for me can only be you

My arms won't free you, my heart won't try

 

I know the only one for me can only be you

My arms won't free you, my heart won't try


Most Beautiful Girl in the World, The

Lyrics: Lorenz Hart, Music: Richard Rodgers 11/1935.

Introduced by Donald Novis and Gloria Grafton

 

VERSE

 

We used to spend the spring together

Before we learned to walk;

We used to laugh and sing together

Before we learned how to talk.

With no reason for the season,

Spring would end as it would start.

Now the season has a reason

And there's springtime in my heart.

 

REFRAIN

 

The most beautiful girl in the world

Picks my ties out,

Eats my candy,

Drinks my brandy

The most beautiful girl in the world.

The most beautiful star in the world

Isn't Garbo, isn't Dietrich,

But the sweet trick

Who can make me believe it's a beautiful world.

Social-not a bit,

Nat'ral kind of wit,

She' d shine anywhere,

And she hasn't got platinum hair.

The most beautiful house in the world

Has a mortgage-

What do I care?

It's goodbye care

When my slippers are next to the ones that belong

To the one and only beautiful girl in the world!


Mother

 

M is for the million things she gave me

O means only that she's growing old

T is for the tears were shed to save me

H is for her heart of purest gold

E is for her eyes with love-light shining

R means right and right she'll always be

Put them all together they spell "MOTHER"

A word that means the world to me

The world to me.


Mr. Lonely

(1) Bobby Vinton

 

Lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely,

I have nobody for my own.

I'm so lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely,

wish I had someone to call on the phone.

 

I'm a soldier, a lonely soldier,

Away from home through no wish of my own.

That's why I'm lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely,

I wish that I could go back home.

 

Letters, never a letter,

I get no letters in the mail.

I've been forgotten, yeah, forgotten,

Oh how I wonder how is it I failed.

 

I'm a soldier, a lonely soldier,

Away from home through no wish of my own.

That's why I'm lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely,

I wish that I could go back home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Sandman

(1) Pat Callard

 

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

Make him the cutest that I've ever seen

Give him two lips like roses and clover

Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over.

Sandman, I'm so alone

Don't have nobody to call my own

Please turn on your magic beam

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream.

 

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

Make him the cutest that I've ever seen

Give him the word that I'm not a rover

Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over.

Sandman, I'm so alone

Don't have nobody to call my own

Please turn on your magic beam

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream.

 

Mr. Sandman, bring us a dream

Give him a pair of eyes with a come-hither gleam

Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci

And lots of wavy hair like Liberace

Mr Sandman, someone to hold

Would be so peachy before I'm too old

So please turn on your magic beam

Mr Sandman, bring me, please,

Please, please bring me

Mr Sandman, bring me a dream.


Mr. Wonderful

Peggy Lee

 

Why this feeling? Why this glow?

Why the thrill when you say Hello?

It's a strange and tender magic you do

Mister Wonderful, that's you.

 

Why this trembling when you speak

Why this joy when you touch my cheek?

I must tell you what my heart knows is true

Mister Wonderful, that's you.

 

And why this longing to know your charms

To spend forever here in your arms

 

Oh there's much more I could say

But the words keep slipping away

And I'm left with one point of view

Mister Wonderful, that's you

 

One more thing, then I'm through

Mister Wonderful

Mister Wonderful

Mister Wonderful, I love you!


Muppet Show, The

 

It's time to play the music

It's time to light the lights

It's time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight.

 

It's time to put on makeup

It's time to dress up right

It's time to raise the curtain on the Muppet Show tonight.

 

Why do we always come here

I guess we'll never know

It's like a kind of torture

To have to watch the show

 

And now let's get things started

Why don't you get things started

It's time to get things started

on the most sensational inspirational celebrational Muppetational this is what we call the Muppet Show!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Muskrat Ramble

Edward Ory/Roy Gilbert

1926

As sung by the McGuire Sisters

 

Shufflin, shufflin, shufflin down

Ramblin scramblin headin for town

Hustlin, bustlin buzzin around

Happily awaitin at the station

 

Look at that train number 709

It's a huffin and a puffin and comin on time

Who do you think is about to arrive

It's the band they call the Dixieland Five

 

Da da da da dum

Da da da da dum

Da da da da da da da da dum

 

They're gonna play that muskrat ramble tune

You never heard it played, join in the big parade

Altogether now one and two join that happy throng

Feel the beat of that ramblin, scramblin musdrat song

Come on and ramble along

 

Loooooook at them a shufflin shufflin down

Ramblin scramblin headin for town

Hustlin, bustlin buzzin around

Happily awaitin at the station

 

Seeeee that 709

Huffin and  puffin on time

Who do you think's about to arrive

The band they call the Dixieland Five

 

Da da da da dum

Da da da da dum

Da da da da da da da da dum

 

They're gonna play that muskrat ramble tune

You never heard it played, join in the big parade

Altogether now one and two join that happy throng

Feel the beat of that ramblin, scramblin musdrat song

Come on and ramble along

 


Music, Maestro, Please!

 

Tonight I mustn't think of her

Music Maestro, please!

Tonight, tonight I must forget

How much I need her

So, Please Mister Leader

Play your lilting melodies

Ragtime, jazztime, swing

Any old thing

To help me ease the pain

That solitude can bring

 

She used to like waltzes

So please don't play a waltz

She danced divinely

And I loved her so

But there I go

 

Tonight

I mustn't think of her

No more memories

 

Swing out

Tonight I must forget

Music, Maestro, please!


Music! Music! Music!

Bernie Baum - Stephan Weiss

 

Put another nickel in

In the nickelodeon

All I want is having you

And music! music! music!

 

I'd do anything for you

Anything you'd want me to

All I want is kissing you

And music! music! music!

 

Closer, my dear,

Come closer

The nicest part of any melody

Is when you're dancing

Close to me

 

So, put another nickel in

In the nickelodeon

All I want is loving you

And music! music! music!

 

 


Music That Makes Me Dance, The

Music: Jule Styne

 

I add two and two, the most simple addition,

Then swear that the figures are lying,

I'm a much better comic than mathematician

'Cause I'm better on stage than at intermission,

And as far as the man is concerned,

If I've been burned,

I haven't learned.

 

I know he's around

When the sky and the ground start in ringing,

I know that he's near

By the thunder I hear in advance,

His words,-his words alone,

Are the words that can start my heart singing,

And his is the only music that makes me dance.

 

He'll sleep and he'll rise,

In the light of two eyes that adore him.

Bore him it might,

But he won't leave my sight for a glance.

In ev'ry way, ev'ry day,

I need less of myself and need more him

More him,

'Cause his is the only music

That makes me dance,

'Cause his is the only music

That makes me dance.

 

 

 


My Baby Just Cares for Me

(1928) Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson

 

Original Lyrics

 

My baby don't care for shows

My baby don't care for clothes

My baby just cares for me

My baby don't care for cars and races

My baby don't care for high-tone places

 

Liz Taylor is not his style

And even Lana Turner's smile

Is somethin' he can't see

 

My baby don't care who knows it

My baby just cares for me

My baby don't care for shows

And he don't even care for clothes

My baby just cares for me

My baby don't care for cars and races

My baby don't care for

He don't care for high-tone places

 

I wonder what's wrong with baby

My baby just cares for

Just says his prayers for

My baby just cares for me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Baby Just Cares for Me

(1) Nat King Cole Version

 

My baby don't care for shows,

My baby don't care for clothes,

My baby just cares for me.

My baby don't care for furs and laces,

My baby don't care for high-toned places,

 

My baby don't care for rings

Or other expensive things,

She's sensible as can be.

My baby don't care who knows it,

My baby just cares for me.

 

My baby's no Crosby fan

Dick Tracy is not her man,

My baby just cares for me.

 

My baby don't care for Mr. Tibbits,

She'd rather have me around to kibbitz.

Roy Rogers is not her style,

And even Clark Gable's smile

Is something that she can't see.

 

My baby don't care who knows it,

I wonder what's wrong with baby,

My baby just cares for me.


My Best Girl

 

Young Patrick:

 

You're my best girl and nothing you do is wrong,

I'm proud you belong to me;

And if a day is rough for me,

Having you there's enough for me.

And if someday another girl comes along,

It won't take her long to see,

That I'll still be found, just hanging around

My best girl.

 

Mame:

 

You're my best beau, you're handsome and brave and strong,

There's nothing we two can't face;

If you're with me, whatever comes,

We'll see that trouble never comes.

And if someday another beau comes along

Determined to take your place,

I hope he's resigned to falling behind,

My best beau.

 

Mame And young Patrick:

 

And if someday when everything turns out wrong,

You're through with the human race,

Come running to me,

 

Mame:

 

For I'll always be

Your best girl...

 

Young Patrick:

 

My best girl!


My Blue Heaven

Music by Walter Donaldson Lyrics by George Whiting

 

Whippoorwills call, evenin' is nigh

Hurry to my Blue Heaven

Turn to the right, there's a little white light

Will lead you to my Blue Heaven

 

You'll see a smilin' face, a fireplace, a cozy room

Little nest that nestles where the roses bloom

 

Molly and me, and the baby makes three

We're happy in my, in my Blue Heaven

 

You're gonna see a smilin' face,

Fireplace, cozy room

And a little nest nestled where the roses bloom

 

Just Molly and me, and the baby is three

We're so happy in my Blue Heaven

We're happy in my Blue Heaven

We're happy in my Blue Heaven!

 

 


My Buddy

Herb Harari

 

Life is a book that we study,

Some of its leaves bring a sigh,

There it was written, my buddy,

That we must part, you and I.

 

Chorus:

 

Nights are long since you went away,

I think about you all through the day,

My buddy, my buddy, no buddy quite so true.

Miss your voice, the touch of your hand,

Just long to know that you understand,

My buddy, my buddy, your buddy misses you

 

Buddies through all the gay days,

Buddies when something went wrong;

I wait alone through the gray days,

Missing your smile and your song.

 

Chorus:

 

Nights are long since you went away,

I think about you all through the day,

My buddy, my buddy, no buddy quite so true.

Miss your voice, the touch of your hand,

Just long to know that you understand,

My buddy, my buddy, your buddy misses you


My Foolish Heart

(2) Gordon Jenkins

 

The night is like a lovely tune

Beware, my foolish heart

How white the ever-constant moon

Take care, my foolish heart

 

There’s a line between love and fascination

That’s hard to see on an evening such as this

For they both give the very same sensation

When you’re lost in the magic of a kiss

 

Your lips are much too close to mine

Beware, my foolish heart

But should our eager lips combine

Then let the fire start

 

For this time it isn’t fascination

Or a dream that would fade and fall apart

It’s love, this time it’s love

My foolish heart

 

 

 


My Funny Valentine

 

My funny Valentine

Sweet comic Valentine

You make me smile with my heart

Your looks are laughable

Unphotographable

Yet you're my favourite work of art

 

Is your figure less than Greek

Is your mouth a little weak

When you open it to speak

Are you smart?

 

But don't change a hair for me

Not if you care for me

Stay little Valentine stay

Each day is Valentine's day

 

Is your figure less than Greek

Is your mouth a little weak

When you open it to speak

Are you smart?

 

But don't you change one hair for me

Not if you care for me

Stay little Valentine stay

Each day is Valentine's day


My Heart Belongs To Daddy

(Let's Make Love)

Cole Porter

 

I used to fall, in love with all

The boys who maul refined ladies

But now I tell, each young gazelle

To go to hell, I mean Hades

For since I came to care for such a sweet millionaire

 

While tearing off a game of golf,

I may make a play for the caddy,

But when I do, I don't follow through,

cause my heart belongs to Daddy!

 

If I invite a boy some night,

to dine on my fine food and haddie,

I just adore, his asking for more,

but my heart belongs to Daddy!

 

Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy,

So I simply couldn't be bad!

Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy,

Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da,  DAAAAD

So I want to warn you laddie,

Though I know that you're perfectly swell,

That my heart belongs to Daddy,

Cause my Daddy, he treats it so well.

 

While tearing off a game of golf,

I may make a play for the caddy,

But when I do, I don't follow through,

cause my heart belongs to Daddy!

 

If I invite a boy some night,

To cook up some hot enchilada,

Though Spanish rich is all very nice,

my heart belongs to Daddy.

 

Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy,

So I simply couldn't be bad!

Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy,

Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da, Da,  DAAAAD

 

So I want to warn you laddie,

Though I know that you're perfectly swell,

That my heart belongs to Daddy,

Cause my Daddy, he treats it so well.

 

 

Written by: Cole Porter (C. Albert P.)

From the Show: Leave It To Me 1938 (S)

 

 

I used to fall

In love with all

Those boys who call

On young cuties

But now I find

I'm all inclined

To keep my mind

On my duties

Since I've begun to share

In such a sweet love affair

 

Though I'm in love, I'm not above

A date with a duke or a caddie

It's just a pose, 'cause my baby knows

That my heart belongs to daddy

 

When some good scout, invites me out

To dine om some fine fin and haddie

My baby's sure, his love is secure

Cause my heart belongs to daddy

 

Yes my heart belongs to daddy

So I simply couldn't be bad

Yes I'm gonna marry daddy

Da-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ad

If you feel romantic laddy

Let me warn you right from the start

That my heart belongs to daddy

And my daddy belongs to my heart


My Heart Cries for You

Written By Carl Sigman and Percy Faith

 

Peaked at # 2 in 1951 Between December 1950 and February 1951, no less than EIGHT versions made the Top 30

 

If you're in Arizona, I'll follow you

If you're in Minnesota, I'll be there too

You'll have a million chances to start anew

Because my love is endless for you

 

My heart cries for you

Sighs for you, dies for you

And my arms long for you

Please come back to me

 

An unimportant quarrel was what we had

We have to learn to live with the good and bad

Together we were happy, apart we're sad

This loneliness is driving me mad

 

My heart cries for you

Sighs for you, dies for you

And my arms long for you

Please come back to me

 

Please come back to me

Please come back, come back, come back to me


My Heart Stood Still

Music: Richard Rodgers; lyrics: Lorenz Hart, 1927

 

I laughed at sweethearts, I met at schools

All indiscrete hearts, seemed romantic fools

A house in Iceland was my heart's domain

I saw your eyes, now castles rise in Spain!

 

I took one look at you, that's all I meant to do

And then my heart stood still

My feet could step and walk,

My lips could move an' talk

And yet my heart stood still

 

Though not a single word was spoken

I could tell you knew

That unfelt clasp of hands,

told me so well you knew

I never lived at all,

until the thrill of that moment

when my heart stood still!

 

< instrumental break >

 

Though not a single word was spoken

I could tell you knew

That unfelt clasp of hands,

told me so well you knew

 

I never lived at all,

until the thrill of that moment

when my heart stood still!

 


My Kind of Town

Cahn/van Heusen

 

Now this could only happen to a guy like me

And only happen in a town like this

And so I say to each of you most gratefully

As I throw each one of you a kiss

 

This is my kind of town, Chicago is

My kind of town, Chicago is

My kind of people too

People who, smile at you

 

And each time I roam, Chicago is

Calling me home, Chicago is

One town that won't let you down

It's my kind of town

 

My kind of town, Chicago is

My kind of town, Chicago is

My kind of razzmatazz

And it has, all that jazz

 

And each time I leave, Chicago is

Tuggin' my sleeve, Chicago is

The Wrigley Building, Chicago is

The Chicago Cubbies, Chicago is

One town that won't let you down

It's my kind of town

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Man

(1)

Oh my man I love him so

He’ll never know

All my life is just despair

But I don’t care

When he takes me in his arms

The world is bright, all right

What’s the difference if I say

I’ll go away,

When I know I’ll come back

On my knees someday

For whatever my man is

I am his, forever more.

 

 


My Melancholy Baby

 

Lyrics by:  George A. Norton. Music by:  Ernie Burnett. Originally made famous by:  Walter Van Brunt

 

Come to me, my melancholy baby

Cuddle up and don't be blue

All your fears are foolish fancies, maybe

You know, honey, I'm in love with you

 

 

Every cloud must have a silver lining

Just wait until the sun shines through

Smile, my honey dear, while I kiss away each tear

Or else I shall be melancholy too

 

 <instrumental-first two lines of second verse>

 

 Smile, my honey dear, while I kiss away each tear

Or else I shall be melancholy too

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Romance

 

My romance

Doesn't need to have a moon in the sky 

My romance

Doesn't need a blue lagoon standing by

 

No month of May

No twinkling star

No hideaway

No soft guitar

 

My romance

Doesn't need a castle rising in Spain

Nor a dance

To a constantly surprising refrain

 

Wide awake

I can make my most fantastic dreams come true

My romance

Doesn't need a thing but you

 

(Repeat all then sing below)

 

My romance doesn't need a thing but you


My Secret Love

 

Once I had a secret love

That lived within the heart of me

All too soon my secret love

Became impatient to be free

 

So I told a friendly star

The way that dreamers often do

Just how wonderful you are

And why I'm so in love with you

 

Now I shout it from the highest hills

Even told the golden daffodils

At last my heart's an open door

And my secret love's no secret anymore

 

Now I shout it from the highest hills

Even told the golden daffodils

At last my heart's an open door

And my secret love's no secret

My secret love's no secret

My secret love's no secret anymore
My Ship

Words: Ira Gershwin  Music: Kurt Weill

 

My ship

My ship has sails that are made of silk

The decks are trimmed with gold

And of jam and spice there's a paradise in the hold.

 

My ship's aglow with a million pearls

And rubies fill each bin;

The sun sits high in a sapphire sky

When my skip comes in.

 

I can wait the years

'till it appears

One fine day, one spring.

But the pearls and such

They won't mean much

If there's missing just one thing.

 

I do not care if that day arrives

My dream need never be

If the ship I'm seeing doesn't also bring

My own true love to me.

 

I can wait the years

'till it appears

One fine day, one spring.

But the pearls and such

They won't mean much

If there's missing just one thing.

 

I do not care if that day arrives

My dream need never be

If the ship I'm seeing doesn't also bring

My own true love to me.

 

If the ship I'm seeing doesn't also bring

My own true love to me.


My Way

Revaux/Francois/Anka

 

And now, the end is near;

And so I face the final curtain.

My friend, I'll say it clear,

I'll state my case, of which I'm certain.

 

I've lived a life that's full.

I've traveled each and ev'ry highway;

But more, much more than this,

I did it my way.

 

Regrets, I've had a few;

But then again, too few to mention.

I did what I had to do

And saw it through without exemption.

 

I planned each charted course;

Each careful step along the byway,

But more, much more than this,

I did it my way.

 

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew

When I bit off more than I could chew.

But through it all, when there was doubt,

I ate it up and spit it out.

I faced it all and I stood tall;

And did it my way.

 

I've loved, I've laughed and cried.

I've had my fill; my share of losing.

And now, as tears subside,

I find it all so amusing.

 

To think I did all that;

And may I say - not in a shy way,

"No, oh no not me,

I did it my way".

 

For what is a man, what has he got?

If not himself, then he has naught.

To say the things he truly feels;

And not the words of one who kneels.

The record shows I took the blows -

And did it my way!


-N-

Namely You

(1) Music: Gene de Paul; Lyrics: Johnny Mercer

 

Daisy

You deserve a gal who’s willin’

Namely me

One who’d love to have yo’ chillen

Namely me

Standin’ there in the doorway waitin’

At the close of day

With you all the way

To love, honor, and obey

You deserve two arms to hold you

Namely mine

There to comfort and enfold you

Rain or shine

I deserve someone strong and handsome

Bashful and shy and true

And I know just the one who’ll do

Namely you

 

ABNER

You deserve someone good lookin’

Namely me

Someone who as yet ain’t tooken

Namely me

That is how I’ll remain unless you get me,

Shall we say

In the family way

Come next Sadie Hawkins Day

You craves arms to make you tingle

Namely mine

To a bachelor who’s single

That sounds fine

Comes the day I no longer batchel

Nacher’ly I’ll be true

 

BOTH

And who could I be truest to

Namely you


Nearness of You, The

 

It's not the pale moon that excites me

That thrills and delights me, oh no

It’s just the nearness of you

 

It isn't your sweet conversation

That brings this sensation, oh no

It’s just the nearness of you

 

When you're in my arms

And I feel you so close to me

All my wildest dreams come true

I need no soft lights to enchant me

 

If you'll only grant me the right

To hold you ever so tight

And to feel in the night the nearness of you

 


Never On Sunday

 

La La La La

La La La La La...

 

Oh you can kiss me on a Monday, a Monday

A Monday is very very good

Or you can kiss me on a Tuesday, a Tuesday

A Tuesday in fact I wish you would

Or you can kiss me on a Wednesday, a Thursday,

A Friday and Saturday is best

But never, ever on a Sunday, a Sunday

A Sunday cause that's my day of rest

 

Refrain

 

Most any day you can be my guest

Any day you say but my day of rest

Just name the day that you like the best

Only stay away from my day of rest.

 

La La La La La La La La La...

 

Oh, you can kiss me on a cool day

A hot day, a wet day, whichever one you choose

Or try to kiss me on a gray day

A May day, a pay day, and see if I refuse

And if you make it on a bleak day

A freak day, a weekday, why you can be my guest

But never, never on a Sunday

A Sunday, the one day I need a little rest

 

Repeat Refrain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nevertheless

(2)

Maybe I’m right, and maybe I’m wrong

Maybe I’m weak and maybe I’m strong

But nevertheless I’m in love with you

 

Maybe I’ll win and maybe I’ll lose

Maybe I’m in for crying the blues

But nevertheless I’m in love with you

 

Somehow I know at a glance

The terrible chances I’m taking

Fine at the start,

Then left with a heart that is breaking

 

Maybe I’ll live a life of regret,

And maybe I’ll give much more than I’ll get

But nevertheless, I’m in love with you

 

Somehow I know at a glance

The terrible chances I’m taking

Fine at the start, then left with a heart that is breaking

 

Maybe I’ll live a life of regret,

And maybe I’ll give much more than I’ll get

But nevertheless, I’m in love with you

 

But nevertheless, I’m in love with you

 

 


New York, New York

 

Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today

I want to be a part of it - New York, New York

These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray

Right through the very heart of it - New York, New York

 

I want to wake up in a city, that doesn't sleep

And find I'm king of the hill - top of the heap

 

These little town blues, are melting away

I'm gonna make a brand new start of it - in old New York

If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere

It's up to you - New York, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice and Easy

 

Let's take it nice and easy

It's gonna be so easy

For us to fall in love

 

Hey baby what's your hurry

Relax and don't you worry

We're gonna fall in love

 

We're on the road to romance - that's safe to say

But let's make all the stops along the way

 

The problem now of course is

To simply hold your horses

To rush would be a crime

'Cause nice and easy does it every time

 

 

Nice Work If You Can Get It

 

Holding hands at midnight

'Neath the starry sky

It's nice work if you can get it

And you can get it if you try.

 

Strolling with the one girl

Sighing sigh after sigh

It's nice work if you can get it

And you can get it if you try.

 

Just imagine someone

Waiting at the cottage door,

Where two hearts become one

Who could ask for anything more?

 

Lovin' one who loves you

And then taking that vow

It's nice work if you can get it

And if you can get it,

Won't you tell me how?

 


Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square, A

Manning Sherwin and Eric Maschwitz

 

That certain night, the night we met

There was magic abroad in the air

There were angels dining at the Ritz and

A nightingale sang on Barkley Square

 

I may be right, I may be wrong,

But I’m perfectly willing to swear

That when you turn’d and smiled at me

A nightingale sang on Barkley Square

 

The moon that lingered over London town,

Poor puzzled moon, he wore a frown

How could he know we two were so in love

The whole darn world seemed upside down

The streets of town were paved with stars

It was such a romantic affair

And as we kiss’d and said goodnight

A nightingale sang on Barkley Square

How strange it was, how sweet and strange

There was never a dream to compare

with that hazy, crazy night we met, when

A nightingale sang on Berk’ley Square

 

This heart of mine beat loud and fast

Like a merry-go-round in a fair

For we were dancing cheek to cheek and

A nightingale sang on Barkley Square

 

When dawn came stealing up all gold and blue

To interrupt our rendezvous

I still remember how you smiled and said

Was that a dream or was it true?

Our homeward step was just as light

As the tap dancing feet of Astaire

And like an echo far away

A nightingale sang on Barkley Square

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Night and Day

 

Like the beat beat beat of the tom-tom

When the jungle shadows fall

Like the tick tick tock of the stately clock

As it stands against the wall

Like the drip drip drip of the raindrops

When the summer shower is through

So a voice within me keeps repeating you, you, you

 

Night and day, you are the one

Only you beneath the moon or under the sun

Whether near to me, or far

It's no matter darling where you are

I think of you

 

Day and night, night and day, why is it so

That this longing for you follows wherever I go

In the roaring traffic's boom

In the silence of my lonely room

I think of you

 

Day and night, night and day

Under the hide of me

There's an oh such a hungry yearning burning inside of me

And this torment won't be through

Until you let me spend my life making love to you

 

Day and night, night and day


Night they Invented Champagne, The

Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (Gigi)

 

The night they invented Champagne,

It's plain as it can be,

They thought of you and me.

 

The night they invented Champagne,

They absolutely knew,

That all we'd want to do

Is fly to the sky on Champagne,

And shout to everyone in sight:

That since the world began,

No woman or man

Has ever been as happy as we are tonight!


Nobody Else but Me

Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern

From Show Boat (Revival; Ziegfeld Theatre, January 7, 1946)

Jan Clayton, vocal.

Recorded 1946. Originally issued on Columbia MM-611.

 

Verse

I was a shy, demure type

Inhibited, insecure type

Of maid, I stayed

Within my little shell

Till a certain cutie

Told me I was swell

Now I’m smug and snooty,

Confident as hell!

Chorus

I want to be

No one but me;

I am in love with a lover who likes me

The way I am

I have my faults,

He likes my faults;

I’m not very bright,

He’s not very bright.

He thinks I’m grand

That’s grand for me;

He may be wrong, but if we get along,

What do we care, say we?

When he holds me close,

Close as we can be,

I tell the lad that

I’m grateful and I’m glad that

I’m nobody else but me.

He thinks I’m grand;

That’s grand for me;

I get a thrill knowing he gets a thrill

When I sit on his knee.

Walking on the shore,

Swimming in the sea,

When I am with him,

I’m glad the girl who’s with him is

Nobody else but me


No Love, No Nothin'

Harry Warren, Leo Robin

The Gang's All Here  1943 (A)

 

No love, no nothin' until my baby comes home

No sir, no nothin' as long as baby must roam

I promised her

I'd wait for her till even Hades froze

I'm lonesome, Heaven knows

But what I said still goes

 

No love, no nothin' and that's a promise I'll keep

No fun with no one, I'm gettin' plenty of sleep

My heart's on strike

And though it's like an empty honeycomb

No love, no sir, no nothin'

Till my baby comes home

 

<brief instrumental>

 

No love, no nothin', that's a promise I'll keep

No fun with no one, I'm gettin' plenty of sleep

My heart's on strike and though it's like an empty honeycomb

No love, no sir, no nothin' till my baby comes home

 


No Strings

Richard Rodgers

 

No strings, no strings

Except our own devotion

No other bonds at all

Let the little folk who need the help

Depend upon vows and such

We are much too tall

 

No ties, no ties

Except our own emotion

We'll hear some silent call

If marriage comes, we'll let it come

As one of those perfect things

With no strings at all

 


Not While I'm Around

Stephen Sondheim (Sweeney Todd)

 

Nothing's gonna harm you

Not while I'm around.

Nothing's gonna harm you

No sir, not while I'm around.

Demons are prowling everywhere

Nowadays

I'll send 'em howling I don't care

I got ways.

 

No one's gonna harm you

No one's gonna dare.

Others can desert you

Not to worry, whistle, I'll be there.

 

Demons'll charm you with a smile, for a while

But in time, nothing can harm you

Not while I'm around.

 

Being close and being clever, ain't like being true

I don't need to -

I would never hide a thing from you

Like some.

 

No one's gonna hurt you

No one's gonna dare

Others can desert you

Not to worry, whistle, I'll be there

 

Demons'll charm you with a smile, for a while

But in time, nothin' can harm you

Not while I'm around


Nowadays

Music John Kander; Lyrics Fred Ebb (from Chicago)

 

Roxie:

 

It's good,

Isn't it grand?

Isn't it great?

Isn't it swell?

Isn't it fun?

Isn't it?

Nowadays

 

ANNOUNCER:

Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Roxie Heart says enough

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNOUNCER:

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Chicago Theater,

Is proud to announce a first. The first time, anywhere, there has been an act of this nature.

Not only one little lady, but two! You've read about them in the papers and now here they are ! Chicago's own killer dillers - those two scintillating sinners Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly!

 

Roxie and Velma:

 

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

 

ANNOUNCER

Okay, you babes of jazz. Let's pick up the pace.  Let's make the parties longer. Let's make the skirts shorter and shorter.Let's make the music hotter. Let's all go to hell  in a fast car and KEEP IT HOT!


-O-

 

Obladi- Oblada

 

Desmond has a barrow in the market place

Molly is the singer in a band

Desmond says to Molly “Girl I like your face!” And Molly says this as she takes him

by the hand

 

REFRAIN:            Obladi oblada life goes on, bra

Lala how the life goes on (2X)

 

Desmond takes a trolly to the jewellers stores

Buys a twenty carat golden ring

Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door

And as he gives it to her she begins to sing

REFRAIN

 

In a couple of years they have built

a home sweet home

With a couple of kids running in the yard

of Desmond and Molly Jones

 

Happy ever after in the market place

Molly lets the children lend a hand

Desmond stays at home

and does his pretty face

And in the evening she’s a singer with the band

REFRAIN

And if you want some fun, take Obladi Oblada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Object of My Affection

(Pinky Tomlin, H. Coy Poe, Jimmie Grier 1934)

 

The object of my affection

Can change my complexion

From white to rosy red

Anytime he holds my hand and tells me that he's mine

 

There are many boys who can thrill me

And some who can fill me with dreams of happiness

But I know I'll never rest until he says he’s mine

 

Now I'm not afraid that he'll leave me

He's not the kind who takes a dare

But instead I trust him implicitly

He can go where he wants to go

Do what he wants to do

I don't care

 

Repeat:

The object of my affection

Can change my complexion

From white to rosy red

Anytime he holds my hand and tells me that he's mine


Of Thee I Sing

Lyrics: Ira Gershwin; Music: George Gershwin

 

WINTERGREEN:

From the Island of Manhattan

To the Coast of Gold,

From North to South, from East to West,

You are the love I love the best.

You're the dream girl

Of the sweetest story ever told;

A dream I've sought both night and day

For years through all the U.S.A.

The star I've hitched my wagon to

Is very obviously you.

 

Of thee I sing, baby-

Summer, autumn, winter, spring, baby.

You're my silver lining,

You're my sky of blue;

There's a love light shining

All because of you.

 

Of thee I sing baby-

You have got that certain thing, baby!

Shining star and inspiration,

Worthy of a mighty nation-

Of thee I sing!

 

MARY:

Of thee I sing, baby,

Summer, autumn, winter, spring, baby.

You're my silver lining,

You're my sky of blue.

There's a love light shining

Just because of you!

 

ALL:

All because of you!

Of thee I sing, baby;

You have got that certain thing, baby!

 

Shining star and inspiration,

Worthy of a mighty nation-

Of thee I sing!

 

Of thee I sing, baby,

Summer, autumn, winter, spring, baby!

Shining star and inspiration,

Worthy of a mighty nation -

Of thee I sing!


 

Oh Danny boy

(1)

 

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling

From glen to glen, and down the mountain side

The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying

'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.

 

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow

Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow

'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow

Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

 

And if you come, when all the flowers are dying

And I am dead, as dead I well may be

You'll come and find the place where I am lying

And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.

 

And I shall hear, tho' soft you tread above me

And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be

If you'll not fail to tell me that you love me

I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

 

I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me


Oh, Dem Golden Slippers

J. A. Bland

"Oh, my golden slippers are laid away,"

 

(original)

 

Oh, dem golden slippers!

Oh, dem golden slippers!

Golden slippers I'se gwine to wear,

Bekase dey look so neat.

Oh, dem golden slippers!

Oh, dem golden slippers!

Golden slippers I'se gwine to wear,

To walk de golden street.

 

Oh, my golden slippers

Are laid away,

'Cause I don't 'spect to wear 'em

Till my wedding day

And my long tail coat

That I love so well,

I will wear up

In the chariot in the morn.

And my long white robe

That I bought last June

I'm gonna get changed

'Cause it fits too soon,

And the old grey horse

That I used to drive,

I will hitch him

To the chariot in the morn.

 

Oh, them golden slippers,

Golden slippers I'm gonna wear,

Because they look so neat.

Oh, them golden slippers,

Golden slippers I'm a- gonna wear

To walk the golden street.

 

Oh, my ol' banjo

Hangs on the wall,

'Cause it ain't been tuned

Since' way last fall,

But the folks all say

We'll have a good time,

When we ride up

In the chariot in the morn.

There's old Brother Ben

An' his sister Luce,

They will telegraph the news

To Uncle BaccoJuice

What a great camp meetin'

There will be that day

When we ride up

In the chariot in the morn.

 

Oh, them golden slippers,

Golden slippers I'm gonna wear,

Because they look so neat.

Oh, them golden slippers,

Golden slippers I'm a- gonna wear

To walk the golden street.

 

3. So, it's good-bye, children,

I will have to go,

Where the rain don't fall

And the wind don't blow

And your ulster coats, why,

You will not need,

When you ride up

In the chariot in the morn;

But your golden slippers

Must be nice and clear

And your age must be

Just sweet sixteen,

And your white kid gloves

You will have to wear

When you ride up

In the chariot in the morn.

 

Oh, them golden slippers,

Golden slippers I'm gonna wear,

Because they look so neat.

Oh, them golden slippers,

Golden slippers I'm a- gonna wear

To walk the golden street.

 

 


Oh, Johnny! Oh, Johnny!

Orrin Tucker’s orchestra August 20, 1939 -

 

Chorus

 

Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, how you can love

Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, heavens above

You make my sad heart jump with joy

And when you're near

I just can't sit still a minute, I'm so

Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, please tell me, dear,

What makes me love you so?

You're [so] handsome, it's true,

[And] when I look at you, I just

Oh Johnny, oh Johnny, oh!

 

All the girls are crazy about a certain little lad

Although he's very, very bad

He could be oh so good when he wanted to

Bad or good,

He understood about love and other things

For every girl in town followed him around

Just to hold his hand and sing,

 

Repeat Chorus


Oh! Lady Be Good

George/Ira Gershwin

 

Published Version:

Listen to my tale of woe, it's terribly sad but true,

All dressed up, no place to go

Each ev'ning I'm awf'ly blue.

I must win some winsome miss

Can't go on like this,

I could blossom out I know,

Which somebody just like you. So...

 

Oh sweet and lovely,

Lady be good,

Oh lady be good to me.

I am so awf'lly 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.

 

Auburn and brunette and blonde:

I love 'em all, tall or small

But somehow they dont' grow fond;

They stagger but never fall.

Winte'rs gone, and now it's spring!

Love! where is thy sting?

If somebody won't respond,

I'm going to end it all.

So.....

 

Oh sweet and lovely lady, be good.

Oh lady, be good to me!

I am so awf'ly misunderstood,

So, lady be good to me.

This is tulip weather -

So let's put two and two together.

I tell you

I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,

So, lady be good, to me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Show Version:

What a killing we could make;

Oh, lady, oh, please come through!

Susie, oh, for goodness' sake;

It isn't so hard to do.

in this moment of distress

hear my S.O.S.

All my future is at stake,

And, Susie, it's up to you,

So......

 

Oh sweet and lovely, lady be good,

Oh Susie, be good to me.

I am so awf'lly misunderstood,

So Susie, 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 Susie be good....to me.

 

Listen to my tale of woe, it's terribly sad but true,

All dressed up, no place to go

Each ev'ning I'm awf'ly blue.

I must win some winsome miss

Can't go on like this,

I could blossom out I know,

Which somebody just like you. So...

 

Oh sweet and lovely lady, be good.

Oh lady, be good to me!

I am so awf'ly misunderstood,

So, lady be good to me.

This is tulip weather -

So let's put two and two together.

I tell you

I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,

So, lady be good, to me.

 

Oh, sweet and lovely wifey, be good.

Oh, wifey be good to me!

I've put an end to your widowhood

So wifey, be good to me.

We should be more clubby -

I hope you're glad to see your hubby.

Or else, dear,

I'll be a lonely babe in the wood,

Oh wifey be good to me.

 


Oh, Look at me Now!

 

I'm not the guy who cared about love

And I'm not the guy who cared about fortunes and such

I never cared much

Oh, look at me now!

 

I never knew the technique of kissing

I never knew the thrill I could get from your touch

I never knew much

Oh, look at me now!

 

I'm a new man better than Casanova at his best

With a new heart and a brand new start

Why I'm so proud I'm bustin' my vest

 

So I'm the guy who turned out a lover

Yes I'm the guy who laughed at those blue diamond rings

One of those things

Oh, look at me now!

 

I'm not the guy who cared about love

And I'm not the guy who cared about fortunes and such

I never cared much

Oh, look at me now!

 

And I never knew the technique of kissing

I never knew the thrill I could get form your touch

I never knew much

Oh, look at me now!

 

I'm a new man better than Casanova at his very best

With a new heart and a brand new start

I'm so proud I'm bustin' my vest

 

So I'm the guy who turned out a lover

Yes I'm the guy who laughed at those blue diamond rings

One of those things

Oh, look at me now!

Look at me now!

 

 

 

Oh What A Beautiful Morning

 

There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,

There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,

The corn is as high as an elephant's eye,

An' it looks like it's climbin' clear up to the sky.

 

Oh, what a beautiful mornin',

Oh, what a beautiful day.

I got a beautiful feelin'

Ev'rything's goin' my way.

 

All the cattle are standin' like statues,

All the cattle are standin' like statues,

They don't turn their heads as they see me ride by,

But a little brown mav'rick is winkin' her eye.

 

Oh, what a beautiful mornin',

Oh, what a beautiful day.

I got a beautiful feelin'

Ev'rything's goin' my way.

 

All the sounds of the earth are like music,

All the sounds of the earth are like music,

The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree,

And a ol' weepin' willer is laughin' at me!

 

Oh, what a beautiful mornin',

Oh, what a beautiful day,

I got a beautiful feelin'

Ev'rything's goin' my way.

Oh, what a beautiful day.

 

 


Oh, you Beautiful Doll

 

Oh, you beautiful doll

You great big beautiful doll

Let me put my arms around you

I could never live without you

 

Oh, you beautiful doll

You great big beautiful doll

If you ever leave me

How my heart will ache

I want to hug you

But I fear you'd break

Oh, oh, oh, oh,

You beautiful doll

 

Oh, you beautiful doll

You great big beautiful doll

Let me put my arms around you

I could never live without you

Oh, you beautiful doll

You great big beautiful doll

If you ever leave me

How my heart will ache

I want to hug you

But I fear you'd break

Oh, oh, oh, oh,

You beautiful doll

 

Ma, he's making eyes at me

Ma, he's awful nice to me

Ma, he's almost breaking my heart

I'm beside him

Mercy! Let his conscience guide him!

Ma, he wants to marry me

Be my honey bee

Every minute he gets bolder

Now he's leaning on my shoulder

Ma, he's kissing me

Ma, he's making eyes at me

Ma, he's awful nice to me

Ma, he's almost breaking my heart

If you peek in, can't you see

I'm goin' to weakin'

Ma, he wants to marry me,

Be my honey bee

Ma I'm meeting with resistance

I shall holler for assistance

Ma, he's kissing me


Oklahoma

 

Brand new state!

Brand new state, gonna treat you great!

Gonna give you barley, carrots and pertaters,

Pasture fer the cattle,

Spinach and termayters!

Flowers on the prarie where the June bugs zoom,

Plen'y of air and plen'y of room,

Plen'y of room to swing a rope!

Plen'y of heart and plen'y of hope.

 

Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain

And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet

When the wind comes right behind the rain.

 

Oklahoma, Ev'ry night my honey lamb and I

Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk

Makin' lazy circles in the sky.

We know we belong to the land

And the land we belong to is grand!

And when we say

Yeeow! Ayipioeeay!

We're only sayin'

You're doin' fine, Oklahoma!

Oklahoma O.K.

 

Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain

And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet

When the wind comes right behind the rain.

 

Oklahoma, Ev'ry night my honey lamb and I

Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk

Makin' lazy circles in the sky.

We know we belong to the land

And the land we belong to is grand!

And when we say

Yeeow! Ayipioeeay!

We're only sayin'

You're doin' fine, Oklahoma!

Oklahoma O.K.

 

People Will Say We're in Love

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; Music: Richard Rodgers

 

Don't throw bouquets at me,

Don't please my folks too much,

Don't laugh at my jokes too much,

People will say we're in love.

Don't sigh and gaze at me,

Your sighs are so like mine,

Your eyes mustn't glow like mine,

People will say we're in love.

 

Don't start collecting things,

Give me my rose and my glove,

Sweetheart, they're suspecting things,

People will say we're in love.

 

Don't praise my charm to much,

Don't look so vain with me,

Don't stand in the rain with me,

People will say we're in love.

 

Don't take my arm too much,

Don't keep your hand in mine,

You hand feels go grand in mine,

People will say we're in love.

 

Don't dance all night with me,

Till the stars fade from above,

They'll see it's all right with me,

People will say we're in love.

 

Surry With The Fringe On Top, The

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; Music: Richard Rodgers

 

Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry

When I take you out in the surrey,

When I take you out in the surrey

With the fringe on top!

 

Watch that fringe and see how it flutters

When I drive them high steppin' strutters.

Nosey pokes'll peek thru' their shutters

And their eyes will pop!

 

The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown,

The dashboard's genuine leather,

With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down,

In case there's a change in the weather.

 

Two bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin',

Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin'

You c'n keep your rig if you're thinkin'

'at I'd keer to swap

Fer that shiny, little surrey

With the fringe on the top!


Old Black Magic

Louis Prima And Keely Smith

 

That Old black magic has me in its spell

That Old black magic that you weave so well

Those Icy fingers up and down my spine

The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine

 

That same old tingle that I feel inside

And then that elevator starts its ride

Down and down I go

Round and round I go

Like a leaf caught in the tide

 

I should stay away but what can I do

I hear your name, and I'm a flame

Flame, burning desire

That only your kiss put out the fire

 

For you’re the lover that I've waited for

Your the mate that fate had me created for

And every time your lips meet mine

 

Baby down and down I go, round and round I go

In a spin, loving the spin that I'm in

Under that old black magic called love

 

Ooh in a spin, lovin the spin I'm in

Under the old black magic called love

 

In a spin, lovin the spin I'm in

Under the old black magic called love

 

I should stay away but what can I do

I hear your name and I'm a flame

Flame, burning desire

that only your kiss

Put out the fire

 

For you’re the lover I have waited for

Your the mate that fate had me created for

And everytime your lips meet mine

 

Baby

Down and down I go

Round and round I go

In a spin

Lovin the spin I'm in

Under the old black magic called love

Ah in a spin, lovin the spin I'm in

Under the old black magic called love

 

In a spin, lovin the spin I'm in

Under the old black magic called love

 

Under the old black magic called love>

Old Cape Cod

(1) Claire Rothrock, Allan Jeffrey, Milt Yakus

 

If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air,

Quaint little villages here and there,

Be sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod.

If you like the taste of lobster stew,

Served by a window with an ocean view,

You're sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod.

 

Winding roads that seem to beckon you

Miles of green beneath the skies of blue.

Church bells chiming on a Sunday morn

Remind you of the town where you were born.

If you spend the evening, you'll want to stay

Watching the moonlight on Cape Cod Bay,

You're sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod.


Old Devil Moon

Lyrics: E.Y. Harburg; Music: Burton Lane

Artist: Tony Bennett

 

I looked at you and suddenly

Something in your eyes I see

Soon begins bewitching me

It's that old devil moon

That you stole from the sky

It's that old devil moon deep in your eyes

 

You and your glance

Makes this romance too hot to handle

Stars in the night blazin' their light

Can't hold a candle

To your razzle dazzle

 

You've got me flyin' high and wide

On a magic carpet ride

Full of butterflies inside

I wanna cry

Wanna croon

Wanna laugh like a loon

It's that old devil moon deep in your eyes

 

Just when I think I'm, free as a dove

Old devil moon

Deep in your eyes

Blinds me with love!!

 

<instrumental interlude>

 

 You and your glance makes this romance too hot to handle

 Stars in the night blazin' their light can't hold a candle

 To your razzle dazzle

 

You've got me flyin' high and wide

On a magic carpet ride

Full of butterflies inside

I wanna cry

Wanna croon

Wanna laugh like a loon

It's that old devil moon deep in your eyes

 

Just when I think I'm free as a dove

Old evil moon deep in your eyes

Blinds me with love


Old Fashion Wedding

Irving Berlin

 

Frank

 

We’ll have an old fashioned wedding

Blessed in the good old fashion way.

I’ll vow to love you forever

You’ll vow to love and honor and obey.

 

Somewhere in some little chapel

Someday when orange blossoms bloom.

We’ll have an old fashioned wedding

A simple wedding for

An old-fashioned bride and groom.

 

Annie

 

I wanna wedding in a big church

With bridesmaids and flower girls.

A lot of ushers with tailcoats,

Reporters and photographers.

A ceremony by a bishop

Who will tie the knot and say:

“Do you agree to love an honor?”

Love and honer, yes, but not obey!

 

I wanna wedding ring surrounded

By diamonds and platinum.

A big reception at the Waldorf

With champagne and caviar.

I wanna wedding like the Vanderbelts have

Ev’rything big, not small

If I can’t have that kind of wedding

I don’t want to get married at all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repeat both simultaneously

 

Frank

 

We’ll have an old fashioned wedding

Blessed in the good old fashion way.

I’ll vow to love you forever

You’ll vow to love and honor and obey.

 

Somewhere in some little chapel

Someday when orange blossoms bloom.

We’ll have an old fashioned wedding

A simple wedding for

An old-fashioned bride and groom.

 

Annie

 

I wanna wedding in a big church

With bridesmaids and flower girls.

A lot of ushers with tailcoats,

Reporters and photographers.

A ceremony by a bishop

Who will tie the knot and say:

“Do you agree to love an honor?”

Love and honer, yes, but not obey!

 

I wanna wedding ring surrounded

By diamonds and platinum.

A big reception at the Waldorf

With champagne and caviar.

I wanna wedding like the Vanderbelts have

Ev’rything big, not small

If it’s not a big wedding

I don’t wanna get married at all!


Ol' Man River

J. Kern, O. Hammerstain II

 

 

Here we all work 'long the Mississippi

Here we all work while the white folk play

Pullin' them boats from the dawn till sunset

Gettin' no rest till the judgment day

 

Don't look up and don't look down

Ya don't dast make the white boss frown

Bend your knees and bow your head

And pull that rope until you're dead

 

Let me go 'way from the Mississippi

Let me go 'way from the white man boss

Show me that stream called the River Jordan

That's the old stream that I long to cross

[End Of Intro]

 

Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River

He must know somepin', but he don't say nothin'

He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along

 

He don't plant taters, and he don't plant cotton

And them what plants 'em is soon forgotten

But Ol' Man River, jest keeps rollin' along

 

You and me, we sweat and strain

Bodies all achin' and wracked with pain

Tote that barge and lift that bale

Ya get a little drunk and ya lands    in ja-ail

 

I gets weary and so sick of tryin'

I'm tired of livin', but I'm feared of dyin'

And Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along


On a Clear Day

Burton Lane - Alan Jay Lerner

 

On a clear day, rise and look around you

And you'll see who you are

On a clear day how it will astound you

That the glow of your being outshines every star

 

You'll feel part of ev'ry mountain, sea, and shore

You can hear from far and near

A world you've never heard before

 

And on a clear day, on that clear day

You can see forever and ever more

 

Repeat All

 

You can hear from far and near

A world you've never heard before

 

And on that clear day, on that clear day

You can see forever and ever and ever

And ever and ever and evermore!

 

On a clear day, rise and look around you

And you'll see who you are

On a clear day how it will astound you

That the glow of your being outshines every star

 

You'll feel part of ev'ry mountain, sea, and shore

You can hear from far and near

A world you've never heard before

 

And on a clear day, on that clear day

You can see forever and ever more

 

You can hear from far and near

A world you've never heard before

 

And on that clear day, on that clear day

You can see forever and ever and ever

And ever and ever and evermore!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On a Slow Boat To China

(1) Frank Loesser 1948

 

Introduction

 

There is no verse

To this song,

‘Cause I don’t wanna wait a moment too long

To say that

 

I'd love to get you

On a slow boat to China

All to myself alone

 

Get you and keep you

In my arms ever more

Leave all your lovers

Weepin' on a far away shore (waiter!)

 

Out on the briny

With the moon big and shiny

Melting your heart of stone

I'd love to get you

On a slow boat to China

All to myself alone

 

(instrumental)

 

"...isn't that a good one?"

"Yes, can I see you later, You bet!"

"Excuse me, I have to go back to the bandstand now"

 

I'd love to get you

On a slow boat to China

All to myself alone

A twist in the rudder

And a rip in the sails

Driftin' and dreamin'

Honey throw the compass over the rail

 

Out on the ocean

Far from all the commotion

Melting your heart of stone

Honey I'd love to get you

On a slow boat to China

All by myself alone

 

(I have to go now)

(Wait! Don't leave!)

Honey I'd love to get you

On a slow boat to China

All to myself alone

 

Spoken:

"You know our last set is at two"

"I get off after that"

"What you doin'?"

"Would you like to take a stroll around the upper deck?"

"See you then"

"Maybe, oo-hoo"

 


On a Wonderful Day Like Today

 

From the moment I woke with the lark,

We were both of us singing away,

And the sky was so blue

I instinctively knew We were in for a wonderful day.

 

As I told you before

When I saw what I saw,

I was terribly tempted to say:

 

On a wonderful day like today,

I defy any cloud to appear in the sky,

Dare any raindrop to plop in my eye

On a wonderful day like today.

 

On a wonderful morning like this

When the sun is as big as a yellow balloon;

Even the sparrows are signing in tune

On a wonderful morning like this.

 

On a morning like this I could kiss ev'rybody,

I'm so full of love and good will.

Let me say furthermore, I'd adore ev'rybody

To come and dine -- the pleasure's mine --

And I will play the bill!

 

May I take this occasion to say

That the whole human race

Should go down on its knees,

Show that we're grateful

For mornings like these

For the world's in a wonderful way

On a wonderful day like today.

 

On a wonderful day like today

When the sky is as grey as an elephant's's nose,

Half of me's freezing - the other half's froze!

On a wonderful day like today - I'm only joking!

 

May I take this occasion to pray

For a little less cold and a little more heat.

Even the sparrows are stamping their feet;

If they spoke I know just what they'd say!

On a wonderful day like today.

 

On a wonderful day ...

Yes, Sir, what did you say?

A fantabulous day!

Don't get carried away.

On a wonderful day like today

 

 

 

Once in Love with Amy

Music Hal Leonard; Lyrics Frank Loesser-

Where's Charley

 

Once in love with Amy,

Always in love with Amy

Ever and ever fascinated by her,

Sets your heart afire to stay.

 

Once you're kissed by Amy,

Tear up your list it's Amy

Ply her with bonbons, poetry, and flowers,

Moon a million hours away.

 

You might be quite the fickle-hearted rover

So carefree and bold

Who loves a girl

And later thinks it over and just quits cold.

 

But once in love with Amy,

Always in love with Amy

Ever and ever sweetly you'll romance her,

Trouble is the answer will be

That Amy'd rather stay in love with me.

 

Always in love with Amy

Ever and ever fascinated by her,

Sets your heart afire to stay.

 

Get rid of your list it's Amy

Ply her with bonbons, poetry, and flowers,

Moon a million hours away.

 

You might be quite the fickle-hearted rover

So carefree and bold

Who loves a girl and later thinks it over and just quits cold.

 

But once in love with Amy,

Always in love with Amy

Ever and ever sweetly you'll romance her,

Trouble is the answer will be

That Amy'd rather stay in love with me.

 


One

(Lyrics: Edward Kleban; Music Marvin Hamlisch)

 

One singular sensation, every little step she takes

One thrilling combination,

Every move that she makes

One smile and suddenly nobody else will do

You know you'll never be lonely

With you-know-who

 

One moment in her presence,

And you can forget the rest

For the girl is second best to none, son

Ooh! Sigh! Give her your attention

Do I really have to mention

She's the one?

 

She walks into a room and you know she's

Uncommonly rare, very unique,

Peripatetic, poetic and chic

She walks into a room and you know by her

Maddening poise, effortless whirl

She's the special girl strolling

- Can't - help - all of her qualities extolling

Loaded with charisma is my

Jauntily sauntering ambling shambler

 

She walks into a room and you know you must

Shuffle along, join the parade

She's the quintessence of making the grade

This is what you call travelling

Oh, strut your stuff, can't get enough

Of her, love her

I'm a son of a gun, she is one of a kind.


One Alone

The Desert song

 

Lonely as a desert breeze,

I may wander where I please,

Yet I keep on longing,

Just to rest a while.

Where a sweetheart's tender eyes,

Take the place of sand and skies,

All the world forgotten

In one woman's smile.

 

One alone to be my own,

I alone to know her caresses

One to be eternally

The one my worshipping soul possess.

At her call I'd give my all,

All my life and all my love enduring;

This would be a magic world to me,

If she were mine alone.


One Boy

Music: Charles Strouse; lyrics: Lee Adams

Bye Bye Birdie

 

Kim:

One boy

One special boy

One boy to go with

And talk with

And walk with

 

Kim and Girls:

One boy

That's the way it should be

Yeah, yeah!

That's the way it should be

One boy

One certain boy

One boy to laugh with

To jump with

Have Coke with

One boy

Not two or three

 

Kim:

One day you'll find out

This is what life is all about

You'll need someone who

Is living just for you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kim and Girls:

One boy

One steady boy

One boy to be with

Forever and ever

One boy

That's the way it should be

That's the way it should be

That's the way it should be

 

 

Rosie

When will he find out

This is what life is all about?

Will he ever see

I need him and he needs me?

One guy

One special guy

One guy to live for

To care for, be there for

One guy

That's the way it should be,

That's the way it should be...


One Dozen Roses

Harry James

 

Give me one dozen roses

Put my heart in beside them

And send them to the one I love

 

She'll be glad to receive them

And I know she'll believe them

That's something we've been talking of

 

There may be orange blossoms later

Kind of think that there will

‘Cause she's done something to me

And my heart won't keep still

 

Give me one dozen roses

Put my heart in beside them

And send them to the one I love


One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else, The

Gus Kahn, Isham Jones

 

Sinatra Version

 

You know the one I love belongs to somebody else,

That's why she sings her songs to somebody else,

And even when you have your arms around her

You know her thoughts are with somebody else,

And when I hold her hand they belong

To somebody else

And you can bet they're not so cold

To somebody else,

It's tough to be alone on a shelf,

And it is worse to fall in love by yourself

When the one you love belongs to somebody else.

 

 

Ella Fitzgerald Version

 

The one I love belongs to somebody else

She means her tender songs for somebody else

And even when I have my arms around her

I know her thoughts are strong for somebody else

The hands I held belong to somebody else

I'll bet they're not so cold to somebody else

It's tough to be alone on the shelf

It's worse to fall in love by yourself

The one I love belongs to somebody else

The one I love belongs to somebody else

 


Only You

The Platters

 

Only you can make all this world seem right

Only you can make the darkness bright

Only you and you alone can thrill me like you do

And fill my heart with love for only you

 

Only you can make all this change in me

For it's true you are my destiny

When you hold my hand

I understand the magic that you do

You're my dream come true

My one and only you

 

Only you can make all this change in me

For it's true you are my destiny

When you hold my hand

I understand the magic that you do

You're my dream come true

My one and only you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only You (And you alone)

Kris Kristofferson

 

Only you can make this world seem right.

Only you can make the darkness bright.

Only you and you alone can thrill me like you do

And fill my heart with love for only you.

 

Only you can make this change in me,

For it's true you are my destiny,

When you hold my hand,

I understand the magic that you do.

You're my dream come true,

my one and only you.

 

Only you can make this world seem right.

Only you can make the darkness bright.

Only you and you alone can thrill me like you do

And fill my heart with love for only you.

 

Only you can make this change in me,

For it's true you are my destiny,

When you hold my hand, I understand the magic that you do.

You're my dream come true, my one and only you.

 

Only you

 


On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

Johnny Mercer / Harry Warren

 

Do you hear that whistle down the line

I figure that it's engine number forty-nine

She's the only one that'll sound that way

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

 

See the old smoke risin' 'round the bend

I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend

Folks around these parts get the time of day

From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

 

Here she comes, woooo woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo

Hey Jim, you better get out the rig, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo

She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big

 

And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel

'Cause lots of them been travellin' for quite a spell

All the way from Philadelphia

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

 

instrumental break

Do you hear that whistle down the line

I figure that it's engine number forty-nine

She's the only one that'll sound that way

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

 

See the old smoke risin' 'round the bend

I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend

Folks around these parts get the time of day

From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

 

Here she comes, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo

Hey Jim, you better get out the rig, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo

She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big

And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel

'Cause lots of them been travellin' for quite a spell

All the way from Philadelphia

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

 

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

Doo-doo-da, The good old A.T. and the Santa Fe

 

On the Boardwalk (in Atlantic City)

Lyrics by Mack Gordon, Music by Josef Myron (1946)

from the motion picture “Three Little Girls in Blue”

 

On the boardwalk in Atlantic City

We will walk in a dream.

On the boardwalk in Atlantic City,

Life is but peaches and cream.

 

There where the salt water air

Brings out a lady's charms.

There in a rolling chair

He'll roll right into your arms.

 

Cinderella, you will find your fella,

someone that you’ve waited for.

In romantic, enchantic Atlantic City

Down on the old New Jersey shore.

 


(On) The Good Ship Lollipop

Music: R. Whiting Lyrics: S. Clare

 

I've thrown away my toys

Even my drum and train.

I wanna make some noise

With real live aeroplanes.

Some day I'm going to fly.

I'll be a pilot too.

And when I do, how would you

Like to be my crew...

 

On the good ship lollipop.

Its a sweet trip to a candy shop

Where bon-bons play

On the sunny beach of Peppermint Bay.

 

Lemonade stands everywhere.

Crackerjack bands fill the air.

And there you are

Happy landing on a chocolate bar.

 

See the sugar bowl do the tootsie roll

With the big bad devils food cake.

If you eat too much ooh ooh

You'll awake with a tummy ache.

 

On the good ship lollipop

Its a night trip into bed you hop

And dream away

On the good ship lollipop.


On The Sidewalks of New York

(1) East Side, West Side

Chas. B. Lawlor and James W. Blake

 

Down in front of Casey's

Old brown wooden stoop,

On a summer's evening,

We formed a merry group;

Boys and girls together,

We would sing and waltz,

While the "ginnie" played the organ

On the Sidewalks of New York.

 

East side, west side,

All around the town,

The tots sang "Ring-a-Rosie,"

"London Bridge is Falling Down."

Boys and girls together,

Me and Mamie O'Rourke,

Tripped the light fantastic,

On the sidewalks of New York.

 

That's where Johnny Casey

And little Jimmy Crowe,

With Jakey Krause the baker,

Who always had the dough;

Pretty Nellie Shannon,

With a dude as light as cork,

First picked up the waltzstep

On the Sidewalks of New York.

East side, west side,

All around the town,

The tots sang "Ring-a-Rosie,"

"London Bridge is Falling Down."

Boys and girls together,

Me and Mamie O'Rourke,

Tripped the light fantastic,

On the sidewalks of New York.

 

Things have changed since those times,

Some are up in "G,"

Others, they are wand'rers,

But they all feel just like me;

They'd part with all they've got,

Could they but once more walk,

With their best girl and have a twirl

On the Sidewalks of New York.

East side, west side,

All around the town,

The tots sang "Ring-a-Rosie,"

"London Bridge is Falling Down."

Boys and girls together,

Me and Mamie O'Rourke,

Tripped the light fantastic,

On the sidewalks of New York.

 


On the Street Where You Live

(2)

I have often walked, down the street before

But the pavement always,

Stayed beneath my feet before

All at once am I, Several stories high

Knowing I'm on the street where you live

 

Are there lilac trees. in the heart of town?

Can you hear a lark in any other part of town?

Does enchantment pour out of every door?

No, it's just on the street where you live

 

Chorus

 

And oh the towering feeling

Just to know somehow you are near

The overpowering feeling

That any second you may suddenly appear

 

People stop and stare, they don't bother me

For there's no where else on earth

That I would rather be

Let the time go by, I won't care if I

Can be here on the street where you live

 

Repeat Chorus

 

People stop and stare, they don't bother me

For there's no where else on earth

That I would rather be

Let the time go by, I won't care if I

Can be here on the street where you live

 

I Could Have Danced All Night

 

I could have danced all night,

I could have danced all night

And still have begged for more

I could have spread my wings,

And done a thousand things

I've never done before

 

I'll never know what made it so exciting

But all at once my heart took flight

I only know when she, began to dance with me

I could have danced, danced, danced, all night

Get Me to the Church On Time

 

I'm gettin' married in the morning

Ding-dong the bells are gonna chime

Pull out the stopper, we'll have a whopper

Get me to the church on time

 

I've got to be there in the morning

Spruced up and lookin' in me prime

Girl gonna kiss me, someone gonna miss me

Get me to the church on time

 

If I am dancing roll up the floor

If I am romancing, whisk me out the door

 

I'm gettin'' married in the morning

Ding-dong the bells are gonna chime

Someone who is able, lift up the table

Get me to the church,

Get me to the church,

For god sake, get me to the church, on time

 

Wouldn't it be Loverly?

 

All I want is a room somewhere,

Far away from the cold night air.

With one enormous chair,

Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?

 

Lots of choc'lates for me to eat,

Lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat.

Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet,

Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?

 

Aow, so loverly sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still.

I would never budge 'till spring

Crept over me windowsill.

 

Someone's 'ead restin' on my knee,

Warm an' tender as 'e can be.

'ho takes good care of me,

Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?

 

Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly

 

 


On the Sunny Side of the Street

(1)

Grab your coat and get your hat,

Leave your worries at the doorstep

Just direct your feet

To the sunny side of the street

Can't you hear that pitter pat

And that happy tune is your step

Life can be so sweet

On the sunny side of the street

 

I used to walk in the shade

With my blues on parade

But I'm not afraid, this rover, crossed over

 

If I never had a cent

I'd be as rich as Rockefeller

Gold dust at my feet

On the sunny side of the street

 

(Repeat All)

 

On the sunny,

Sunny side of the street

 

 

With those blues on parade

Because this rover, it crossed over

 

If I never had a cent I'll be as loaded as old Rockefeller

With that gold dust 'round my feet

On the sunny side of the street

On the side, at that side of the street that is sunny

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the Way to Cape May

(1) Words & Music by Bud Nugent

 

You looked so very pretty,

When we met in Ocean City,

Like someone, oh, so easy to adore.

I sang this little ditty,

On our way from Ocean City,

Heading south along the New Jersey's shore

 

On the way to Cape May

I fell in love with you.

On the way to Cape May

I saw my dreams come true.

 

I was taken by your smile,

As we drifted by Sea Isle.

My heart was gone

When we reached Avalon.

 

On the way to Cape May

I fell in love with you.

On The Way To Cape May

I saw my dreams come true.

 

Stone Harbor's skies were blue

We were naming the day

When Wildwood came in View.

If you're gonna be my spouse,

We'd better head for Court House

 

On the way to Cape May

I fell in love with you.

On the way to Cape May

I saw my dreams come true.

 

 

 


Orange Colored Sky

(Milton Delugg, Willie Stein)

 

I was walking along, minding my business

When out of an orange-colored sky...

Flash! Bam! Alakazam!

Wonderful you came by.

 

I was humming a tune, drinking in sunshine

When out of that orange-colored view...

Wam! Bam! Alakazam!

I got a look at you.

 

One look and I yelled "Timber!"

Watch out for flying glass,

'Cause the ceiling fell in and the bottom fell out

I went into a spin and I started to shout,

"I've been hit, this is it, this is it, I-T it!"

 

I was walking along, minding my business

When love came and hit me in the eye...

Flash! Bam! Alakazam!

Out of an orange-colored sky.

 

I was walking along, minding my business

When out of an orange-colored sky...

Flash! Bam! Alakazam!

Wonderful you came by.

 

I was humming a tune, drinking in sunshine

When out of that orange-colored view...

Wam! Bam! Alakazam!

I got a look at you.

 

One look and I yelled "Timber!"

Watch out for flying glass,

'Cause the ceiling fell in and the bottom fell out

I went into a spin and I started to shout,

"I've been hit, this is it, this is it, I-T it!"

 

I was walking along, minding my business

When love came and hit me in the eye...

Flash! Bam! Alakazam!

Out of an orange-colored, purple striped,

Pretty green polka-dot sky,

Flash! Bam! Alakazam and goodbye!


Our Love Affair

Arthur Freed/Roger Edens

 

Here we are, two very bewildered people

Here we are, two babes that are lost in the wood

We're not quite certain what has happened to us

This lovely thing that's so marvelous

But right from here, the future looks awfully good.

 

Our love affair was meant to be

It's me for you dear, and you for me

We'll fuss and quarrel

And tears start to brew

But after the tears, our love will smile through

 

I'm sure that I could never hide

The thrill I get when you're by my side

And when we're older, we'll proudly declare

"Wasn't ours a lovely love affair?"

 

Our love affair will be such fun,

We’ll be the envy of everyone.

Those famous lovers, we’ll make them forget,

From Adam and Eve, to Scarlett and Rhett.

 

When you have had its merry fling,

We’ll spend our evenings remembering

Two happy people who say on the square,

“Isn’t ours a lovely love affair.”


Our Love is Here to Stay

 

It's very clear

Our love is here to stay

Not for a year, but ever and a day

 

The radio

And the telephone

And the movies that we know

May just be passing fancies and in time may go

 

But oh my dear

Our love is here to stay

Together we're, going a long long way

 

In time the Rockies may crumble

Gibraltar may tumble

They're only made of clay

But, our love is here to stay

 

Repeat all

 

Our love is here,

It’s very clear,

Our love is here to stay!

 

Our Private World

Betty Comden Adolph Green On the 20th Century

 

Our Private World

Is like a play about a pair of lovers.

The plot says only we may enter

And only we may share the light of love stage center.

 

Our Private World is sweet like this

Complete like this

Far beyond the throng

Sure and strong

We belong together

You opposite me opposite you

Safe on our planet made only for two

 

Night after night

Day after day

Living our private two character play

Here in our private world!

Over the Rainbow

(1)

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high

There’s a land that I’ve heard of

Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue

And the dreams that you dare to dream

Really do come true

 

Someday I’ll wish upon a star and wake up

where the clouds are far behind me

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

Away above the chimney tops,

That’s where you’ll find me

 

Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow

Why then, oh why can’t I?

If happy little bluebirds fly,

Beyond the rainbow why oh why can’t I?

 

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

Words Harry Carroll, music Joseph McCarthy

 

I'm Always Chasing Rainbows

At the end of the rainbow there's happiness 

and to find it how often I've tried

but my life is a race, just a wild goose chase 

and my dreams have all been denied!

 

Why have I always been a failure?

What can the reason be?

I wonder if the world's to blame?

I wonder if it could be me?

 

I'm always chasing rainbows 

watching clouds drifting by!

My schemes are just like all of my dreams 

ending in the sky!

 

Repeat from here

 

Some fellows look and find the sunshine 

I always look and find the rain!

Some fellows make a winning sometime 

I never even make a gain!

 

Believe me .

I'm always chasing rainbows 

waiting to find a little blue bird in vain!


-P-

Paper Doll

Black

 

Intro:

 

I guess I've had a million dolls or more

I guess I've played the doll game o'er and o'er

I just quarreled with Sue

That's why I'm blue

She's gone away and left me

Just like all dolls do

I tell you, boys, it's tough to be alone

And it's tough to love a doll that's not your own

I'm through with all of them

I'll never fall again

'Cause this is what I'll do:

 

I'm gonna buy a paper doll, that I can call my own

A doll that other fellas cannot steal

And then the flirty, flirty guys - with all their flirty, flirty eyes

Will have to flirt with dollies, that are real

 

When I come home at night - she will be waiting

She'll be the truest doll in all this world

I'd rather have a paper doll, to call my own

Then have a fickle minded - real live girl

 

 


Paper Moon

 

Say, it’s only a paper moon

Sailing over a cardboard sea

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believed in me

 

Yes, it's only a canvas sky

Hanging over a muslin tree

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believed in me

 

Without your love

It's a honky-tonk parade

Without your love

It's a melody played in a penny arcade

 

It's a Barnum and Bailey world

Just as phony as it can be

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believed in me

 

Say it's only a paper moon

Sailing over a cardboard see

But it wouldn't be make belief

If you belief in me

 

I like him I know

He's phoney

But when they packages it nice

And market it right

I buy beloney

 

Yes I like him though I can see that he's the type

I'd better get busy and do unto to first

Before I find he's done unto me

 

He's mostly made of chutzpah

A fake a con a lie

Could be I like him cause

So am I


Peg O' my heart

(Oh! my heart's in a whirl)

Music: Fred Fisher (m); Lyrics: Alfred Bryan 1913

 

Oh! my heart's in a whirl

Over one little girl

I love her, I love her, yes. I do,

Altho' her heart is far away

I hope to make her mine some day,

E v'ry beautiful rose,

Ev'ry violet knows,

I love her, I love her fond and true,

And her heart fondly sighs,

As I sing to her eyes,

Her eyes of blue,

Sweet eyes of blue,

My darling!

 

I grow tired of a song,

If it lingers too long

And roses i've plucked and thrown away,

But till I never change my tune

When we are strolling 'neath the moon

Pretty Peg can't you see

Heaven sent you to me

I need you much more

Than I can say,

Know I'm aiming high,

But a dreamer can try,

So why can't I,

Just dream and sigh

My love song!

 

Peg of my heart, I love you

Don't let us part, I love you

I always knew it would be you

Since I heard your lilting laughter

It's you Irish heart I'm after

Peg of my heart, your glances

Make my heart say, how's chances?

Come be my own,

Come make you home

In my heart.

 

Peg of my heart, I love you

We'll never part, I love yoy,

Dear little girl, sweet little girl,

Sweeter than the rose of Erin,

Are you winning smiles endearin'

Peg o' my heart, your glances

With Irish are entrance us,

Come by my own

Come, make your home

In my heart.

 


Pennies From Heaven

 

Every time it rains,

It rains pennies from heaven

Don't you know each cloud contains

Pennies from heaven

 

You'll find your fortune's falling

All over the town

Be sure that your umbrella

Is upside down

 

Trade them for a package of,

Sunshine and flowers

If you want the things you love,

You must have showers

So when you hear it thunder

Don't run under a tree

There'll be pennies from heaven for you and me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Penthouse Serenade

Words & Music by Will Jason & Val Burton

Recorded by Bob Hope & Shirley Ross, 1937

 

Just picture a penthouse way up in the sky

With hinges on chimneys for stars to go by

A sweet slice of heaven for just you and I

When we’re alone.

 

From all of society we’ll stay aloof

And live in propriety there on the roof.

Two heavenly hermits, we will be in truth

When we’re alone.

 

We’ll see life’s mad pattern

As we view old Manhattan

Then we can thank our lucky stars

That we’re living as we are.

 

In our little penthouse we’ll always contrive

To keep love and romance forever alive

In view of the Hudson, just over the drive,

When we’re alone.

 

We can thank our lucky stars

That we’re living as we are.

 

In our little penthouse we’ll always contrive

To keep love and romance forever alive

In view of the Hudson just over the drive,

When we’re alone.


People

 

We travel single, oh

Maybe we're lucky

But I don't know

With them just let one kid fall down

And seven mothers faint

I guess we're both happy

But maybe we ain't

 

People,

People who need people

Are the luckiest people in the world

We're children

Needing other children

And yet letting our grown-up pride

Hide all the need inside

Acting more like children

Than children

 

Lovers

Are very special people

They're the luckiest people in the world

With one person,

One very special person

A feeling deep in your soul

Says you were half, now you're whole

No more hunger and thirst

But first be a person

Who needs people

 

People who need people

Are the luckiest people in the world


People Will Say We're in Love

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; Music: Richard Rodgers

 

Why do they make up stories that link my name with yours?

Why do the neighbors gossip all day behind their doors?

I know a way to prove what they say is quite untrue

Here is the gist:  A practical list of don'ts for you.

 

Don't throw bouquets at me,

Don't please my folks too much,

Don't laugh at my jokes too much,

People will say we're in love.

 

Don't sigh and gaze at me,

Your sighs are so like mine,

Your eyes mustn't glow like mine,

People will say we're in love.

 

Don't start collecting things,

Give me my rose and my glove,

Sweetheart, they're suspecting things,

People will say we're in love.

 

Some people claim that you are to blame as much as I

Why do you take the trouble to bake my favorite pie?

Granting your wish, I carved our initials on that tree

Just take a slice of all the advice you give so free

 

Don't praise my charm to much,

Don't look so vain with me,

Don't stand in the rain with me,

People will say we're in love.

 

Don't take my arm too much,

Don't keep your hand in mine,

You hand feels go grand in mine,

People will say we're in love.

 

Don't dance all night with me,

Till the stars fade out of sight,

They'll see it's all right with me,

People will say we're in love.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Surry With The Fringe On Top, The

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; Music: Richard Rodgers

 

Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry

When I take you out in the surrey,

When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!

 

Watch that fringe and see how it flutters

When I drive them high steppin' strutters.

Nosey pokes'll peek thru' their shutters and their eyes will pop!

 

The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown,

The dashboard's genuine leather,

With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down,

In case there's a change in the weather.

 

Two bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin',

Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin'

You c'n keep your rig if you're thinkin' 'at I'd keer to swap

Fer that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!

 

 


Perfectly Marvelous

from the state musical “Cabaret”

by John Kander & Fred Ebb

 

I met this perfectly marvelous girl

In this perfectly wonderful place

As I lifted a glass

To the start of a marvelous year.

Before I knew she called on the phone, inviting.

Next moment I was no longer alone, but sat reciting

Some perfectly beautiful verse,

In my charming American style.

How I dazzled her senses was truly no less than a crime.

 

Now I've this perfectly marvelous girl

In my perfectly beautiful room

And we're living together

And having a marvelous time.

 

She tells me perfectly marvelous tales

Of her thrillingly scandalous life

Which I'll probably use as a chapter or two in my book.

 

And since my stay in Berlin was to force creation,

What luck to fall on a fabulous source of stimulation.

And perfectly marvelous, too, is her perfect agreement to be

Just as still as a mouse when I'm giving my novel a whirl.

 

Yes, I've a highly agreeable life

In my perfectly beautiful room

With my nearly invisible,

Perfectly marvelous, girl.

 

I... met... this...

Truly remarkable girl

In this really incredible town,

And she skillfully managed

To talk her way in to my room.

I have a terrible feeling I've said a dumb thing.

Beside, I've only got one narrow bed.

 [SALLY]

We'll think of something.


Petticoat Junction

 

Come ride the little train that is rollin' down the track to the Junction.

Forget about your cares, it is time to relax at the Junction.

Lotsa curves, you bet 'N even more when you get to the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

There's a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

And that's Uncle Joe, he's a-movin' kinda slow at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!


Pick A Little, Talk A Little

(Music Man)

 

Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little,

Cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more

 

Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little,

Cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more

 

Pick a little, talk a little, pick a little, talk a little

Cheep cheep cheep, talk a lot, pick a little more 

 

 

Goodnight, Ladies

(Counter point)

 

Good night, ladies.

Good night, ladies.

Good night, ladies.

We’re going to leave you now

 

Farewell ladies

Farewell ladies

Farewell ladies

We’re going to leave you now

 

He left River City the library building

But he left all the books to her

Chaucer, Rabelais, Balzac

 

Cheep Cheep Cheep


Pistol Packin' Mama

Written by Al Dexter

 

Drinking beer in a cabaret

And was I having fun

Until one night she caught me right

And now I'm on the run.

 

Chorus

Lay that pistol down, babe -

Lay that pistol down

Pistol Packin' Mama,

Lay that pistol down.

 

She kicked out my windshield -

She hit me over the head

She cussed and cried and said I'd lied

And wished that I was dead.

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Drinking beer in a cabaret

And dancin' with a blond

Until one night she shot out the light - Bang!

That blond was gone.

 

Repeat Chorus

 

I'll see you ev'ry night, babe -

I'll woo you ev'ry day

I'll be your regular daddy -

If you'll put that gun away.

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Now I went home this morning -

The clock was tickin' four

Gun in her hand, says

"You're my man, but I don't need you no more."

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Now there was old Al Dexter -

He always had his fun

But with some lead,

She shot him dead -

His honkin' days are done.

 

Repeat Chorus


Plant A Radish

Music: Harvey Schmidt; Lyrics: Tom Jones

From "The Fantastics" May 3, 1960

 

Plant a radish, get a radish,

Never any doubt.

That's why I love vegtables;

You know what you're about!

Plant a turnip, get a turnip. Maybe you'll get two.

That's why I love vegtables,

You know that they'll come true!

 

They're dependable! They're befriendable!

They're the best pal a parent's ever known.

While with children, it's bewilderin'

You don't know until the seed is nearly grown, Just what you've sown.

 

So Plant a carrot, get a carrot,

Not a brussel sprout.

That's why I love vegtables,

You know what you're about!

Life is merry if it's very vegetarian.

A man who plants a garden is a very happy man

 

Plant a bean-stalk, get a bean-stalk,

Just the same as Jack.

Then if you don't like it

You can always take it back.

But if your issue doesn't kiss you

Then I wish you luck.

For once you've planted childeren

You're absolutely stuck

 

While with progeny it's hodge-podge-enee

For as soon as you think

You know what kind you've got,

It's what they're not.

So plant a cabbage; get a cabbage,

Nor a sauerkraut

That's why I love vegtables,

You know what you're about!

Life is merry if it's very vegetarian.

A man who plants a garden is a very happy man


Play A Simple Melody

Irving Berlin

 

Part 1:

Won’t you Play A Simple Melody

Like my mother sang to me?

One with good old fashioned harmony

Play A Simple Melody

 

Part 2:

Musical demon, set your honey a’dreamin’

Won’t you play me some rag?

Just change that classical nag

To some sweet beautiful drag

 

If you will play from a copy of a tune that is choppy

You’ll get all my applause

And that is simply because

I want to listen to rag

 

Part 3:

My heart is palpitatin’

From all this syncopation

When I hear a ba-_nd

And when I’m with my honey

My feet start actin’ funny

When I hear a band

It’s really not surprisin’

My temp’rature keeps risin’

When I hear a ba-_nd

So pardon all my swoonin’

My crazy way of croonin’

When I hear a ba-_nd


Please

Robin, Rainger; 1932

 

Oh, Please.

Lend your little ear to my pleas

Lend a ray of cheer to my pleas

Tell me that you love me too.

Please

Let me hold you tight in my arms

I could find delight in your charms

Every night my whole life through.

Your eyes reveal that you have the soul of

An angel white as snow.

How long must I play the role of

A gloomy romeo?

Oh, Please.

Say you're not intending to tease

Speed that happy ending and please

Tell me that you love me too.

 

(Bing whistles and da da dees)

 

Your eyes reveal that you have the soul of

An angel white as snow.

How long must I play the role of

A gloomy romeo?

Oh, please

Say you're not intending to tease

Speed that happy ending and please,

Tell me that you love me too.


Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

Our Version

 

Please don't talk about me when I'm gone,

Though our friendship ceases from now on,

 

If you can't say anything real nice,

Then please don’t talk at all is my advice,

 

We're parting, you go your way,

I'll go mine, it's best that we do,

 

Here's a kiss! I hope that this

Brings, lots of luck to you.

 

Makes no difference how I carry on,

Please don't talk about me when I'm gone.

 

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

(Counter point)

 

Five foot two, eyes of blue,

Oh, what those five feet could do:

Has anybody seen my gal?

 

Turned-up nose, turned-down hose

Flapper? Yes sir, one of those

Has anybody seen my gal?

 

Well, if you run into a five-foot-two

Covered with pearls,

Diamond rings, all those things,

Bet your life it isn't her

 

But could she love, could she coo!

Cootchie-cootchie-cootchie coo!

Has anybody seen my gal?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

Gene Austin or Bert Lown

 

Please don't talk about me when I'm gone,

Oh, honey,

Though our friendship ceases from now on,

And listen,

If you can't say anything that's nice,

It's better not to talk at all,

Is my advice,

We're parting,

You go your way,

I'll go mine,

It's best that we do,

Here's a kiss!

I hope that this brings,

Lots of luck to you.

Makes no difference how I carry on,

Remember,

Please don't talk about me when I'm gone.


Poor Butterfly

 

Poor Butterfly

'Neath the blossoms waiting

Poor Butterfly

For she loved him so

The moments pass into hours

The hours pass into years

And as she smiles through her tears

She murmurs low

The moon and I

Know that he'll be faithful

I'm sure he'll come back

By and by

But if he don't come back

I just must die

Poor Butterfly

(Repeat, then modulate and repeat again)


Portrait of My Love

Lyrics:  David West; Music:  Cyril Ornadel

 

There could never be a portrait of my love

For nobody could paint a dream!

You will never see a portrait of my love

For miracles are never seen!

 

Anyone who sees her,

Soon forgets the Mona Lisa!

It would take I know, a Michael Angelo,

And he would need the glow of dawn

That paints the sky above

To try an` paint a portrait of my love!

 

< instrumental break >

 

. . . yes, he would need the glow of dawn

that paints the sky above

to try an` paint a portrait of my love!


Pretty Baby

Lyrics: Gus Kahn;  Music Tony Jackson and Egbert Van Alstyne (1916)

 

You ask me why I'm always teasing you,

You hate to have me call you pretty baby.

I really thought that I was pleasing you,

For you're just a baby to me.

 

Your cunning little dimples and your baby stare,

Your baby talk and baby walk and curly hair;

And that is why I'm sure that I will

Always love you best of all.

 

Everybody loves a baby, that's why I'm in love with you,

Pretty baby, pretty baby,

And I'd like to be your sister,

brother, dad, and mother, too,

Pretty baby, pretty baby,

Won't you come and let me rock you in my cradle of love,

And we'll cuddle all the time.

Oh, I want a lovin' baby, and it might as well be you,

Pretty baby of mine.

 

Your mother says you were the cutest kid;

No wonder, dearie, that I'm wild about you.

And all the cunning things you said and did.

Why, I love to fondly recall,

And just like Peter Pan, it seems you'll always be

The same sweet, cunning little baby dear to me

And that is why I'm sure that I will

Always love you best of all.

 

Everybody loves a baby, that's why I'm in love with you,

Pretty baby, pretty baby,

And I'd like to be your sister,

brother, dad, and mother, too,

Pretty baby, pretty baby,

Won't you come and let me rock you in my cradle of love,

And we'll cuddle all the time.

Oh, I want a lovin' baby, and it might as well be you,

Pretty baby of mine.


Put on a Happy Face

(1)

 

Gray skies are gonna clear up

Put on a happy face

Brush off the clouds and cheer up

Put on a happy face

Take off that gloomy mask of tragedy,

It's not your style

You'll look so good that

You'll be glad you decided to smile

 

Pick out a pleasant outlook,

Stick out that noble chin

Wipe off that full of doubt look,

Slap on a happy grin

And spread sunshine all over the place,

And put on a happy face

 

I know a girl so gloomy,

She wouldn't laugh or sing

She wouldn't listen to me,

Now she's a mean old thing

So, spread sunshine all over the place,

And put on a happy face


Put On Your Sunday Clothes

Jerry Herman, from “Hello Dolly”

 

Cornelius

Out there

There's a world outside of Yonkers

Way out there beyond this hick town, Barnaby

There's a slick town, Barnaby

Out there

Full of shine and full of sparkle

Close your eyes and see it glisten, Barnaby

Listen, Barnaby...

 

Put on your Sunday clothes, there's lots of world out there

Get out the brilliantine and dime cigars

We're gonna find adventure in the evening air

Girls in white

In a perfumed night

Where the lights are bright as the stars!

Put on your Sunday clothes, we're gonna ride through town

In one of those new horse drawn open cars

 

Cornelius & Barnaby

We'll see the shows

At Delmonico's

And we'll close the town in a whirl

And we won't come home until we've kissed a girl!

 

Dolly

Put on your Sunday clothes when you feel down and out

Strut down the street and have your picture took

Dressed like a dream your spirits seem to turn about

 

Both

That Sunday shine

Is a certain sign

That you feel as fine as you look!

 

Dolly & Ambrose

Beneath your parasol, the world is all a smile

That makes you feel brand new down to your toes

 

Dolly, Ambrose, Cornelius, & Barnaby

Get out your feathers

Your patent leathers

Your beads and buckles and bows

For there's no blue Monday in your Sunday clothes!

 

Townspeople, All

Put on your Sunday clothes when you feel down and out

Strut down the street and have your picture took

Dressed like a dream your spirits seem to turn about

That Sunday shine is a certain sign

That you feel as fine as you look!

Beneath your parasol, the world is all a smile

That makes you feel brand new down to your toes

Get out your feathers

Your patent leathers

Your beads and buckles and bows

For there's no blue Monday in your Sunday clothes!

 

Beneath your bowler brim the world's a simple song

A lovely lilt that makes you tilt your nose

Get out your slickers, your flannel knickers

Your red suspenders and hose

For there's no blue Monday in your Sunday clothes!

 

Dolly

Ermengarde, stop sniveling - Don't cry on the valises!

We haven't missed the train, thank the Lord!

Lovely, you're improving - Now get all 11 pieces,

We're 7 minutes late.

All Aboard!

 

All

All Aboard! All Aboard!

All Aboard! All Aboard!

Put on your Sunday clothes there's lots of world out there

Put on your silk cravat and patent shoes

We're gonna find adventure in the evening air

To town we'll trot

To a smoky spot

Where the girls are hot as a fuse!

Put on your silk high hat and at the turned up cuff

We'll wear a hand made grey suede buttoned glove

We'll join the Astors

At Tony Pastor's

And this I'm positive of

That we won't come home

That we won't come home

No we won't come home until we fall in love!

 

Put on your silk high hat and at the turned up cuff

We'll wear a hand made grey suede buttoned glove

We'll join the Astors

At Tony Pastor's

And this I'm positive of

That we won't come home

That we won't come home

No we won't come home until we fall in love!

 

 

Before the Parade Passes By

Jerry Herman, from “Hello Dolly”

 

Dolly, All

When the parade passes by

Listen and hear that brass harmony growing

When the parade passes by

Pardon me if my old spirit is showing

All of those lights over there

Seem to be telling me where I'm going

When the whistles blow

And the cymbals crash

And the sparklers light the sky

I'm gonna raise the roof

I'm gonna carry on

Give me an old trombone

Give me an old baton

 

Before the parade passes by!

 

I'm gonna raise the roof

I'm gonna carry on

Give me an old trombone

Give me an old baton

Before the parade passes by!

 

 


Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey

Lyrics: Junie McCree, Music: Albert Von Tilzer (1910)

 

Night time am a fallin',

Everything is still,

And the moon am a shinin' from above.

Cupid am a callin' ev'ry Jack and Jill,

It's just about the time for making love.

Someone is a-waiting all along for me.

No more hesitating I must go and see

How de do dear, it's with you dear,

That I love to be.

 

Put your arms around me honey, 

Hold me tight.

Huddle up and cuddle up 

With all your might,

Oh, baby, won't you roll dem eyes?

Eyes that I just idolize.

 

When they look at me 

My heart begins to float,

Then it starts a'rockin' like a motor boat

Oh! Oh! I never knew any girl like you.

 

Music am a-playin', such a lovin' glide",

That my feet keep a-moving to and fro,

And with you a-swayin' I'll be satisfied,

To dance until we hear the roosters crow.

I love seven 'leven, I love chicken too.

Nearest thing to heaven is to be with you.

For I'm spoony, moony, loony,

But my love is true.

 

Put your arms around me honey, 

Hold me tight.

Huddle up and cuddle up 

With all your might,

Oh, baby, won't you roll dem eyes?

Eyes that I just idolize.

When they look at me 

My heart begins to float,

Then it starts a'rockin' like a motor boat

Oh! Oh! I never knew any girl like you.


Put the Blame on Mame

Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher

 

When Mrs. O'Leary's cow

Kicked the lantern-in Chicago town,

They say that started the fire

That burned Chicago down.

 

Chorus

That's the story that went around,

But here's the real lowdown,

Put the blame on mame boys,

Put the blame on mame

 

Mame kissed a buyer from out of town,

That kissed burned Chicago down.

So you can, put the blame on mame boys,

Put the blame on mame.

 

 

When they had the earthquake

In San Francisco-back in 19`6

They said that old mother nature

Was up to her old tricks.

 

Repeat Chorus

 

One night she started to-shim and shake-

That brought on the `Frisco quake

So you can, put the blame on mame boys,

Put the blame on mame.

 

 

When they had the gold rush,

Folks started running to Cal-i-for-ni-ay,

They all had dreams of making a million bucks a day,

 

Repeat Chorus

 

She caused the gold rush, it's my belief,

Diggin' gold from some guy's teeth!

So you can put the blame on mame boys,

Put the blame on mame

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember the blizzard

Back in Manhattan in 1886

They say that traffic was tied up

And folks-were in a fix.

That's the story that went around,

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Mame gave a chump such and ice cold NO-

For seven days they shoveled snow.

So you can, put the blame on mame boys,

Put the blame on mame.

 

 

They once had a shootin'-up

Iin the Klondike when they got Dan McGrew

Folks were puttin' the blame on

The lady known as Lou

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Mame did a dance called the Hichy-koo,

That's the thing that slew McGrew

So you can, put the blame on mame boys

Put the blame on mame.


Put Your Arms Arounds Me Honey

Dick Kuhn

 

Put your arms around me honey,

Hold me tight.

Huddle up and cuddle up

With all your might,

Oh, oh, won't you roll them eyes,

Eyes that I just idolize,

When they look at me

My heart begins to float,

Then it starts a rockin' like a motor boat

Oh! Oh! I never knew any boy like you


-R-

Rag Doll

(B. Gaudio - B. Crewe)

 

Ooh, oo-oo-oo-ooh  (Ooh-oo-ooh)

Ooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh

Ahh, ah-ah-ah-ahh  (Rag doll, ooh)

Ooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh

 

(Hand-me-down) When she was just a kid her clothes were hand-me-down

(Hand-me-down) They always laughed at her when she came into town

Called her     rag doll, little   rag doll

Such a pretty face should be dressed in lace

 

Ooh, oo-oo-oo-ooh  (Ooh-oo-ooh)

Ooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh

 

(Sad rag doll) I'd change her sad rags into glad rags if I could

(If I could) My folks won't let me 'cause they say that she's no good

She's a rag doll, such a rag doll

Though I love her so, I can't let her know

 

Ooh, oo-oo-oo-ooh  (Ooh-oo-ooh)

Ooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh

Ahh, ah-ah-ah-ahh  (Rag doll, ooh)

I love you just the way you are

 

A-ahh, ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ahh  (Rag doll, ooh)

Ooh-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh


Ragtime Cowboy Joe

Lyrics: Lewis F. Muir/ Maurice Abrahams; Music: Grant Clarke

 

Out in Arizona

Where the bad men are,

And the only friend to guide you

Is an evening star,

The roughest, toughest man by far

Is Ragtime Cowboy Joe.

Got his name from singing

To the cows and sheep

Every night they say

He sings the herd to sleep

In a basso rich and deep,

Crooning soft and low.

 

Chorus:

 

How he sings,

Raggy music to his cattle

As he swings

Back and forward in his saddle

On his horse

(A pretty good horse),

Who is syncopated gaited,

And with such a funny meter

To the roar of his repeater.

 

How they run,

When they hear the feller’s gun,

Because the western folks all know:

He’s a hifalootin’, scootin’, shootin’

Son-of-a-gun from Arizona,

Ragtime Cowboy

(Talk about your cowboy),

Ragtime Cowboy Joe.

 

Dressed up ev’ry Sunday

In his Sunday clothes

He beats it for the village

Where he always goes,

And ev’ry girl in town is Joe’s

‘Cause he’s a ragtime bear;

When he starts a-spieling

On the dance hall floor,

No one but a lunatic

Would start a war

Wise men know his forty-four

Makes men dance for fair.

 

Repeat Chorus:


Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

Music: Burt Bacharach; Lyrics: Hal David

 

Raindrops are falling on my head

And just like the guy who's feet

Are too big for his bed,

Nothing seems to fit

Those Raindrops are falling on my head,

They keep falling

 

So I just did me some talking to the sun,

And I said I didn't like the way he got things done,

Sleeping on the job

Those Raindrops are falling on my head

They keep falling

 

But there's one thing, I know

The blues they sent to meet me won't defeat me.

It won't be long

'Till happiness steps up to greet me

 

Raindrops keep falling on my head

But that doesn't mean

My eyes will soon be turning red.

Crying's not for me,

Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain

By complaining

Because I'm free

Nothing's worrying me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Raining In My Heart

Lyrics by Robin Miller; Music by Jim Wise

From the Off-Broadway production of “Dames At Sea”

Originally sung by Bernadette Peters & Chorus

 

Pitter patter, what’s the matter with me?

Pitter patter, rain is all that I see.

 

Where is my raincoat? It’s here somewhere.

Why wear a raincoat, the weather’s fair.

But ever since I saw him depart,

It’s been raining, raining in my heart.

 

Where are my rubbers, to ford the storm?

What good are rubbers, outside it’s warm

But ever since heaven fell apart, it’s been raining, raining in my heart.

 

Once I saw a cottage on Sunshine Lane;

A fairy palace in disguise.

I don’t see it now, it must be rain

That’s getting in my eyes.

 

Where’s my umbrella and where’s my guy?

I need that fella to keep me dry.

It would help if the sunshine would start, ‘cause it’s raining in my heart.


Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat

(Funny Girl)

 

Eddie

Our boys went rat-tat-tat-tat

Rat-tat-tat-tat

And shot the Kaiser where he sat-tat-tat-at

With every poppity-pop

Some Kraut took a drop

American boys are all such straight shooters

 

We'll take care of him, mother

When he comes home from the war

We'll take care of him, mother

We'll do everything that you would do, yeah, and more

 

Rat-tat-tat-tat

We'll give their backs a big pat

They deserve a future full of joys

'Cause they're our Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle,

Yankee Doodle Doughboys

Company, order, arms, roll call

 

Company

I'm Private Jones from Arkansas

I'm Private Smith from Kansas

I'm Private Ryan from Maine

I'm Private Burke from Wisconsin

I'm Private O'Brien from Texas

I'm Private Muntz from Michigan

 

Fanny

I'm Private Schwartz from Rockaway

And I guess you heard reports

That the Kaiser runs a block away

When they tell him, here comes Schwartz

'Cause when I get mad, believe it, Jack

Out from nowhere comes a maniac

A kick in the foot

A shot in the pants

I wouldn't give a second chance

Schwartz from Rockaway

 

Chorus

Private Schwartz,

Private Schwartz

Private Schwartz from Rockaway

 

 

 

Fanny

I met Mademoiselle from Armentieres

And my bagels gave a spin

She said, "Private Schwartz,

Come closer, dear"

What a tzimmis I got in

When you're fighting for democracy

Call on Irving Schwartz and company

I'm through and through

Red, white and bluish

I talk this way

Because I'm British

Tell Far Rockaway, don't pull the dock away

'Cause sailing home is General Schwartz

 

All

Rat-tat-tat-tat

We'll give their backs a big pat

They deserve a great big medal

And a loud huzzah

Over here and over there

You'll hear

Rat-tat-tat-tat,

Rat-tat-tat-tat,

Rat-tat-tat-tat

That's our Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle

Rat-tat-tat-tat

Hurrah


Razzle Dazzle

Kander and Ebbe

 

ROXIE(Spoken)

Oh Billy, I'm scared.

 

BILLY(Spoken)

Roxie, you got nothing to worry about.

It's all a circus, kid. A three ring circus.

These trials- the wholeworld- all show business.

But kid, you're working with a star, the biggest!

 

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 crow vociferous

 

Give 'em the old flim flam flummox

Fool and fracture 'em

How can they hear the truth above the 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

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 you get away with murder

 

Razzle dazzle 'em

And you've got a romance

 

 

Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle

Razzle dazzle 'em

 

Give 'em an act that's unassailable

They'll wait a year 'till you're available!

 

Give 'em the old Double whammy

Daze and dizzy'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

And they'll make you a star!

 


Real Live Girl

Lyrics: Carolyn Leigh; Music Cy Colemam

 

Pardon me miss

But I've never done this

With a real live girl

 

Strayed off the farm

With an actual armful

Of a real live girl

 

Pardon me if my affectionate squeeze

Fogs up my glasses and

Buckels my knees

 

I simply drown in the sight, and the sound,

And the scent and the feel

Of a real live girl

 

I've seen photographs and facsimiles

That have set my heart off in a whirl

But nothing can beat

Getting swept off your feet

By a real live girl

 

Dreams in your bunk

Don't compare with a hunk

Of a real live girl

 

Speaking of miracles this must be it

Just when I started to learn how to knit

I'm all in stitches

From finding what riches a waltz can reveal

With a real live girl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Roses For A Blue Lady

(1) Sid Tepper and Roy Bennett

 

I want some red roses for a blue lady

Mister florist take my order please

We had a silly quarrel the other day

I hope these pretty flowers chase her blues away

 

I want some red roses for a blue lady

Send them to the sweetest gal in town

And if they do the trick, I'll hurry back to pick

Your best white orchids for her wedding gown

 

I want some red roses for a blue lady

Mister florist take my order please

We had a silly quarrel, the other day

I hope these pretty flowers chase her blues away

 

I want some red roses for a blue, blue lady

Send them to the sweetest gal in town

And if they do the trick, I'll hurry back to pick

Your best white orchids for her wedding gown

 

Your best white orchids for her wedding gown


Red Sails In The Sunset

Lyrics: Jimmy Kennedy; Music: Hugh Williams

 

Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea

Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me

She sailed at the dawning, all day I've been blue

Red sails in the sunset, I'm trusting in you

 

Swift wings you must borrow

Make straight for the shore

We marry tomorrow

And she goes sailing no more

 

Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea

Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me

 

Swift wings you must borrow

Make straight for the shore

We marry tomorrow

And she goes sailing no more

 

Red sails in the sunset

Way out on the sea

Oh, carry my loved one

Home safely to me


Return to Me

(2) Lombardo/DiMinno

 

Return to me...

Oh my dear I'm so lonely...

Hurry back, hurry back, Oh my love...

Hurry back, I am yours.

 

Return to me...

For my heart wants you only...

Hurry home, hurry home, won't you please...

Hurry home, to my heart.

 

My darling if I hurt you, I'm sorry...

Forgive me, and please say you are mine!

 

Return to me...

Please come back bella mia...

Hurry back, hurry home, to my arms...

To my lips, and my heart.

 

Ritorna me...

Cara mia ti amo...

Solo tu, solo tu, solo tu, solo tu...

Mio cuore


Ring Them Bells

John Kander & Fred Ebb (1972)

from “Liza With A ‘Z’”

 

About a year ago - I heard this truly terrific, absolutely true story

And it just so happens that I told a couple of friends of mine this truly terrific, absolutely true story

And it just so happens that these friends of mine are song writers

And guess what happened, right, truly terrific, absolutely true song

 

Gather around, I've got a story to tell,

About a Manhattan lady that I know very well

She lives at Five Riverside,

Her name is Shirley Devore,

And she travelled 'round the world

to meet the guy next door

 

Well there was trouble inside apartment 29 E,

'Cause Shirley's mother and dad

were as upset as can be

They said we hate to complain dear

and we don't like to grouse,

But your nearly 32,

you should get out of the house

 

Chorus

You gotta ring them bells,

you gotta ring them bells,

You gotta make 'em sing

and really ring them bells

It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting-a-ling,

You gotta ring - them - bells

 

Well Shirley was 31,

which she was loathe to admit,

And she had never been loved,

which didn't thrill her a bit

And so she sat and she thought,

she thought for hours on end,

And said I'll go to Chase, Manhattan,

where I got me a friend

 

And so she borrowed a thou' and called TWA,

And told her mother and dad

that she was up and away

I'm gonna travel the continent,

a month, maybe two,

And haul me home a hus' if it's the last thing I do

 

Repeat Chorus

 

 

She met a Londoner first,

but they did not hit it off,

'Cause every time she approached

he got a bronchial cough

And so she went to Madrid

and met a handsome Senior,

But he liked to throw the bull

and he was no matador

 

She also bombed out in Brussells,

in Mallorca and Rome,

Til' someone said

try Dubrovnik dear before you go home

'Cause it's the kind of a town

where you'll be likely to fall,

And all the toni Cognoscenti

find the Balkans a ball

 

Repeat Chorus

 

And so she went to Dubruvnik

and the very first day,

She met a guy on the beach

who took her reason away

Yes it was love at first sight

and quite a beautiful scene,

She said my name is Shirl Devore,

he said I'm Norm Saperstein

She said are you from New York,

He said that can't be denied,

I've got a swell junior three

at number Five Riverside

Five? Five Riverside Drive in New York,

that's where you live?

That's-that's where I live, Five? Are you sure?

As if that wasn't enough,

for Shirley thought she'd gone deaf,

When he told her his apartment there was 29 F

 

Yes, she was 'E', he was 'F',

and they had not even met,

Until she travelled the world to Yugoslavia yet

He'd always been right next door

 and she would never have known,

If she hadn't tried Dubrovnik,

she might still be alone

 

 

 

 

 

Well - there's - a - moral to learn

from little Shirley Devore,

Who had to borrow a thou' to

find a lover next door

You girls who live in apartments,

don't just stare at the wall,

Open up the door and hurry out in the hall

 

And Oh Ring them bells,

come on, come on, ring them bells

Make 'em sing, you'd better ring them bells

It's such a happy thing to hear 'em ting-a-ling

You gotta swing them, ring them, swing them, ring them be-ells...


Rhinestone Cowboy

Words & Music by Larry Weiss

 

I've been walkin' these streets so long

Singin' the same old song

I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway

Where hustle's the name of the game

And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain

There's been a load of compromisin'

On the road to my horizon

But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

 

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know

And offers comin' over the phone

 

Well, I really don't mind the rain

And a smile can hide all the pain

But you're down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the long way

And I dream of the things I'll do

With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe

There'll be a load of compromisin'

On the road to my horizon

But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

 

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

Rhinestone cowboy

Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know

And offers comin' over the phone

 

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

 

Rhinestone cowboy

Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know


Rock-a-bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody

(1) Lewis - Young - Schwartz

 

Rock-a-bye your baby

With a Dixie melody

When you croon

Croon a tune

From the heart of Dixie

 

Just hang my cradle, Mammy mine

Right on the Mason-Dixon line

And swing it from Virginia

To Tennessee,

With all the love that's in ya!

 

Repeat from here

 

Weep no more my lady

Won't you sing that song again, for me

Sing old black Joe

Just as though

You had me on your knee

 

A million baby kisses I'll deliver

If you would only sing

That Swanee River

Rock-a-bye your rock-a-bye baby

With a Dixie melody

 

Rock-a-bye your baby

With a Dixie melody

When you croon

Croon a tune

From the heart of Dixie

 

Just hang my cradle, Mammy mine

Right on the Mason-Dixon line

And swing it from Virginia

To Tennessee,

With all the love that's in ya!

 

Weep no more my lady

Won't you sing that song again, for me

And sing it slow Just as though

You had me on your knee

 

A Million baby kisses I'll deliver

The minute

That you sing the Swanee River

Rock-a-bye your rock-a-bye baby

With a Dixie melody

 


Rose of Washington Square

 

They call me Rose of Washington Square

I'm withering there

In basement air, I'm fading

Pose, in plain or fancy clothes,

They say my Roman nose;

It seems to please artistic people.

Beaus, I've plenty of those,

In second hand clothes,

And nice long hair

I’ve got those Broadway vampires

Lashed to the mast,

I've got no future, but oh what a past

I'm Rose, of Washington Square

 

(Repeat all)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosie

Bye Bye Birdie Lee Adams and Charles Strouse

 

I was never crazy for flowers

I confess that nothing left me colder.

I could watch a daisy for hours

and all i'd feel was several hours older.

 

Lilacs or lilies,

anything you please

all that they did was make me shrug or sneeze.

 

But now i love each blossom that i see

for a lovely little rose loves me.

 

Now my life is Rosie,

Since I found my Rosie.

With a girl like rosie

How could I be blue?

 

Hand in hand we'll mosey

Me and little Rosie.

We will be so cozy

By a fire built for two.

 

Oh i once heard a poem that goes

A rose is a rose is a rose.

But i don't agree

Take it from me,

There's one rose sweeter than any that grows

 

That's my Rosie.

I'm so glad you chose me.

Life is one, sweet, beautiful song

to me.


Round and Round

Words and Music by Lou Stallman and Joe Shapiro

 

Find a wheel and it goes round, round, round

As it skims along with a happy sound

As it goes along the ground, ground, ground

'Til it leads you to the one you love

 

Then your love will hold you round, round, round

In your heart's a song with a brand new song

And your head goes spinning round, round, round

'Cause you've found what you've been dreamin' of

 

In the night you see the oval moon

Going round and round in tune

And the ball of sun in the day

Makes a girl and boy wanna say

 

Find a ring and put it round, round, round

And with ties so strong that two hearts are bound

Put it on the one you've found, found, found

For you know that this is really love

 

Find a wheel and it goes round, round, round

As it skims along with a happy sound

As it goes along the ground, ground, ground

'Til it leads you to the one you love

 

Then your love, you'll hold her round, round, round

In your heart's a song with a brand new song

And your head goes spinning round, round, round

'cause you've found what you've been dreamin' of

 

In the night you see the oval moon

Going round and round in tune

And the ball of sun in the day

Makes a girl and boy wanna say

 

Find a ring and put it round, round, round

And with ties so strong your two hearts are bound

Put it on the one you've found, found, found

For you know that this is really love

 

Find a ring, out it on

For you know that this is really love, really love, really love

 

 

Route 66

 

If you ever plan to motor west

Travel my way

Take the highway that’s the best

Get your kicks on Route 66

 

It winds from Chicago to L. A.

More than two thousand miles all the way

Get your kicks on Route 66

 

Now you go through St. Louie, Joplin Missouri

And Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty

You’ll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico

Flagstaff, Arizona, don’t forget Winona

Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino

 

Won’t you get hip to this timely tip

When you make that California trip

Get your kicks on Route 66


-S-

Sadie, Sadie

 

Sadie, Sadie, married lady,

See what’s on my hand!

There’s nothing quite as touching

As a simple wedding band!

 

Oh how that marriage license works

On chambermaids and hotel clerks

The honeymoon was such delight

That we got married that same night!

I’m Sadie, Sadie, married lady.

Sadie, you did the trick!

Not every girl can get herself

A guy who looks like Nick!

To tell the truth, it hurt my pride

The groom was prettier than the bride!

I’m Sadie, Sadie, married lady, that’s me!

 

Well Sadie’s home,

So Rosie Dear

Bring Chicken soup down to the pier

Sadie, Sadie, married lady, that’s me!

 

Sadie, Sadie, married lady

Meet a mortgagee,

The owner of an icebox

With a ten year guarantee

Oh, sit me in the softest seat,

Quick, a cushion for my feet!

Do for me, buy for me, lift me, carry me,

Finally got a guy to marry me!

 

I do my nails, read up on sales

All day the records play.

Then he comes home I tell him

Oy, what a day I had today!

 

I swear I’ll do my wifely job

Just sit at home, become a slob!

Sadie, Sadie, married lady,

A husband, a house, a mortgage, a baby

Sadie, Sadie, married lady, that’s me!

 


Saga of Jenny, The

Music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ira Gershwin;

from the musical One Touch of Venus, 1943

 

There once was a girl named Jenny

Whose virtues were varied and many

Excepting that she was inclined

Always to make up her mind

And Jenny points a moral

With which you cannot quarrel

As you will find

 

Jenny, Jenny

Who's Jenny?

Never heard of Jenny

 

Jenny made her mind up when she was 3

She herself was going to trim the Christmas tree

Christmas Eve she lit the candles

Tossed the tapers away

Little Jenny was an orphan on Christmas day

 

Poor Jenny, Bright as a penny

Her equal will be hard to find

She lost one dad and mother

A sister and a brother

But she would make up her mind

 

Jenny made her mind up when she was 12

That into foreign languages she would delve

But at 17 to Vassar It was quite a blow

That in 27 languages she couldn't say no.

 

Poor Jenny, Bright as a penny

Her equal will be hard to find

To Jenny I'm beholden

Her heart was big and golden

But she would make up her mind

 

Jenny made her mind up at 22

To get herself a husband was the thing to do

So she got herself all dolled up

In her satins and furs

And she got herself a husband

But he wasn't hers...

 

 

 

 

Poor Jenny, Bright as a penny

Her equal will be hard to find

Deserved a bed of roses

But history discloses

That she would make up her mind

 

Jenny made her mind up at 51

That she would write her memoirs before she was done

The very day her book was published, history relates

That were wifes who shot their husbands

In some 33 States.

 

Poor Jenny, Bright as a penny

She's got no equal, It's true,

She could give cards in spadies

To many other ladies

But she would make up her mind

 

Jenny made her mind up at 75

That she would live to be the oldest woman alive

 But gin and rum and destiny

They play funny tricks

And poor Jenny kicked the bucket

At 76...

 

Poor Jenny, Bright as a penny

Her equal will be hard to find

 

Poor Jenny, Bright as a penny

Her equal will be hard to find

 

Jenny, Jenny, Jenny, Jenny

Jenny points a moral with which you cannot quarrel

Makes a lot of common sense

Jenny and her saga

Prove that you're gaga

If you don't keep sitting on the fence

 

You know that Jenny and her story

Point the way to glory

For all man and womankind

Anyone with vision

Comes to this decision

You mustn't make up

Shouldn't make up

Never, ever, never make up

Your mind


Sam, You Made The Pants Too Long

 

Trousers dragging, slowly dragging through the street

Yes! I'm walking, but I'm walking without feet!

I'm not finding fault at all

You're too big and I'm too small

But Sam, you promised me both ends would meet

 

You made the coat and vest fit the best

You made the lining nice and strong

But Sam, you made the pants too long

 

You made the peak lapel look so swell

So who am I to say you're wrong?

But Sam, you made the pants too long

 

They got a belt and they got suspenders

So what can they lose?

But what good are belts and suspenders

When the pants are hanging over the shoes

 

You feel a winter breeze up and down the knees

The belt is where the tie belongs

'Cause Sam, Sam, Sam you made the pants too long!

 

San Antonio Rose

 

Deep within my heart lies a melody,

A song of old San Antone,

Where in dreams I live with a memory

Beneath the stars all alone.

It was there I found beside the Alamo

Enchantment strange as the blue up above.

A moonlit pass that only she would know,

Still hears my broken song of love.

Moon in all your splendour, know only my heart,

Call back my Rose, Rose of San Antone.

Lips so sweet and tender, like petals falling apart

Speak once again of my love, my own.

Broken songs, empty words I know

Still live in my heart all alone,

For that moonlit pass by the Alamo,

And Rose, my Rose of San Antone.

 

 

San Francisco

Gus Kahn

 

San Francisco, open up your golden gate

You let no stranger wait outside your door

San Francisco, here is your wandering one

Saying "I'll wander no more"

 

Other places only make me love you best

Tell me you're the heart of all the golden west

San Francisco, welcome me home again

I'm not at home to go roaming no more.

 


Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night in the Week

Cahn/van Heusen

 

Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week

'Cause that's the night that my sweetie and I

Used to dance cheek to cheek

I don't mind Sunday night at all

'Cause that's the night friends come to call

And Monday to Friday go fast

And another week is past

 

But Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week

I sing the song that I sang for the memories I usually seek

Until I hear you at the door

Until you're in my arms once more

Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week

 

mmmm... Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week

I sing the song that I sang for the memories I usually seek

Until I hear you at the door

Until you're in my arms once more

Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week

 

Until I hear you at the door

Until you're in my arms once more

Saturday night is the loneliest night in the week


Scotch & Soda

Dave Guard (BMI)

 

Scotch and soda, mud in your eye

Baby do I feel high

Oh me oh my do I feel high

 

Dry martini, jigger of gin

Oh what a spell you've got me in

Oh my, do I feel high

 

People won't believe me,

They'll think that I'm just braggin'

But I could feel the way I do

And still be on the wagon.

 

All I need is one of your smiles,

Sunshine of your eye Oh me oh my

Do I feel higher than a kite can fly

Give me lovin', baby, I feel high.

 

Oh, people won't believe me,

They'll think that I'm just braggin'

But I could feel the way I do

And still be on the wagon.

 

All I need is one of your smiles,

Sunshine of your eyes

Oh me oh my do I feel higher than a kite can fly

Give me lovin', baby I feel high.

 


Second Hand Rose

 

Father had a business

Strictly second hand

Everything from toothpicks

To a baby grand

 

Stuff in our apartment

Came from father’s store

Even cloths I’m wearing,

Someone’s wore before!

 

It’s no wonder that I feel abused

I never get a thing that ain’t been used

 

I'm wearing second-hand hats,

Second-hand clothes

That's why they call me

Second-hand rose

 

Even the piano in the parlor,

Daddy bought for ten cents on the dollar.

 

Second-hand pearls,

I'm wearing second-hand curls

I never get a single thing that's new

 

Even Jake the plumber

He's the man I adore

Has the nerve to tell me he's been married before

 

Everyone knows

That I'm just second-hand rose

From second avenue.

From second avenue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reprise

 

I'm wearing second hand hats

Second hand clothes

That's why they call me second hand Rose

(You're ragged)

Even my pajamas when I don em

Has somebody else's nitials on 'em

(Initials)

 

Second hand pearls

Oh, I'm wearing second hand curls

I never had a single thing that's new

(What's a girl to do about it?)

 

Once while strolling through the Ritz

A girl got my goat

(What'd she do?)

She nudged her friend and said

Oh, look, there's my old fur coat

(And how embarassing)

And everyone knows

That I'm just second hand Rose

From second avenue


Second Time Around, The

Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen

 

Love is lovelier,

The second time around.

Just as wonderful

With both feet on the ground.

It's that second time you hear your love song sung.

Makes you think, perhaps, that love, like youth,

Is wasted on the young.

 

Love's more comfortable

The second time you fall.

Like a friendly home,

The second time you call.

 

Repeat from here

 

Who can say what brought us

To this miracle we've found?

There are those who'll bet

Love comes but once, and yet,

I'm oh so glad we met, the second time around.

 


Seems Like Old Times

Lombardo, Loeb

 

Seems like old times, having you to walk with

Seems like old times, having you to talk with

And it's still a thrill

Just to have my arms around you

Still the thrill that it was the day I found you

 

Seems like old times, dinner dates and flowers

Just like old times, staying up for hours

Making dreams come true,

Doing things we used to do

Seems like old times being here with you

 

Seems like old times, dinner dates and flowers

Just like old times, staying up for hours

Making dreams come true,

Doing things we used to do

Seems like old times being here with you

Being here with you

Being here with you

 

 

See the Pyramids

(You Belong to Me)

 

See the pyramids across the Nile

See the sunrise on a tropic isle

Just remember, darling, all the while

You belong to me.

 

See the market place in old Algiers

Send me photographs and souvenirs

Just remember till your dream appears

You belong to me.

 

I'll be so alone without you

Maybe, you'll be lonesome too and blue.

 

Fly the ocean in a silver plane

See the jungle when it's wet with rain

Just remember till you're home again

You belong to me

 

Oh, I'll be so alone without you (oh, I will, honey)
darling, darling, you'll be lonesome too
and you're gonna be blue.

 

 

Send in The Clowns

Sondheim

 

Isn't it rich, aren't we a pair

Me here at last on the ground - and you in mid-air

Send in the clowns

 

Isn't it bliss, don't you approve

One who keeps tearing around - and one who can't move

But where are the clowns - send in the clowns

 

Just when I stopped opening doors

Finally finding the one that I wanted - was yours

Making my entrance again with my usual flair

Sure of my lines - nobody there

 

Don't you love a farce; my fault I fear

I thought that you'd want what I want - sorry my dear

But where are the clowns - send in the clowns

Don't bother they're here

 

Isn't it rich, isn't it queer

Losing my timing this late in my career

But where are the clowns - send in the clowns

Well maybe next year


Sentimental Journey

Doris Day

Words and music: Bud Green, Les Brown and Ben Homer

 

Gonna take a sentimental journey

Gonna set my heart at ease

Gonna make a sentimental journey

To renew old memories

 

Got my bag, got my reservation

Spent each dime I could afford

Like a child in wild anticipation

Long to hear that "All aboard"

 

Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven

I'll be waitin' up for heaven

Countin' every mile of railroad track

That takes me back

 

Never thought my heart could be so yearny

Why did I decide to roam?

Gotta take that sentimental journey

Sentimental journey home

 

Sentimental journey home!

Sentimental journey home!

 


September Song

1938 Maxwell Anderson / Kurt Weill

 

When I was a young man courting the girls

I played me a waiting game.

If a maid refused me with tossing curls

I'd let the old earth take a couple of twirls

And I'd ply her with tears instead of pearls

And as time came around, she came my way

As time came around, she came

 

But it's a long, long while from May to December

And the days grow short when you reach September.

The autumn weather turns the leaves to flame

And I haven't got the time for the waiting game.

 

Oh, the days dwindle down to precious few;

September, November.

And these few precious days I'll spend with you.

These precious days I'll spend with you.


Serenade In Blue

(1)

When I hear that Serenade in blue

I'm somewhere in another world, alone with you

Sharing all the joys we used to know

Many moons ago

 

Once again your face comes back to me

Just like the theme of some forgotten melody

In the album of my memory

Serenade in blue

 

It seems like only yesterday

The small cafe, a crowded floor

And as we danced the night away

I hear you say forever more

And then the song became a sigh

Forever more became goodbye

Cause you remained in my heart, but

 

Tell me darling is there still a spark?

Or only lonely ashes of the flame we knew

Should I go on whistling in the dark?

Serenade in blue

Seven and a Half Cents

From the Pajama Game (1957)

by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross

 

I figured it out, I figured it out

With a pencil and a pad I figured it out

 

Seven and a half cents

doesn't buy a heck of a lot

Seven and a half cents

doesn't mean a thing

But give it to me every hour

Forty hours every week,

That's enough for me to be

livin' like a king.


Shaking the Blues Away

From Easter Parade Irving Berlin 1948

 

There's an old superstition

Way down South

Everybody believes that trouble won't stay

If you shake it away.

When they hold a revival

Way down South

Everybody with care and trouble that day

Tries to shake it away.

 

Shakin' the blues away

Unhappy news away

If you were blue, it's easy to

Shake off your cares and troubles

Tellin' the blues to go

They may refuse to go

But as a rule, they'll go if you

Shake 'em away!

 

Do like the voodoos do

Listen to a voodoo melody

They shake their bodies so

To and fro

With every shake

A lucky break

Provin' that there's a way

To chase your cares away

If you would lose your weary blues

Shake 'em away

Shake 'em away!

 

Chorus

Shaking the blues away

Unhappy news away

If you are blue

It's easy to

Shake off your

Shake off your cares

And shake off your troubles

Provin' that there's a way

To chase your cares away

If you would lose

Your weary blues

Shake them away

Shake them away

Away, away

Shake them away


Shall we Dance

 

Shall we dance? On a bright cloud of music

Shall we fly?

Shall we dance?

Shall we say goodnight and mean goodbye?

Or perchance

When the last little star has left the sky?

Shall we still be together

With our arms about each other?

And shall you be my new romance?

On the clear understanding that

This kind of thing can happen,

Shall we dance? Shall we dance? Shall we dance!

 

Getting to Know You

 

Getting to know you,

Getting to know all about you.

Getting to like you,

Getting to hope you like me.

 

Getting to know you,

Putting it my way but nicely.

You are precisely,

My cup of tea.

 

Getting to know you,

Getting to feel free and easy.

When I am with you,

Getting to know what to say.

Haven't you noticed,

Suddenly I'm bright and breezy,

Because of all the beautiful and new

Things I'm learning about you

Day by day.

Whistle a Happy Tune

 

Whenever I feel afraid

I hold my head erect

And whistle a happy tune

So no one will suspect

I'm afraid

 

While shivering in my shoes

I strike a careless pose

And whistle a happy tune

And no one ever knows I'm afraid

 

The result of this deception

Is very strange to tell

For when I fool the people I fear

I fool myself as well

 

I whistle a happy tune

And ev'ry single time

The happiness in the tune

Convinces me that I'm not afraid

 

Make believe you're brave

And the trick will take you far

You may be as brave

As you make believe you are

 

Whistle here

 

You may be as brave

As you make believe you are

Hello Young Lovers

 

Hello young lovers who ever you are

I hope your troubles are few

All my good wishes go with you tonight

I've been in love like you

 

Be brave young lovers and follow your star

Be brave and faithful and true

Cling very close to each other tonight

I've been in love like you

 

Repeat from here

 

I know how it feels to have wings on your heels

And fly down the street in a trance

You fly down a street on a chance that you'll meet

And you meet not really by chance

 

Don't cry young lovers what ever you do

Don't cry because I'm alone

 

All of my memories are happy tonight

I've had a love of my own

I've had a love of my own like yours

I've had a love of my own


Shanghai

Bob Hilliard / Milton DeLugg

 

Why did I tell you I was going to Shanghai

I want to be with you tonight

Why did I holler I was going to Shanghai

I want to be with you tonight

It was just a little misunderstanding

That a kiss on the cheek could patch

I need you so badly

I’d gladly start all over from scratch

 

Oh, why did I tell you it was bye-bye for Shanghai

I’m even allergic to rice

Why don’t you stop me

When I talk about Shanghai

It’s just a lover’s device

 

Who’s gonna kiss me

Who’s gonna thrill me

Who’s gonna hold me tight

I’m right around the corner in a phone booth

And I want to be with you tonight

 

Why did I tell you I was going to Shanghai

I want to be with you tonight

Why did I holler I was going to Shanghai

I want to be with you tonight

It was just a little misunderstanding

That a kiss on the cheek could patch

I need you so badly

I’d gladly start all over from scratch

 

Oh, why did I tell you it was bye-bye for Shanghai

I’m even allergic to rice

Why don’t you stop me

When I talk about Shanghai

It’s just a lover’s device

 

Who’s gonna kiss me

Who’s gonna thrill me

Who’s gonna hold me tight

I’m right around the corner in a phone booth

And I want to be with you tonight


(In a) Shanty In Old Shanty Town

 

It's only a shanty in old Shanty Town,

The roof is so slanty it touches the ground:

But my tumble down shack

By the old railroad track

Like a millionaire's mansion is calling me back.

 

I'd give up a palace if I were a king;

It's more than a palace, it's my ev'rything.

There's a queen waiting there with a silvery crown

In a shanty in old Shanty Town.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She Loves Me

from She Loves Me

by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick

 

She loves me

And to my amazement

I love it knowing that she loves me

She loves me,

True, she doesn't show it

How could she,

When she doesn't know it.

 

Yesterday she loathed me, ah!

Now today she likes me, ah!

And tomorrow, tomorrow...

AAAAAAAAAAAh!

 

My teeth ache from the urge to touch her

I'm speechless for I mustn't tell her

It's wrong now, but it won't be long now

Before my love discovers

That she and I are lovers

Imagine how surprised she's bound to be,

She loves meeeeeeeeeee!

 

I love her, isn't that a wonder?

I wonder why I didn't want her.

I want her, that's the thing that matters,

And matters are improving daily.

 

Yesterday I loathed her, ah!

Now today I love her, ah!

And tomorrow, tomorrow...

AAAAAAAAAAAh!

 

I'm tingling such delicious tingle,

I'm trembling, what the hell does that mean?

I'm freezing that's because it's cold out.

But still I'm incandescent

And like some adolescent

I'd like to scrawl on ev'ry wall I see

She loves me!

She loves meeeeeeeee!


She's Funny That Way

Lyrics: Richard Whiting

 

I'm not much to look at, nothin' to see

Just glad I'm livin' and happy to be

I got a woman, crazy for me

She's funny that way

 

I can't save a dollar, ain't worth a cent

She'd never holler, she'd live in a tent

I got a woman, crazy for me

She's funny that way

 

Though she'd love to work

And slave for me every day

She'd be so much better off

If I went away

 

But why should I leave her, why should I go?

She'd be unhappy without me, I know

I got a woman, crazy for me

She's funny that way


Shine on Harvest Moon

Bayes, Norworth

 

Chorus

 

Shine on,

Shine on harvest moon,

Up in the sky.

I ain't had no loving,

Since January, February,

June or July.

Snow time,

Pay no time to stay,

Outdoors and swoon.

Shine on,

Shine on harvest moon,

For me and my gal.

 

The night was mighty dark

So you could hardly see

A moon refused to shine

Couple sitting underneath a willow tree

For love they pine

Little maid was kind afraid of darkness

So she said I guess I go

Boy begins to sigh

Looked up at the ski

Told the moon his tail of woo

 

Repeat Chorus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shrine of Saint Cecilia, The

Words by Carroll Loveday & Music by Jokern (1940)

Recorded by Kate Smith, The Andrews Sisters, Vaughn Monroe

 

In shelter and by candle light,

I’m writing to you,

My hand, a bit shaky,

And my pen dipped in blue,

The news is depressing

Life has seen a change,

But here is a story quite strange.

 

Our home is a shambles

All I've treasured is gone.

The town seems deserted,

Ev’ryone so forlorn,

A storm came from up above,

But somehow it missed,

The shrine of Saint Cecilia

 

The bells in the chapel,

Never ring any more,

The clock in the steeple,

Can't tell time as before,

But up on a hillside,

Stands a place heaven blessed

The shrine of Saint Cecilia

 

Each day, at even-tide

When I seek haven

From my daily care,

You'll find me by her side,

It seems so peaceful there

 

I kneel in my solitude

And silently pray,

That heav’n will protect you dear,

And there'll come a day,

The storm will be over,

And that we'll meet again,

At the shrine of Saint Cecilia

 

 


Should I?

Album Title:               The Columbia Years, 1943-1952, Vol. 11

Prime Artist:              Frank Sinatra

Arranger:                  George Siravo

Written by:                Nacio Herb Brown

 

Written by:                Arthur Francis (pseudonym for Ira Gershwin)

From the Film:             Lord Byron of Broadway  1930  (M)

 

Should I reveal exactly how I feel?

Should I confess I love you?

Should I recite beneath the pale moonlight?

And swear by the stars above you?

 

Could I repeat the sweetest story told?

Could I entreat, would it be too bold?

 

Should I reveal 'xactly how I feel?

Should I confess I love you?

 

<jazz instrumental>

 

Could I repeat that sweetest story told?

Could I entreat, would it be too bold?

 

Should I reveal 'xactly how I feel?

Should I confess I love you?

And swear by stars above you?

Should I confess I love you?
Shuffle Off to Buffalo

 

The honeymoon in store

Is one that you'll adore

I'm gonna take you for a ride

I'll go home and pack my panties

You go home and get your scanties

And away we'll go

Off we're gonna shuffle

Shuffle Off to Buffalo

 

To Niagara in a sleeper

There's no honeymoon that's cheaper

And the train goes slow

Off we're gonna shuffle

Shuffle Off to Buffalo...

 

For a little silver quarter

We can have the Pullman porter

Turn the lights down low

Off we're gonna shuffle

Shuffle Off to Buffalo

 

Matrimony is baloney

She'll be wanting alimony

In a year of so

Still they go and shuffle

Shuffle Off to Buffalo

When she knows as much as we know

She'll be on her way to Reno

While he still has dough

She'll give him the Shuffle

When they're back from Buffalo


Side By Side

 

Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money,

Maybe we're ragged and funny,

But we'll travel along,

Singing a song,

Side by side.

 

Tho' we don't know

What's coming tomorrow,

Maybe it's trouble and sorrow,

But we'll travel the road

Sharin' our load,

Side by side.

 

Thru all kinds of weather,

What if the sky should fall,

Just as long as we're together,

It really doesn't matter at all,

 

When they've all had their troubles and parted,

We'll be the same as we started,

Just travelling along,

Singing a song,

Side by side.

 

Thru all kinds of weather,

What if the sky should fall,

Just as long as we're together,

It really doesn't matter  - doesn't matter at all,

 

When they've all had their troubles and parted,

We'll be the same as we started,

Just travelling along,

Singing a song,

Side by side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sing

Carpenters

 

Sing, sing a song

Sing out loud

Sing out strong

Sing of good things not bad

Sing of happy not sad.

 

Sing, sing a song

Make it simple to last

Your whole life long

Don't worry that it's not

Good enough for anyone

Else to hear

Just sing, sing a song.

 

Sing, sing a song

Let the world sing along

Sing of love there could be

Sing for you and for me.

 

Sing, sing a song

Make it simple to last

Your whole life long

Don't worry that it's not

Good enough for anyone

Else to hear

Just sing, sing a song.

 


Sincerely

Words and Music by Harvey Fuqua and Alan Freed

 

Sincerely, oh yes, sincerely

'Cause I love you so dearly

Please say you'll be mine

 

Sincerely, oh you know how I love you

I'll do anything for you

Please say you'll be mine

 

Oh Lord, won't you tell me why

I love that fella so

He doesn't want me

But I'll never, never, never, never let him go

 

Sincerely, oh you know how I love you

I'll do anything for you

Please say you'll be mine

 

Oh Lord, won't you tell me why

I love that fella so

He doesn't want me

But I'll never, never, never, never let him go

 

Sincerely, oh you know how I love you

I'll do anything for you

Please say you'll be mine

 

Please say you'll be mine


Singing in the Rain

(Gene Kelly)

 

Believed to be the Original Verse – Broadway Melody of 1929, MGM, 1929.

 

Why am I smiling and why do I sing?

Why does December seem sunny as spring?

 

Why do I get up each morning and start,

Happy and head up with joy in my heart?

 

Why is each new task a trifle to do?

Because I am living a life full of you.

 

I’m Singing… 

 

Garland Verse – Little Nellie Kelly, MGM, 1940.

 

[Spoken]

 

Have you ever suffered that horrible thing,

Of having your hostess ask you to sing?

 

And just because you are so polite,

You mutter through your teeth, “Alright.”

 

Then suddenly a deathly gloom,

Descends upon the entire room.

 

And the whispering gallery starts to ring,

With, “Hold your hats, she's gonna sing.”

 

Well,

 

[Sung]

 

Here I am with great regret,

An innocent victim of etiquette.

 

I'm going to sing, but not for long,

And though its old, its a lovely song.

 

I’m Singing… 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual Song

 

 

 

I'm singing in the rain

Just singing in the rain

What a glorious feeling

I'm happy again

 

I'm laughing at clouds

So dark up above

'Cause the sun's in my heart

And I'm ready for love

 

Let the stormy clouds chase

Everyone from the place

Come on with the rain

I've a smile on my face

 

I'll walk down the lane

With a happy refrain

'Cause I'm singing

Just singing in the rain.

 

I N T E R L U D E

 

I'm singing in the rain

Just singing in the rain

What a glorious feeling

I'm happy again

 

I'm laughing at clouds

So dark up above

'Cause the sun's in my heart

And I'm ready for love

 

Let the stormy clouds chase

Everyone from the place

Come on with the rain

I've a smile on my face

 

I'll walk down the lane

With a happy refrain

'Cause I'm singing

Just singing in the rain.


Sisters, Sisters

Irving Berlin 1954

 

Sisters, sisters,

There were never such devoted sisters.

Never had to have a chaperone, no sir,

I'm there to keep my eye on her.

 

Caring, sharing

Every little thing that we are wearing.

When a certain gentleman arrived from Rome

She wore the dress and I stayed home.

 

All kinds of weather, we stick together

The same in the rain or sun.

Two different faces but in tight places

We think and we act as one. Uh-huh.

 

Those who've seen us,

Know that not a thing could come between us.

Many men have tried to split us up

But no one can.

Lord help the mister

Who comes between me and my sister,

And Lord help the sister

That comes between me and my man.


Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat

 

N: Nicely-Nicely

E: Ensemble

NE: Nicely and Ensemble

 

N: I dreamed last night I got the boat to heaven

And by some chance I had brought my dice along

and there I stood, and I hollered

Someone fade me

but the passengers they knew right from wrong...

 

For the people all said sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat

E: People all said sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat

N: And the devil will drag you under,

By the sharp lapel of your checkered coat

Sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down

NE: sit down you're rocking the boat.

 

N: I sailed (E: Ooo..) away on that little boat to heaven

And by some chance founda bottle in my fist,

And there I stood,

Nicely passin' out the whiskey

But the passengers were bound to resist...

 

For the people all said beware

E: People all said beware - beware

N: you're on a heavenly trip

People all said beware

E: People all said beware

N: beware you'll scuttle the ship

And the devil will drag you under

By the fancy tie 'round your wicked throat

sit down

NE: sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat

 

N: And as (E: Ooo...) I laughed at those passengers to heaven

A great big wave came and washed me overboard

And as I sank, and I hollered:

Someone save me

That's the moment I woke up thank the Lord...

E: Thank the Lord, thank the Lord

 

N: And I said to myself sit down,

E: Said to himself sit down - sit down

N: sit down you're rocking the boat

Said to myself sit down,

E: said to himself sit down

N: sit down you're rocking the boat

And the devil will drag you under

E: And the devil will drag you under

N: With a soul so heavy you'd never float,

sit down

NE: sit down, sit down, sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat

Sit down, you're rockin', sit down, sit down,

Sit down you're rockin' the boat

Sit down, you're rockin', sit down, sit down,

Sit down you're rockin' the boat

Sit down you're rockin' the boat


Sixteen Candles

 

Happy birthday...

Happy birthday, baby!

Oh, I love you so!

 

Sixteen candles

Make a lovely light,

But not as bright

As your eyes tonight.

 

Blow out the candles

And make a wish come true,

For I'll be wishing

That you loved me too

 


Sixteen Going on Seventeen

 

You wait, little girl, on an empty stage,

For fate to turn the light on.

Your life, little girl, is an empty page

That men will want to write on

 

To write on.........

 

You are sixteen going on seventeen

Baby, it's time to think

Better beware, be canny and careful

Baby, you're on the brink

 

You are sixteen going on seventeen

Fellows will fall in line

Eager young lads and roues and cads

Offer you food and wine

 

Totally unprepared are you to face a world of men

Timid and shy and scared are you

Of things beyond your ken

 

You'll need someone older and wiser

Telling you what to do,

I am seventeen going on eighteen

I'll take care of you!

 

I am sixteen going seventeen

I know that I'm naive

Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet

And willingly I believe

 

I am sixteen going seventeen

Innocent as a rose

Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies

What do I know of those?

 

Totally unprepared am I to face a world of men

Timid and shy and scared am I

Of things beyond my ken

 

I need someone older and wiser

Telling me what to do,

You are seventeen going on eighteen

I'll depend on you!

 


Slippin' Around

Jimmy Wakely & Margaret Whiting

-Words and Music by Floyd Tillman

 

-Source: "Jimmy Wakely Vintage Collections" - Capitol 7243-8-36591-2-8

-Notes: Recorded July 20, 1949

 

Seems we always have to slip around

To be together, Dear

Slipping around

Afraid we might be found

 

I know I can't forget you

And I've gotta have you near

But we just have to

Slip around and live in constant fear

 

Oh, you're tied up with someone else

And I am all tied up, too

I know I've made mistakes, Dear

But I'm so in love with you

 

I hope some day I'll find a way

To bring you back to me

And I won't have to slip around

To have your company

 

<instrumental interlude>

 

Oh, you're tied up with someone else

And I'm all tied up, too

I know I've made mistakes, Dear

But I'm so in love with you

 

I hope some day I'll find a way

To bring you back to me

And I won't have to slip around

And I won't have to slip around

To have your company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sloop John B

The Beach Boys (traditional West Indies folk song)

 

We come on the sloop John B

My grandfather and me

Around Nassau town we did roam

Drinking all night

Got into a fight

Well I feel so broke up

I want to go home

 

So hoist up the John B's sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the Captain ashore

Let me go home, let me go home

I wanna go home, yeah yeah

Well I feel so broke up

I wanna go home

 

The first mate he got drunk

And broke in the Cap'n's trunk

The constable had to come and take him away

Sheriff John Stone

Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah

Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home

 

So hoist up the John B's sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the Captain ashore

Let me go home, let me go home

I wanna go home, let me go home

Why don't you let me go home

(Hoist up the John B's sail)

Hoist up the John B

I feel so broke up I wanna go home

Let me go home

 

The poor cook he caught the fits

And threw away all my grits

And then he took and he ate up all of my corn

Let me go home

Why don't they let me go home

This is the worst trip I've ever been on

 

So hoist up the John B's sail

See how the mainsail sets

Call for the Captain ashore

Let me go home, let me go home

I wanna go home, let me go home

Why don't you let me go home


Slow Poke

 

(Slow poke, slow poke, I'm a silly old slow poke)

 

You keep me waitin' till it's gettin' aggravatin',

You're a slow poke

You wait and worry but I never seem to hurry,

I'm a slow poke

Time means nothin' to you,

I wait (you wait) and then

Late again, eight o'clock, nine o'clock, quarter to ten

 

Why should I linger every time you snap your finger, little slow poke?

Why can't I hasten when I see the time's a-wastin'? I'm a slow poke, dear

Why should I keep tryin' to change you? It's not the thing to do

Here's the thing to do-I guess you'll have to learn to be a slow poke, too (slow

poke, too)

 

(Slow poke, slow poke, I'm a silly old slow poke)

 

We keep on waitin' till it's gettin' aggravatin', what a slow poke

We wait and worry but there's never any hurry, what a slow poke

Time means nothin', you see, we wait and then

Late again, eight o'clock, nine o'clock, quarter to ten

 

Why should I linger every time you snap your finger, little slow poke? (slow poke)

Why can't you hasten when you see the time's a-wastin'? You're a slow poke, dear

Why do you keep tryin' to change me?

It's not the thing to do

Then I guess I'll have to learn to be a silly old slow poke, too

 

Slow poke, slow poke, you're a silly old slow poke

Slow poke, slow poke, I'm a silly old slow poke

 

Slow poke!!

 


Small Talk

 

I don’t wanna talk Small Talk

Now that I’m alone with you.

I don’t wanna talk Small Talk

We’ve got bigger things to do.

 

Let’s not talk of the weather

Or the fashions of the fall.

Why don’t you stop all this small talk?

I’ve got something better, for your lips to do

And that takes no talk at all!

 

 

 

 

 

Smiles

 

There are smiles, that make us happy

There are smiles, that make us blue

There are smiles, that steal away the teardrops

Like the Sunbeams steal away the dew

 

There are smiles, that have a tender meaning

That the eyes of love alone can see

But the smiles, that fill my life with sunshine

Are the smiles that you gave to...

 

But the smiles, that fill my life with sunshine

Are the smiles that you gave to me!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

The Platters

 

They asked me how I knew

My true love was true

I of course replied 0

Something here inside

Cannot be denied

They said someday you'll find

All who love are blind

When your heart's on fire

you must realize

Smoke gets in your eyes

 

So I chaffed them and I gayly laughed

To think they could doubt my love

Yet today my love has flown away

I am without my love

 

Now laughing friends deride

Tears I cannot hide

So I smile and say

When a lovely flame dies

Smoke gets in your eyes

Smoke gets in your eyes


So Easy to Love

 

You'd be so easy to love

So easy to idolize

All others above

 

So worth the yearning for

So swell to keep every home fire burning for

 

We'd be so grand at the game

So carefree together it does seem a shame

 

That you can't see a future with me

'Cause you'd be oh so easy to love

 

 


So In Love

(3) Cole Porter/C. Albert P. Kiss Me Kate  1948

 

Strange dear, but true dear,

When I'm close to you, dear,

The stars fill the sky,

So in love with you am I.

Even without you,

My arms fold about you,

You know darling why,

So in love with you am I.

 

In love with the night mysterious,

The night when you first were there,

In love with my joy delirious,

When I knew that you could care,

 

So taunt me, and hurt me,

Deceive me, desert me,

I'm yours, till I die.....

So in love.... So in love....

So in love with you, my love... am I....

 


Soliloquy

Rodgers/Hammerstein

 

I wonder what hell think of me

I guess hell call me the "old man"

I guess hell think I can lick

Evry other fellers father Well, I can!

 

I bet that hell turn out to be

The spittin image of his dad

But hell have more common sense

Than his puddin-headed father ever had

 

Ill teach him to wrassle

And dive through a wave

When we go in the mornins for our swim

His mother can teach him

 

The way to behave

But she wont make a sissy out o him

Not him! not my boy! not bill!

Bill. I will see that he is named after me, I will.

 

Chorus

My boy, bill! hell be tall

And tough as a tree, will bill!

Like a tree hell grow with his head held high

And his feet planted firm on the ground

And you wont see nobody dare to try

To boss or toss him around!

 

No pot-bellied, baggy-eyed bullyll toss him around

I dont give a damn what he does

As long as he does what he likes!

He can sit on his tail  Or work on a rail

With a hammer, hammering spikes!

He can ferry a boat on a river

Or peddle a pack on his back

Or work up and down The streets of a town

With a whip and a horse and a hack

He can haul a scow along a canal

Run a cow around a corral

Or maybe bark for a carousel

Of course it takes talent to do that well

He might be a champ of theheavyweights

Or a feller that sells you glue

Or president of the united states

Thatd be all right, too

His mother would like that

But he wouldnt be president unless he wanted to be Not bill!

 

Repeat Chorus

 

No fat-bottomed, flabby-faced, pot-bellied,

baggy-eyed bastardll boss Him around

And Ill be damned if hell marry the boss daughter

A skinny-lipped virgin with blood like water

Wholl give him a peck

And call it a kiss

And look in his eyes through a lorgnet

Say, why am I talkin on like this?

 My kid aint even been born, yet!

I can see him when hes seventeen or so

And startin to go with a girl

I can give him lots of pointers, very sound

On the way to get round any girl

I can tell him ...

 

Wait a minute!

Could it be?

What the hell!

What if he is a girl?

What would I do with her?

What could I do for her?

A bum with no money!

You can have fun with a son

But you got to be a father to a girl

She mighnt be so bad at that

A kid with ribbons in her hair!

A kind o neat and petite

Little tin-type of her mother  What a pair!

I can just hear myself bragging about her!

My little gir Pink and white

As peaches and cream is she

My little gir Is half again as bright

As girls are meant to be!

Dozens of boys pursue her

Many a likely lad does what he can to woo her

>from her faithful dad

She has a few

Pink and white young fellers of two and three

But my little girl

Gets hungry evry night and she come home to me!

My little girl, my little girl!

I got to get ready before she comes!

I got to make certain that she

Wont be dragged up in slums

With a lot o bums like me

Shes got to be sheltered

And be dressed in the best money can buy!

I never knew how to get money

But, Ill try, by god! Ill try!

Ill go out and make it or steal it

Or take it or die!


Somebody Else Is Taking My Place

Howard - Ellsworth - Morgan

 

Somebody else is taking my place,

Somebody else now shares your embrace,

While I am trying,

To keep from crying,

You go around with a smile on your face

 

Little you care for vows that you made,

Little you care how much I have paid,

My heart is aching,

My heart is breaking,

For somebody's taking my place

 

Little you care for vows that you made,

Little you care how much I have paid,

My heart is aching,

My heart is breaking,

For somebody's taking my place.

 

 

 

 

 


Somebody Loves Me

Gershwin

 

Somebody loves me,

I wonder who,

I wonder who he can be;

 

Somebody loves me

I wish I knew,

Who can he be

Worries me.

 

For every guy that passes by

I shout, hey maybe,

You were meant to be

My Loving baby;

 

Somebody loves me,

I wonder who,

Maybe it's you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Somebody Somewhere

(1) Frank Loesser (Most Happy Fellow)

 

Somebody somewhere

Wants me and needs me

That's very wonderful, to know!

 

Somebody lonely,

Wants me to care

Wants me of all people,

To notice him there!

 

Well, I want to be wanted,

Need to be needed,

And, I'll admit I'm all, aglow!

 

Somebody somewhere

Wants me and needs me.

Wants lonely me

To smile and say "hello"

 

Somebody somewhere

Wants me and needs me

And that's very wonderful to know!

 

( Somebody somewhere,

wants me and needs me . . . )

 

. . . wants lonely me 

to smile and say "hello"

 

Somebody somewhere 

wants me and needs me

and that's very wonderful 

to know!

 


Some Enchanted Evening

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein, II; Music: Richard Rodgers.

 

Some enchanted evening,

You may see a stranger

You may see a stranger

Across a crowded room,

 

An' somehow you know,

You know even then,

That somewhere you'll

See her again and again!

 

Some enchanted evening,

Someone may be laughing

You may hear her laughing

Across a crowded room,

 

An' night after night

As strange as it seems

The sound of her laughter

Will sing in your dreams!

 

Who can explain it,

Who can tell you why,

Fools give you reasons,

Wise men never try!

 

Some enchanted evening,

When you find your true love

When you hear her call you

Across a crowded room,

 

Then fly to her side

And make her your own

Or all thru your life

You may dream all alone!

 

Once you have found her, 

Never let her go!

 

Once you have found her, 

Never let her go!

 


Someone to Watch Over Me

(1) Gershwin

 

There's a somebody I'm longing to see

I hope that he turns out to be

Someone who'll watch over me

I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood

I know I could always be good

To one who'll watch over me

 

Although he may not be the man some

Guys think of as handsome

To my heart he carries the key

Won't you tell him please to put on some speed

Follow my lead, oh, how I need

Someone to watch over me

 

They Can't Take That Away from Me

Gershwin

 

There are many many crazy things

That will keep me loving you

And with your permission

May I list a few

 

The way you wear your hat

The way you sip your tea

The memory of all that

No, no they can't take that away from me

 

The way your smile just beams

The way you sing off key

The way you haunt my dreams

No, no they can't take that away from me

 

We may never, never meet again,

On that bumpy road to love

Still I'll always, always keep the memory of

The way you hold your knife

The way we danced ‘till three

The way you changed my life

No, no they can't take that away from me

 

Repeat all

 

No they can't take that away

No they can't take that away from me

Somebody Loves Me

Gershwin

 

Somebody loves me,

I wonder who,

I wonder who he can be;

 

Somebody loves me

I wish I knew,

Who can he be

Worries me.

 

For every guy that passes by

I shout, hey maybe,

You were meant to be

My Loving baby;

 

Somebody loves me,

I wonder who,

Maybe it's you.

 

Embraceable You

Gershwin

 

Embrace me,

My sweet embraceable you.

Embrace me,

You irreplaceable you.

Just one look at you - my heart grew tipsy in me;

You and you alone bring out the gypsy in me.

I love all

The many charms about you;

Above all

I want my arms about you.

Don't be a naughty baby,

Come to papa - come to papa - do !

My sweet embraceable you.

 


Something’s Gotta Give

Johnny Mercer

 

When an irresistable force such as you

Meets an old immovable object like me,

You can bet, as sure as you live,

Something’s gotta give,

Something’s gotta give,

Something’s gotta give,

 

When an irrepressible smile such as yours

Warms an old implacable heart such as mine,

Don’t say no, because I insist,

Somewhere, somehow, someone’s gotta be kissed,

 

So, en garde`, who knows what the fates have in store,

From their vast mysterious sky?

I’ll try hard, ignorin’ those lips I adore,

But, how long can anyone try?

 

Fight, fight, fight, fight it with all of your might,

Chances are some heavenly star-spangled night,

You’ll find out as sure as you live,

Something’s gotta give,

Something’s gotta give,

Something’s gotta give


Somethin' Stupid

Robbie Williams

 

I know I stand in line

Until you think you have the time

To spend an evening with me

And if we go someplace to dance

I know that there's a chance

You won't be leaving with me

 

Then afterwards we drop into a quiet little place

And have a drink or two

And then I go and spoil it all

By saying something stupid

Like I love you

 

I can see it in your eyes

That you despise the same old lines

You heard the night before

And though it's just a line to you

For me it's true

And never seemed so right before

 

I practice every day to find some clever

lines to say

To make the meaning come through

But then I think I'll wait until the evening

gets late

And I'm alone with you

 

The time is right

Your perfume fills my head

The stars get red

And oh the night's so blue

And then I go and spoil it all

By saying something stupid

Like I love you

I love you...

 

 

 


Something Wonderful

 

Intro:

 

This is a man who thinks with his heart

And his heart isn't always right

This is a man who stumbles and falls

But this is a man who tries

This is a man you forgive and forgive

And love and protect as long as you live

 

He will not always say

What you would have him say

But now and then he'll say

Something wonderful.

The thoughtless things he'll do

Will hurt you and worry you

Then all at once, he'll do

Something wonderful.

He has a thousand dreams

That won't come true

You know that he believes in them

And that's enough for you.

You'll always go along

Defend him when he's wrong

And tell him when he's strong

He is wonderful

He'll always need your love

And so he'll get your love.

A man who needs your love

Can be wonderful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Somewhere There's a place for us

(1) Music: Leonard Bernstein Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim

 

There's a place for us,

Somewhere a place for us.

Peace and quiet and open air

Wait for us somewhere.

 

There's a time for us,

Someday a time for us.

Time together with time to spare,

Time to learn, time to care.

 

Someday, somewhere

We'll find a new way of living,

We'll find a way of forgiving,

Somewhere.

 

There's a place for us,

A time and place for us.

Hold my hand and we're halfway there

Hold my hand and I'll take you there,

Somehow, someday, somewhere.

 

Someday, somewhere

We'll find a new way of living,

We'll find a way of forgiving,

Somewhere.

 

There's a place for us,

A time and place for us.

Hold my hand and we're halfway there

Hold my hand and I'll take you there,

Somehow, someday, somewhere.


Soon it's Gonna Rain

Lyrics: Tome Jones Music: Harvey Schmidt

 

Hear how the wind begins to whisper

See how the leaves go streaming by

Smell how the velvet rain is falling

Out where the fields are warm and dry

Now is the time to run inside and stay

Now is the time to find a hide-away

Where we can stay...

 

Soon it's gonna rain, I can see it.

Soon it's gonna rain, I can tell.

Soon it's gonna rain, What are we gonna do?

 

Soon it's gonna rain, I can feel it

Soon it's gonna rain, I can tell

Soon it's gonna rain, What'll we do with you?

 

Repeat From Here

 

We'll find four limbs of a tree

We’ll build four walls and a floor

We'll bind them over with leaves

And run inside to stay

 

Then we'll let it rain; we'll not feel it

Then we'll let it rain, rain pell-mell

And we'll not complain, if it never stops at all

We'll live and love within our own four wall

 

Repeat above then sing below

 

Happily we'll live and love with no cares at all

Happily we'll live and love within our castle walls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sound of Music, The

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; Music: Richard Rodgers

 

The hills are alive,

With the sound of music

With songs they have sung

For a thousand years

 

The hills fill my heart,

With the sound of music

My heart wants to sing

Every song it hears

 

My heart wants to beat

Like the wings of the birds

That rises from the lake to the trees

 

My heart wants to sigh

Like a chime that flies

From a church on a breeze

 

To laugh like a brook

When it trips and falls

Over stones on its way

To sing through the night

Like a lark

Who is learning to pray

 

I go to the hills

When my heart is lonely

I know I will hear

What I've heard before

My heart will be blessed,

With the sound of music

And I'll sing once more

 

Edelweiss

 

Edelweiss, Edelweiss,

Every morning you greet me,

Small and White,

Clean and bright

You look happy to meet me..

 

Blossoms of snow may you bloom and grow,

Bloom and grow forever

Edelweiss Edelweiss

Bless my homeland forever


South of the Border

Kennedy and Carr

 

South of the border

Down Mexico way

That's where I fell in love

When stars above

Came out to play

And now as I wander

My thoughts ever stray

South of the border

Down Mexico way

 

She was a picture

In old Spanish lace

Just for a tender while

I kissed the smile

Upon her face

For it was fiesta

And we were so gay

South of the border

Down Mexico way

 

Then she sighed

And she whispered Mañana

Never dreaming

That we were parting

And I lied

As I whispered Mañana

For our tomorrow never came

 

South of the border

I rode back one day

There in a veil of white

By candlelight

She knelt to pray

The mission bells told me

That I mustn't stay

South of the border

Down Mexico way

 

Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay!

Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay!

Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay!

Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay!


Speak Low

 

Lyrics by:  Ogden Nash

Music by:  Kurt Weill

Arranged by:  Axel Stordhal

From the Film:  One Touch of Venus  (1948)

Label:  Columbia Records

Recorded:  12/5/43

 

Speak low when you speak, love

Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon

Speak low when you speak, love

 

Our moment is swift, like ships adrift,

We're swept apart, too soon

Speak low, darling, speak low

Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon

I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is

near, tomorrow is here and always too soon

Time is so old and love so brief

Love is pure gold and time a thief

 

We're late, darling, we're late

The curtain descends,

Ev'rything ends too soon, too soon

I wait, darling, I wait

Will you speak low to me,

Speak love to me and soon


(I'll Build A) Stairway to Paradise

Music : George Gershwin  Lyrics : Ira Gershwin

From : For Goodness Sake, 1922

 

Verse

All you preachers

Who delight in panning the dancing teachers,

Let me tell you there are a lot of features

0f the dance that carry you through

The Gates of Heaven.

 

It's madness

To be always sitting around in sadness,

When you could be learning the Steps of Gladness.

(You'll be happy when you can do

Just six or seven.)

Begin today. You'll find it nice:

The quickest way to Paradise.

When you practice,

Here's the thing to do -

 

Refrain

I'll build a Stairway to Paradise,

With a new Step ev'ry day.

I'm going to get there at any price;

Stand aside, I'm on my way!

I got the blues,

And up above it's so fair;

Shoes,

Go on and carry me there!

I'll build a Stairway to Paradise

With a new Step ev'ry day.

 

In Lyrics On Several Occasions, changed to :

Here's the thing to know -

 


Standing on The Corner

Frank Loesser

 

Standing on the corner,

Watching all the girls go by

Standing on the corner,

Watching all the girls go by

Brother you don't know a nicer occupation

Matter of fact, neither do I

Than standing on the corner,

Watching all the girls

Watching all the girls,

Watching all the girls go by

 

I'm the cat that got the cream

Haven't got a girl but I can dream

Haven't got a girl but I can wish

So take me down on Main Street

And that's where I select my imaginary dish

 

Standing on the corner,

Watching all the girls go by

Standing on the corner,

Giving all the girls the eye

Brother if you've got a rich imagination

Give it a whirl, give it a try

Try standing on the corner,

Watching all the girls

Watching all the girls,

Watching all the girls go by

 

Saturday and I'm so broke

Couldn't buy a girl a nickel coke

Still I'm living like a millionaire

When I take me down on Main Street

And I revue the harem parading for me there

 

Standing on the corner,

Watching all the girls go by

Standing on the corner,

Underneath the springtime sky

Brother you can't go to jail

For what you're thinking

Or for the "oooh" look in your eye

You're only standing on the corner,

Watching all the girls

Watching all the girls,

Watching all the girls go by

 


Stars Are the Windows of Heaven

by Tommy Malie & Jimmy Steiger (1926)

Recorded by the Andrews Sisters with Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians on Decca Records (1950)

 

 

 

Stars are the windows of heaven,

Where angels peep thru,

Up in the sky they keep an eye,

On kids like me and you.

 

They cry each time we are naughty,

Their teardrops are the rain,

But when we’re good they are smiling,

And they shine again,

 

My mom says, “Stars are the windows of heaven,

Where angels peep thru.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stardust

Hoagy Carmichael

 

And now the purple dusk of twilight time

Steals across the meadows of my heart

High up in the sky the little stars climb

Always reminding me that we're apart

You wander down the lane and far away

Leaving me a song that will not die

Love is now the stardust

Of yesterday

The music

Of the years

Gone by

 

Chorus:

 

Sometimes I wonder why I spend

The lonely nights

Dreaming of a song.

The melody haunts my reverie

And I am once again with you.

When our love was new,

And each kiss an inspiration.

But that was long ago, and now my consolation

Is in the stardust of a song.

Beside the garden wall, when stars are bright

You are in my arms

The nightingale tells his fairy tale

Of paradise were roses grew.

Though I dream in vain, in my heart you will remain

My stardust melody

The memory of love's refrain.

 


Steam Heat

Bob Fosse The Pajama Game Soundtrack

 

Yeahh....

I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.

I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.

I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.

But I need your love to keep away the cold.

I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.

I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.

I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.

But i can't get warm without your hand to hold.

The radiators hissin still I need your kissin to keep me from freezing each nite.

I've got a hot water bottle, but nothing i've got'll take the place of you holdin me tight.

I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.

I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.

I've got ::cling cling:: fsssss steam heat.

But i need your love to keep away the cold.

:::Instrumental:::

They told me to throw some more coal in the boiler.

They told me to throw some more coal in the boiler.

They told me to throw some more coal in the boiler.

But that don't do no good.

They told me to pour some more oil in the burner.

They told me to pour some more oil in the burner.

They told me to pour some more oil in the burner.

But that don't do no good.

Coal in the boiler. No good. Oil in the burner. No good. Cold? NO! Hot?

YES! sssssss yes yes yes come on union get hot!!

:::Clapping:::

BOINK BOINK!! BOINK BOINK!! BOINK BOINK!!

:::Instrumental:::

I need your love to keep away the cold. i need you looove to keep awayyyy the colddd....fsss YEA!!


Steppin’ Out With My Baby

 

Steppin’ out with my baby

Can’t go wrong cause I’m in right

It’s for sure, don’t mean maybe

I’m all dressed up tonight

Steppin’ out with my honey

Can’t be bad to feel so good

Never felt quite so sunny

I keep on knockin’ wood

REFRAIN:

There’ll be smooth sailing

‘cause I’m trimming my sails

In my top hat and my white tie

and my tails

Steppin’ out with my baby

Can’t go wrong cause I’m in right

Ask me when the big day may be,

The big day may be tonight

 

Steppin’ out --- with my baby tonight!


Strangers in the Night

Kaempfert/Singleton/Snyder

 

Strangers in the night exchanging glances

Wond'ring in the night

What were the chances we'd be sharing love

Before the night was through.

 

Something in your eyes was so inviting,

Something in you smile was so exciting,

Something in my heart,

Told me I must have you.

 

Strangers in the night, two lonely people

We were strangers in the night

Up to the moment

When we said our first hello.

Little did we know

Love was just a glance away,

A warm embracing dance away and -

 

Ever since that night we've been together.

Lovers at first sight, in love forever.

It turned out so right,

For strangers in the night.


Stout-Hearted Men

by Barbra Streisand

 

(O.Hammerstein II & S.Romberg)

You have dreams, if you act

They will come true

To turn your dreams to a fact,

It' s up to you!

If you have the soul and the spirit

Never fear it, you'll see it through

Hearts can inspire other hearts, with their fire

For the strong obey

When a strong man shows them the way

Give me some men

Who are stout-hearted men

Who will fight for the right they adore

Start me with ten,

Who are stout-hearted men

And I'll soon give you ten thousand more

 

Shoulder to shoulder

And bolder and bolder

They grow as they go to the fore!

 

Then there's nothing in the world

Can halt or mar a plan

When stout-hearted men

Can stick together man to man

When stout-hearted men

Can stick together man to man...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A String Of Pearls

(1) Lyric by Eddie De Lange; Music by Jerry Gray

Copyright 1942 Mutual Music Society, Inc.

 

Baby here's a five-and-dime

Baby now's about the time

For a string of pearls a-la Woolworth.

 

Just like Gertie Vanderbilt

I/You can give my/your nose a tilt

As I/you pass the Plaza and Astor

 

'Til that happy day in spring

When you/I buy the wedding ring

Please a string of pearls a-la Woolworth.

 


Strip Polka

Johnny Mercer Note: popular circa 1940-41. Andrews Sisters

 

There's a burlesque theater where the boys like to go

To see Queenie, the cutie of the burlesque show

And the thrill of the evening is when out Queenie trips

And the band plays the polka while she strips.

"Take it off! Take it off!"

All the customers shout,

"Down in front! Down in front!"

While the band beats it out;

But she's always a lady, even in pantomime

And she stops...and always just in time.

 

She's as fresh and as wholesome as the flowers of May

And she hopes to retire to a farm some day,

But you can't buy a farm unless you're up in the chips

So the band plays the polka while she strips.

Queenie, some day you'll fall.

 

Some day, wedding bells will chime

In strip polka time.

Well, she hates corny waltzes and she hates the gavotte

But the greatest advantage when the music's hot:

There's a fast-moving exit  in case something r-r-rips

So the band plays the polka while she strips.

"Take it off! Take it off!"

 

Cries a voice from the rear,

"Take it off! Take it off!"

Soon that's all you can hear;

But she's always a lady, even in pantomime

And she stops...and always just in time.

 

 

 

 

 

 


Style

(1) Sammy Cahn/Jimmy Van Heusen  (b. Edward Chester Babcock)

(Bing Crosby) [Dean Martin] <Frank with both>

 

Some people dress 'cause they dress when they dress,

But he gets dressed to get dressed.

(It's only a hunch but I bet you a bunch

(He wears suspenders, a belt and a vest,

[From the tip of his toes to his head,]

[He looks like an unmade bed.]

 

You've either got or you haven't.

If you got it, you stand out a mile.

A flower's not a flower if it's wilted,

A hat's not a hat till it's tilted.

You either got or you haven't got class.

How it draws the applause of the masses.

When you wear lapels like a swell, isn't that swell,

You can pass any mirror and smile,

You either got, or you haven't got,

Got or you haven't got,

Got or you haven't got style.

 

You've either got or you haven't got style,

If you got it, it stands out a mile,

With mother of pearl kind of buttons,

You look like the Astors and Huttons.

You either got or you haven't got class,

How it draws the applause of the masses.

When you wear lapels like a swell, isn't that swell,

You can pass any mirror and smile,

You've either got, or you haven't style

Got or you haven't got style

 

(Style and charm seem to go arm in arm,) [seem togo arm in arm.].

[A flower's not a flower] (if it's wilted,)

[A hat's not a hat till it's tilted.]

(You've either got or you haven't got style,) [got or you haven't got style,]

[If you got it, you stands out a mile,] if you got it, you stand out a mile

(Got it you stand out,) got it you stand out a mile.

<When you were those duds with a wild kind of studs,>

<Watch those dolls lining up single file.>

You've either got or you haven't got, (got or you haven't got,)

[Got or you haven't got,] <got or you haven't got,>

<Got or you haven't got style.>

Come on , get some clothes on, we're gonna be late for breakfast

 


Summer Wind

 

The summer wind, came blowin' in - from across the sea

It lingered there, so warm and fair - to walk with me

All summer long, we sang a song - and strolled on golden sand

Two sweethearts, and the summer wind

 

Like painted kites, those days and nights - went flyin' by

The world was new, beneath a blue - umbrella sky

Then softer than, a piper man - one day it called to you

And I lost you, to the summer wind

 

The autumn wind, and the winter wind - have come and gone

And still the days, those lonely days - go on and on

And guess who sighs his lullabies - through nights that never end

My fickle friend, the summer wind

To sweathearts and the summer wind

 


Sunday!

 

Now that we're going to be married,

I'll keep imagining things,

Things that can happen to people

When they are wearing gold rings:

 

Being together each morning,

Sharing our coffee and toast--

That's only one of the pictures.

Here's what I picture most:

 

Sunday

Sweet Sunday,

With nothing to do,

Lazy

And lovely,

My one day with you,

Hazy

And happy,

We'll drift through the day.

Dreaming the hours away.

 

While all the funny papers lie

Or fly around the place,

I will try my kisses on your funny face.

Dozing,

Then Waking

On Sunday, you'll see

Only me!

 


Sunday Kind Of Love, A

(1) Belle/Prima/Leonard/Rhodes

 

I want a Sunday kind of love

A love to last past Saturday night

I'd like to know it's more than love at first sight.

I want a Sunday kind of love

 

I want a love that's on the square

Can't seem to find somebody to care.

I'm on a lonely road that leads me nowhere

I need a Sunday kind of love.

 

I do my Sunday dreaming

And all my Sunday scheming

Ev'ry minute, ev'ry hour, ev'ry day.

I'm hoping to discover

A certain kind of lover

Who will show me the way.

 

My arms need someone to enfold

To keep me warm when Mondays are cold

A love for all my life to have and to hold.

I want a Sunday kind of love.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday Kind Of Love

Reba McEntire

 

I want a Sunday, kind of love

A love to last past Saturday night

And I want to know

It's more than love at first sight

I want a Sunday kind of love

 

I want a love that's on the square

Can't seem to find somebody, someone to care

And I'm on a lonely road that leads to nowhere

I want a Sunday kind of love

 

I do all my Sunday dreaming

And all my Sunday scheming

Every minute, every hour, everyday

And I'm hoping to discover

A certain kind of lover

That will show me the way

 

And my arms need someone to enfold

To keep me warm when Monday's

And Tuesday's grow cold

and I need a love for all my life to have and to hold

 

I need a Sunday kind of love  oh o yeah

I don't want a Monday or a Tuesday

A Wednesday or a Thursday

A Friday or Saturday I don't want nothing baby

I want a Sunday kind of love


Sunrise, Sunset

 

Is this the little girl I carried?

Is this the little boy at play?

I don't remember growing older

When did they?

 

When did she get to be a beauty?

When did he grow to be so tall?

Wasn't it yesterday when they were small?

 

Sunrise, sunset.

Sunrise, sunset

Swiftly flow the days

Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers

Blossoming even as we gaze

 

What words of wisdom can I give them?

How can I help to ease their way?

Now they must learn from one another

Day by day

 

They look so natural together

Just like two newlyweds should be

Is there a canopy in store for me?

 

Sunrise, sunset

Sunrise, sunset

Swiftly fly the years

One season following another

Laden with happiness and tears

 

Matchmaker

(1)

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match,

Find me a find, catch me a catch,

Matchmaker matchmaker

Look through your book

And make me a perfect match

 

Matchmaker matchmaker, I'll bring the veil,

You bring the groom, slender and pale.

Bring me a ring

For I'm longing to be the envy of all I see

 

For papa make him a scholar

For mama make him rich as a king

For me well I wouldn't holler if he were as handsome as anything

Matchmaker matchmaker make me a match

Find me a find catch me a catch

Night after night in the dark I'm alone

So find me a match of my own

 

Matchmaker matchmaker you know that I'm

still very young

Please take your time

Up to this minute I've misunderstood

That I could get stuck for good

Dear Yente see that he's gentle remember you were also a bride

It's not that I'm sentimental

It's just that I'm terified

 

Matchmaker matchmaker plan me no plans

I'm in no rush maybe I've learned

Playing with matches a girl can get burned

So bring me no ring, groom me no groom

Find me no find catch me no catch

Unless he's a matchless match!

 

Far From the Home I Love

 

How can I hope to make you understand?

Why I do what I do?

Why I must travel to a distant land,

Far from the home I love.

Once I was happily content to be

As I was where I was

Close to the people who are close to me

Here in the home I love.

 

Who could see that a man would come?

Who would change the shape of my dreams?

Helpless now I stand with him

Watching older dreams grow dim

 

Oh what a melancholy choice this is

Wanting home, wanting him

Closing my heart to every hope but his

Leaving the home I love

There where my heart has settled long ago

I must go, I must go

Who could imagine I'd be wandering so

Far from the home I love

Yet there with my love I'm home.


Sugar Time

 

Well, sugar in the morning,

Sugar in the ev'ning,

Sugar at supper time.

Be my little sugar,

And love me all the time.

Honey in the morning

Honey in the evening,

Honey at supper time.

Be my little honey,

And love me all the time.

Put your arms around me

And swear by stars above

You'll be mine forever

In a heaven of love.

Sugar in the morning

Sugar in the evening,

Sugar at supper time

Be my little sugar,

And love me all the time.

 

Repeat, then close

 

My sugar time is any t-i-m-e

That you are near

'Cause you're so d-e-a-r.

So don't you roam,

Just be my honeycomb.

 
Surry With The Fringe On Top, The

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; Music: Richard Rodgers

 

Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry

When I take you out in the surrey,

When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!

 

Watch that fringe and see how it flutters

When I drive them high steppin' strutters.

Nosey pokes'll peek thru' their shutters and their eyes will pop!

 

The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown,

The dashboard's genuine leather,

With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down,

In case there's a change in the weather.

 

Two bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin',

Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin'

You c'n keep your rig if you're thinkin' 'at I'd keer to swap

Fer that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!

 

All the world'll fly in a flurry

When I take you out in the surrey,

When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!

When we hit that road, hell fer leather,

 

Cats and dogs'll dance in the heather,

Birds and frogs'll sing all together and the toads will hop!

The wind'll whistle as we rattle along,

The cows'll moo in the clover,

The river will ripple out a whispered song,

And whisper it over and over:

 

Don't you wisht y'd go on forever?

Don't you wisht y'd go on forever?

Don't you wisht y'd go on forever and ud never stop

In that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!


Swanee

(1) Music: George Gershwin Lyics Irving Ceasar

1919 Rhapsody in Blus

 

I've been away from you a long time

I never thought I'd miss you so

Somehow I feel, your love is real,

Near you I long to be!

 

The birds are singing, it is song time

The banjos strummin' soft and low

I know that you

Yearn for me too;

Swanee, you're calling me!

 

Swanee!

How I love you, how I love you

My dear old Swanee!

 

Repeat from here

 

I'd give the world to be

Among the folks in D-I-X-I-E

Even now my Mammy's waiting for me,

Praying for me

Down by the Swanee

 

The folks up north will see me no more

When I get to the Swanee Shore!

 

Swanee! Swanee!

I’m coming back to Swanee!

Mammy, Mammy

I love the old folks at home

I love you Swanee!

How I love you, how I love you

My dear old Swanee!

 

The folks up north

Will see me no more

When I get to that Swanee Shore!


Sweet Violets

Ben Samburg a/k/a Benny Bell

 

There once was a farmer who took a young miss

In back of the barn where he gave her a . . . .

Lecture on horses and chickens and eggs,

And told her that she had such beautiful . . . .

Manners that suited a girl of her charms,

A girl that he wanted to take in his . . . .

Washing and ironing and then, if she did,

They could get married and raise lots of . . . .

 

Chorus:

Sweet violets, sweeter than the roses,

Covered all over from head to toe,

Covered all over with sweet violets.

 

The girl told the farmer that he'd better stop

And she called her father and he called a . . . .

Taxi and got there before very long,

'Cause someone was doing his little girl . . . .

Right for a change and so that's why he said,

"If you marry her, son, you're better off . . . .

Single 'cause it's always been my belief,

Marriage will bring a man nothing but . . .

 

To Chorus:

 

The farmer decided he'd wed any way,

And started in planning for his wedding . . . .

Suit, which he purchased for only one buck,

But then he found out he was just out of . . . .

Money and so he got left in the lurch,

Standing and waiting in front of the . . . .

End of this story which just goes to show,

All a girl wants from a man is his . . .

 

To Chorus:

 

 


Swinging on a Star

Johnny Burke and Jimmy Van Heusen

 

Would you like to swing on a star

Carry moonbeams home in a jar

And be better off than you are

Or would you rather be a mule

 

A mule is an animal with long funny ears

He kicks up at anything he hears

His back is brawny - and his brain is weak

He's just plain stupid with a - stubborn streak

 

And by the way, if you hate to go to school

You may grow up to be a mule

 

Would you like to swing on a star

Carry moonbeams home in a jar

And be better off than you are

Or would you rather be a pig

 

A pig is an animal with dirt on his face

His shoes are a terrible disgrace

He ain't got no manners when he eats his food

He's fat and lazy - and extremely rude

 

But if you don't care a feather or a fig

You may grow up to be a pig

 

Would you like to swing on a star

Carry moonbeams home in a jar

And be better off than you are

Or would you rather be a fish

 

A fish won't do anything but swim in a brook

He can’t write his name or read a book

And to fool the people is his only thought

Though he slippery - he still gets caught

But then if that sort of life is what you wish

You may grow up to be a fish

 

And all the monkeys aren't in a zoo

Every day you meet quite a few

So you see it's all up to you

You can be better than you are

You could be swinging on a star


S’Wonderful

 

He:

 

Life has just begun. 

Jack has found his Jill.

Don't know what you've done

But I'm all a-thrill.

How can words express your divine appeal?

You can never guess all the love I feel.

From now on lady I insist

For me no other girls exist.

 

1st Refrain:

 

'S wonderful! 'S marvelous --

You should care for me!

'S awful nice! 'S Paradise --

'S where I love to be!

 

You've made my life so glamorous,

You can't blame me for feeling amorous,

Oh, 's wonderful! 'S marvelous --

That you should care for me!

 

'S wonderful! 'S marvelous --

You should care for me!

 

She:

 

Don't mind telling you

In my humble fash'

That you thrill me with a tender pash'.

When you said you cared

'Magine my emosh.

I swore then and there permanent devosh'.

You made all the other boys seem blah.

Just you along filled me with a-ha.

 

2nd Refrain:

 

'S wonderful! 'S marvelous --

You should care for me!

'S awful nice! 'S Paradise --

'S where I love to be!

 

My dear, it's four leaved clover time,

From now on my heart's working overtime,

'S wonderful! 'S marvelous --

That you should care for...

Short Version

 

'S wonderful! 'S marvelous

You should care for me!

'S awful nice! 'S Paradise

'S where I love to be!

 

You've made my life so glamorous,

You can't blame me for feeling amorous,

'S wonderful! 'S marvelous

That you should care for me!

 

'S wonderful! 'S marvelous

You should care for me!

'S awful nice! 'S Paradise

'S where I love to be!

 

My dear, it's four leaf clover time,

From now on my heart's working overtime,

'S wonderful! 'S marvelous

That you should care for

That you should care for

That you should care for me

 

 

 


-T-

Take Back Your Mink

Frank Loesser (Guys and Dolls)

 

Adelaide:

He bought me the fur thing five winters ago,

And the gown the following fall,

Then the necklace, the hat and the shoes,

That was late '48, I recall.

Then last night in his apartment,

He tried to remove them all,

And I said as I ran down the hall:

 

Take back your mink,

Take back your pearls,

What made you think that I was one of those girls?

Take back the gown,

The shoes and the hat,

I may be down, but I'm not flat as all that.

I thought that each expensive gift you'd arranged was a token of your esteem,

When I think of what you want in exchange,

It all seems a horrible dream (eek).

So, take back your mink,

To from whence it came,

And tell them to Hollanderize it for some other dame!

 

Hot Box Girls:

Take back your mink,

Take back your pearls,

What made you think that I was one of those girls?

I'm screaming:

Take back the gown

Take back the hat,

I may be down, but I'm not flat as all that.

I thought that each expensive gift you'd arranged was a token of your esteem,

When I think of what you want in exchange,

It all seems a horrible dream, ah!

Take back your mink,

Those old worn out pelts,

And go shorten the sleeves for somebody else!

 


Take Him

From Pal Joey 1940

Lyrics Lorenz Hart, music Richard Rodgers

 

He was a cutie - I admit I used to care.

but it's my duty to myself to take the air.

I won't prevent you from eloping if you wish

may I present you with this tasty dish

 

Refrain 1

 

Take him, you don't have to pay for him

Take him, it's free

Take him, I won't make a play for him

he's not for me.

He has no head to think with

true that hi heart is asleep.

But he has eyes to wink with.

You can have him cheap.

Keep him and just for the lure of it

marry him too.

Keep him, for you can be sure of it

he can't keep you.

So take my old jalopy

Keep him from falling apart.

Take him, but don't ever take him to heart.

 

Thanks little mousey, for the present and all that

but in this housy, I would rather keep a rat

Only a wizard could reform that class of males

thay say a lizard can not change his scales.

 

Refrain 2

 

Take him, I won't put a price on him

Take him, he's yours

Take him, pajamas look nice on him.

But how he snores!

Thought he is well adjusted

Certan things make him a wreck.

Last year his arm was busted

Reaching from a check.

His thoughts are seldom consecutive

he just can't write.

I know a movie executive

who's twice as bright,

Lots of good luck, you'll need it

and you'll need aspirin, too

Take him, but don't ever lat him take you.

 

Refrain 3

 

I hope that things will go well with him;

I bear no hate.

All i can say is the hell with him

he gets the gate.

So take my benedition,

Take my old benedict, too

Take him away, it's too good to be true.

 

 


Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Jack Norworth

 

Take me out to the ballgame,

Take me out to the crowd.

 

Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks,

I don't care if I ever get back.

 

Cause it's root, root, root for the home team,

If they don't win it's a shame.

 

For it's one, two, three strikes you're out,

At the old ballgame.

 


Talk Of the Town, It's the

The Four Aces

 

I can't show my face, can't go any place

People stop and stare, it's so hard to bear

Everybody knows you left me

It's the talk of the town

 

Every time we meet my heart skips a beat

We don't stop to speak though it's just a week

Everybody knows you left me

It's the talk of the town

 

We sent out invitations to friends and relations

Announcing our wedding day

Friends and our relations gave congratulations

How can you face them? What can you say?

 

Let's make up, sweetheart, we can't stay apart

Don't let foolish pride keep you from my side

How can love like ours be ending?

It's the talk of the town

 

We sent out invitations to friends and relations

Announcing our wedding day

Friends and our relations gave congratulations

How can you face them? What can you say?

 

Let's make up, sweetheart, we can't stay apart

Don't let foolish pride keep you from my side

How can love like ours be ending?

It's the talk

The talk of the town


Tammy

Ray Evans - Jay Livingston

Song by Debbie Reynolds

 

I hear the cottonwoods

Whispering above

Tammy! Tammy!

Tammy's in love!

 

The ole hootie owl

Hootie-hoo's to the dove

Tammy! Tammy!

Tammy's in love!

 

Does my darling feel

What I feel

When he comes near?

My heart beats so joyfully

You'd think that he could hear!

 

Wish I knew

If he knew

What I'm dreaming of!

Tammy! Tammy!

Tammy's in love!

 

Whippoorwill,

Whippoorwill,

You and I know

Tammy! Tammy!

Can't let him go!

 

The breeze from the bayou

Keeps murmuring low

Tammy! Tammy!

You love him so!

 

When the night is warm,

Soft and warm

I long for his charms!

I'd sing like a violin

If I were in his arms

 

Wish I knew

If he knew

What I'm dreaming of!

Tammy, Tammy,

Tammy's in love!

 

 

Teach Me Tonight

Sammy Cahn

 

Did you say I’ve got a lot to learn

Well, don’t think I’m trying not to learn

Since this is the perfect spot to learn

Teach me tonight

 

Starting with the ABC of it

Getting right down to the XYZ of it

Help me solve the mystery of it,

Teach me tonight

 

The sky’s a blackboard high above you

And if a shooting star goes by

I’ll use that star to write “I love you”

A thousand times across the sky

 

One thing isn’t very clear my love

Teachers shouldn’t stand so near, my love

Graduation’s almost here my love

Teach me tonight

 

I’ve played loves scenes in a flick or two

And I’ve also met a chick or two

But I still can learn a trick or two

Teach me tonight

 

I who thought I knew the score of it

Kind of think I should know much more of it

Off the wall, the bed, the floor of it

Teach me tonight

 

The midnight hours come slowly creeping

When there’s no one there but you

There must be more to life than sleeping

Single in a bed for two

 

What I need most is postgraduate

What I feel’s hard to articulate

If you want me to matriculate

Teach me tonight

What do you get for lessons?

Teach me, come on and teach me

Teach me tonight


Tea For Two

Words: Irving Caesar. Music: Vincent Youmans.

1924

 

Picture you upon my knee,

Just tea for two and two for tea,

Just me for you and you for me alone.

 

Nobody near us to see us or hear us,

No friends or relations on weekend vacations.

We won't have it known, dear,

That we own a telephone, dear;

 

Day will break and you'll awake

And start to bake a sugar cake,

For me to take for all the boys to see.

 

We will raise a family,

A boy for you, a girl for me.

Oh, can't you see how happy we would be


Ten Cents A Dance

From Simple Simon

Lyrics: Lorenz Hart; Music: Richard Rodgers (1930)

 

I work at the Palace Ballroom,

but, gee that Palace is cheap;

when I get back to my chilly hall room

I'm much to tired to sleep.

I'm one of those lady teachers,

a beautiful hostess, you know,

the kind the Palace features

for only a dime a throw.

 

Ten cents a dance

that's what they pay me,

gosh, how they weigh me down!

Ten cents a dance

pansies and rough guys

tough guys who tear my gown!

Seven to midnight I hear drums.

Loudly the saxophone blows.

Trumpets are tearing my eardrums.

Customers crush my toes.

Sometime I think

I've found my hero,

but it's a queer romance.

All that you need is a ticket

Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance.

 

Fighters and sailors and bowlegged tailors

can pay for their ticket and rent me!

Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbors

are sweethearts my good luck has send me.

Though I've a chorus of elderly beaux ,

stockings are porous with hole at the toes.

I'm here till closing time.

Dance and be merry, it's only a dime.

 

Sometime I think

I've found my hero,

but it's a queer romance.

All that you need is a ticket

Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance.

 


Tender Trap

cahn/van heusen

 

You see a pair of laughing eyes

And suddenly your sighing sighs

You're thinking nothing's wrong

You string along, boy, then snap!

Those eyes, those sighs,

They're part of the tender trap

 

You're hand in hand beneath the trees

And soon there's music in the breeze

You're acting kind of smart,

Until your heart just goes wap!

Those trees, that breeze,

They're part of the tender trap

 

Some starry night,

When her kisses make you tingle

She'll hold you tight,

And you'll hate yourself for being single

 

And all at once it seems so nice

The folks are throwing shoes and rice

You hurry to a spot, that's just a dot on the map

You're hooked, you're cooked,

You're caught in the tender trap

 

Some starry night,

When her kisses make you tingle

She'll hold you tight,

And you'll hate yourself for being single

 

And all at once it seems so nice

The folks are throwing shoes and rice

You hurry to a spot that's just a dot on the map

 

And then you wonder how it all came about

It's too late now there's no gettin' out

You fell in love, and love is the tender trap


Ten Minutes Ago

From Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella”

 

Ten minutes ago I saw you,

I looked up when you came through the door.

My heart started reeling,

You gave me the feeling,

The room had no ceiling or floor.

 

Ten minutes ago I met you,

And we murmured our “how do you do’s”.

I wanted to ring out the bells

And to fling out my arms

And to sing out the news.

 

I have found him,

He’s an angel

With the dust of the stars in his eyes.

We are dancing, we are flying

And he’s taken me up to the skies.

 

In the arms of my Love I’m flying

Over mountain and meadow and glen

And I like it so well

That for all I can tell

I may never come down again.

I may never come down to earth again.


Tennessee Waltz

Pee Wee King - Redd Stewart

 

I was dancing with my darlin'

To the Tennessee waltz

When an old friend I happend to see

I introduced him to my darlin'

And while they were dancing

My friend stole my sweetheart to me

 

I remember the night

And the Tennessee waltz

'Cause I know just how much I have lost

Yes I lost my little darling

The night they were playing

The beautiful Tennessee waltz

 

Now I wonder how a dance

Like the Tennessee Waltz

Could have broken

My heart so complete

Well I couldn't blame my darlin',

And who could help fallin'

In love with my darlin' so sweet

 

Well it must be the fault

Of the Tennessee Waltz

Wish I'd known just

How much it would cost

But I didn't see it commin',

It's all over but the cryin'

Blame it all on the Tennessee Waltz


Thank Heaven For Little Girls

Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

Performed by Maurice Chevalier (Gigi)

 

Each time I see a little girl

Of five or six or seven,

I can't resist a joyous urge

To smile and say,

 

Thank heaven-

For little girls

For little girls get bigger everyday

 

Thank heaven for little girls,

They grow up in the most delightful way.

Those little eyes so helpless and appealing,

One day will flash and send you crashing

Through the ceiling.

 

Thank heaven for little girls,

Thank heaven for them all,

No matter where, no matter who,

Without them, what would little boys do?

 

Thank heaven

Thank heaven

Thank heaven for little girls.

 

Those little eyes so helpless and appealing,

One day will flash and send you crashing

Through the ceiling.

Thank heaven for little girls,

Thank heaven for them all,

No matter where, no matter who,

Without them, what would little boys do?

Thank heaven

Thank heaven

Thank heaven for little girls.


That Lucky Old Sun

Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith

 

Up in the mornin', out on the job

Work like the devil for my pay

But that lucky old sun has nothin' to do

But roll, roll around heaven all day

 

Fuss with my woman, toil with my kids

Sweat till I'm wrinkled and grey

While that lucky old sun got nothin' to do

But roll, roll around heaven all day

 

Lord above, can't you hear me pinin'?

Tears all in my eyes

Send down that cloud with a silver linin'

Lift me up to Paradise

 

Show me that river, take me across

Wash all my troubles away

Like that lucky old sun, give me nothin' to do

But roll, roll around heaven all day

 

Show me that river, take me across

Wash all my troubles away

Like that lucky old sun, give me nothin' to do

But roll around heaven

Let me roll around heaven

I just wanna roll around heaven

All day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That Old Gang Of Mine

Music by Ray Henderson and lyrics by Billy Rose and Mort Dixon

 

Gee, but I'd give the world to see

That old gang of mine!

I can't forget that old quartet

That sang "Sweet Adeline!" ( Sweet Adeline! )

 

Goodbye forever, old fellas an' gals

Goodbye forever, old sweethearts an' pals

God Bless them!

 

Gee, but I'd give the world to see

That old gang of mine!

 

Goodbye forever, old fellas an' gals

Goodbye forever, old sweethearts an' pals!

God Bless them!

 

Gee, but I'd give the world to see

That old gang of mine!

 


That's Amore

(1)

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie

That's amore

When the world seems to shine

Like you've had too much wine

That's amore

Bells will ring, ting-a-ling-a ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling

And you'll sing, "Vita bella."

Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay

Like a gay tarantella

 

When the stars make you drool

Just like pasta fazool

That's amore

When you dance down the street

With a cloud at your feet

You're in love

When you walk in a dream

But you know you're not Dreaming Signore

Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli

That's amore

 

That's amore....That's amore...

 

Lucky fella...

 

When the stars make you drool just like pasta fazool

That's amore

When you dance down the street with a cloud at your feet

You're in love

 

When you walk in a dream...but you know you're not

Dreaming...Signore

Scuzza me, but you see, back in old Napoli

That's amore...(That's amore)

That's amore!!!...


That's Entertainment

Music: Arthur Schwartz; Lyric: Howard Dietz-The Band Wagon

Judy Garland

 

Refrain

The clown with his pants falling down

Or the dance that's a dream of romance

Or the scene where the villan is mean

That's entertainment

 

The lights on the lady in tights

Or the bride with a guy on the side

Or the ball where she gives him her all

That's entertainment

 

1st Verse

The plot can be hot - simply teaming with sex

A gay divorcee who is after her ex

It can be Oedipus Rex

Where a chap kills his father, and causes a lot of bother

 

The clerk who is thrown out of work

By the boss who is thrown for a loss

By the skirt who is doing him dirt

The world is a stage, the stage is a world of entertainment

 

2nd Verse

It might be a fight like you see on a screen

A swain getting slain for the love of a queen

Some great Shakespearean scene

Where a ghost and a prince meet, and everyone ends in mincemeat

 

The gag may be waving the flag

That began with a Mister Cohan

Hit parade - the American Way

The world is a stage, the stage is a world of entertainment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Op'nin', Another Show

Cole Porter  1948 Kiss Me Kate

 

Another op'nin,'  another show

In Philly, Boston or Baltimoe,

A chance for stagefolks to say "hello"

Another op'nin,'  an-other show.

 

Another job that you hope, at last,

Will make your future forget your past,

Another pain where the ulcers grow,

Another op'nin,'  an-other show

 

Four weeks, you rehearse and rehearse,

Three weeks and it could-n't be worse.

One week, will it ev-er be right?

Then out o' the hat, it's that big first night!

 

The o-ver-ture is about to start,

You cross your fingers and hold your heart,

It's cur-tain time and away we go,

Another op'nin,'  an-other show

 

Another op'nin,'  an-other show

In Philly, Boston or Baltimoe,

A chance for stagefolks to say "hello"

Another op'nin,'  an-other show.

 

Another job that you hope, at last,

Will make your future forget your past,

Another pain where the ulcers grow,

Another op'nin,'  an-other show

 

Four weeks, you rehearse and rehearse,

Three weeks and it could-n't be worse.

One week, will it ev-er be right?

Then out o' the hat, it's that big first night!

 

The o-ver-ture is about to start,

You cross your fingers and hold your heart,

It's cur-tain time and away we go,

Another op'nin,'  just an-other op'nin,'

of  another show!


 That Sunday, That Summer

(George David Weiss, Joe Sherman)

 

If I had to choose just one day

To last my whole life through,

It would surely be that Sunday

The day that I met you.

 

Newborn whippoorwills were calling from the hills

Summer was a-comin' in but fast.

Lots of daffodils were showin' off their skills,

Nodding all together, I could almost hear them whisper,

"Go on, kiss her, go on and kiss her."

 

If I had to choose one moment

To live within my heart,

It would be that tender moment

Recalling how we started.

Darling, it would be when you smiled at me

That way...

That Sunday...

That summer.

 

(Newborn whippoorwills were calling from the hills,

Summer was a-comin' in but fast.

Lots of daffodils were showin' off their skills,

Nodding all together, I could almost hear them whisper,

"Go on, kiss her, go on and kiss her.")

 

If I had to choose one moment

To live within my heart,

It would be that tender moment

Recalling how we started.

Darling, it would be when you smiled at me

That way...

That Sunday...

That summer.

 

 

(If I had to choose just one day...)

 


There, I've Said It Again

 

I love you, there's nothing to hide

It's better than burning inside

I love you, no use to pretend

There! I've said it again

 

I've said it, what more can I say?

Believe me, there's no other way

I love you, I will 'til the end

There! I've said it again

 

I've tried to drum up

A phrase that would sum up

All that I feel for you

But what good are phrases?

The thought that amazes

Is you love me

And it's heavenly

 

Forgive me for wanting you so

But one thing I want you to know

I've loved you since heaven knows when

There! I've said it again

 


There is Nothing Like a Dame

 

Marines

We got sunlight on the sand

We got moonlight on the sea

We got mangoes and bananas

You can pick right off a tree

We got volleyball and pingpong

And a lot of dandy games

 

Billis        What ain't we got?

All       We ain't got dames!

 

Marines

We get packages from home

We get movies, we get shows

We get speeches from our skipper

And advice from Tokyo Rose

We get letters doused wit' poifume

We get dizzy from the smell -

 

Billis        What ain't we got?

All       You know damn well!

 

Billis

We got nothing to put on a clean, white suit for

What we need is what there ain't no substitute for

 

All

There is nothing like a dame

Nothing in the world

There is nothing you can name

That is anything like a dame

 

Marines

We feel restless, we feel blue

We feel lonely and in brief

We feel every kind of feeling

But the feeling of relief

We feel hungry as the Wolf felt

When he met Red Riding Hood

 

All                            What don't we feel?

Stewpot                    We don't feel good!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Billis

Lots of things in life are beautiful, but brother -

There is one particular thing that is nothing whatsoever

In any way, shape or form like any other -

 

All

There is nothing like dame

Nothing in the world

There is nothing you can name

That is anything like a dame

Nothing else is built the same

Nothing in the world

 

Johnson

Has a soft and wavy frame

Like the silhouette of a dame

 

O'Brien

There is absolutely nothing like the frame of a dame!

 

Marines

So suppose a dame ain't bright

Or completely free from flaws

Or as faithful as a bird dog

Or as kind as Santa Claus

It's a waste of time to worry

Over things that they have not

 

Billis        Be thankful for -

All       The things they got!

 

There is nothing you can name

That is anything like a dame

There are no books like a dame

And nothing looks like a dame

There are no drinks like a dame

Nothing thinks like dame

Nothing acts like a dame

Or attracts like a dame

There ain't a thing that's wrong with any man here

That can't be cured by putting him near

A girly, womanly, female, feminine, dame!

 


There'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight

Old Mother Leary

 

Late last night, when we were all in bed

Mrs. O'Leary hung a lantern in the shed

and when the cow kicked it over

she winked her eye and said

They'll be a hot time in the old time tonight,

Fire, Fire, Fire

 

Fire, Fire, Fire,yelled Mrs. McGuire

Where, where , where, wailed Olivia O'hare

Down down down in old Chicago town

There'll be a hot time in the old town tongiht!

Hot, hot hot shouted Cheryl Philpot

Run, run, run, screamed her little son

 

Water, water, water, yelled her little daughter,

There'll be a hot time in the old time tonight!!!!!!


There’ll Be Blue Birds Over The White Cliffs of Dover

Words: Nat Burton; Music: Walter Kent (1941)

Made famous by Dame Vera Lynn

 

There’ll be Blue-birds over The White Cliffs of Dover,

Tomorrow, just you wait and see.

There’ll be love and laughter and peace ever after,

Tomorrow, when the world is free.

 

The shepherd will tend his sheep,

The valley will bloom again,

And Jimmy will go to sleep

In his own little room again.

 

There’ll be Blue-birds over The White Cliffs of Dover,

Tomorrow, just you wait and see.


There'll Be Some Changes Made

Higgins - Overstreet 8/1921.

 

They say don't change the old for the new;

But I've found out that this will never do;

When you grow old, you don't last long,

You're just here, my honey, then you're gone;

I loved a man for many years gone by,

I thought his love for me would never die;

He made a change and said I would not do,

So now I'm going to make some changes, too.

 

Why, there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the sea,

So from now on there'll be a change in me,

My walk will be be different, my talk, and my name,

Nothing about me's going to be the same;

I'm gonna change my long tall one for a little short 'n fat,

I'm gonna change my number that I'm living at;

Because nobody wants you when you're old and gray.

There's gonna be some changes made today,

There'll be some changes made.

 

Why, there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the sea,

So from now on there'll be a change in me,

Why, my walk will be be different, and my talk, and my name,

Nothing about me gonna be the same;

I'm gonna change my way of living, and that ain't no shock,

Why, I'm thinking of changin' the way I gotta set my clock,

Because nobody wants you when you're old and gray.

There's gonna be some changes made today,

There'll be some changes made.

 

 

 


There Must Be A Way

(1) Words and Music by Sammy Gallop and David Saxon 1945

 

There must be a way

To help me forget that we're through

There must be a way

To stop me from dreamin' of you

There must be a star in the sky

That isn't reflecting your eyes

I just don't know how to disguise

How much I miss you

 

There must be a song

That doesn't remind me of you

There must be a kiss

That thrills me like yours used to do

I look for a way to be happy,

Happy with somebody new

Oh, there must be a way

But I can't find a way without you

 

There must be a song that doesn't remind me of you

Yes, there must be a kiss that'll thrill me like yours used to do

I look for a way to be happy, happy with somebody new

Oh, there must be a way but I can't find a way without you

 


There’s a Small Hotel

 

I'd like to get away, Junior

Somewhere alone with you

It could be oh, so gay, junior

You need a laugh or two

 

A certain place I know, Frankie

Where funny people can have fun

That's where the two will go, Darling

Before you can count up

One, two, three. four ...

 

There's a small hotel

With a wishing well

I wish that we were there together

There's a bridal suite

One room bright and neat

Complete for us to share together

 

Looking through the window

You can see a distant steeple

Not a sign of people -- who wants people?

When the steeple bell

Says "Good night, sleep well,"

We'll thank the small hotel together

 

We'll creep into our little shell

And we will thank the small hotel together


There's No Business Like Show Business

(Irving Berlin)

 

The costumes, the scenery,

The makeup, the props

The audience that lifts you when you're down

 

The headaches, the heartaches,

The backaches, the flops

The sheriff who escorts you out of town

 

The opening when your heart beats like a drum

The closing when the customers won't come

 

There's no business Like show business,

Like no business I know.

 

Everything about it is appealing

Everything the traffic will allow

No where could you have that happy feeling

When you are stealing that extra bow

 

There's no people like show people

They smile when they are low

Yesterday they told you you would not go far

That night you open and there you are

Next day on your dressing room

They've hung a star

 

Let's go on with the show

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cowboys, the wrestlers,

The tumblers, the clowns

The roustabouts That move the show at dawn

 

The music, the spotlights,

The people, the towns

Your baggage with the labels pasted on

 

The sawdust and the horses and the smell

The towel you've taken from the last hotel

 

There's no business like show business

If you tell me it's so

 

Traveling through the country is so thrilling

Standing out in front on opening nights

Smiling as you watch the benches filling

And see your billing up there in lights

 

There's no people like show people

They smile when they are low

Even with a turkey that you know will fold

You may be stranded out in the cold

Still you wouldn't change it for a sack of gold

Let's go on with the show

Let's go on with the show!


These Foolish Things

Words: Holt Marvell; Music: Jack Strachey and Harry Link

Benny Goodman Version

 

Oh will you never let me be

Oh will you never set me free

The ties that bound us are still around us

There's no escape that I can see

And still those little things remain

That bring me happiness or pain

 

A cigarette that bears a lipsticks traces

An airline ticket to romantic places

And still my heart has wings

These foolish things remind me of you

 

A tinkling piano in the next apartment

Those stumbling words

That told you what my heart meant

A fairgrounds painted swings

These foolish things remind me of you

 

You came, you saw, you conquered me

When you did that to me

I somehow knew that this had to be

 

the winds of March that make my heart a dancer

A telephone that rings but who's to answer

oh how the ghost of you clings

These foolish things remind me of you

 

Gardenia perfume lingering on a pillow

Wild strawberries only 7 francs a kilo

And still my heart has wings

These foolish things remind me of you

 

I know that this was bound to be

These things have haunted me for you

They’ve entirely enchanted me

 

The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations

Silk stockings thrown aside and sin-vitations

Oh how the ghost of you clings

These foolish things remind me of you

 

The smile of Garbo and the scent of roses

The waiters whistling as the last bar closes

The song that Crosby sings

These foolish things remind me of you

 

How strange, how sweet, to find you still

These things are dear to me

That seem to bring you so near to me

 

The scent of smoking leaves the wail of steamers

Two lovers on the street who walk like dreamers

Oh how the ghost of you clings

These foolish things Remind me of you, just you.

 

Tony Bennett Version

 

A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces

An airline ticket to romantic places

And still my heart has wings

These foolish things remind me of you

 

A tinkling piano in the next apartment

Those stumblin' words that told you what my heart meant

A fairground's faded swings

These foolish things remind me of you

 

You came, you saw, you conquered me

When you did that to me

I knew somehow that this had to be

 

The winds of March that make my heart a dancer

A telephone that rings but who's to answer?

Oh, how the ghost of you clings

These foolish things remind me of you

 

How strange, how sweet, to find you still

These things are dear to me

They seem to bring you near to me

 

The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations

Silk stockings thrown aside, dance invitations

Oh, how the ghost of you clings

These foolish things remind me of you

 

 


They Call the Wind Maria

Alan Jay Lerner Frederick Loewe

 

Way out here they've got a name

For wind and rain and fire

The rain is Tess, the fire's Joe,

And they call the wind Maria

 

Maria blows the stars around,

Sets the clouds a'flyin'

Maria makes the mountains sound

Like folks were up there dyin'

 

Maria, Maria

They call the wind Maria.

 

Before I knew Maria's name

And heard her wail and whinin'

I had a girl and she had me

And the sun was always shinin'

 

Then one day I left my girl,

I left her far behind me

And now I'm lost,

So gold-darned lost

Not even God can find me

 

Maria, Maria

They call the wind Maria.

 

Out here they have a name

For rain, wind, and fire only

When you're lost and all alone

There ain't no name for lonely

 

I'm a lost and lonely man

Without a star to guide me

Maria, blow my love to me,

I need my girl beside me

 

Maria, Maria

They call the wind Maria.

 

Maria, Maria

They call the wind Maria.

 

 

 


They Can't Take That Away from Me

There are many many crazy things

That will keep me loving you

And with your permission

May I list a few

 

The way you wear your hat

The way you sip your tea

The memory of all that

No, no they can't take that away from me

 

The way your smile just beams

The way you sing off key

The way you haunt my dreams

No, no they can't take that away from me

 

We may never, never meet again,

On that bumpy road to love

Still I'll always, always keep the memory of

The way you hold your knife

The way we danced till three

The way you changed my life

No they can't take that away from me

 

Repeat all

 

No they can't take that away

No they can't take that away from me


They Didn't Believe Me

Music: Jerome Kern Lyrics: Herbert Reynolds (1914)

 

(He)

Got the cutest little way,

Like to watch you all the day.

And it certainly seems fine,

Just to think that you'll be mine.

 

When I see your pretty smile,

Makes the living worth the while.

So I've got to run around

Telling people what I've found....

 

And when I told them

How beautiful you are

They didn't believe me!

They didn't believe me.

 

Your lips, your eyes, your cheeks, your hair,

Are in a class beyond compare

You're the loveliest girl that one could see!

 

And when I tell them

And I certn'ly am goin' to tell them,

That I'm the man whose wife someday you'll be

 

They'll never believe me!

They'll never believe me

That from this great big world you've chosen me!

 

(She)

Don't know how it happened quite,

May have been the summer night.

May have been, well, who can say?

Things just happen anyway.

 

All I know is I said "yes"

Hesitating more or less,

And you kissed me where I stood

Just like any fellow would....

 

And when I told them

How wonderful you are,

They didn't believe me!

They didn't believe me.

 

Your lips, your eyes, your curly hair,

Are in a class beyond compare

You're the loveliest thing that one could see!

 

And when I tell them

And I certn'ly am goin' to tell them,

That I'm the girl who's boy one day you'll be

 

They'll never believe me!

They'll never believe me

That from this great big world

You've chosen me.


They're Either Too Young or Too Old

Frank Loesser and Arthur Schwartz

1943 from the film: "Thank Your Lucky Stars"

 

Intro:

You Marched  away and left this town as empty as can be

I can't  sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me

For there is no secret lover, that the draft board didnt discover

 

Refrain:

They're Either Too Young or Too Old,

They're either too gray or too grassy green.

The Pickins are poor and the crop is lean,

Whats good is in the army,

Whats left will never harm me,

 

They're Either Too old or too young

So darling you'll never get stung

Tomorrow I’ll go hiking with that Eagle Scout unless I get a call from grandpa for a snappy game of chess

I'm finding it easy  to stay good as gold,

They're Either Too Young or too old...

 

I'll Never Never fail ya, while you are in Australia, or out in the Aleutians, or among the  Rooshians

And flying over Egypt,

your heart will never be gypped

And when you go to India,

I'll still be what I've been to ya

I've looked the world over and lo and behold,

They're Either too Young or Too Old"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They're Writing Songs of Love

(1)

They're writing songs of love,

But not for me;

The lucky stars above,

But not for me.

With love to lead the way,

I've found more skies of gray

Than any Russian play

Could guarantee.

 

I was a fool to fall

And get that way.

Heigh ho! Alas! And all,

So lackaday!

Although I can't dismiss

The mem'ry of her kiss

I guess she's not for me.


It all began so well,

But what an end!

This is the time a fella needs a friend

When every happy plot

Ends with a the marriage knot

But there's no knot for me.

 


They Say It's Wonderful

(2) Irving Berlin

 

Rumors fly and you can't tell where they start

'Specially when they concern a person's heart

I've heard things that could set my heart aglow

Wish I knew if the things I heard are so

 

They say that falling in love is wonderful

It's wonderful, so they say

And with the moon up above

It's wonderful, it's wonderful, so they tell me!

 

I can't recall who said it; I know I never read it

I only know they tell me that love is grand, and

This thing that's known as romance is wonderful

Wonderful, in every way, so they say!

 

Rumors fly and they often leave a doubt

But you've come to the right place to find out

Everything that you've heard is really so

I've been there once or twice and I should know

 

You’ll find that falling in love is wonderful

It’s wonderful as they say

And with the moon up above

It’s wonderful; it’s wonderful, as they tell me

 

You leave your house one morning

And without any warning

You’re stopping people

Shouting that that love is grand!

 

And to hold a man in your arms is wonderful

Wonderful in every way, I should say


They Were You

Music by Harvey Schmidt: Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones

From The Fantasticks

 

When the moon was young,

When the month was May,

When the stage was hung for my holiday,

I saw shining lights

But I never knew:

They were you.

They were you.

They were you.

 

When the dance was done,

When I went my way,

When I tried to find rainbows far away,

All the lovely lights

Seemed to fade from view:

They were you.

They were you.

They were you.

 

Without you near me,

I can't see.

When you're near me,

Wonderful things come to be.

 

Every secret prayer,

Every fancy free,

Everything I dared for both you and me.

All my wildest dreams

Multiplied by two

They were you.

They were you.

They were you.

 

 


This Can't Be Love

(1) Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart

 

This can't be love,

Because I feel so well,

No sobs, no sorrows, no sighs.

This can't be love, I get no

Dizzy spell,

My head is not in the skies.

 

My heart does not stand still,

Just hear it beat,

This is too sweet to be Love...

 

This can't be love,

Because I Feel so well,

And yet I love to look in your eyes.

 

Repeat all

 

My heart does not stand still,

Just hear it beat,

This is too sweet to be

Love...

 

This can't be love, because I

Feel so well, but still I love

To look

In your eyes,

Still I love to look in your eyes.


This Could Be The Start of Something Big

1956: Steve Allen

 

You're walking along the street,

Or you're at a party

Or else you're alone and then you suddenly dig;

You're look-in' in some one's eyes,

You suddenly realize that

This Could Be The Start Of Something big!

 

You're lunching at Twenty One

And watching your diet,

Declining a Charlotte Russe, accepting a fig;

When out of a clear blue sky,

It's suddenly gal and guy, and

This Could Be The Start Of Some-thing big!

 

There's no controlling the unrolling

Of your fate, my friend,

Who knows what's written in the magic book?

But when a lover you discover

At the gate my friend,

Invite him in without a second look!

 

You're up in an aeroplane, or dining at Sardi's

Or lying at Malibu, alone on the sand;

You suddenly hear a bell,

And right a-way you can tell

That this could be the start of something grand.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You’re doing your income tax

Or buying a toothbrush

Or hurrying home because the hour is late;

Then suddenly there you go,

The very next thing you know,

Is this could be the start of something great.

 

You’re having a snowball fight

Or picking up daisies,

You’re singing a happy tune, or knocking on wood

When all of sudden you,

Look up and there’s someone new,

This could be the start of something big

 

Your destined lover you’ll discover

In a freighting flash

So keep your heart awake both night and day.

Because the meeting maybe fleeting

As a lighting flash

And you don’t want to let it slip away.

 

You’re watching the sun come up

And counting your money,

Or else in a dim cafe you're ordering wine,

Then suddenly there he is,

And you wanna be where he is,

And this must be the start of something...

This could be the heart of something...

This could be the start of something fine.


This Nearly Was Mine

Music: Richard Rodgers; Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II

From South Pacific

 

One dream in my heart,

One love to be livin' for,

One love to be livin' for

This nearly was mine.

 

One girl for my dream,

One partner in paradise,

This promise of paradise

This nearly was mine.

 

Close to my heart she came

Only to fly away,

Only to fly as day flies from moonlight

Now, now I'm alone,

Still dreamin' of paradise,

Still sayin' that paradise

Once nearly was mine.

 

I'll keep rememberin' kisses

From lips I've never owned,

And all that lovely adventures

That we have never known.

 

One dream in my heart,

One love to be livin' for,

One love to be livin' for

This nearly was mine.

 

Close to my heart she came

Only to fly away,

Only to fly as day flies from moonlight.

 

Now, now I'm alone,

Still a-dreamin' of paradise,

Still sayin' that paradise

Once nearly was mine!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Love of Mine

(1) Writer(s): parker/sanicola/sinatra

 

This love of mine goes on and on,

Tho’ life is empty since you have gone.

You’re always on my mind, tho’ out of sight

It’s lonesome thru the day,

But oh! the night.

 

I cry my heart out it’s bound to break,

Since nothing matters, let it break.

I ask the sun and the moon,

The stars that shine,

What’s to become of it, this love of mine.


This Time The Dreams On Me

Johnny Mercer

 

Somewhere, someday

We´ll be close together

Wait and see

Oh, by the way, this time the dreams on me

 

You’ll take my hand

And you’ll look at me adoringly

But as things stand, this time the dreams on me

 

It would be fun to be certain that I’m the one

To know that I, at least,

Supplied the shoulder you cry upon

 

To see you through

´til you’re everything you want to be

It can’t be true

But this time the dreams on me


Thoroughly Modern Millie

 

There are those I suppose

Think we're mad Heaven knows

The world has gone To rack and to ruin

What we think is chic, unique and quite adorable

They think is odd and sodom and gomorrah-able

But the fact is

 

Everything today is thoroughly modern

Check your personality

Everything today makes yesterday slow

You better face reality

 

It's not insanity Says Vanity Fair

In fact, it's stylish to raise your skirts

And bob your hair

 

In a rumble seat the world is so cosy

If the boy is kissable

And that tango dance they wouldn't allow

Now is quite permissible.

Goodbye, good'-goody girl I'm changing and how!

So beat the drums

Coz here comes thoroughly modern Millie now!

 

Everything today is thoroughly modern

Bands are gettin' jazzier

Everything today is starting to go

Cars are gettin' snazzier

Men say it's criminal What women'll do.

What they're forgetting is

This is Nineteen Twenty-Two.

 

Have you seen the way they kiss in the movies?

Isn't it delectable?

Painting lips and pencil lining your brow

Now is quite respectable.

Goodbye good'-goody girl

I'm changing and how!

So beat the drums

Coz here comes thoroughly modern Millie now!


Those Were the Days my Friend

Mary Hopkin in 1968

 

Once upon a time there was a tavern

Where we used to raise a glass or two 

Remember how we laughed away the hours 

And dreamed of all the great things we would do 

 

Chorus:

 

Those were the days my friend 

We thought they'd never end 

We'd sing and dance forever and a day  

We'd live the life we choose 

We'd fight and never lose 

For we were young and sure to have our way. 

La la la la...

Those were the days, oh yes those were the days 

 

Then the busy years went rushing by us 

We lost our starry notions on the way 

If by chance I'd see you in the tavern 

We'd smile at one another and we'd say 

 

Repeat Chorus:

 

Just tonight I stood before the tavern 

Nothing seemed the way it used to be 

In the glass I saw a strange reflection 

Was that lonely woman really me 

 

Repeat Chorus:

 

Through the door there came familiar laughter

I saw your face and heard you call my name 

Oh my friend we're older but no wiser

For in our hearts the dreams are still the same 

 

Repeat Chorus:


Three Little Fishes

 

Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool

Swam three little fishes and a mama fishy too

"Swim" said the mama fishy, "Swim if you can"

And they swam and they swam all over the dam.

 

Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!

Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!

And they swam and they swam all over the dam.

 

"Stop" said the mama fishy, "or you will get lost"

But the three little fishes didn't wanna be bossed

 

The three little fishes went off on a spree

And they swam and they swam right out to the sea.

 

Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!

Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!

Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!

 

And they swam and they swam right out to the sea.

"Whee!" yelled the little fishes, "Here's a lot of fun

We'll swim in the sea till the day is done.

"They swam and they swam, and it was a lark .

Till all of a sudden they saw a shark!

 

Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!

Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!

Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!

 

Till all of a sudden they saw a shark!

"Help!" cried the little fishes, "Gee! look at all the whales!"

And quick as they could, they turned on their tails

And back to the pool in the meadow they swam

And they swam and they swam back over the dam.

 

Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!

Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!

Boop boop dit-tem dat-tem what-tem Chu!

 

And they swam and they swam back over the dam


Three Little Words

Jacques Renard

(H. Ruby)

 

Three Little Words, oh what I'd give for that wonderful phrase

To hear those Three Little Words, That's all I'd live

For the rest of my days;

 

And what I feel in my heart, they tell sincerely,

No other words can tell it half so clearly,

Three Little Words, eight little letters,

Which simply mean "I Love You"!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the Old Oak Tree

 

I'm coming home I've done my time

And I have to know what is or isn't mine

If you received my letter

Telling you I'd soon be free

Then you'd know just what to do

If you still want me

If you still want me

 

Oh tie a yellow ribbon

'Round the old oak tree

It's been three long years

Do you still want me

If I don't see a yellow ribbon

'Round the old oak tree

I'll stay on the bus, forget about us

Put the blame on me

If I don't see a yellow ribbon

'Round the old oak tree

 

Bus driver please look for me

'Cause I couldn't bare to see what I might see

I'm really still in prison

And my love she holds the key

A simple yellow ribbon's all I need to set me free

I wrote and told her please

 

Oh tie a yellow ribbon

'Round the old oak tree

It's been three long years

Do you still want me

If I don't see a yellow ribbon

'Round the old oak tree

I'll stay on the bus, forget about us

Put the blame on me

If I don't see a yellow ribbon

'Round the old oak tree

 

Now the whole damn bus is cheering

And I can't believe I see

A hundred yellow ribbons

'Round the old, the old oak tree

 

Tie a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

 

Tie a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

Tie a ribbon 'round the old oak tree

 

Russell Brown/Irwin Levine

Irwin Levine Music/


'Til the End of Time

 

'Til the end of time

Long as stars are in the blue,

Long as there's a spring, as song to sing

I'll go on wanting you

 

'Til the end of time, long as roses bloom in May

My love for you will grow deeper

With every passing day

 

'Til the wells run dry

And each mountain disappears

I'll be there for you to care for you

Through laughter and through tears

 

So take my heart in sweet surrender

And tenderly say that I'm

The one you love and live for

'Til the end of time

 

‘Til There Was You

 

There were bells on the hill,

But I never heard them ringing,

No, I never heard them at all

‘Til there was you.

 

There were birds in the sky,

But I never saw them winging,

No, I never saw them at all

‘Til there was you.

 

And there was music,

And there were wonderful roses,

They tell me, in sweet fragrant meadows

Of dawn and dew.

 

There was love all around,

But I never heard it singing,

No, I never heard it at all

‘Til there was you.

 

 

 

Time After Time

Cahn/Styne

 

What good are words I say to you?

They can't convey to you what's in my heart

If you could hear instead

The things I've left unsaid

 

Time after time

I tell myself that I'm

So lucky to be loving you

 

So lucky to be

The one you run to see

In the evening, when the day is through

 

Repeat from here

 

I only know what I know

The passing years will show

You've kept my love so young, so new

 

And time after time

You'll hear me say that I'm

So lucky to be loving you

 

Time Heals Everything

(1) Jerry Herman

 

Time heals everything, Tuesday, Thursday

Time heals everything, April, August.

If I’m patient the break will mend

And one fine morning the hurt will end.

 

So make the moments fly, Autumn, Winter.

I’ll forget you by next year, some year.

Though it’s hell that I’m going through,

Some Tuesday, Thursday, April, August

Autumn, Winter, next year, some year.

 

Time heals everything,

Time heals everything,

But loving you

 


Together

Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim

 

Wherever we go, whatever we do,

We're gonna go through it together.

We may not go far, but sure as a star,

Wherever we are, it's together.

 

Wherever I go I know he goes.

Wherever I go I know she goes.

No fits, no fights, no feuds

And no egos, Amigos, together!

 

Through thick and through thin,

All out or all in.

And whether it's win, place or show.

With you for me and me for you,

We'll muddle through whatever we do.

Together, wherever we go.

 

Wherever we go, whatever we do,

We're gonna go through it together.

Wherever we sleep, if prices are steep,

We'll always sleep cheaper together.

 

Whatever the boat I row, you row.

A duo

Whatever the row I hoe, you hoe.

A trio.

And any I. O. U., I owe you-oh's?

Who, me-oh? No, you-oh.

No, we-oh.

Together!

 

We all take the bow

Including the cow,

Though business is lousy and slow.

With Herbie's vim, Louise's verve,

Now all we need is someone with nerve.

Together

Wherever

Together, wherever we go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Life

 

To life! To life! L'chai-im!

L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!

If you've been lucky,

Then Monday was No worse than Sunday was,

Drink l'chai-im, to life.

 

To life, l'chai-im!

 L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!

One day it's honey and raisin cake,

Next day a stomach ache,

Drink L'chai-im, to life!

 

Our great men have written words of

Wisdom to be used

When hardship must be faced;

Life obliges us with hardship

So the words of wisdom

shouldn't go to waste.

 

To us and our good fortune

Be happy be healthy, long life!

And if our good fortune never comes

Here's to whatever comes,

Drink l'chaim, to life!

 

To life, to life, l'chai-im,!

L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!

Life has a way of confusing us

Blessing and bruising us,

Drink l'chaim, to life,

 

To life, l'chaim!

L'chaim, l'chaim, to life!

A gift we seldom are wise enough

Ever to prize enough,

Drink l'chaim, to life!

 

God would like us to be joyful

Even though our hearts lie panting on the floor;

How much more can we be joyful,

When there's really something

To be joyful for.

 

To life, to life, L'chai-im!

L'chai-im, l'chai-im, to life!

It gives you something to think about,

Something to drink about,

Drink l'chai-im, to life! l'chai-im !


Tomorrow

Lyrics: Martin Charnin

Music: Charrles Strouse

 

The sun'll come out Tomorrow

Bet your bottom dollar

That tomorrow

There'll be sun!

 

Just thinkin' about Tomorrow

Clears away the cobwebs,

And the sorrow

'Til there's none!

 

When I'm stuck with a day

That's gray, And lonely,

I just stick out my chin

And Grin, And Say,

 

Oh The sun'll come out

Tomorrow

So ya gotta hang on 'til tomorrow

Come what may

 

Tomorrow! Tomorrow!

I love ya Tomorrow!

 

You're always a day a way!

 


Tom Dooly

 

REFRAIN:

 

Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,

Hang down your head and cry.

Hang down your head, Tom Dooley,

Poor boy, you’re ‘bound to die.

 

Met her on the mountain

There I took her life,

Met her on the mountain

And stabbed her with my knife.

 

 REFRAIN:

 

‘Bout this time tomorrow, reckon where I’ll be?

Down in some lonesome valley, hangin’ from a white oak tree.


Tonight

 

Tonight, tonight,

Won't be just any night

Tonight there will be no morning star

 

Tonight, tonight,

I'll see my love tonight

And for us, Stars will stop where they are

 

Today the minutes seem like hours

The hours go so slowly and still the sky is light

Oh, moon Grow bright

And make this endless day

Endless night, tonight

 

Maria

 

Tonight, tonight, It all began tonight

I saw you and the world went away.

Tonight, tonight, there's only you tonight,

What you are, what you do, what you say.

 

Today, all day I had the feeling

A miracle would happen.

I know that I was right.

For here you are,

And what was just a world is a star

Tonight!

 

Both

 

Tonight, tonight,

The world is full of light,

With suns and moons all over the place.

Tonight, tonight, the world is wild and bright,

Going mad, shooting sparks into space.

 

Today, the world was just an address

A place for me to live in,

No better than all right, but here you are

And what was just a world is a star

Tonight

 

Tony

 

Tonight, Tonight,

It all began tonight.

I say you and the world went away.

Tonight You Belong To Me

Patience and Prudence

 

I know you belong to somebody new

But tonight you belong to me

 

Although we're apart, you're part of my heart

And tonight you belong to me

 

Way down by the stream, how sweet it will seem

Once more just to dream in the moonlight

My honey, I know....

 

With the dawn that you will be gone

But tonight you belong to me

 

Way down, way down along the stream

How very very sweet it will seem

Once more just to dream in the silvery moonlight

My honey, I know..

 

With the dawn that you will be gone

But tonight you belong to me

Just to little ol' me

 


Too Close for Comfort

 

(Finger snaps)

Be firm, be fair, be sure, beware,

On your guard take care.

While there's such temptation.

One thing will lead to another,

To late to run for cover,

She's much to close for comfort now.

 

Be wise, Be smart, Behave my heart

Don't upset, your cart when she's so close.

Be soft, be sweet, But be discreet.

Don't go off your beat

She's to close for comfort

To close to close for comfort please not again

To close to close to no just when to say when,

Be firm, Be fair, be absolutely sure , beware

On your guard take care

While there's such temptation

One thing will lead to another

To late to run for cover

She's much to close for comfort now

 

(Instrument Solo)

 

To close to close for comfort

She's to close to close to no just when to say when

Be firm, Be fair, Be sure Beware,

On your guard take care

While there's such temptation

 

One things leads to another,

To late to run for cover

She's much to close for comfort now

(and just a little pinch of soda)

One thing leads to another

To late to run for cover

She's much to close for comfort now

 

She's much

To much

Much to Much

She's to much to close for comfort now .

 

 

 

 


Too Fat Polka (She's Too Fat For Me)

by Ross MacLean and Arthur Richardson

Copyright 1947 Shapiro, Bernstein and Co., Inc. (published by Francis

     Day and Hunter Ltd.)

 

Here's a silly ditty, you can sing it right away

Now, here is what you say

So sing it while you may

Here's a silly jingle, you can sing it night or noon

Here's the words, that's all you need

'Cause I just sang the tune:

 

Refrain 1:

 

Oh, I don't want her, you can have her

She's too fat for me

She's too fat for me

She's too fat for me

I don't want her, you can have her,

She's too fat for me

She's too fat

She's too fat

She's too fat for me

 

I get dizzy

I get numbo

When I'm dancing

With my Jum-Jum-Jumbo

 

Repeat Refrain 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can she prance up a hill?

No, no, no, no, no

Can she dance a quadrille?

No, no, no, no, no

Does she fit in your coupe?

By herself she's a group

Could she possibly

Sit upon your knee?

No, no, no

 

Refrain 2:

 

We don't want her, you can have her

She's too fat for me

And she's too fat for me

But she's just right for me

We don't want her, you can have her

She's too fat for me

Yeah, she's too fat,

Much too fat

But she's just right for me

 

She's so charming

And she's so winning

But it's alarming

When she goes in swimming

 

Repeat Refrain 2

 

She's a twosome,

She's a foursome

If she'd lose some

I would like her more some

 

Repeat Refrain 1

 

Hey!

 

 


Too Marvelous for Words

(1) Mercer, Whiting

 

I search for phrases

To sing your praises

But there aren't any magic adjectives

To tell you all you are!

 

You're just too marvelous

Too marvelous for words

Like glorious, glamorous

And that old standby amorous!

You’re just too wonderful

I'll never find the words

That say enough, tell enough,

I mean they just aren't swell enough.

 

You're just too much

And just to very, very

To ever be

In Webster's dictionary!

And so I'm borrowing

A love song from the birds

To tell you that you're marvelous

Too marvelous for words.


Toot-Toot-Tootsie Goodbye

Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman, Dan Russo (1922)

 

Toot-toot-tootsie goodbye

Toot-toot-tootsie don't cry

The choo-choo train that takes me

Away from you, no words can say

How sad it makes me -

 

Kiss me, tootsie and then

Do it over again,

Watch for the mail -

I'll never fail,

If you don't get a letter

You'll know I'm in jail

Toot-toot-tootsie don't cry

Goodbye tootsie goodbye.


Top Of The World

 

Such a feelin's comin' over me

There is wonder in most everything I see

Not a cloud in the sky

Got the sun in my eyes

And I won't be surprised if it's a dream

 

Everything I want the world to be

Is now coming true especially for me

And the reason is clear

It's because you are here

You're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen

 

Chorus

I'm on the top of the world

Lookin' down on creation

And the only explanation I can find

Is the love that I've found

Ever since you've been around

Your love's put me at the top of the world

 

Something in the wind has learned my name

And it's tellin' me that things are not the same

In the leaves on the trees

And the touch of the breeze

There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

 

There is only one wish on my mind

When this day is through I hope that I will find

That tomorrow will be just the same

For you and me

All I need will be mine if you are here

 

Repeat Chorus twice

 


Train Songs

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?

When the Midnight Train Leaves for Alabam

(2)

When the midnight choo-choo leaves for Alabam;

I'll be right there, I've got my fare.

When I see that rusty-haired conductor man,

I'll grab him by the collar

And I'll holler "Alabam'! Alabam'!"

That's where you stop your train

That brings me back again

Down home where I'll remain,

Where my honey-lamb am.

I will be right there with bells,

When that old conductor yells,

"All aboard! All aboard!

All aboard for Alabam'."

Trolley Song, The

Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane

 

With my high starched collar and my high topped shoes

And my hair piled high upon my head,

I went to lose a jolly hour on the trolley and lost my heart instead

 

With his light brown derby and his bright green tie,

He was quite the handsomest of men,

I started to yen, so I counted to ten,

Then I counted to ten again

 

Clang, clang, clang went the trolley

Ding, ding, ding went the bell

Zing, zing, zing went my heartstrings

From the moment I saw him I fell

 

Chug, chug, chug went the motor

Bump, bump, bump went the brake

Thump, thump, thump went my heartstrings

When he smiled I could feel the car shake

 

Repeat from here

 

He tipped his hat and took a seat

He said he hoped he hadn't stepped upon my feet

He asked my name, I held my breath

I couldn't speak because he scared me half to death

 

Buzz, buzz, buzz went the buzzer

Plop, plop, plop went wheel

Stop, stop, stop sent my heartstrings

As he started to leave,

I took hold of his sleeve with my hand

And as if it were planned

He stayed on with me and it was grand

Just stand with his hand holding mine

Till the end of the line

 


Trolley Song, The

Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane

 

With my high starched collar and my high topped shoes

And my hair piled high upon my head,

I went to lose a jolly hour on the trolley and lost my heart instead

 

With his light brown derby and his bright green tie,

He was quite the handsomest of men,

I started to yen, so I counted to ten,

Then I counted to ten again

 

Clang, clang, clang went the trolley

Ding, ding, ding went the bell

Zing, zing, zing went my heartstrings

From the moment I saw him I fell

 

Chug, chug, chug went the motor

Bump, bump, bump went the brake

Thump, thump, thump went my heartstrings

When he smiled I could feel the car shake

 

Repeat from here

 

He tipped his hat and took a seat

He said he hoped he hadn't stepped upon my feet

He asked my name, I held my breath

I couldn't speak because he scared me half to death

 

Buzz, buzz, buzz went the buzzer

Plop, plop, plop went wheel

Stop, stop, stop sent my heartstrings

As he started to leave,

 

I took hold of his sleeve with my hand

And as if it were planned

He stayed on with me and it was grand

Just stand with his hand holding mine

Till the end of the line

 

(See Train Songs)

 


True Love

Written by - Cole Porter From - High Society (Soundtrack)

 

Suntanned, wind blown

Honeymooners at last alone

Feeling far above par

Oh, how lucky we are

 

While I give to you and you give to me

True love, true love

So on and on it will always be

True love, true love

 

For you and I have a guardian angel

On high, with nothing to do

But to give to you and to give to me

Love forever true

 

For you and I have a guardian angel

On high, with nothin' to do

But to give to you and to give to me

Love forever true

Love forever true

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Try to Remember

Lyrics: Tome Jones Music: Harvey Schmidt

 

Try to remember the time of September

When life was slow and oh so mellow

Try to remember the time of September

When grass was green and grain was yellow

 

Try to remember the time of September

When you were a tender and callow fellow

Try to remember and if you remember

Then follow

Follow follow follow...

 

Try to remember when life was so tender

That no one wept except for willow

Try to remember when life was so tender

That dreams were kept beside your pillow

 

Try to remember when life was so tender

That love was an amber about to billow

Try to remember and if you remember

Then follow

Follow follow follow...

 

Deep in December it's nice to remember

Although you know the snow will follow

Deep in December it's nice to remember

Without a hurt the heart is hollow

Deep in December it's nice to remember

The fire of September that made us mellow

Deep in December our hearts should remember

And follow...


Try a Little Tenderness

Written by - Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly & Harry Woods

 

She may be weary, women do get weary

Wearing the same shabby dress

And when she’s weary, try a little tenderness

 

She may be waiting, just anticipating

Things she may never possess

While she’s without them, try a little tenderness

 

It’s not just sentimental,

She has her grief and her care

But a word that’s soft and gentle

Makes it easier to bear

 

You won’t regret it, women don’t forget it

Love is their whole happiness

And it’s all so easy, try a little tenderness


TV Theme Songs

 

Beverly Hillbillies

Paul Henning

 

Come 'n listen to my story 'bout a man named Jed

A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed

And then one day, he was shootin' at some food

And up through the ground come a bubblin' crude

Oil, that is, black gold, Texas tea

 

Well, the first thing you know, old Jed's a millionaire

Kin folk said, Jed, move away from there

Said, Californy is the place you oughta be

So they loaded up the truck and they moved to Beverly

Hills, that is, swimmin' pools, movie stars

 

Well, now it's time to say goodbye to Jed and all his kin

They would like to thank you folks for kindly droppin' in

You're all invited back again to this locality

To have a heapin' helpin' of their hospitality

Hillbilly, that is, set a spell, take your shoes off

 

Y'all come back now, hear?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brady Bunch, The

Frank DeVol and Sherwood Schwartz

 

Here's the story of a lovely lady

Who was bringing up three very lovely girls.

All of them had hair of gold, like their mother,

The youngest one in curls.

 

Here's the store, of a man named Brady,

Who was busy with three boys of his own,

They were four men, living all together,

Yet they were all alone.

 

Till the one day when the lady met this fellow

And they knew it was much more than a hunch,

That this group would somehow form a family.

That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch.

The Brady Bunch,

 

That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch.

The Brady Bunch.

 

 

 

F-Troop

I. Taylor and W. Lava

 

The end of the Civil War was near

When quite accidentally

A hero who sneezed abruptly seized

Retreat, and reversed it to victory

 

His medal of honor pleased and thrilled

His proud little family group

While pinning it on some blood was spilled

And so it was planned he command F-Troop

 

Where Indian fights are colorful sights

And nobody takes a lickin'

When pale-face and red-skin

Both turn chicken

 

When drilling and fighting get them down

They know their morale can't droop

As long as they all relax in town

Before they resume with a bang and a boom

F-Troop!

 

 

Gilligan’s Island

 

Intro Theme

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,

A tale of a fateful trip,

That started in this tropic port,

Aboard this tiny ship.

The mate was a mighty sailin' man,

The Skipper brave and sure.

Five passengers set sail that day

For a three hour tour.

A three hour tour.

 

The weather started getting rough,

The tiny ship was tossed.

If not for the courage of the fearless crew,

The Minnow would be lost.

The Minnow would be lost.

The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle,

With Gilligan,

The Skipper too,

The Millionaire

And his wife,

The movie star,

The Professor

And Mary Ann,

Here on Gilligan's Isle.

 

Ending Theme

 

Now this is the tell of the castways,

They're here for a long, long time,

They'll have to make the best of things,

It's an uphill climb.

 

The first mate and the Skipper too,

Will do their very best,

To make the others comfortable,

In the tropic island nest.

 

No phone, no lights no motor cars,

Not a single luxury,

Like Robinson Crusoe,

As primative as can be.

 

So join us here each week my freinds,

You're sure to get a smile,

From seven stranded castways,

here on "Gilligan's Isle."

Green Acres

 

Green acres is the place to be

Farm living is the life for me

Land spreading out,

so far and wide

Keep Manhattan,

just give me that countryside.

 

New York

is where I'd rather stay

I get allergic smelling hay

I just adore a penthouse view

Darling, I love you,

but give me Park Avenue.   

 

Chores 

 

The Stores

Fresh air 

Times Square

You are my wife. Goodbye city life.

Green Acres, we are there! 

 

Petticoat Junction

 

Come ride the little train that is rollin' down the track to the Junction.

Forget about your cares, it is time to relax at the Junction.

Lotsa curves, you bet 'N even more when you get to the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

There's a little hotel called the Shady Rest at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

And that's Uncle Joe, he's a-movin' kinda slow at the Junction,

Petticoat Junction!

 


Two Ladies

Lyrics: Fred Ebb; Music John Kander-Cabaret

 

Beedle dee, dee dee dee,

Two ladies.

 

Beedle dee, dee dee dee,

Two ladies.

Beedle dee, dee dee dee,

And I'm the only man,

Ja!

 

Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

I like it,

Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

They like it.

Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

This two for one.

 

Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

Two ladies.

Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

Two ladies.

Beedle dee, dee dee dee,

Und he's the only man.

Ja!

Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

 

He likes it

Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

We like it.

Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

This two for one.

 

I do the cooking...

Und I make the bed.

I go out daily

To earn our daily bread.

But we've one thing in common,

He... She.. Und me,

 

The key,

Beedle dee, dee,

The key,

Beedle dee, dee, the key,

Beedle dee, deedle dee, deedle dee, dee!

 

Ooh! Ahh! Ooh! Ahh!

 

We switch partners daily

To play as we please.

Twosies beats onesies,

 

But nothing beats threes.

I sleep in the middle,

I'm left,

Und I'm right,

 

But there's room on the bottom

If you drop in some night.

Beedle dee, dee dee dee,

 

Two ladies.

Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

Two ladies.

Beedle dee, dee dee dee,

And he's the only man.

 

Ja!

Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

I like it,

Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

They like it!

 

Beedle dee, dee dee dee...

This two for one.

Beedle dee, deedle dee, deedle dee,

deedle dee, dee!

 

Thank you! Lulu! Bobby! Me!!

Oh, I'm so hot now!

Come, my Leiblings, upstairs!  

 


-U-

Undecided

Robin, Shavers

Transcribed from vocals by Ella Fitzgerald, with Chick Webb and His Orchestra, recorded Feb. 17, 1939;

From Ella Fitzgerald: Dreams Come True

 

First you say you do and then you don't,

And then you say you will and then you won't,

You're undecided now,

So what are you gonna do?

 

Now you want to play, and then it's no,

And when you say you'll stay,

That's when you go,

You're undecided now,

So what are you gonna do?

 

I've been sittin' on a fence,

And it doesn't make much sense, '

Cause you keep me in suspense

And you know it!

Then you promise to return;

When you don't I really burn,

Well, I guess I'll never learn,

And I show it!

 

If you got a heart, and if you're kind,

Then don't keep us apart, make up your mind,

You're undecided now,

So what are you gonna do?

 

I've been sittin' on a fence,

And it doesn't make much sense,

'Cause you keep me in suspense

And you know it! Then you promise to return;

When you don't I really burn,

Well, I guess I'll never learn,

And I show it!

 

If you got a heart, and if you're kind,

Then don't keep us apart, make up your mind,

You're undecided now,

So what are you gonna do?

 

Now, if you don't love me, I wish you'd say so,

I love you so much, honey, I just got to know;

I'm just a fool for you; what are you gonna do?

 


Unforgetable

(Irving Gordon)

 

 

Unforgetable

That's what you are,

Unforgetable

Tho' near or far.

Like a song of love that clings to me,

How the thought of you does things to me.

Never before

Has someone been more...

 

 

Unforgetable

In every way,

And forever more

That's how you'll stay.

That's why, darling, it's incredible

That someone so unforgettable

Thinks that I am

Unforgetable, too.

 

Unforgetable

In every way,

And forever more

That's how you'll stay.

That's why, darling, it's incredible

That someone so unforgettable

Thinks that I am

Unforgetable, too.


Up the Lazy River

Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin

Louis Armstrong recorded this song December 10, 1956

 

Up a lazy river by the old mill stream

That lazy, hazy river where we both can dream

Linger in the shade of an old oak tree

Throw away your troubles,

Dream a dream with me

 

Up a lazy river where the robin's song

Wakes up in the mornin', as we roll along

Blue skies up above ,

Everyone's in love

Up a lazy river, how happy we will be, now

Up a lazy river with me

 

Instrumental break

 

Up a lazy river by the old mill run

That lazy, lazy river in the noon day sun

You can linger in the shade of that fine ole tree

Throw, away your troubles, baby, dream with me

 

Up a lazy river where the robin's song

Wakes a brand new mornin' as we roll along

There are blue skies up above

And as long as we're in love

Up a lazy river, how happy we could be

If you go up a lazy river with me

Ah said with me now

Goin'up that... lazy river..... with me

 


US Patriotic Songs

 

Air Force Song, The

Robert Crawford

 

Off we go into the wild blue yonder,

Climbing high into the sun;

Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,

At 'em boys, Give 'er the gun! (Give 'er the gun now!)

Down we dive, spouting our flame from under,

Off with one helluva roar!

We live in fame or go down in flame. Hey!

Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!

 

Additional verses:

Minds of men fashioned a crate of thunder,

Sent it high into the blue;

Hands of men blasted the world asunder;

How they lived God only knew! (God only knew then!)

Souls of men dreaming of skies to conquer

Gave us wings, ever to soar!

With scouts before And bombers galore. Hey!

Nothing'll stop the U.S. Air Force!

 

America

Samuel F. Smith

 

My country, 'tis of Thee,

Sweet Land of Liberty

Of thee I sing;

Land where my fathers died,

Land of the pilgrims' pride,

From every mountain side

Let Freedom ring.

 

My native country, thee,

Land of the noble free,

Thy name I love;

I love thy rocks and rills,

Thy woods and templed hills,

My heart with rapture thrills

Like that above.

 

Let music swell the breeze,

And ring from all the trees

Sweet Freedom's song;

Let mortal tongues awake;

Let all that breathe partake;

Let rocks their silence break,

The sound prolong.

 

Our fathers' God to Thee,

Author of Liberty,

To thee we sing,

Long may our land be bright

With Freedom's holy light,

Protect us by thy might

Great God, our King.

 

Our glorious Land to-day,

'Neath Education's sway,

Soars upward still.

Its hills of learning fair,

Whose bounties all may share,

Behold them everywhere

On vale and hill!

 

Thy safeguard, Liberty,

The school shall ever be,

Our Nation's pride!

No tyrant hand shall smite,

While with encircling might

All here are taught the Right

With Truth allied.

 

Beneath Heaven's gracious will

The stars of progress still

Our course do sway;

In unity sublime

To broader heights we climb,

Triumphant over Time,

God speeds our way!

 

Grand birthright of our sires,

Our altars and our fires

Keep we still pure!

Our starry flag unfurled,

The hope of all the world,

In peace and light impearled,

God hold secure!

 

America the Beautiful

Katharine Lee Bates

 

O beautiful for spacious skies,

For amber waves of grain,

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America! America!

God shed his grace on thee

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea!


Anchors Aweigh (U.S. Navy)

George D. Lottman

 

Stand, Navy, out to sea, Fight our battle cry;

We'll never change our course,

So vicious foe steer shy-y-y-y.

Roll out the TNT, Anchors Aweigh. Sail on to victory

And sink their bones to Davy Jones, hooray!

 

Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh.

Farewell to college joys,

We sail at break of day-ay-ay-ay.

Through our last night on shore,

Drink to the foam,

Until we meet once more.

Here's wishing you a happy voyage home.

 

Army Goes Rolling Along, The

Based upon “The Caisson Song” by Brigadier General E.L. Gruber

 

Intro

March along,

Sing our song,

With the Army of the free

Count the brave,

Count the true,

Who have fought to victory

We’re the Army and proud of our name

We’re the Army and proudly proclaim

 

First to fight

For the right,

And to build the Nation’s might,

And The Army Goes Rolling Along

Proud of all we have done,

Fighting till the battle’s won,

And the Army Goes Rolling Along.

 

Refrain

Then it’s Hi! Hi! Hey!

The Army’s on its way.

Count off the cadence loud and strong (TWO! THREE!)

For where e’er we go,

You will always know

That The Army Goes Rolling Along.

 

Valley Forge, Custer’s ranks,

San Juan Hill and Patton’s tanks,

And the Army went rolling along

Minute men, from the start,

Always fighting from the heart,

And the Army keeps rolling along.

(refrain)

  

Men in rags, men who froze,

Still that Army met its foes,

And the Army went rolling along.

Faith in God, then we’re right,

And we’ll fight with all our might,

As the Army keeps rolling along.

(refrain)

 

 

Battle Hymm of the Republic

Julia Ward Howe

 

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;

He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;

He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword:

His truth is marching on.

 

I have seen him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps;

They have builded him an altar in the evening dews and damps;

I can read his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;

His day is marching on.

 

I have read a fiery gospel, writ in burnished rows of steel:

"As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal;

Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,

Since God is marching on."

 

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;

He is sifting out the hearts of men before his judgment-seat;

Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer him! be jubilant, my feet!

Our God is marching on.

 

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,

With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me:

As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,

While God is marching on.

 


God Bless America

Irving Berlin, 1918; revised 1938

 

Intro (spoken):

While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,

Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free,

Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,

As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer.

 

God bless America

Land that I love

Stand beside her and guide her

Through the night with the light from above

From the mountains

To the prairies,

To the ocean white with foam

God bless America,

My home sweet home.

 

God Bless the U.S.A.

Lee Greenwood

 

If tomorrow all the things were gone

I'd worked for all my life,

And I had to start again

with just my children and my wife,

I'd thank my lucky stars

to be living here today,

'Cause the flag still stands for freedom

and they can't take that away.

 

I'm proud to be an American

where at least I know I'm free,

And I won't forget the men who died

who gave that right to me,

And I gladly stand up next to you

and defend her still today,

'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land

God Bless the U.S.A.

 

From the lakes of Minnesota

to the hills of Tennessee,

Across the plains of Texas

from sea to shining sea.

From Detroit down to Houston

and New York to L.A.,

There's pride in every American heart

and it's time we stand and say:

 

I'm proud to be an American

where at least I know I'm free,

And I won't forget the men who died

who gave that right to me,

And I gladly stand up next to you

and defend her still today,

'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land

God Bless the U.S.A.

 

Grand Old Flag

by George M. Cohan

 

You're a grand old flag,

You're a high flying flag

And forever in peace may you wave.

You're the emblem of

The land I love.

The home of the free and the brave.

Ev'ry heart beats true

'neath the Red, White and Blue,

Where there's never a boast or brag.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

You're a grand old flag,

You're a high flying flag

And forever in peace may you wave.

You're the emblem of

The land I love.

The home of the free and the brave.

Ev'ry heart beats true

'neath the Red, White and Blue,

Where there's never a boast or brag.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

 


I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy

by George M. Cohan

 

I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,

A Yankee Doodle do or die,

A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam,

Born on the Fourth of July!

 

I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart,

She's my Yankee Doodle joy.

Yankee Doodle came to London,

Just to ride the ponies.

I am that Yankee Doodle boy

 

Chorus:

He's a Yankee Doodle Dandy,

A Yankee Doodle, do or die;

A real live nephew of his Uncle Sam,

Born on the Fourth of July.

 

He's got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart,

She's his Yankee Doodle joy.

Yankee Doodle came to London,

Just to ride the ponies,

He is that Yankee Doodle boy.

 

Marines Song, The

 

From the Halls of Montezuma

To the shores of Tripoli

We fight our country's battles

On the land as on the sea.

First to fight for right and freedom

And to keep our honor clean;

We are proud to claim the title

Of United States Marines.

 

Our flag's unfurled to every breeze

From dawn to setting sun;

We have fought in every clime and place

Where we could take a gun.

In the snow of far-off Northern lands

And in sunny tropic scenes;

You will find us always on the job --

The United States Marines.

 

Here's health to you and to our Corps

Which we are proud to serve;

In many a strife we've fought for life

And never lost our nerve.

If the Army and the Navy

Ever look on Heaven's scenes,

They will find the streets are guarded

By United States Marines.

 

Over There

George M. Cohan, 1917

 

Johnnie, get your gun

Get your gun, get your gun,

Take it on the run,

On the run, on the run.

Hear them calling you and me,

Every son of liberty.

Hurry right away,

No delay, no delay,

Make your daddy glad

To have had such a lad.

Tell your sweetheart not to pine,

To be proud her boy's in line.

 

Chorus

 

Over there, over there,

Send the word, send the word over there--

That the Yanks are coming,

The Yanks are coming,

The drums rum-tumming

Ev'rwhere.

So prepare, say a pray'r,

Send the word, send the word to beware.

We'll be over, we're coming over,

And we won't come back till it's over

Over there.


-V-

 

Venus

Ed Marshall

Recorded by Frankie Avalon in the US & Dickie Valentine in the UK (1959)

 

Hey, Venus! Oh, Venus!

 

Venus if you will

Please send a little girl for me to thrill.

A girl who wants my kisses and my arms

A girl with all the charms of you.

 

Venus, make her fair

A lovely girl with sunlight in her hair.

And take the brightest stars up in the skies

And place them in her eyes for me.

 

Venus, goddess of love that you are,

Surely the things I ask

Can't be too great a task.

 

Venus, if you do

I promise that I always will be true.

I'll give her all the love I have to give

As long as we both shall live.

 

Venus, goddess of love that you are

Surely the things I ask

Can't be too great a task.

 

Venus if you do

I promise that I always will be true.

I'll give her all the love I have to give

As long as we both shall live.

 

Hey, Venus! Oh, Venus!

Make my wish come true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very Thought Of You, The

Ray Nobel, 1934

 

The very thought of you,

And I forget to do

The little ordinary things

That everyone ought to do

I'm living in a kind of daydream,

I'm happy as a king 

And foolish though it may seem,

To me that's everything!

 

The mere idea of you,

The longing here for you 

You'll never know how slow  the moments go

'Till I'm near to you

I see your face in every flower,

Your eyes in stars above 

It's just the thought of you,

The very thought of you, my love!

 

I see your face in every flower,

Your eyes in stars above 

It's just the thought of you,

The very thought of you, my love!

 

It's just the thought of you, 

The very thought of you, 

My love!


Volare

(Nel blu di pinto di blu)

Words & Music by Domenico Modugno & Francesco Migliacci 1958

 

Penso que un sogno così non ritorni mai più;

Mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu

Poi d'improvviso venivo dal vento rapito

E incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito

 

Chorus

Volare, oh, oh,

Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh,

Nel blu di pinto di blu,

Felice di stare lassù

 

E volavo, volavo felice

piu in alto

del sole ed ancora più su

Mentre il mondo pian piano spariva

lontano laggiù

Una musica dolce suonava soltanto per me

 

Repeat Chorus

 

Ma tutti i sogni nell'alba svaniscon perchè

Quando tramonta la luna li porta con sè

Ma io continuo a sognare negli occhi tuoi belli

Che sono blù come un cielo trapunto di stelle...

 

Repeat Chorus

 

E continuo a volare felice,

Più in alto del sole ed ancora più sù.

Mentre il mondo pian piano scompare negli occhi tuoi blù.

La tua voce è una musica dolce

Che suona per me.

 

Repeat Chorus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Literal Translastion

 

I think that such a dream will not return again

and it painted my hands and face blue

and unexpectedly the wind carried me fast

and made me fly in the infinite sky

 

 

Chorus

To fly oh oh

To sing oh oh

In the blue painted blue

happy to be up there

 

And flying, flying happy

I find myself higher

higher than the sun

while the world slowly, slowly gets farther

away from me

a sweet music played only for me

 

English Version

lyrics by Mitchell Parrish

 

Sometimes the world is a valley of heartaches and tears

And in the hustle and bustle, no sunshine appears;

But you and I have our love always there to remind us

There is a way we can leave all the shadows behind us. 

 

Volare, oh oh,

Cantare, oh oh oh oh. 

Let's fly way up to the clouds,

Away from the madd'ning crowds.

 

Let us sing in the glow of a star that I know of,

Where lovers enjoy peace of mind;

Let us leave the confusion and all disillusion behind.

Just like birds of a feather, a rainbow together we'll find.

 

Volare, oh oh, cantare, oh oh oh oh.

No wonder my happy heart sings;

Your love has given me wings.

No wonder my happy heart sings;

Your love has given me wings.

 


-W-

Waiting for the Robert E. Lee!

Music : Lewis F. Muir / Lyrics : L. Wolfe Gilbert

 

Way down on the levee in old Alabamy,

There's daddy and mammy, there's Ephr'am and Sammy,

On a moonlight night you can find them all,

While they are waitin' the banjos are syncopa-tin'

What's that they're sayin?, what's that they're sayin;?

While they keep playin' hummin' and swayin',

It's the good ship Robert E. Lee,

That come to carry the cotton away.

 

Watch them shufflin' along, see them shufflin' along,

Go take your best gal, real pal; go down to the levee,

I said to the levee, and you'll join that shufflin' throng,

Hear that music and song,

It's simply great, mate, waitin' on the levee,

Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee.

 

The whistles are blowin', the smokestacks are showin',

The ropes they are throwin', excuse me, I'm goin',

To the place where all is harmonious,

Even the preacher, he is the dancing teacher.

Have you been down there? Were you around there?

If you ever go there, you'll always be found there,

Why do-gone, here comes my baby,

On the good old Robert E. Lee.

 

Watch them shufflin' along, see them shufflin' along,

Go take your best gal, real pal; go down to the levee,

I said to the levee, and you'll join that shufflin' throng,

Hear that music and song,

It's simply great, mate, waitin' on the levee,

Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee.


Walking My Baby Back Home

Turk, Ahlert, Richman

Transcribed from lyrics by Maurice Chevalier,

From Maurice Chevalier: Encore Maurice! Academy Sound and Vision, LDT, CD AJA 5016.

 

I've an agreeable baby,

Likes everything that I do!

Dances most every night,

Movies are her delight,

I sort of go for them, too!

But when movies and dances are gone,

That's when I have real fun!

 

Gee, it's great after being out late,

Walking my baby back home!

Arm in arm, over meadow and farm,

Walking my baby back home!

 

We go along harmonizing a song,

Or I'm reciting a poem,

Owls fly by and they give me the eye,

Walking my baby back home!

 

We stop for awhile, she gives me a smile,

And snuggles her head to my chest;

We start in to pet, and that's when I get

Her talcum all over my vest!

 

After I kind of sweat on my tie,

She has to borrow my comb,

One kiss then, I continue again,

Walking my baby back home!

 

Oh, oui, oui, it's delightful for me,

Walking my baby back home!

I can't use every word I will choose,

I'll tell you when we're alone!

 

Oh, yes, yes, when we stop for a rest,

I chug-a-lug to my own,

By this time, I assure you that I'm

Just like a king on a throne!

 

And then comes the fun, her shoe gets undone,

Oh, yes, I start tying it, then,

Sometimes, I'll admit, I linger a bit,

She makes me start walking again!

 

Then we stroll till my heel and my sole

Feel like they're down to the bone,

Oh, she's sweet, but it's bad on my feet,

Walking my baby back home!

 


Waltz Me Around Again Willy

{round  round  round}

By  Will Cobb and Ken Shields

 

Willie fitzgibbons who used to sell ribbons

And stood up all day on his feet

Grew very spooney on madeline mooney 

Who’d rather be dancing than eat

Each evining she’d tag him to some dance hall drag him ,and when the band started to play ,she’d up like a silly and grab tired willie ,steer him on the floor and she’d say :

 

Chorus

Waltz me around again willie

Around, around, around

The music is dreamy it’s peaches and creamy

Oh don't let my feet touch the ground

I feel like a ship on an ocean of joy

I just want to shout out loud ship ahoy

Oh waltz me around again Willie

Around, around, around

 

Willie devere was a dry goods cashier at his desk

He would sit all the day

‘Till his doctor advised him to start exercising

Or else he would soon fade away

One night this poor looney met Madeline Mooney

Fitzgibbins then shouted with joy

Shes ‘a good health regainer

You've got a great trainer

Just waite till she hollors  my boy

 

Chorus repeat


Way We Were, The

Music: Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics Marilyn, Alan Bergman

 

Memories.

Like the corners of my mind

Misty, water-colored, memories

Of the way we were! 

 

Scattered pictures,

Of the smiles we left behind

Smiles we gave to one another

For the way we were!

 

Can it be that it was all so simple then?

Or, has time rewritten every line?

If we had the chance to do it all again,

Tell me, would we,

Could we?

 

Memories.

May be beautiful, and yet,

What’s too painful to remember?

We simply choose to forget 

So it's the laughter,

We will remember, 

Whenever we remember,

The way we were!

 

The way we were!

 


Way You Look Tonight, The

 

Some day, when I'm awfully low,

When the world is cold,

I will feel a glow just thinking of you

And the way you look tonight.

 

Yes you're lovely

With your smile so warm

And your cheeks so soft,

There is nothing for me

But to love you,

And the way you look tonight.

 

With each word

Your tenderness grows,

Tearing my fear apart

And that laugh

That wrinkles your nose,

It touches my foolish heart.

 

Lovely. Never, ever change.

Keep that breathless charm.

Won't you please arrange it?

'Cause I love you.

Just the way you look tonight.

 

Mm,  Mm, Mm,  Mm,

Just the way you look tonight

 

 


We Got Elegance

(Version 1)

 

Mrs. Molloy

Exercise your wildest whims tonight

We are out with diamond Jims tonight

Minnie

Could they be

Misleading us?

Cornelius & Barnaby

Silver spoons were used for feeding us

We got elegance

If you ain't got elegance

All

You can never ever carry it off

Middle class

Don't speak of it

Savoir Faire

We reek of it

Some were born with rags and patches but

We use dollar bills for matches and

Minnie

Vanderbilt

Kowtows to us

Cornelius

J.P. Morgan scrapes and bows to us

All

We've got elegance

We were born with elegance

Cornelius

Have you noticed when I hold my cup

The saucer never moves

Mrs. Molloy

And the way I keep my pinky up

Indubitably proves

All

That we got elegance

We got built in elegance

And with elegance...elegance...

Elegance...elegance...elegance

We'll carry it off!

 

We got elegance

If you ain't got elegance

You can never ever carry it off

We got Elegance...

Cornelius & Barnaby:
Yes, New York  It's really us
Barnaby and Cornelius Mrs. Molloy & Minnie:
All the guests of Mr. Hackl are
Feelin' great and look spectacular
All:
What a knack, There is to that
Acting like a born aristocrat
We got elegance, If you ain't got elegance
You can never ever carry it off
Cornelius:
All who are Well-bred agree
Minnie Fay Has pedigree
Mrs. Molloy:
Exercise your wildest whims tonight
We are out with diamond Jims tonight
Minnie:
Could they be Misleading us?
Cornelius & Barnaby:
Silver spoons were used for feeding us
All:
We got elegance If you ain't got elegance
You can never ever carry it off

Middle class Don't speak of it
Savoir Faire We reek of it
Some were born with rags and patches but
We use dollar bills for matches and
Minnie:
Vanderbilt
Kowtows to us
Cornelius:
J.P. Morgan scrapes and bows to us
All:
We've got elegance
We were born with elegance
Barnaby:
I beheave like Walter Wally
When the streets are full of mud
Mrs. Molloy:
And the bluest Huckelberry isn't bluer than my blood
Minnie:
Have you noticed when I hold my cup
The saucer never moves
Cornelius:
And the way I keep my pinky up
Indubitably proves that
All:
We got elegance
We got built in elegance
And with elegance...elegance...
Elegance...elegance...elegance
We'll carry it off!
We got elegance
If you ain't got elegance
You can never ever carry it off
We got Elegance...


We Got Elegance

(Version 2)

Jerry Herman, from “Hello Dolly”

 

Cornelius & Barnaby

Yes, New York

It's really us

Barnaby and Cornelius

Mrs. Molloy & Minnie

All the guests of Mr. Hackl are

Feelin' great and look spectacular

 

All

What a knack

There is to that

Acting like a born aristocrat

We got elegance

If you ain't got elegance

You can never ever carry it off

Cornelius

All who are

Well-bred agree

Minnie Fay

Has pedigree

Mrs. Molloy

Exercise your wildest whims tonight

We are out with diamond Jims tonight

Minnie

Could they be

Misleading us?

Cornelius & Barnaby

Silver spoons were used for feeding us

We got elegance

If you ain't got elegance

All

You can never ever carry it off

Middle class

Don't speak of it

Savoir Faire

We reek of it

Some were born with rags and patches but

We use dollar bills for matches and

Minnie

Vanderbilt

Kowtows to us

Cornelius

J.P. Morgan scrapes and bows to us

All

We've got elegance

We were born with elegance

Cornelius

Have you noticed when I hold my cup

The saucer never moves

Mrs. Molloy

And the way I keep my pinky up

Indubitably proves

All

That we got elegance

We got built in elegance

And with elegance...elegance...

Elegance...elegance...elegance

We'll carry it off!

 

We got elegance

If you ain't got elegance

You can never ever carry it off

We got Elegance...


We'll Meet Again

Ross Parker & Hughie Charles (1939)

 

We'll meet again

Don't know where, don't know when

But I know we'll meet again some sunny day

 

Keep smiling through

Just like you always do

‘Til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away

 

So will you please say hello

To the folks that I know

Tell them I won't be long

They'll be happy to know

That as you saw me go

I was singing this song

 

We'll meet again

Don't know where, don't know when

But I know we'll meet again some sunny day

 

So, will you please say hello to the folks that I know? 

Tell them I won't be long!

They'll be happy to know that as you saw me go

I was singin' this song:

 

We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when

But I know we'll meet again some sunny day!

 

We'll meet again, we'll meet again


Wells Fargo Wagon, The

 

Ooho, the Wells Fargo Wagon

Is a-comin' down the street

Oh please let it be for me

 

Oho, the Wells Fargo Wagon

Is a-comin' down the street

I wish, I wish I knew what it could be

 

I got a box of maple sugar on my birthday

In March I got a gray mackinaw

And once I got some grapefruit from Tampa

Montgomery Ward sent me a bathtub and a crosscut saw

 

Oho, the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' now

Is it a prepaid surprise or C.O.D.?

 

It could be curtains

Or dishes

Or a double boiler

Or it could be

Yes it could be, yes you're right,

It surely could be

Somethin' special

Somethin' very, very special now

Just for me

 

Oho, the Wells Fargo Wagon

Is a-comin' down the street

Oh don't let him pass my door

Oho, the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin'

I wish I knew what he was comin' for

 

I got some salmon from Seattle last September

And I expect a new rockin' chair

I hope I get my raisins from Fresno

The D.A.R. have sent a cannon for the courthouse square

 

Oho, the Wellth Fargo Wagon is a-comin' now

I don't know how I can ever wait to thee

It could be thumthin' for thomone who ith no relathion

But it could be somethin' special just for me

 

 

 

 

Oho, you Wells Fargo Wagon, keep a comin'

Oho, you Wells Fargo Wagon, keep a comin'

Oho, you Wells Fargo Wagon,

Don't you dare to make a stop until you stop for


We'll Sing in the Sunshine

By Gayle Garnett

 

We'll sing in the sunshine,

We'll laugh every day,

We'll sing in the sunshine,

And I'll be on my way.

 

I know I'll never love you,

The cost of love's too dear.

But though I'll never love you,

I'll stay with you one year.

 

And we can sing in the sunshine,

We'll laugh every day,

We'll sing in the sunshine,

And I'll be on my way.

 

My daddy he once told me,

"Hey, don't you love you any man.

Just take what they may give you,

And give but what you can."

 

We'll sing in the sunshine,

We'll laugh every day,

We'll sing in the sunshine,

And I'll be on my way.

 

I'll sing to you each morning,

I'll kiss you every night.

But darlin' don't cling to me,

I'll soon be out of sight.

 

But we can sing in the sunshine,

We'll laugh every day,

We'll sing in the sunshine,

And I'll be on my way.

 

And when our year has ended,

And I have gone away,

You'll often think about me,

And this is what you'll say:

 

We sang in the sunshine,

We laughed every day,

We sang in the sunshine,

And then went on our way.

 


We're in the Money

Lyrics by Al Dubin  Music by Harry Warren

 

We're in the money, we're in the money;

We've got a lot of what it takes to get along!

We're in the money, that sky is sunny,

Old Man Depression you are through,

You done us wrong.

 

We never see a headline about breadlines today.

And when we see the landlord we can look that guy right in the eye

 

We're in the money, come on, my honey,

Let's lend it, spend it, send it rolling along!

 

Oh, yes we're in the money, you bet we're in the money,

We've got a lot of what it takes to get along!

Let's go we're in the money, Look up the skies are sunny,

Old Man Depression you are through, you done us wrong.

 

We never see a headline about breadlines today.

And when we see the landlord we can look that guy right in the eye

 

We're in the money, come on, my honey,

Let's lend it, spend it, send it rolling along!


What A Diff'rence A Day Made

(1) The Four Aces

 

What a diff'rence a day made

Twenty-four little hours

Brought the sun and the flowers

Where there used to be rain

 

My yesterday was blue, dear

Today I'm part of you, dear

My lonely nights are through, dear

Since you said you were mine

 

What a diff'rence a day makes

There's a rainbow before me

Skies above can't be stormy

Since that moment of bliss, that thrilling kiss

 

It's heaven when

You find romance on your menu

What a diff'rence a day made

And the difference is you

 

(What a diff'rence a day makes)

(There's a rainbow before me)

(Skies above can't be stormy)

Since that moment of bliss, that thrilling kiss

 

(It's heaven when you find romance on your menu)

What a diff'rence a day made

And the difference is you


What Are You Doing New Years Eve

Frank Loesser

 

Maybe it's much too early in the game

Ah, but I thought I'd ask you just the same

What are you doing New Years

New Years Eve?

 

Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight

When it's exactly twelve o'clock that night

Welcoming in the New Year

New Years Eve

 

Maybe I'm crazy to suppose

I'd ever be the one you chose

Out of a thousand, invitations

You'd receive

 

Ah, but in case I stand one little chance

Here comes the jackpot question in advance

What are you doing New Years

New Years Eve?

 

Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight

When it's exactly twelve o'clock that night

Welcoming in the New Year

New Year's Eve

 

What are you doing New Year's Eve?

 


What a Wonderful World.

George Weiss; Bob Thiele

 

I see trees of green,

Red roses too.

I see them bloom for me and you.

And I think to myself,

What a wonderful world.

 

I see skies of blue

And clouds of white.

The bright blessed day,

The dark sacred night.

And I think to myself,

What a wonderful world.

 

The colors of the rainbow,

So pretty in the sky,

Are also on the faces

Of people going by.

I see friends shakin' hands,

Saying "How do you do!"

They're really saying

"I love you."

 

I hear babies cry,

I watch them grow.

They'll learn much more

Than I'll ever know.

And I think to myself,

What a wonderful world.

 

(Instrumental break)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The colors of the rainbow,

So pretty in the sky,

Are also on the faces

Of people going by.

I see friends shakin' hands,

Saying "How do you do!"

They're really saying

"I love you."

 

I hear babies cry,

I watch them grow.

They'll learn much more

Than I'll ever know.

And I think to myself,

What a wonderful world.

Yes I think to myself

What a wonderful world.


What Did I Have That I Don't Have?

(1)

 

What did I have that I don't have?

What did he like that I lost track of?

What did I do that I don’t do the way I did before

 

What isn't there that once was there?

What have I got a great big lack of?

Something in me that

He could see that

Beckons to him no more

I'm just a victim of time

Obsolete in my prime

Out-of-date and outclassed, by my past!

 

What did he love that there’s none of?

What did I lose the sweet warm knack of?

Wouldn’t I be the late great me if I knew how?

Oh, what did I have I don't have now?

 

What did I have that I don't have?

What do I need a big supply of?

What was the trick I did particularly well before?

 

What did he see that’s gone in me?

What did I use that now I'm shy of?

Why is the sequel never the equal?

Why is there no encore?

 

Where can I go to repair?

All the wear and the tear

Till I’m once again the, previous me!

What did he like that I am not like?

What was the charm that I've run dry of?

What would I give

If my old know-how still knew how?

 

Oh what did I have?

Tell me where did it go!

What, oh, what did I have that I don’t have now?

 


What Do You Get When You Fall in Love?

Music: Burt Bacharach Lyrics: Hal David

 

What do you get

When you fall in love?

A girl with a pin

To burst your bubble

That's what you get

For all your trouble

I'll never fall in love again

I'll never fall in love again

 

What do you get

When you kiss a girl

You get enough germs

To catch pneumonia

After you do,

She'll never phone ya

I'll never fall in love again

I'll never fall in love again

 

Don't tell me

What it's all about

'cause I've been there

And I'm glad I'm out

Out of those chains

Those chains that bind you

That is why I'm here

To remind you

 

What do you get

When you fall in love?

You get enough tears

To fill an ocean

That's what you get

For your devotion.

I'll never fall in love again.

I'll never fall in love again.

 

What do you get

When you fall in love?

You only get lies

And pain and sorrow

So far at least

Until tomorrow

I'll never fall in love again

I'll never fall in love again


What I Did For Love

 

Kiss today goodbye,

The sweetness and the sorrow

Wish me luck, the same to you,

But I can't regret

What I did for love, what I did for love.

Look, my eyes are dry.

The gift was ours to borrow.

It's as if we always knew,

And I won't forget what I did for love,

What I did for love.

 

Gone,

Love is never gone.

As we travel on,

Love's what we'll remember.

 

Chorus

 

Kiss today goodbye,

And point me t'ward tomorrow.

Wish me luck the same to you

Won't forget, can't regret

What I did for love.

What I did for love.

What I did for… Love

 

Love is never gone.

As we travel on

Love's what we'll remember.

 

Repeat Chorus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


What Kind Of Fool Am I

Music: Leslie Briscusse Lyrics: Anthony Newley

 

What kind of fool am I?

Who never fell in Love

It seems that I'm the only one

That I have been thinking of

 

What kind of man is this?

An empty shell

A lonely cell

In which an empty heart must dwell

 

What kind of lips are these

That lied with ev'ry kiss

That whispered empty

Words of love

That left me alone like this

 

Why can't I fall in love

Like any other man

And maybe then I'll know

What kind of fool I am.

 

What kind of fool am I?

Who never fell in love

It seems that I'm the only one

That I have been thinking of

 

What kind of man is this?

An empty shell

A lonely cell

in which an empty heart must dwell

 

What kind of  clown am I?

What do I know of life?

Why can't I cast away

the mask of play

and live my life

 

Why can't I fall in love

'Til I don't give a damn

And maybe then I'll know

What kind of fool I am.

 


What'll I Do

Irving Berlin (1924)

 

Gone is the romance that was so divine.

'Tis broken and cannot be mended.

You must go your way,

And i must go mine.

But now that our love dreams have ended...

 

What'll i do

When you are far away

And I am blue

What'll I do?

 

What'll I do?

When I am wond'ring who

Is kissing you

What'll I do?

 

What'll I do with just a photograph

To tell my troubles to?

 

When I'm alone

With only dreams of you

That won't come true

What'll I do?

 

<instrumental-one verse>

 

What'll I do with just a photograph

To tell my troubles to?

 

When I'm alone

With only dreams of you

That won't come true

What'll I do?


When I Fall In Love

 

When I fall in love, it will be forever

Or I’ll never fall in love

In a restless world like this is

Love is ended before it’s begun

And too many moonlight kisses

Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

 

When I give my heart

It will be completely

Or I’ll never give my heart

And the moment I can feel that

You feel that way too

Is when I fall in love with you

 

And the moment I can feel

That you feel that way too

Is when I fall in love with you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When Irish eyes are smiling,

(1)

 

There's a tear in your eye,

And I'm wondering why,

For it never should be there at all.

With such pow'r in your smile,

Sure a stone you'd beguile,

So there's never a teardrop should fall.

When your sweet lilting laughter's

Like some fairy song,

And your eyes twinkle bright as can be;

You should laugh all the while

And all other times smile,

And now, smile a smile for me.

 

When Irish eyes are smiling,

Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring.

In the lilt of Irish laughter

You can hear the angels sing.

When Irish hearts are happy,

All the world seems bright and gay.

And when Irish eyes are smiling,

Sure, they steal your heart away.


When the Midnight Train Leaves for Alabam

 

I've had a mighty busy day. I've had to pack my things away,

And I'm going to give the landlord back his key, the very key,

That opened up my dreary flat, where many weary nights I sat Thinking of the folks down home who think of me.

You can bet you'll find me singing happily.

 

When the midnight choo-choo leaves for Alabam;

I'll be right there, I've got my fare.

When I see that rusty-haired conductor man,

I'll grab him by the collar and I'll holler "Alabam'! Alabam'!"

That's where you stop your train that brings me back again

Down home where I'll remain, where my honey-lamb am.

I will be right there with bells, when that old conductor yells,

"All aboard! All aboard! All aboard for Alabam'."

 

The minute that I reach that place, I'm going to overfeed my face,

'Cause I haven't had a good meal since the day I went away.

I'm going to kiss my Pa and Ma a dozen times for every star,

Shining over Alabama's new mown hay;

I'll be glad enough to throw myself away.

 

(To Chorus)

 

That's where you stop your train that brings me back again

Down home where I'll remain, where my honey-lamb am.

I will be right there with bells, when that old conductor yells,

"All aboard! All aboard! All aboard! All aboard! All aboard for Alabam'."

 

 

(See Train Songs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob-bob-bobbing Along

Words and Music by Harry Woods

 

When the red red Robin comes bob-bob-bobbing along, along.

There'll be no more sobbing when he starts throbbing his old sweet song.

 

Wake up, wake up you sleepy head,

Get up, get up get out of bed,

Cheer up cheer up the sun is red,

Live, love, laugh and be happy.

 

What if I've been blue, now I'm walking though fields of flowers.

Rain may glisten but still I listen for hours and hours.

 

I'm just a kid again doing what I did again singing a song.

When the red red Robin comes bob-bob-bobbing along, along.


When the saints go marching in

We are trav'ling in the footsteps

Of those who've gone before

And we'll all be reunited,

On a new and sunlit shore,

 

Oh, when the saints go marching in,

Oh, when the saints go marching in

Lord how I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

 

And when the sun begins to shine

And when the sun begins to shine

Lord, how I want to be in that number

When the sun begins to shine

 

Oh, when the saints go marching in,

Oh, when the saints go marching in

Lord how I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

 

Oh, when the trumpet sounds its call

Oh, when the trumpet sounds its call

Lord, how I want to be in that number

When the trumpet sounds its call

 

Oh, when the saints go marching in,

Oh, when the saints go marching in

Lord how I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

 

 
When You're Smiling

 

When you're smiling,

When you're smiling

The whole world smiles with you,

 

When you're laughing,

When you're laughing,

The sun comes shining thro';

 

But when you're crying

You bring on the rain,

So stop your sighing,

Be happy again,

 

Keep on smiling

Cause when you're smiling,

The whole world smiles with you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 too

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.


When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New

Frankie Froba

 

When your old wedding ring was new

And each dream that I dreamed came true

I remember with pride

How we stood side by side

What a beautiful picture you made as my bride

Even though silver crowns your hair

I can still see the gold ringlets there

Love's old flame is the same

As the day I changed your name

When your old wedding ring was new

 

 

When You Wish Upon A Star

 

When you wish upon a star,

Makes no difference who you are,

Anything your heart desires,

Will come to you.

 

If your heart is in a dream,

No request is to extreme,

When you wish upon a star,

as dreamers do.

 

Fate is kind,

She brings to those who love,

The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing.

Like a bolt out of the blue,

fate steps in and sees you through.

When you wish upon a star,

Your dreams come true.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where is Love? 

Lionel Bart "Oliver!"

 

Where is love?

Does it fall from skies above?

Is it underneath the willow tree

That I've been dreaming of?

Where is she?

Who I close my eyes to see?

Will I ever know the sweet hello

That's meant for only me?

 

Chorus

Who can say where she may hide?

Must I travel far and wide?

Till I am beside the someone who

I can mean something to

Where...? Where is love?

 

Repeat Chorus

Where or When

 

When you're awake, the things you think

Come from the dream you dream

Thought has wings, and lots of things

Are seldom what they seem

 

Sometimes you think you've lived before

All that you live to day

Things you do come back to you

As though they knew the way

Oh the tricks your mind can play

 

It seems we stood and talked like this, before

We looked at each other in the same way then

But I can't remember where or when

 

The clothes you're wearing

Are the clothes, you wore

The smile you are smiling you were smiling then

But I can't remember where or when

 

Some things that happened for the first time

Seem to be happening again

And so it seems that we have met before

And laughed before, and loved before

But who knows where or when


Whistle a Happy Tune

See Shall we Dance?

 

Whenever I feel afraid

I hold my head erect

And whistle a happy tune

So no one will suspect

I'm afraid

 

While shivering in my shoes

I strike a careless pose

And whistle a happy tune

And no one ever knows I'm afraid

 

The result of this deception

Is very strange to tell

For when I fool the people I fear

I fool myself as well

 

I whistle a happy tune

And ev'ry single time

The happiness in the tune

Convinces me that I'm not afraid

 

Make believe you're brave

And the trick will take you far

You may be as brave

As you make believe you are

 

Whistle here

 

You may be as brave

As you make believe you are

 

While shivering in my shoes

I strike a careless pose

And whistle a happy tune

And no one ever knows I'm afraid

 

The result of this deception

Is very strange to tell

For when I fool the people I fear

I fool myself as well

 

I whistle a happy tune

And ev'ry single time

The happiness in the tune

Convinces me that I'm not afraid

 

Make believe you're brave

And the trick will take you far

You may be as brave

As you make believe you are

 

 

White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation), A

 

 

A white sports coat and a pink carnation

I'm all dressed up for the dance

A white sports coat and a pink carnation

I'm all alone in romance

 

Once you told me long ago

To the prom with me you'd go

Now you've changed your mind it seems

Someone else will hold my dreams

 

A white sports coat and a pink carnation

I'm in a blue blue mood.

 

I'm all dressed up for the dance

I'm all alone in romance

 

Once you told me long ago

To the prom with me you'd go

Now you've changed your mind it seems

Someone else will hold my dreams

 

A white sports coat and a pink carnation

I'm in a blue blue mood


Who Can I Turn To

(1) When Nobody Needs Me

1964 Leslie Bricusse Anthony Newley

"The Roar Of the Greasepaint-The Smell Of the Crowd"

 

Who can I turn to,

When nobody needs me

My heart wants to know,

And so I must go

Where destiny leads me

 

With no star to guide me,

And no one beside me

I'm on my way

And after the day

The darkness will hide me

 

And maybe tomorrow,

I'll find what I'm after

I'll throw off my sorrow,

Beg steal or borrow

My share of laughter

 

With you I could learn to

With you on a new day

But who can I turn to

If you turn away?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who Cares

Lyrics: Ira Gershwin, Music: George Gershwin

Of Thee I Sing  1931  (S)

 

Let it rain and thunder,

Let a million firms go under.

I am not concerned with

Stocks and bonds that I've been burned with!

 

I love you and you love me

And that's how it will always be

And nothing else can ever mean a thing

 

Who cares what the public chatters

Love's the only thing that matters

 

Who cares if the sky cares to fall in the sea

Who cares what banks fail in Yonkers

Long as you've got a kiss that conquers?

 

Why should I care?

Life is one long jubilee,

So long as I care for you

And you care for me!

 

Who cares how history rates me

As long as your kiss intoxicates me?

 

Why should I care?

Life is one long jubilee,

So long as I care for you

And you care for me!

 


Who's Sorry Now

Fosse (All That Jazz)

 

Who's sorry now

Who's sorry now

Whose heart is aching

Breaking each vow

Who's sad and blue

Who's crying too

Just like I’ve cried over you

Right to the end

Just like a friend

I tried to warn you somehow

You've had your way

Now you must pay

I'm glad that you're sorry now

 

 


Why Can't You Behave?

Cole Porter 1948

 

Why can't you behave? 

Oh, why can't you behave?

After all the things you told me,

And those promises that you gave,

Oh, why can't you behave?

 

Why can't you be good? 

And do just as you should?

Won't you turn that new leaf over,

So your baby can be your slave?

 

Oh, why can't you behave?

There's a farm I know near my old home town,

Where we two can go and try settling down.

There I'll care for you forever,

'Cause you're all in the world I crave.

 

But baby, why can't you behave?

I said I'll care for you forever,

'Cause you're all in the world I crave.

But why, why can't you behave?

Baby, I'm all confused.

 

Why Did I Choose You?

M.Leonard & H.Martin (The Yearling)

 

Why did I choose you?

What did I see in you?

I saw the heart you hide so well

I saw a quiet man who had a gentle way

A way that caught me in its glowing spell

Why did I want you?

What could you offer me?

A love to last a life time through

 

And when I lost my heart so many years ago,

I lost it lovingly and willingly to you...

If I had to choose again,

I would still choose you...

 

And when I lost my heart so many years ago,

I lost it lovingly and willingly to you...

If I had to choose again,

I would still choose you...

Why Do I Love You?

(2) Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II; Music: Jerome Kern

 

I'm walking on the air, dear,

For life is fair, dear, to lovers;

I'm in the seventh heaven

(There's more than seven, my heart discovers),

In this sweet, improbable and unreal world,

Finding you has given me my ideal world.

 

Refrain:

 

Why do I love you?  Why do you love me?

Why should there be two, as happy as we?

Can you see the why or wherefore

I should be the one you care for?

 

You're a lucky boy, I am lucky too,

All our dreams of joy seem to come true.

Maybe that's because you love me,

Maybe that's why I love you!

 

Repeat Refrain


Witchcraft

Words & Music: Coleman/Leigh

 

Those fingers in my hair

That sly come hither stare

That strips my conscience bare

It's witchcraft

 

And I've got no defense for it

The heat is too intense for it

What good would common sense for it do

 

Cause it's witchcraft, wicked witchcraft

And although, I know, it's strictly taboo

When you arouse the need in me

My heart says yes indeed in me

Proceed with what your leading me to

 

It's such an ancient pitch

But one I wouldn't switch

Cause there's no nicer witch than you


Wishing Will Make It So

Words and Music by B.G. De Sylva (1939)

from the RKO Radio Picture “Love Affair”

starring Irene Dunne & Charles Boyer

 

 

Wishing will make it so

Just keep on wishing,

And care will go.

 

Dreamers tell us dreams come true, it’s no mistake,

And wishes are the dreams we dream,

When we’re awake.

 

The curtain of night will part,

If you are certain, within your heart,

So if you wish long enough, wish strong enough,

You will come to know,

Wishing will make it so.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With A Song In My Heart

Music: Richard Rodgers; lyrics: Lorenz Hart

 

With A Song In My Heart

I behold your adorable face.

Just a song at the start,

But it soon is a hymn to your grace

 

When the music swells,

I’m touching your hand,

It tells that you’re standing near,

And

 

At the sound of your voice,

Heaven opens its portals to me.

Can I help but rejoice,

That a song such as ours came to be?

 

But I always knew

I would live life through

With A Song In My Heart,

For you!

 

( But I always knew!

I would live life through! )

With A Song In My Heart,

For you!

 

( With A Song In My Heart! )


With You on my Arm

(1)

Girls have come and gone apart -

Angelique and Antoinette.

Who did I prefer?

Leslie or Helene?

It was all a blur - and yet, apart.

 

When Anne comes running down the street,

And I link my arms in hers...

Girls have come and gone -

Girls may come and go.

But something very odd occurs apart, 'cause:

 

Life is in perfect order with You on my arm!

It makes my shoulders broader with You on my arm!

Even when things won't jell and the pieces won't fit:

I'm suddenly in, I'm suddenly on, I'm suddelny it!

 

Who else can make me feel like I'm handsome and tall?

Who else can make me feel I'm on top of it all?

I found a combination that works like a charme!

I'm simply a man who walks on the stars,

Whenever it's You on my arm!

 

Verse 1

Life is a celebration with you on my arm!

Walking's a new sensation with you on my arm!

Each time I face a morning that's boring and bland

With you it looks good,

With You it looks great,

With You it looks grand!

 

Chorus

Somehow you've put a permanent star in my eye!

Even the dead of winter can feel like July!

I found a combination that works like a charm!

It’s suddenly ou

It’s suddenly ah

Whenever it's you on my arm!

 

Verse 2

Life is a celebration with you on my arm!

It’s worth the aggravation with you on my arm!

Each time I face a morning that's boring and bland

With you it looks good,

With you it looks great

With you it looks grand!

 

Repeat Chorus


Wizzard of Oz

 

Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead!

 

Ding Dong! The Witch is dead.

Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!

Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.

 

Wake up - sleepy head,

rub your eyes, get out of bed.

Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead.

She's gone where the goblins go,

Below - below - below. Yo-ho,

Let's open up and sing and ring the bells out.

Ding Dong' the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low.

Let them know

The Wicked Witch is dead!

 

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

(We’re Off to See the Wizard)

 

Follow the Yellow Brick Road. Follow the Yellow Brick Road.

Follow, follow, follow, follow,

Follow the Yellow Brick Road.

Follow the Yellow Brick, Follow the Yellow Brick,

Follow the Yellow Brick Road.

 

We're off to see the Wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

You'll find he is a whiz of a Wiz! If ever a Wiz! there was.

If ever oh ever a Wiz! there was The Wizard of Oz is one because,

Because, because, because, because, because.

Because of the wonderful things he does.

We're off to see the Wizard. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

 

If I Were King Of The Forest

 

If I were King of the Forest,

Not queen, not duke, not prince.

My regal robes of the forest,

would be satin, not cotton, not chintz.

I'd command each thing, be it fish or fowl.

With a woof and a woof and a royal growl - woof.

As I'd click my heel, all the trees would kneel.

And the mountains bow and the bulls kowtow.

And the sparrow would take wing - If I - If I - were King!

Each rabbit would show respect to me.

The chipmunks genuflect to me.

Though my tail would lash, I would show compash

For every underling!

If I - If I - were King!

Just King!

 

Lullaby League/Lollypop Guild

 

We represent the Lullaby League,

The Lullaby League, The Lullaby League

And in the name of the Lullaby League,

We wish to welcome you to Munchkinland.

 

We represent the Lollypop Guild,

The Lollypop Guild, The Lollypop Guild

And in the name of the Lollypop Guild,

We wish to welcome you to Muchkinland.

 

We welcome you to Munchkinland,

Tra la la la la la la

From now on you'll be history.

You'll be history,

you'll be history,

you'll be history.

And we will glorify your name.

You will be a bust, be a bust, be a bust

In the Hall of Fame!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merry Old Land Of Oz

 

Ha - ha - ha, Ho - ho - ho -

And a couple of tra - la - las

That's how we laugh the day away,

In the Merry Old Land of Oz!

 

Bzz - bzz - bzz, Chirp - chirp - chirp

And a couple of La - di - das

That's how the crickets crick all day,

In the Merry Old Land of Oz!

 

We get up at twelve and start to work at one.

Take an hour for lunch and then at two we're done.

Jolly good fun!

 

Ha - ha - ha, Ho - ho - ho -

And a couple of tra - la - las

That's how we laugh the day away,

In the Merry Old Land of Oz!

 

Pat, pat here, Pat, pat there,

And a couple of brand new straws.

That's how we keep you young and fair

In the Merry Old Land of Oz!

 

Rub, rub here, Rub, rub there,

Whether you're tin or brass

That's how we keep you in repair

In the Merry Old Land of Oz!

 

We can make a dimple smile out of a frown.

Can you even dye my eyes to match my gown? Uh-huh!

Jolly Old town!

 

Clip, clip here, Clip, clip there,

We give the roughest claws.

That certain air of savoir faire,

In the Merry Old Land of Oz!

 

Ha - ha - ha - Ho - ho - ho - Ho - ho - ho - ho -

That's how we laugh the day away In the Merry Old Land of Oz!

 

Ha - ha - ha, Ho - ho - ho - Ha - ha - ha -ha - ha

That's how we laugh the day away, In the Merry Old Land of Oz!

Munchkinland

 

Come out, come out, wherever you are and meet the young lady,

who fell from a star.

She fell from the sky, she fell very far and Kansas, she says,

is the name of the star.

Kansas, she says, is the name of the star.

She brings you good news. Or haven't you heard? 

When she fell out of Kansas

A miracle occurred.

It really was no miracle. What happened was just this.

The wind began to switch - the house to pitch and suddenly

the hinges started to unhitch.

Just then the Witch - to satisfy an itch went flying

on her broomstick, thumbing for a hitch.

And oh, what happened then was rich.

The house began to pitch. The kitchen took a slitch.

It landed on the Wicked Witch

in the middle of a ditch,

Which was not a healthy situation for the Wicked Witch.

( = repeated)

... Who began to twitch and was reduced to just a stitch

of what was once the Wicked Witch.

 

We're Off To See The Wizard


Wonderful Guy, A

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein, II; Music: Richard Rodgers.

 

I'm as corny as Kansas in August,

I'm as normal as blueberry pie.

No more a smart little girl with no heart,

I have found me a wonderful guy!

 

I am in a conventional dither,

With a conventional star in my eye.

And you will note there's a lump in my throat

When I speak of that wonderful guy!

 

I'm as trite and as gay as a daisy in May,

A cliche coming true!

I'm bromidic and bright as a moon happy night

Pouring light on the dew!

 

I'm as corny as Kansas in August,

High as a flag on the Fourth of July!

If you'll excuse an expression I use,

I'm in love, I'm in love,

I'm in love, I'm in love,

I'm in love with a wonderful guy!


Wonderful Wonderful

Lyrics: Ben Raleigh; Music: Sherman Edwards 1957

 

 

Sometimes we walk hand in hand by the sea

And we breathe in the cool salty air

You turn to me with a kiss in your eyes

And my heart feels a thrill beyond compare

Then your lips cling to mine

It's wonderful, wonderful

Oh, so wonderful, my love

 

Sometimes we stand on the top of a hill

And we gaze at the earth and the sky

I turn to you and you melt in my arms

There we are, darling, only you and I

What a moment to share

It's wonderful, wonderful

Oh, so wonderful, my love

 

The world is full of wond'rous things it's true

But they wouldn't have much meaning without you

 

Some quiet ev'ning I sit by your side

And we're lost in a world of our own

I feel the glow of your unspoken love

I'm aware of the treasure that I own

And I say to myself

"It's wonderful, wonderful"

"Oh, so wonderful, my love"

 

And I say to myself

"It's wonderful, wonderful"

"Oh, so wonderful, my love"


Wouldn't it be Loverly?

 

It's rather dull in town,

I think I'll take me to Paree.Mmmmmm.

The mistress wants to open up the castle in Capri.

Me doctor recommends a quiet summer by the sea!

Mmmm, Mmmm, wouldn't it be loverly?

 

All I want is a room somewhere,

Far away from the cold night air.

With one enormous chair,

Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?

 

Lots of choc'lates for me to eat,

Lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat.

Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet,

Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?

 

Aow, so loverly sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still.

I would never budge 'till spring

Crept over me windowsill.

 

Someone's 'ead restin' on my knee,

Warm an' tender as 'e can be.

'ho takes good care of me,

Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?

 

Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly

 

(Repeat)


Wunderbar

(1) Kiss Me Kate

 

Wunderbar, wunderbar!

There's our fav'rite star above.

What a bright, shining star,

Like our love, it's wunderbar!

 

Wunderbar, wunderbar!

We're alone and hand in glove,

Not a cloud near or far,

Why, it's more than wunderbar!

 

Gazing down on the Jungfrau

From our secret chalet for two,

Let us drink, Liebchen mein,

In the moonlight benign,

To the joy of our dream come true.

 

Wunderbar, wunderbar!

What a perfect night for love.

Here am I, here you are,

Why it's truly wunderbar!

 

Wunderbar, wunderbar!

We're alone and hand in glove,

Not a cloud near or far,

Why, it's more than wunderbar!

 

Say you care, dear,

For you madly,

Say you long, dear,

For your kiss,

Do you swear, dear?

Darling, gladly,

Life's divine, dear!

And you're mine, dear!

Wunderbar, wunderbar!

 

There's our fav'rite star above.

What a bright, shining star,

Like our love, it's wunderbar!

 

Wunderbar, wunderbar! Ah-ah-ah-aha...

What a perfect night for love. Ah-ah-ah-aha...

Here am I, here you are, Ah-ah-ah-aha...

Why it's truly wunderbar! Why it's truly wunderbar!

 

Wunderbar, wunderbar! La-la-la-la-la...

There's our fav'rite star above. La-dee-la-deh-la-dah...

 

What a bright, shining star, Bright, shining star,

Like our love, it's wunderbar!


-Y-

Yellow Rose Of Texas, The

 

Oh the yellow rose of Texas is the only girl I love

Her eyes are even bluer than Texas skies above

Her heart's as big as Texas and wherever I may go

I'll remember her forever because I love her so

There are so many roses that bloom along the way

But my heart's in Amarillo

And that's where it will stay

With the yellow rose of Texas

So I'd better get there fast

'Cause I know I was her first love

And I want to be her last

Oh the yellow rose of Texas is the only girl I love

Her eyes are even bluer than Texas skies above

Her heart's as big as Texas and wherever I may go

I'll remember her forever because I love her so

 


Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Gus Kahn/Walter Donaldson

 

Yes Sir, that's my baby

No sir, I don't mean maybe

Yes sir, that's my baby now

 

Yes, ma'm, we've decided

No ma'm, we ain't gonna hide it

Yes, ma'm, you're invited now

 

By the way,

By the way

When we walk up to the preacher I'll say

 

Yes sir, that's my baby

No sir, I don't mean maybe

Yes sir, that's my baby now

 

(Instrumental interlude)

 

By the way, by the way

When we run into the preacher I'll say

 

I'll say yes sir, that's my baby

No sir, I don't mean maybe

Yes sir, that's my baby now

 


Yesterday Once More

Richard Carpenter and John Bettis

 

When I was young

I'd listen to the radio

Waitin' for my favorite songs

When they played I'd sing along

It made me smile.

 

Those were such happy times

And not so long ago

How I wondered where they'd gone

But they're back again

Just like a long lost friend

All the songs I loved so well.

 

Every Sha-la-la-la

Every Wo-o-wo-o

Still shines

Every shing-a-ling-a-ling

That they're startin' to sing's

So fine.

 

When they get to the part

Where he's breakin' her heart

It can really make me cry

Just like before

It's yesterday once more.

 

Lookin' back on how it was

In years gone by

And the good times that I had

Makes today seem rather sad

So much has changed.

 

It was songs of love that

I would sing to then

And I'd memorize each word

Those old melodies

Still sound so good to me

As they melt the years away.

 

Every Sha-la-la-la

Every Wo-o-wo-o

Still shines

Every shing-a-ling-a-ling

That they're startin' to sing's

So fine.

 

All my best memories

Come back clearly to me

Some can even make me cry.

 

Just like before

It's yesterday once more.

 


You Always Hurt The One You Love

By Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher

 

You always hurt the one you love

The one you shouldn't hurt at all

You always take the sweetest rose

And crush it till the petals fall

 

You always break the kindest heart

With a hasty word you can't recall

So if I broke your heart last night,

It's because I love you most of all

 


You and Me

 

You and me

We're the kind of people

Other people would like to be

Wand'ring free

We present the kind of picture

People are glad to see

 

And we don't care that tomorrow

Comes with no guarantee

We've each other for company

And come what may, you and me

We'll stay together year after year

Won't we, my dear

 

We’ll always be you and me

 

Repeat above then

 

We'll always be you and me

We'll always be you and me

 


You are My Lucky Star

Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed

 

In my imagination,

I searched the starlit sky so bright,

In my imagination,

There I saw you in the night.

 

And on the day I saw you,

How could I help but realise?

My lucky star was smiling right there,

Before my very eyes...

 

You are my lucky star,

I saw you from afar.

Two lovely eyes at me they were beaming, gleaming,

I was star struck.

 

You're all my lucky charms;

I'm lucky in your arms.

You've opened heaven's portal,

Here on Earth for this poor mortal.

You are my lucky star!

 


You Are Woman, I am Man

 

You are woman.  I am man.

You are smaller.  So I can be taller than.

You are softer to the touch.

It’s a feeling I like feeling very much.

 

You are someone I’ve admired.

Still our friendship leaves something to be desired.

Does it take more explanation than this?

You are woman I am man. Let’s kiss.

 

Isn’t this the height of nonchalance?

Furnishing a bed, in restaurants.

Well a bit of dinner never hurt.

But guess who is gonna be dessert.

Do good girls do just what mamma says,

When mamma’s not around?

It’s a feeling, Oy Vay what a feeling!

A bit of pate?  Ah, I drink it all day.

 

Should I do the things they tell me to?

In this pickle, what would Sadie do?

In my soul, I feel an inner lack.

Just suppose he wants his dinner back.

 

Just some dried up toast in a sliver.

On the top, a little chopped liver. Oh!

 

How many girls become a sinner while

Waiting for a roast beef dinner? Though

Most girls slip in ordinary ways.

I got style, I do it bordelaise!

Well at least you think I’m special

You ordered A-La-Cart!

It’s a feeling I like feeling very….

I feel the feeling down to my toes!

 

Now I feel that there’s a fire here

Ooh, try that once, a little higher dear!

What a beast, to ruin such a pearl.

Would a convent take a Jewish girl?

 

Does it take more explanation than this?

Ooh the thrills, and chills, going through me!

If I stop him now, can he sue me?

You are woman.  I are man. Let’s kiss.


You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me

(1) Album: Louise

 

Verse:

Sweet one, fairer than the flowers,

Never will I meet one sweeter than you.

Would you turn away or could you

Really every care, If I'd ever dare

To say, "I Love you."?

 

Chorus:

If the nightingales could sing like you,

They'd sing much sweeter than they do,

For you brought a new kind of love to me.

 

If the Sandman brought me dreams of you,

I'd want to sleep my whole life through,

For you brought a new kind of love to me.

 

Bridge:

I know that you're the queen, and I'm the slave,

And yet you will understand

That underneath it all

You're a maid, and I am only a man.

 

I would work and slave the whole day through

If I could hurry home to you;

For you brought a new kind of love to me.


You Can't Get a Man With a Gun

By Irving Berlin

from Annie Get Your Gun

 

Oh, my mother was frightened by a shotgun they say,

That's why I'm such a wonderful shot.

I'd be out in the cactus and I'd practice all day.

And now tell me what have I got?

 

I'm quick on the trigger,

With targets not much bigger

Than a pinpoint, I'm number one.

But my score with a feller

Is lower than a celler;

Oh, you can't get a man with a gun.

 

When I'm with a pistol

I sparkle like a crystal,

Yes, I shine like the morning sun,

But I lose all my luster

When with a bronco buster;

Oh, you can't get a man with a gun.

 

With a gun, with a gun,

No you can't get a man with a gun.

If I went to battle

With someone's herd of cattle,

You'd have steak when the job was done,

But if I shot the herder

They'd holler bloody murder,

And you can't shoot a male in the tale like a quail;

Oh, you can't get a man with a gun.

 

I'm cool, brave nad daring

To see a lion glaring

When I'm out with my Remington

But a look from a mister

Will raise a fever blister

Oh you can't get a man with a gun

 

The gals with umbrellers

Are always out with fellers

In the rain or the blazing sun.

But a man never trifles

With gals who carry rifles

Oh you can't get a man with a gun

 

With a gun, with a gun,

No you can't get a man with a gun.

A man's love is mighty,

He'll even buy a nightie

For a gal who he thinks is fun,

But they don't buy pajamas

For pistol packin' mamas

And you can't get a hug from a mug with a slug;

Oh, you can't get a man with a gun.

 

If I shot a rabbit,

Some furrier would grab it

For a coat that would warm someone;

But you can't shoot a lover

And use him for a cover

Oh, you can't get a man with a gun.

 

If I shot an eagle,

Althought it isn't legal,

He'd be stuffed when the job was done,

But you can't stuff a feller And watch him turnin' yeller;

Oh, you can't get a man with a gun.

 

With a gun, with a gun,

No, you can't get a man with a gun.

A Tom, Dick or Harry

Will build a house for Carrie

When the preacher has made them one,

But he can't build you houses

With buck-shot in his trousers,

For a man may be hot, but he's not when he's shot

Oh, you can't get a man with a gun

 


You’d Be Surprised

Johnny Ray

Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin

 

He’s not so good in a crowd

But when you get him alone,

You’d be surprised.

He isn’t much at a dance

But then when he takes you home,

You’d be surprised.

He doesn’t look like much of a lover,

But don’t judge a book by it’s cover.

He’s got the face of an angel but,

There’s a devil in his eye.

He’s such a delicate thing

But when he starts to squeeze,

You’d be surprised.

He dosn’t look very strong

But when you sit on his knees,

You’d be surprised.

At a party or at a ball,

I’ve got to admit he’s nothing at all,

But in an easy chair,

You’d be surprised.


You Do Something To Me

(4) Cole Porter

 

I was mighty blue

Thought my life was through

'Til the heavens opened

And I gazed at you

 

Won't you tell me, dear

Why, when you appear,

Something happens to me

And the strangest feeling goes through me?

 

You do something to me

Something that simply mystifies me

Tell me, why should it be,

You have the power to hypnotize me?

 

Let me live 'neath your spell

Do do that voodoo that you do so well

For you do something to me

That nobody else can do


You Gotta Get A Gimmick

 

You can pull all the stops out

'Till they call the cops out

Grind your behind till your banned

But you gotta get a gimmick,

If you wanna get a hand.

You can sacrifice your sacro

Working in the back row

Bump in a dump till your dead

But you gotta get a gimmick,

Iif you wanna get ahead

 

You can ugh!

You can ugh!

You can ugh, ugh, ugh!

That's how burlesque was born

Me I ugh!

And I ugh!

And I ugh, ugh, ugh!

But I do it with a horn

Once I was a schleppe'

Now I'm Miss Mazeppa

With my revolution in dance

You gotta get a gimmick

If your gonna have a chance.

 

She can ugh!

She can ugh!

She can ugh, ugh, ugh!

Ain't gonna make her rich.

Me I ugh!

And I ugh!

And I ugh, ugh, ugh!

But I do it with a switch

I'm electrifyin'

And I ain't even tryin'

I never have to sweat to get paid

'Cause if you gotta gimmick

Gypsy girl you got it made

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All the ugh!

And the ugh!

And the ugh, ugh, ugh!

Ain't gonna spell success

Me I ugh!

And I ugh!

And I ugh, ugh, ugh!

But I do it with finesse

Dressy Tessy Turra

Is so much more demure'

Than all them other ladies because

Cause if you gotta gimmick

Then you're gonna get applause

 

If you wanna make it

Twinkle while you shake it

If you wanna grind it

Wait 'till you've refined it

If you wanna bump it

Bump it with a trumpet

So get yourself a gimmick

And you too

Can be a star

 


You Gotta Have Heart

Heart

 

You've gotta have heart

All you really need is heart

When the odds are sayin

You'll never win

That's when the gring should start

 

You've gotta have hope

Mustn't sit around and mope

Nothins half as bad as it may appear

Wait'll next year and mope

 

When your luck is battin zero

Get your chin up off the floor

Mister you can be a hero

You can open any door

There's nothin to it but to do it

 

You gotta have heart

Miles and miles and miles of heart

Oh it's fine to be a genius of course

But keep that old horse before the cart

First you've gotta have heart

 

You've gotta have heart

All you really need is heart

(When the odds are sayin you'll never win

That's when the grin should start)

 

You've gotta have hope

Mustn't sit around and mope

Nothins half as bad as it may appear

Wait'll next year and mope

 

When your luck is battin zero

Get your chin up off the floor

Mister you can be a hero

You can open any door

There's nothin to it but to do it

 

You gotta have heart

Miles and miles and miles of heart

Oh it's fine to be a genius of course

But keep that old horse before the cart

First you've gotta have heart

 


You Keep Coming Back Like a Song

(2) Irving Berlin

 

Can't run away from you, dear

I've tried so hard but I fear

You'll always follow me near and far

Just when I think that I'm set

Just when I've learned to forget

I close my eyes, dear, and there you are

 

You keep coming back like a song

A song that keeps saying, remember

 

The sweet used-to-be

That was once you and me

Keeps coming back like an old melody

 

The perfume of roses in May

Returns to my room in December

 

From out of the past

Where forgotten things belong

You keep coming back like a song

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You’ve got me crying again

Jones / Newman

Ivor Morton & The Harry Roy Band

 

You’ve got me crying again

You’ve got me sighing again

What is this love all about?

I’m in, I’m out

Your kisses right from the start

Came from your lips, not your heart

You make me happy and then

Somebody new looks good to you

You’ve got me crying again

Just crying for you

 

 


You'll Never Get Away From Me

 

You'll never get away from me.

You can climb the tallest tree.

I'll be there somehow.

 

True, you could say, "Hey, here's your hat."

But a little thing like that

Couldn't stop me now.

 

I couldn't get away from you,

Even if you told me to,

So go on and try.

Just try and you're gonna see

How you're gonna not at all

Get away from me.

 

Rose, I love you, but don't count your chickens.

Come dance with me.

I warn you that I'm no Boy Scout.

Relax awhile, come dance with me.

So don't think that I'm easy pickin'.

The music's so nice.

Rose, 'cause I just may some day pick up and pack out.

Oh, no you don't. No, not a chance.

No arguments, shut up and dance.

 

You'll never get away from me.

You can climb the tallest tree.

I'll be there somehow.

True, you could say, "Hey, here's your hat."

But a little thing like that

couldn't stop me now.

 

I couldn't get away from you,

even if I wanted to.

Well, go on and try.

Just try

 Ah, Rose.

and you're gonna see

Ah, Rose

how you're gonna not at all

get away from me.


You'll Never Know

 

Darling, I'm so blue without you

I think about you the live-long day

When you ask me if I'm lonely

Then I only have this to say

 

You'll never know just how much I love you

You'll never know just how much I care

And if I tried, I still couldn't hide

My love for you

You ought to know, for haven't I told you so

A million or more times?

 

You went away and my heart went with you

I speak your name in my ev'ry prayer

If there is some other way to prove that I love you

I swear I don't know how

You'll never know if you don't know now

 

You'll never know just how much I miss you

You'll never know just how much I care

You said goodbye,

No stars in the sky refuse to shine

Take it from me, it's no fun to be alone

With moonlight and memories

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kiss me Once, Then Kiss me Twice

 

Kiss me once, then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long, long time

Haven't felt like this, my dear

Since I can't remember when

It's been a long, long time

 

You'll never know how many dreams

I've dreamed about you

Or just how empty they all seemed without you

So kiss me once, then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long, long time

 

Ah, kiss me once, then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long time

Haven't felt like this my dear

Since I can't remember when

It's been a long, long time

 

You'll never know how many dreams

I dreamed about you

Or just how empty they all seemed without you

So kiss me once then kiss me twice

Then kiss me once again

It's been a long, long time

Long, long time

 

I Don't Want To Walk Without You

 

I don't want to walk without you, Baby

Walk without my arm about you, Baby

I thought the day you left me behind

I'd take a stroll and get you right off my mind

But now I find that

I don't want to walk without the sunshine

Why'd you have to turn off all that sunshine?

Oh, Baby, please come back or you'll break my heart for me

 

'Cause I don't want to walk without you

I don't want to walk without you

I don't want to walk without you

 

No, siree


You'll Never Walk Alone

Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rogers

 

When you walk through a storm,

Hold your head up high,

And don't be afraid of the dark,

At the end of the storm is a golden sky.

And the sweet silver song of a lark.

Walk on through the wind,

Walk on through the rain,

Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown,

Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,

And you'll never walk alone.

You'll never walk alone

 


You Made Me Love You

(1)

Chorus

 

You made me love you

I didn't wanna do it

I didn't wanna do it

You made me want you

And all the time you knew it

I guess you always knew it

 

You made me happy sometimes

You made me glad

But there were times dear

You made me feel so bad

 

You made me sigh for

I didn't wanna tell you

I didn't wanna tell you

I want some love that's true

Yes, I do, 'deed I do

You know I do

 

Verse

 

Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie, gimmie what I sigh for

You know you've got the brand of kisses

That I'd die for

You know you made me love you

Repeat Chorus

 

Verse

 

I can’t tell you what I’m feeling

The very mention of your name sends my heart reeling

You know you made me love you

 

I don’t really care if the whole world stops

As far as I’m concerned,

You’ll always be the tops

You know you made me love you

 

You made me cry for

I didn't wanna tell you

I didn't wanna tell you

I want some love that's true

Yes, I do, 'deed I do

You know I do

 


You Make Me Feel So Young

 

You make me feel so young

You make me feel like spring has sprung

Every time I see you grin

I'm such a happy individual

 

The moment that you speak

I want to go and play hide-and-seek

I want to go and bounce the moon

Just like a toy balloon

 

You and I, are just like a couple of tots

Running across the meadow

Picking up lots of forget-me-nots

 

You make me feel so young

You make me feel there are songs to be sung

Bells to be rung, and a wonderful fling to be flung

 

And even when I'm old and gray

I'm gonna feel the way I do today

'Cause you make me feel so young

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby

Mercer, Warren

 

You must have been a beautiful baby

You must have been a wonderful child

When you were only starting

To go to kindergarten

I bet you drove the little boys wild.

And when it came to winning blue ribbons

You must have shown the other kids how.

I can see the judges' eyes

As they handed you the prize

You must have made the cutest bow.

You must've been a beautiful baby

Cause baby, look at you now.

 

Does your mother realize

The stork delivered quite a prize

The day he left you on the family tree?

Does your dad appreciate

That you're merely supergreat

The miracle of any century?

If they don't just send them both to me.

 

You must have been a beautiful baby

You must have been a wonderful child.

When you were only starting to go to kindergarten

I bet you drove the little boys wild.

And when it came to winning blue ribboms

You must have shown the other kids how.

I can see the judges' eyes as they handed you the prize

You must have made the cutest bow.

You must've been a beautiful baby

Cause baby look at you now.

 

 

 


Younger Than Springtime

Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein, II; Music: Richard Rodgers.

 

I touch your hand and my arms grow strong.

Like a pair of birds that burst with song.

My eyes stare down on your lovely face,

and I hold the world

in my embrace.

 

Younger than springtime - are you.

Softer than starlight - are you.

Warmer than winds of June

are the gentle lips you gave me.

 

Gaier than laughter - are you.

Sweeter than music - are you.

Angel and lover

Heaven and Earth are you to me.

 

And when your youth and joy

invade my arms.

And fill me heart as now they do

then...

 

Younger than springtime - am I.

Gaier than laughter - am I.

Angel and lover

Heaven and Earth am I with you.

 

Younger than springtime - are you.

Softer than starlight - are you.

Warmer than winds of June

are the gentle lips

you gave me.

 

Gaier than laughter - are you.

Sweeter than music - are you.

Angel and lover

Heaven and Earth are you to me.

 

And when your youth and joy

invade my arms.

And fill me heart as now they do

then...

 

Younger than springtime - am I.

Gaier than laughter - am I.

Angel and lover

Heaven and Earth am I with you.


You're 16 (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)

by richard sherman and robert sherman

 

You come on like a dream, peaches and cream,

Lips like strawberry wine.

You're sixteen, you’re beautiful and you're mine.

 

You're all ribbons and curls, ooh, what a girl,

Eyes that sparkle and shine.

You're sixteen, you’re beautiful and you're mine.

 

You're my baby, you're my pet,

We fell in love on the night we met.

You touched my hand, my heart went pop,

Ooh, when we kissed, I could not stop.

 

You walked out of my dreams and into my arms,

Now you're my angel divine.

You're sixteen, so beautiful and you're mine.

 

Ah, play it for me!

Oh, play that thing, randy!

Saxophone!"

 

You're my baby, you're my pet,

We fell in love on the night we met.

You touched my hand, my heart went pop,

Ooh, when we kissed, I could not stop.

 

You walked out of my dreams and into my car,

Now you're my angel divine.

You're sixteen, so beautiful and you're mine.

 

You're sixteen, so beautiful and you're mine.

You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine.


You're A Grand Old Flag

by George M. Cohan

 

You're a grand old flag,

You're a high flying flag

And forever in peace may you wave.

You're the emblem of

The land I love.

The home of the free and the brave.

Ev'ry heart beats true

'neath the Red, White and Blue,

Where there's never a boast or brag.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

You're a grand old flag,

You're a high flying flag

And forever in peace may you wave.

You're the emblem of

The land I love.

The home of the free and the brave.

Ev'ry heart beats true

'neath the Red, White and Blue,

Where there's never a boast or brag.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

 

I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy

by George M. Cohan

 

I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,

A Yankee Doodle do or die,

A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam,

Born on the Fourth of July!

I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart,

She's my Yankee Doodle joy.

Yankee Doodle came to London,

Just to ride the ponies.

I am that Yankee Doodle boy

 

 


You're a Sweetheart

Dolly Dawn

 

Words of praise

In a well turned phrase

Never seem to spring

From my heart,

I'm never one who reaches

For sentimental speeches;

I'm not versed and I'm not rehearsed

In the kind of words that are smart,

Still I can speak sincerely

And tell you just as clearly.

 

You're a sweetheart if there ever was one,

If there ever was one it's you.

Life without you

Was an incomplete dream,

You are every sweet dream come true.

My search was such a blind one

And I was all at sea,

I never thought I'd find one

Quite so perfect for me,

You're a sweetheart if there ever was one,

If there ever was one it's you

 


You're Getting to be a Habit With Me

(1) Lyrics: Al Dubin; Music Harry Warren 1932

 

Every kiss, every hug

Seems to act just like a drug

You're getting to be a habit with me

 

Let me stay in your arms

I'm addicted to your charms

You're getting to be a habit with me

 

I used to think your love was something

That I could take or leave alone

But now I couldn't do without my supply

I need you for my own

 

Oh, I can't break away

I must have you everyday

As regularly as coffee or tea

You've got me in your clutches

And I can't break free

You're getting to be a habit with me

 


You’re Just In Love

(Irving Berlin)

 

Verse 1

I hear singing and there's no one there

I smell blossoms and the tree's are bare

All day long I seem to walk on air

I wonder why, I wonder why?

 

I keep tossin in my sleep at night

And what's more, I've lost my appetite

Stars that used to twinkle in the skies

Are twinkling in my eyes, I wonder why?

 

Verse 2

You don’t need analyzing

It's not so surprising

That you feel very strange but nice

Your heart goes pitter-patter

I know just what's the matter

Because I've been there once or twice

 

Put your head on my shoulder

You need someone who's older

A rub down with a velvet glove

There is nothing you can take

To relieve that pleasant ache

You're not sick, you're just in love!

 

Repeat (1) and (2) at the same time

 

There is nothing you can take

To relieve that pleasant ache

You're not sick, you're just in love!

 

There is nothing you can take

To relieve that pleasant ache

You're not sick, you're just in love!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


You're My Everything

(1) Nat King Cole

Words: Mort Dixon and Joe Young; Music: Harry Warren

1931 revue "The Laugh Parade"

 

You're my everything, underneath the sun

You're my everything, rolled up into one

You're my only dream, my only real reality

You're my idea of a perfect personality

 

You're my everything, everything I need

You're the song I sing, and the book I read

You're a way beyond belief

And just to make it brief

You're my winter, summer, spring, my everything

 

You're my everything (everything I need)

You're the song I sing and the book I read

You're a way beyond belief

And just to make it brief

You're my winter, summer, spring, my everything

 


You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You

(1) Larry Stock, Russ Morgan, James Cavanaugh

 

You're nobody till somebody loves you

You're nobody till somebody cares

You may be king, you may possess,

The world and its gold

But gold won't bring you happiness,

When you're growing old

 

The world’s still the same

You'll never change it

As sure as the stars shine above

You're nobody 'till somebody loves you

So find yourself somebody to love

 

You're nobody till somebody loves you

You're nobody till somebody cares

You may be king, you may possess,

The world and its gold

But gold won't bring you happiness,

When you're growing old

 

The world still is the same

You'll never change it, or re-arrange it

As sure as the stars shine above

You're nobody till somebody loves you

So find yourself somebody,

Go out and grab yourself somebody

Go out and find yourself somebody

To Love!


You're The Top

Cole Porter (Anything Goes)

 

Reno

At words poetic, I'm so pathetic

That I always have found it best

Instead of getting `em off my chest

To let `em rest expressed

 

I hate parading my serenading

As I'll probably miss a bar

But if this ditty is not so pretty

At least I'll tell you how great you are

 

You're the top! You're the Colosseum

You're the top! You're the Louvre Museum

You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss

You're a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet

You're Mickey Mouse

 

You're the Nile, you're the Tower of Pisa

You're the smile on the Mona Lisa

I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop

But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top

 

Billy

Your words poetic are not pathetic

On the other hand, babe, you shine

And I can feel after very line

A thrill divine down my spine

 

Now gifted human like Vincent Youmans

Might think that your song is bad

But I got a notion I'll second the motion

And this is what I'm going to add:

 

You're the top! You're Mahatma Gandhi

You're the top! You're Napoleon Brandy

You're the purple light of a summer night in Spain

You're the National Gallery,

You're Garbo's salary

You're cellophane

 

You're sublime, you're a turkey dinner

You're the time of a Derby winner

I'm a toy balloon that is fated soon to pop

But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top

 

Reno

You're the top! You're an arrow collar

You're the top! You're a Coolidge dollar

You're the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire

You're an O'Neill drama

Billy         You're Whistler's mama

Reno        You're Camembert

 

Billy

You're a rose

You're Inferno's Dante

 

Reno

You're the nose on the great Durante

I'm just in the way

As the French would say "de drop"

But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top

 

Billy

You're the top! You're a dance in Bali

You're the top! You're a hot tamale

You're an angel, you simply too, too, too diveen

You're a Boticelli, you're Keats

Reno        You're Shelly

 

Billy

You're Ovaltine

You're a boon, you're a dam at boulder

You're the moon over Mae West's shoulder

I'm the nominee of the G.O.P.

Reno        Or GOP!

 

Billy

But if, baby, I'm the bottom

You're the top!

 

Reno

You're the top! You're a Waldorf Salad

You're the top! You're a Berlin ballad

You're the boats that glide on the sleepy Zuider Zee

You're an old Dutch master

Billy         You're Lady Astor

 

Reno

You're broccoli, you're romance

You're the steppes of Russia

You're the pants on a Roxy usher

I'm a broken doll, a fol-de-rol, a blop

 

Reno & Billy

But if, baby, I'm the bottom

You're the top!


You Took Advantage of Me!

From Present Arms 1928

Lyrics by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers

 

Verse 1 (Douglas):

In the spring when the feeling was chronic

And my caution was leaving you flat,

I should have made use of the tonic

Before you gave me that!

A mental deficient you'll grade me.

I've given you plenty of data.

You came, you saw and you slayed me,

And that-a is that-a!

 

Refrain:

 

I'm a sentimental sap, that's all.

What's the use of trying not to fall?

I have no will,

You've made your kill

'Cause you took advantage of me!

I'm just like an apple on a bough

And you're gonna shake me down somehow.

So what's the use,

You've cooked my goose

'Cause you took advantage of me!

 

I'm so hot and bothered that I don't know

My elbow from my ear.

I suffer something awful each time you go

And much worse when you're near.

 

Here am I with all my bridges burned,

Just a babe in arms where you're concerned,

So lock the doors

And call me yours

'Cause you took advantage of me.

 

Verse 2 (Edna):

 

When a girl has the heart of a mother

It must go to someone, of course;

It can't be a sister or brother

And so I loved my horse.

But horses are frequently silly-

Mine ran from the beach of Kailua

And left me alone for a filly,

So I-a picked you-a.

 

Repeat Refrain


You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night

(1922, Con Conrad (m), Billy Rose (w))

 

Verse 1

Daddy dear, listen here, Mamma's feeling blue.

I don't see much of you, And that will never do.

Once a week Mamma's cheek, Gets a kiss or two.

I'm not showing you the door,

But I must lay down the law!

 

Chorus 1

You've got to see Mamma ev'ry night,

Or you can't see Mamma at all.

You've got to kiss Mamma and treat her right,

Or she won't be home when you call.

Now if you want my company,

You can't "fifty fifty" me.

You've got to see Mamma ev'ry night,

Or you can't see Mamma at all.

 

Chorus 2

You've got to see Mamma ev'ry night,

Or you can't see Mamma at all.

You've got to kiss Mamma, treat her right,

Or she won't be home when you call.

I don't want the kind of man,

Who works on the installment plan.

You've got to see Mamma ev'ry night,

Or you can't see Mamma at all.

 

Interlude

Monday night I sat alone,

Tuesday night you didn't phone,

Wednesday night you didn't call,

And on Thursday night, the same old stall.

Friday night you dodged my path,

Saturday you took your bath,

Sunday night you called on me,

But you brought three girls for company!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Verse 2

Daddy dear, when you're near, Ev'ry thing's O.K.

But when you stay away, I mope around all day.

I must know where you go,

And what makes you gay,

I don't want to share my love,

With another turtle dove.

 

Chorus 3

You've got to see Mamma ev'ry night,

Or you can't see Mamma at all.

You've got to kiss Mamma, treat her right,

Or she won't be home when you call.

Now I don't care for the kind of shiek,

Who does his shieking once a week.

You've got to see Mamma ev'ry night,

Or you can't see Mamma, your sweet Mamma, you can't see your Mamma at all.

 


You Were Meant For Me

Music by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed , 1929 

 

Life was a song, you came along

I lie awake the whole night through

If I should dare, to think you  

 

You were meant for me

I was meant for you!

Nature patterned you, an' when she was done 

You were all the sweet things rolled in one!

 

You're like a plaintive melody 

That never lets me free 

I'm content, the angels must have sent you 

And they meant you just for me!

 

You . . . were . . . meant . . . for me!

 

I . . . was . . . meant . . . for you! 

 

I'm content, 

The angels must have sent you 

And they meant you 

Just for me!


You Wonderful You

(1) Lyric Jack Brooks and Saul Chaplin Music Harry Warren

From Summer Stock

 

Joe:

 

I'm glad I met you,

You wonderful you,

I won't forget you,

You wonderful you.

You're like a breath of spring,

A whole new thing has happened.

And without much ado,

I look at you

And there stands love.

My arms around you,

That's wonderful, too,

I'm glad I found you,

You wonderful you,

Remember, finders keepers,

Losers weepers,

And because that's true,

You're mine now, you wonderful you.

 

Lyrics by Mack Gordon

 

JANE (Talking): I like that.

 

JOE: (Talking): And then their dance. A nice easy dance, nice easy, soft...

 

Singing:

 

You're like a breath of spring,

A whole new thing has happened,

And without much ado

I look at you and there stands love,

My arms around you,

Yhat's wonderful too.

So glad I found you, you wonderful you.

Remember finder's keepers

 

JANE: losers weepers

 

BOTH:

 

And because it's true,

You're mine now, you wonderful you.


You Wore a Tulip

 

HARRY:

When you wore a tulip, a big yellow tulip

And I wore a big red rose.

When you caressed me,

'twas then Heaven blessed me,

What a blessing no one knows.

 

BOTH:

You made life cheery when you called me dearie,

'twas down where the bluegrass grows,

Your lips were sweeter than julep,

When you wore a tulip,

And I wore a big red rose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You, You, You

written by Robert Mellin and Lotar Olias

adapted from a German tune

lyrics as recorded in 1953 by The Ames Brothers with

Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra

 

You, you, you

I'm in love with you, you, you

I could be so true, true, true

To someone like you, you, you

 

Do, do, do

What you oughta do, do, do

Take me in your arms, please do

Let me cling to you, you, you

 

We were meant for each other

Sure as heavens above

We were meant for each other

To have, to hold and to love

 

You, you, you

There's no one like you, you, you

You could make my dreams come true

If you say you love me too

 

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

 

We were meant for each other

Sure as heavens above

We were meant for each other

To have, to hold and to love

 

You, you, you

There's no one like you, you, you

You could make my dreams come true

If you'd say you love me too

 

 


-Z-

Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart

James F. Hanley

 

Never could carry a tune

Never knew where to start

You came along, when everything was wrong       

And put a song in my heart

 

Dear when you smiled at me

I heard a melody

That haunted me from the start

Something inside of me,

Started a symphony

Zing! Went the strings of my heart

 

'Twas like a breath of spring

I heard a robin sing

'Bout a nest set apart

All nature seemed to be,

In perfect harmony

Zing! Went the strings of my heart

 

Your eyes made skies seem blue again

What else could I do again

But keep repeating through again

I love you, love you

 

I still recall the thrill

I guess I always will

I hope t’will never depart

Dear, with your lips to mine,

A rhapsody divine

Zing! Went the strings of my heart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zippity Do Da,

 

Zippity do da,

Zippity ai,

My oh my what a wonderful day

Plenty of sunshine heading my way.

Zippity do da,

Zippity ai

 

Mr. blue bird's on my shoulder,

It's the truth, it's factual,

Everything is satisfactual.

Zippity do da,

Zippity ai,

Wonderful feeling, wonderful day!