The Quintessential - Volume 1

Duke ellington / eddie delange / irving mills

In my solitude
You haunt me
With memories
Of days gone by

In my solitude
You taunt me
With memories
That never die

I sit in my chair
And filled with despair
There's no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and i stare
I know that i'll soon go mad

In my solitude
I'm praying
Dear lord above
Send back my love

Stuard 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 clean as moonlight through the pines
Other arms reach ot to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams i see the roads leads back to you
Georgia
Georgia, no peace i find
Just an old sweet song keeps georgia on my mind

Cole porter

Chinks do it. japs do it
Upper lapland little lapps do it
Let's do it
Let's fall in love

In spain the best upper sets do it
Lithuanians and lits do it
Let's do it
Let's tall in love

The dutch in old amsterdam do it
Not to mention the finns
Folks in siam do it
Think of siamese twins

Some argentines without means do it
People say in boston even beans do it
Let's do it
Let's fall in love

Cold cape cod clams
'gainst their wish do it
Even lazy jelly fish do it
Let's do it
Let's fall in love

Electric eels i might add do it
Though it shocks'em i know
Why ask if shad do it
Waiter bring me shad roe

In the shallow shoals english soles do it
Goldfish in privacy of bowls do it
Let's do it
We'll do it
Let's do it
Let's fall in love

Seymour simons / gerald marks

You took my kisses and all my love
You taught me how to care
Am i to be just remnant of a one side love affair

All you took
I gladly gave
There is nothing left for me to save

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 loose them
Take my arms
I'll never use them
Your goodbye 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

Cliff friend / charlie tobias

Everywhere in every home
Hope is burning bright
While millions of hearts
Are kneeling, saying, "tonight!"
Wherever you are
Our hearts are with you

Wherever you are
Our prayers are with you too
All through the darkness
Our faith is your guiding star
May god bless you all
Wherever you are

Walter donaldson / gus kahn

This affair is killin' me
I can't stand uncertainly
Tell me now i've got to know
Whether you want me to stay or to go

Love me or leave me
Or let me be lonely
You won't believe me, i love you only
I'd rather be lonely
Then happy with someone else

You might find the night time
The right time for kissin'
But night time is my time
For just reminiscin'
Regrettin' instead of forgettin'
With somebody else

There'll be no one
Unless that someone is you
I intend to be independently blue
I want your love
But i don't want to borrow
To have it today to give it back tomorrow
For your love is my love
There's no love for nobody else

Carter / s. lewis / r. seress

Sunday is gloomy,
My hours are slumberless
Dearest the shadows
I live with are numberless
Little white flowers
Will never awaken you
Not where the black coaches
Sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thoughts
Of ever returning you
Wouldn't they be angry
If i thought of joining you?

Gloomy sunday

Gloomy is sunday,
With shadows i spend it all
My heart and i
Have decided to end it all
Soon there'll be candles
And prayers that are said i know
But let them not weep
Let them know that i'm glad to go
Death is no dream
For in death i'm caressin' you
With the last breath of my soul
I'll be blessin' you

Gloomy sunday

Dreaming, i was only dreaming
I wake and i find you asleep
In the deep of my heart here
Darling i hope
That my dream never haunted you
My heart is tellin' you
How much i wanted you
Gloomy sunday

Fulton mcgrath / johnny mercer

Mandy is two
You ought to see her eyes of cornflower blue
They really look as it they actually knew
That she's a big girl now

Mandy is two
You ought to see how many things she can do
She knows her alphabet
And ties her own shoes
And no one showed her how

If you could see her majesty
With braids in her hair
Almost as though her sunday beau
Came around and brought her an orchid to wear

Mummy is blue
Because her little girl is going on three
But miss amanda she's as proud as can be
Cause she's a big girl now

Sammy kahn / saul chaplin / mann holiner / alberta nichols / l.e. freeman

I'd wait for you
I'd slave for you
I'd be a beggar or a knave for you
If that isn't love, it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along

I'd gladly move
The earth for you
To prove my love, dear
And its worth for you
If that isn't love, it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along.

With all the words, dear, at my command
I just can't make you understand
I'll always love you darling
Come what may
My heart is yours
What more can i say?

I'd lie for you
I'd sigh for you
I'd tear the stars down from the sky for you
If that isn't love, it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along

With all the words, dear, at my command
I just can't make you understand
I'll always love you baby
Come what may
My heart is yours
What more can i say?

I'd lie for you
I'd cry for you
I'd lay my body down and die tor you
If that isn't love, it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along