unknown

If you hear
A song in blue
Like a flower crying
For the dew
That was my heart serenading you
My prelude to a kiss

If you hear a song that grows
From my tender sentimental woes
That was my heart trying to compose
A prelude to a kiss

Though it's just a simple melody
With nothing fancy
Nothing much
You could turn it to a symphony
A shubert tune with a gershwin touch

Oh how my love song gently cries
For the tenderness within your eyes
My love is a prelude that never dies
A prelude to a kiss

(bridge)

Though it's just a simple melody
With nothing fancy
Nothing much
You could turn it to a symphony
A shubert tune with a gershwin touch

Oh how my love song so gently cries
For the tenderness within your eyes
My love is a prelude that never dies
A prelude to a kiss

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Yesterdays
Yesterdays
Days i knew as happy sweet
Sequestered days
Olden days
Golden days
Days of mad romance and love
Then gay youth was mine
And truth was mine
Joyous free and flaming life
Forsooth was mine
Sad am i
Glad am i
For today i'm dreaming of
Of yesterdays
Then gay youth was mine
The truth was mine
Sad am i
Glad am i
For today i'm dreaming of
Of yesterdays

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These lyrics are currently unavailable and we are working with the publisher to get the license for this song.

{this intro is not used in the ella version; it's included here for completeness}
Intro:
Everything went wrong,
And the whole day long
I'd feel so blue.
For the longest while
I'd forget to smile,
Then i met you.
Now that my blue days have passed,
Now that i've found you at last -
{end intro}


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.

I'll be loving you, oh 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.

Not for just an hour,
Not for just a day,
Not for just a year,
But always.

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Choppity chop chop, chop chopsticks
Choppity chop chop, chop till six
Choppity chop chop, chops the thing
When charlie chingee make his sing song swing

Charlie ching
Make his sing song swing
With a tingaling
On the ding dong ding

With a tingaling on the ding dong ding
Makee plenty sing song swing

Choppity chop chop, chop chopsticks
Choppity chop chop, chop till six
Choppity chop chop, chops the thing
When charlie chingee make his sing song swing

Foo yung foo
Makee doodle-doo
With a toot or two
On the flute bamboo

And the doodle-doo and the tingaling
Makee plenty sing song swing

Choppity chop chop, chop chopsticks
Choppity chop chop, chop till six
Choppity chop chop, chops the thing
When charlie chingee make his sing song swing

{instrumental interlude}

{scat}
And a tingaling on the ding dong ding
Makee plenty sing song swing

Chop chop choppity, chop chopsticks
Chop chop choppity, chop till six
Choppity chop chop, chops the thing
When charlie chingee make his sing song swing

Choppa choppa choppity, chop chopsticks
Choppity choppity, chop till six
Choppity chop chop, chops the thing
When charlie chingee make his swing

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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!

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When your down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, whoa nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon i will be there
To brighten up even your darkest nights.
You just call out my name,
And you know whereever i am
I'll come running, oh yeah baby
To see you again.
Winter, spring , summer, or fall,
All you have to do is call
And i'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You've got a freind.
If the sky above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
And soon i will be knocking upon your door.
You just call out my name and you know where ever i am
I'll comning running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you got to do is call
And i'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a freind?
People can be so cold.
They'll hurt you and desert you.
Well they'll take your soul if you let them.
Oh yeah, but don't you let them.
You just call out my name and you know wherever i am
I'll come running to see you again.
Oh babe, don't you know that,
Winter spring summer or fall,
Hey now, all you've got to do is call.
Lord, i'll be there, yes i will.
You've got a freind.
You've got a freind.
Ain't it good to know you've got a freind.
Ain't it good to know you've got a freind.
You've got a freind.

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Birds do it, bees do it
Even educated fleas do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love

In spain, the best upper sets do it

Lithuanians and letts do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love

The dutch in old amsterdam do it
Not to mention the fins
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

Romantic sponges, they say, do it
Oysters down in oyster bay do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love

Cold cape cod clams, 'gainst their wish, do it
Even lazy jellyfish, 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 shallow shoals english soles do it
Goldfish in the privacy of bowls do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love


Transcribed (from the stated recording) by todd peach <todd@thepeaches.com>
Other verses i've seen in print follow:

In old japan, all the japs do it
Up in lapland little laps do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love

The chimpanzees in the zoos do it
Some courageous kangaroos do it
Let's do it, let's
Fall in love

I'm sure giraffes on the sly do it
Even eagles as they fly 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 - garcon de
"shad roe"

The world admits bears in pits do it
Even pekingeses at the ritz do it
Let's do it, let's
Fall in love

The royal set sans regret did it
And they considered it fun
Marie antoinette did it -
With or without napoleon

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Skylark
Have you anything to say to me?
Won't you tell me where my love can be?
Is there a meadow in the mist
Where someone's waiting to be kissed?

Oh skylark
Have you seen a valley green with spring?
Where my heart can go a journeying
Over the shadows and the rain
To a blossom covered lane

And in your lonely flight
Haven't you heard the music in the night?
Wonderful music
Faint as a will o' the wisp
Crazy as a loon
Sad as a gypsty serenading the moon

Oh skylark
I don't know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won't you lead me there
Oh skylark
Won't you lead me there?

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Once there was a thing called spring
When the world was writing verses like yours and mine,
All the lads and girls would sing
When we sat at little tables and drank may wine.

Now april, may and june
Are sadly out of tune
Life has stuck a pin in the boat.

Spring is here
Why doesn't my heart go dancing?
Spring is here
Why isn't the waltz entrancing?

No desire,
No ambition leads me
Maybe it's because nobody needs me

Spring is here
Why doesn't the breeze delight me?
Stars appear
Why doesn't the night invite me?

Maybe it's because nobody loves me
Spring is here, i hear

<instrumental break>

Maybe it's because nobody loves me
Spring is here, i hear

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I've got you under my skin.
I've got you deep in the heart of me.
So deep in my heart that you're really a part of me.
I've got you under my skin.
I'd tried so not to give in.
I said to myself: this affair never will go so well.
But why should i try to resist when, baby, i know so well
I've got you under my skin?

I'd sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of havin' you near
In spite of a warnin' voice that comes in the night
And repeats, repeats in my ear:
Don't you know, little fool, you never can win?
Use your mentality, wake up to reality.
But each time that i do just the thought of you
Makes me stop before i begin
'cause i've got you under my skin.

(musical interlude)

I would sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of havin' you near
In spite of the warning voice that comes in the night
And repeats - how it yells in my ear:
Don't you know, little fool, you never can win?
Why not use your mentality - step up, wake up to reality?
But each time i do just the thought of you
Makes me stop just before i begin
'cause i've got you under my skin.
Yes, i've got you under my skin.

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I used to visit all the very gay places
Those come-what-may places
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
To get the feel of life
From jazz and cocktails

The girls i knew had sad and sullen gray faces
With distingue traces
That used to be there
You could see where they'd been washed away
By too many through the day
Twelve o'clock tales

Then you came along with your siren song
To tempt me to madness
I thought for awhile that your poignant smile
Was tinged with the sadness
Of a great love for me
Ah yes, i was wrong
Again, i was wrong

Life is lonely again
And only last year
Everything seemed so sure
Now life is awful again
A trough full of hearts could only be a bore

A week in paris could ease the bite of it
All i care is to smile in spite of it

I'll forget you, i will
While yet you are still
Burning inside my brain
Romance is mush
Stifling those who strive
So i'll live a lush life in some small dive
And there i'll be, while i rot with the rest
Of those whose lives are lonely too

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Laura is the face in the misty lights
Footsteps that you hear down the hall
The laugh that floats on a summer night
That you can never quite recall

And you see laura on the train that is passing through
Those eyes how familiar they seem
She gave your very first kiss to you
That was laura but she's only a dream

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And you see laura on the train that is passing through
Those eyes how familiar they seem
She gave your very first kiss to you
That was laura but she's only a dream

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"the lyrics were first written by oscar hammerstein ii and otto harbach for the london musical "three
Sisters", which premiered
In 1934. then when rko released the screen version in march of 1935, dorothy fields and jimmy mchugh
Changed the lyrics of the song, only keeping the title which oscar hammerstein ii originated."

I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance madame with you
My heart won't
Let me feet do things that they sould do

You know what, you're lovely you know what, you're so lovely

And you know what you do to me
I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore
I feel so absolutely
Stumped on the floor

When you dance, you're chairming and you're gentle
Specially when you do the
Continental
But this feeling isn't purely mental
For heaven rest us, i'm not asbestos
And that's why i
Won't dance, why sould i?

I won't dance, how could i?
I won't dance, mer&ccedil;i beacoup

I know
That music lead the way to romance
So if i hold you in arms i won't dance

I won't dance, don't ask me

I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance madame with you
My heart won't let me feet do things that
They want to do

You know what, you're so lovely, ring a ding-ding, you're lovely
And you know what
You do to me
I'm like an ocean wave that's bumped on the shore
I feel so absolutely stumped on the
Floor

When you dance, you're chairming and you're gentle
Specially when you do the continental
But
This feeling isn't purely mental
For heaven rest us, i'm not asbestos
And that's why i won't dance, i
Won't dance

I won't dance, merci beaucoup
I know that music lead the way to romance

So if i hold
You in arms i won't dance

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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 fairytale 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
Frosty the snowman

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

Saying catch me if you can
He led them down the streets of town

Right to the traffic cop

And he only paused a moment when

He heard him holler stop
Frosty the snowman

Had to hurry on his way

But he waved goodbye

Saying don't you cry

I'll be back again some day
Thumpety thump thump

Thumpety thump thump

Look at frosty go

Thumpety thump thump

Thumpety thump thump

Over the hills of snow

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When all the world is a hopeless jumble
And the raindrops tumble all around
Heaven opens a magic lane

When all the clouds darken up the skyway
There's a rainbow highway to be found
Leading from your windowpane

To a place behind the sun
Just a step beyond the rain

Somewhere, over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that i dreamed of
Once in a lullabye

Somewhere, over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

Some day i'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are
Far
Behind me
Where laughter falls like lemon drops away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere, over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh, why can't i?

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I love the look(s) of you, (and) the lure of you
The sweet of you, and the pure of you
The eyes, the arms, and the (that) mouth of you
The east, west, north, and the (that) south of you
I'd love to gain complete control of you
Handle even the heart and soul of you
Love at least a small percent of me do
'cause (because) i love all of you

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It happened
I felt it happened
I was awake
I wasn't blind
I didn't think
I felt it happened
Now i belive in matter over mind.
And now you see we mustn't wait
The nearest moment that we marry is too late!
Have you met miss jones
Someone said as we shook hands
She was just miss jones to me
Then i said miss jones
You're a girl who understand
I'm a boy who must be free.
And all at once i lost my breath
And all at once was scared to death
And all at once i hold the eatrh and sky!
Now i met miss jones
And we'll keep on meeting till we die
Miss jones and i

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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 happenin' again
And so it seems that we have met before
And laughed before, and loved before
But who knows where or when

Some things that happened for the first time
Seem to be happenin' again
And so it seems that we have met before
And laughed before, and loved before
But who knows where or when

Transcribed by todd peach <todd@thepeaches.com>


<the following intro is not sung by ella on this recording.>
<it is included here for academic interest.>
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

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Lover, when i'm near you, and i hear you, speak my name
Softly, in my ear you, breathe a flame

Lover, when we're dancing, keep on glancing, in my eyes
Till loves own entrancing, music dies

All of my future is in you
Your every plan i design
Promise you'll always continue
To be mine

Lover, please be tender, when you're tender, fears depart
Lover, i surrender, to my heart

(instrumental bridge)

Lover, it's immoral, but why quarrel, with our bliss
When, two lips of coral, want to kiss

I say the devil is in you, and to resist you, i try
But if you didn't continue, i would die

Lover, please be tender, when you're tender, fears depart
Lover, i surrender, to my heart

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I don't go out walking
I ain't for no talking
My baby's done left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'

If i had been scheming
Instead of just dreaming
He'd never have left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'

Sittin all day without holding my baby
Makes me so blue and sad
If he don't hurry and come back
It's a cinch to drive me mad

Now if i don't find him
I hope you'll remind him
That i'm staying where he left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'
All day

Don't go out a walking
And i for no talking
My baby's done left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'
All day

If i had been scheming
Instead of just dreaming
He'd never have left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'

Sittin all day without holding my baby
I miss my lonely papa
If he don't hurry and come back
It's a cinch to, i'll blow my toppa

Now if i don't find him
I hope you'll remind him
That i'm staying where he left me
Just a sittin' and a rockin'
Rockin' and a sittin'
Sittin' and a rockin'
All day

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The moon and you appear to be
So near and yet so far from me
And here am i on a night in june
Reaching for the moon and you,

I wonder if we'll ever meet
My song of love is incomplete
I'm just the words, looking for the tune
Reaching for the moon and you.

<instrumental interlude>

I'm just the words, looking for the tune
Reaching for the moon and you.

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Bad news, go away
Call `round someday
In march or may
I can't be bothered now

My bonds and shares
May fall downstairs
Who cares, who cares
I'm dancing and
I can't be bothered now

I'm up among the stars
On earthly things i frown
I'm throwing off the bars
That held me down

I'll pay the piper
When times are riper
Just now, i shan't
Because you see i'm dancing and
I can't be bothered now

(bridge)

I'm up among the stars
On earthly things i frown
I'm throwing off the bars
That held me down

I'll pay the piper
When times are riper
Just now, i shan't
Because you see i'm dancing and
I can't be bothered now

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I'm dreaming of a white christmas,
Just like the ones i used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I'm dreaming of a white christmas,
Just like the ones i used to know
Where the treetops 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

I'm dreaming of a white christmas,
Just like the ones i used to know
May your days be merry and bright,
And may all your christmases be white

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

May your days be merry and bright,
And may all your christmases be white

And may all your christmases be white (all your christmases be white)
And may all your christmases be white (all your christmases be white)
And may all your christmases be
(all your christmases be white)
(all your christmases be white)

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As you listen to the band don't you get a bubble?
As you listen to them play don't you get a glow?
If you step out on the floor
You'll forget your trouble
If you go into your dance
You'll forget your woe
So:

Come
Get together
Let the dance floor feel your leather
Step as lightly as a feather
Let yourself go

Come
Hit the timber
Loosen up and start to limber
Can't you hear that hot marimba?
Let yourself go

Let yourself go
Relax
And let yourself go
Relax
You've got yourself tied up in a knot
The night is cold but the music's hot
So

Come
Cuddle closer
Don't you dare to answer "no, sir"
Butcher, banker, clerk and grocer
Let yourself go

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Wildcat kelley, lookin' mighty pale,
Was standin' by the sherrif's side
And when the sherrif said "i'm sendin you to jail,
Wildcat raised his head and cried

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,
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
Gaze at the moon till i lose my senses
I can't look at hobbles and i can't stand fences
Don't fence me in.


Wildcat kelley, back again in town,
Was standin by his sweethearts side,
And when his sweetheart said "come on let's settle down,
Wildcat raised his head and cried


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
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
Gaze at the moon till i lose my senses
I can't look at hobbles and i can't stand fences
Don't..... fence me in.
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Transcription unknown; key correction by john mair.

Edited by "cool hand luke"

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When the sun comes out
And that rain stops beatin' on my window pane
When the sun comes out
There'll be bluebirds 'round my door, singin' like they did before

That ol' storm broke out
And my man/gal walked off and left me in the rain
Though he's/she's gone i doubt
If he'll/she'll stay away for good,i'd stop livin' if he/she should

Love is funny, it's not always peaches, cream and honey
Just when everything looked bright and sunny
Suddenly the cyclone came, i'll never be the same

Til that sun comes out
And the rain stops beatin' on my window pane
If my heart holds out
Let it rain and let it pour, it may not be long before
There's a knockin' at my door
Then you'll know the one i love walked in
When the sun comes out

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I don't know what day it is
Or if it's dark or fair
Somehow, that's just the way it is
And i don't really care

I go to this or that place
I seem alive and well
My head is just a hat place
My breast an empty shell
And i've a faded dream to sell

All alone, all at sea
Why does nobody care for me?
When there's no love to hold my love
Why is my heart so frail?
Like a ship without a sail.

Out on the ocean,
Sailors can use a chart
I'm on the ocean
Guided by just a lonely heart

Still alone, still at sea
Still there's no one to care for me
When there's no hand to hold my hand
Life is a loveless tale
For a ship without a sail

(bridge)

Still alone, still at sea
Still there's no one to care for me
When there's no hand to hold my hand
Life is a loveless tale
For a ship without a sail

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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 or two to qualify.
For instance:

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 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;
Yes, if he proves to be the right little laddie,
I'll make him glad he answered my ad.

He must like musical shows,
And he must wear snappy clothes.
Yes, that is my story,
And to it i'll stick;
No glory
In having a hick.

He needn't 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!'

Transcribed by todd peach <todd@thepeaches.com>
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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!'

*alternative version of this line: 'the sort of boy wanted'
** alternative version of this line: 'i'll be so nice he'll never care
To roam'
*** alternative version of refrain 3, lines 7-8:
'and so his boots mustn't squeak;
And he must love like a sheik.'

Primrose 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 won't employ.
Though anybody interested can apply,
He must know a thing to qualify.
For instance:

Refrain 1:
To have a ghost of a chance,
He must be able to dance.
The sort of boy wanted
Must have a smile
Boy wanted,
Lovable style.
He must be tender and true,
And if he knows what to do,
I think i'll learn to love him very soon;
I'll want him morning, night and afternoon.
So if you know of one who's wanting employment,
Just tell him that
I'm wanting a boy!

Refrain 2:
To be the boy of my choice,
He's got to own a rolls royce.
He must be quite reckless
Buying me things:
Pearl necklace,
Diamond rings.
He must be ready to pay
A dozen bills ev'ry day.
I'll simply smothing him with tender care
If i could find a multimillionaire.
So if you could seen one dining at the savoy-oh!
Just tell him
I'm wanting a boy!

Refrain 3:
I won't have anyone small,
He must be handsome and tall.
I said a boy wanted,
Beautifully dressed;
Boy wanted,
Trousers well pressed.
He must have wonderful eyes;
He must wear wonderful ties.
I want a boy who'll always look as though
He's only just come out of savile row.
So if some paris wants a helen of troy-oh!
Just tell him that
I'm wanting a boy.

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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
And my heart was wrapped up in clover
The night i looked at you
I found a dream that i can 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
And you are mine at last

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is it a sin? is it a crime?
Loving you dear like i do.
If its a crime then i'm guilty.
Guilty of loving you.

Maybe i'm right, maybe i'm wrong
Loving you dear like i do.
If its a sin, then i'm guilty.
Guilty of loving you.

What can i do? what can i say
After i've taken the blame?
You say you're through, you'll go your way.
But i'll always feel just the same.

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(verse):
Why am i sitting alone tonight,
When i could be out where the lights are bright?
It's all because of jim, it's all because of jim.
Why am i wasting these precios years?
Why am i crying these bitter tears?
It's all because of jim, it's all because of jim.

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Jim doesn't ever bring me pretty flowers,
Jim never tries to cheer my lonely hours,
Don't know why i'm so crazy for jim.
Jim never tells me i'm his hearts desire.
I never seem to set his love afire
Gone are the years i've wasted on him.
Sometimes when i get feeling low,
I say "let's call it quits."
Then i hang on and let him go
Breaking my heart in bits.
Some day i know tht jim will up and leave me,
But even if he does you can believe me,
I'll go on carrying the torch for jim.

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Drifting, dreaming
In an azure mood
Stardust gleaming
Through my solitude

Here in my seclusion
You're a blue illusion
While i'm in this azure interlude
I'm not wanted
I'm so all alone

Always haunted
By the dreams i own
But though i'm tormented
I must be contented

Drifting, dreaming
In an azure mood

Drifting, dreaming
In an azure mood

Drifting, dreaming
In an azure mood

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This year's crop of kisses
Don't seem as sweet to me
This year's crop just misses
What kisses used to be
This year's new romance
Doesn't seem to have a chance
Even helped by mr. moon above
This year's crop of kisses is not for me
For i'm still wearin' last year's love

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I don't want you
But i hate to lose you
You've got me in between
The devil and the deep blue sea

I forgive you
'cause i can't forget you
You've got me in between
The devil and the deep blue sea

I ought to cross you off my list
But when you come a-knocking at my door
Fate seems to give my heart a twist
And i come running back for more

I should hate you
But i guess i love you
You've got me in between
The devil and the deep blue sea

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One little kiss, a moment of bliss, then hours of deep regret
One little smile, and after a while, a longing to forget
One little heartache left as a token
One little plaything carelessly broken

Remember the night
The night you said, "i love you"
Remember?

Remember you vowed
By all the stars above you
Remember?

Remember we found a lonely spot
And after i learned to care a lot

You promised that you'd forget me not
But you forgot
To remember


[2]
Into my dreams you wandered it seems, and then there came a day
You loved me too, my dreams had come true, and all the world was
May
But soon the maytime turned to december
You had forgotten, do you remember?

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Oh listen, sister,
I love my mister man,
And i can't tell yo' why,
Dere ain't no reason
Why i should love dat man.
It must be sumpin' dat de angels done plan.

Refrain:

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 kin be,
Home widout him ain't no home to me.
Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.
~~~
My man is shif'less
An' good for nuthin' too
(he's mah man jes' de same)

He's never round here
When dere is work to do.
He's never round here when dere's workin' to do.
De chimbley's smokin',
De roof is leakin' in,
But he don't seem to care.
He kin be happy
Wid jes' a sip of gin.
Ah even love him when his kisses got gin!

Repeat refrain

*note: the source for these exact lyrics come directly from my "lyrics by
Oscar hammerstein ii" book.

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The weather is fright'ning
The thunder and lightning
Seem to be having their way
But as far as i'm concerned, it's a lovely day
The turn in the weather
Will keep us together
So i can honestly say
That as far as i'm concerned, it's a lovely day
And everything's o.k.

Isn't this a lovely day
To be caught in the rain?
You were going on your way
Now you've got to remain

Just as you were going, leaving me all at sea
The clouds broke, they broke and oh!
What a break for me

I can see the sun up high
Tho' we're caught in the storm
I can see where you and i
Could be cozy and warm

Let the rain pitter patter
But it really doesn't matter
If the skies are gray
Long as i can be with you it's a lovely day

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At any gambling casino
From monte carlo to reno
They tell you that a beginner
Comes out a winner

Beginner fishing for flounder
Will catch a 17 pounder
That's what i always heard
And thought absurd,
But now, i believe every word

For i've got beginner's luck
The first time that i'm in love
I'm in love with you
Gosh, i'm lucky

I've got beginner's luck
There never was such a smile
Or such eyes of blue
Gosh, i'm fortunate

The thing we've begun
Is much more than a pastime
For this time is the one
Where the first time is the last time

I've got beginner's luck
Lucky, through and through
Cause the first time that i'm in love
I'm in love with you

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The thing we've begun
Is much more than a pastime
For this time is the one
Where the first time is the last time

I've got beginner's luck
Lucky, through and through
Cause the first time that i'm in love
Yes, the first time that i'm in love
Oh, the first time that i'm in love
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you

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When i want to see the boys
I know where to find the boys
I don't go through a club or two
I just find you and there are the boys
To get you alone i strive
You ask me to tea at five
I find you then with other men
And wonder when my chance will arrive

How's chances, say, how are the chances
Of making you love me the way i love you

How many young men must i fight with
To be in right with
In right with you

How's chances for one of those glances
A glimpse of the heaven i'm longing to see

How's chances to end all your romances
And start taking your chances with me


[alternate bridge:]
My castle will need some restoring
Ceiling and flooring
Furniture, too

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My thoughts go back to a heavenly dance
A moment of bliss we spent
Our hearts were filled with a song of romance
As into the night we went
And sang to our hearts' content

The song is ended
But the melody lingers on
You and the song are gone
But the melody lingers on

The night was splendid
And the melody seemed to say
"summer will pass away
Take your happiness while you may"

There 'neath the light of the moon
We sang a love song that ended too soon

The moon descended
And i found with the break of dawn
You and the song had gone
But the melody lingers on

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The evening breeze caressed the trees, tenderly
The trembling trees embraced the breeze tenderly
Then you and i came wandering by
And lost in a sigh were we
The shore was kissed by sea and mist tenderly
I can't forget how two hearts met breathlessly
Your arms opened wide
And closed me inside
You took my lips you took my love so tenderly

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Crab man
I'm talkin' about devil crabs
1'm talkin' about devil crabs
I'm talkin' about de food i sells

She crab, she crab.

Porgy
On yo' way, brother.

Crab man
Devil crab!

Maria
Hey, crab man!

Crab man
I'm talkin' about de food i sells
When i done talkin' about de food i sells
Talkin' about devil crab.
(maria picks crab, counts out money, pays crab mon,
Who then leaves.)
Now i's talkin' about yo' pocketbook
I'm talkin' about devil crabs, she crab, she crab,
Devil crab, i'm talkin' about de food i sells.
(bell chimes five times. - looks at porgy)

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Squeeze me
But please don't tease me
C'mon and squeeze me
But please don't tease me

Want you to know i go for your squeezing
Want you to know it really is pleasing
Want you to know i ain't for no teasing
(scat)

Treat me sweet and gentle
When you say goodnight
Just squeeze me
But please don't tease me

I get sentimental
When you hold me tight
Just squeeze me
But please don't tease me

Missing you since you went away
Singin' the blues away each day
Counting the nights and waiting for you

I'm in the mood to let you know
I never knew i loved you so
Please say, you love me too

When i get this feeling
I'm in ecstasy
So squeeze me
But don't tease me

Missing you since you went away
Singin' the blues away each day
Counting the nights and waiting for you

I'm in the mood to let you know
I never knew i loved you so
Please say, you love me too

When i get this feeling
I'm in ecstasy
So squeeze me
But please don't tease me

C'mon and squeeze me
But please don't tease me
Hear me honey, talkin'
Squeeze me
But please don't tease me

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Our love
Is a dream, but in my reverie
I can see that this love was meant for me
Only a poor fool
Never schooled in the whirlpool
Of romance could be so cruel
As you are to me
My dreams are as worthless as tin to me
Without you life will never begin to be
So love me
As i love you in my reverie
Make my dream a reality
Let's dispense with formality
Come to me in my reverie

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Everytime we say goodbye, i die a little,
Everytime we say goodbye, i wonder why a little,
Why the gods above me, who must be in the know.
Think so little of me, they allow you to go.
When you're near, there's such an air of spring about it,
I can hear a lark somewhere, begin to sing about it,
There's no love song finer, but how strange the change from major to
Minor,
Everytime we say goodbye.

When you're near, there's such an air of spring about it,
I can hear a lark somewhere, begin to sing about it,
There's no love song finer, but how strange the change from major to
Minor,
Everytime we say goodbye.

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Savoy, the home of sweet romance,
Savoy, it wins you with a glance,
Savoy, gives happy feet a chance to dance.

Your old form just like a clinging vine,
Your lips so warm and sweet as wine,
Your cheek so soft and close to mine, divine.

How my heart is singing,
While the band is swinging,
I'm never tired of romping,
And stomping with you at the savoy.
What joy - a perfect holiday,
Savoy, where we can glide and sway,
Savoy, let me stomp away with you;

The home of sweet romance,
It wins you at a glance,
Gives happy feet a chance to dance.
Just like a clinging vine,
So soft and sweet as wine,
So soft and close to mine, divine.

How my heart is singing,
While the band is swinging,
I'm never, never, never tired of romping,
And stomping with you at the savoy.
What joy - a perfect holiday,
Savoy, where we can glide and sway,
Savoy, let me stomp away with you;

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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 i am 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.

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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.

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I know too well that i'm just wasting precious time
In thinking such a thing could be
That you could ever care for me
I'm sure you hate to hear
That i adore you, dear
But grant me
Just the same
I'm not entirely to blame
For 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 homefire 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

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Peter
(entering)
Here come de honey man.
Yes man, dis de honey man.
You got honey in de comb?
Yes man, i got honey in de comb.
An' is yo honey cheap?
Yes mam, my honey very cheap.
Here come de honey man.

All
Hello, peter.

Lily
Well, here come my ol' man.

(takes tray from his head)
Now gimme the money! now go sit and rest.

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Now we'll say till something do us part
That old dad of mine ain't got a heart
Any girl who's out for pleasure
Thinks of marriage only at her leisure
As it is, they've got the horse behind the cart

When my pop said we must wed,
He kind of wowed me, still i'm read-y
But one thing must be clear
At this time

I'll be hard to handle
I promise you that
And if you complain
Here's one little jane
Who'll leave you flat

I'll be hard to handle
What else can i be
I say with a shrug
I think you're a mug
To marry me

When you first threw me a gander
I was willing to philander
But i never thought i'd have to be a bride
Now you're gonna find tough sledding
I don't want no shotgun wedding
I was only along for the ride

I'll be hard to handle
I'm telling you plain
Just be a dear
And scram out of here
I'm gonna raise cain

I'll be hard to handle
My bridges are burned
This wedding's a gag
And you're in the bag
Where i'm concerned

I'll be hard to handle
When we've said, "i do"
See there's no hope
I just got a dope
When i took you

I'll be living my life in bed
But they always will be twin beds
And i warn you, you'll be living like a monk
Our affair is now a past one
So don't think you've pulled a fast one
Just remember, i think you're a punk!

I'll be hard to handle
I'm no ball and chain
I'll find some means
To call the marines
I'm gonna raise cain

Gonna raise cain
I'm telling you plain
I'm gonna raise cain

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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!

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'neath the stars, at bazaars
Often i've had to caress men
Five or ten, dollars then, i'd collect from all those yes-men
Don't be sad, i must add, that they meant no more than chess-men

Darling, can't you see?
'twas for charity?
Though these lips have made slips, it was never really serious
Who'd have thought, i'd be brought to a state that's so delirious?

I could cry salty tears
Where have i been all these years?
Little wow, tell me now
How long has this been goin' on?

There were chills up my spine
And some thrills i can't define
Listen sweet, i repeat
How long has this been goin' on?

Oh, i feel that i could melt
Into heaven i'm hurled
I know how columbus felt
Finding another world

Kiss me once, then once more
What a dunce i was before
What a break, for heaven's sake
How long has this been goin' on?

(spoken)
Kiss me twice, once more, thrice, make it four

What a break, for heaven's sake
How long has this been goin' on?

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We might have been meant for each other
To be or not to be, let our hearts discover
I have a feeling, it's a feeling i'm concealing - i don't know why
It's just a mental, incidental, sentimental - alibi
But i adore you, so strong for you
Why go on stalling, i am falling, love is calling - why be shy
Let's fall in love
Why shouldn't we fall in love
Our hearts are made of 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

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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!

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All my life
I've been waiting for you
My wonderful one
I've begun
Living all my life

All my love
Has been waiting for you
My life is sublime
Now that i'm
Giving all my love

You seem so lovely, so far above me
I'm almost afraid to look
But i adore you, i pledge before you
A heart that's an open book

All my life
Hold me close to your heart
But all else above
Hold my love
Darling, just hold my love

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Now you say you're lonely
You cried the long night through
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
You drove me,
Nearly drove me out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember?
I remember all that you said
Told me love was to plebeian
Told me you were through with me
Now you say you love me
Well, just to prove you do
Cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
You drove me
Nearly drove me out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember?
I remember all that you said
Told me love was to plebeian
Told me you were through with me...
And now you say you love me
Well, just to prove that you do...
Come on! come on!
Cry me a river...
Cry me a river...
I cried a river over you
I cried a river over you...

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Isn't it romantic?
Music in the night, a dream that can be heard.
Isn't it romantic?
Moving shadows write the oldest magic word.
I hear the breezes playing in the trees above
While all the world is saying you were meant for love.
Isn't it romantic
Merely to be young on such a night as this?
Isn't it romantic?
Every note that's sung is like a lover's kiss.
Sweet symbols in the moonlight,
Do you mean that i will fall in love perchance?
Isn't it romance?

(instrumental)

Sweet symbols in the moonlight,
Do you mean that i will fall in love perchance?
Isn't it romantic?
Isn't it romance?

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[1st verse:]
Ev'ry time
I see a puppy upon a summer's day
A puppy dog at play
My heart is filled with envy
That's because
My heart is yearning to pass the time away
Like that pup
'cause i'm all fed up
And tho' it's wrong to be
I long to be

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Lazy
I want to be lazy
I want to be out in the sun
With no work to be done

Under that awning
They call the sky
Stretching and yawning
And let the world go drifting by

I want to peep
Through the deep
Tangled wildwood
Counting sheep
'til i sleep
Like a child would

With a great big valise full
Of books to read where it's peaceful
While i'm
Killing time
Being lazy

[2nd verse:]
Life is short
And getting shorter with each day that goes by
And how the time does fly
Before you know, it's over
That's why i'm
In such a hurry to pack my things and fly
To a spot
Where it's nice and hot
And hear the birdies sing
While i'm being

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Back in the days of knights in armor
There once lived a lovely charmer
Swimming in the rhine
Her figure was divine

She had a yen for all the sailors
Fishermen and gobs and whalers
She had a most immoral eye
They called her lorelei

She created quite a stir
And i want to be like her

I want to be like that gal on the river
Who sang her song to the ships passing by
She had the goods and how she could deliver
The lorelei

She used to love in a strange kind of fashion
With lots of hey-ho-de-ho-hi-de-hi
And i can guarantee i'm full of passion
Like the lorelei

I'm treacherous, yeah-yeah
Oh, i just can't hold myself in check
I'm lecherous, yeah-yeah
I want to bite my initials on a sailor's neck

Each affair has a kick and a wallop
For what they crave, i can always supply
I want to be just like that other trollop
The lorelei

I want to be just like that other trollop
The lorelei

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My romance doesn't have to have a moon in the sky
My romance doesn't need a blue lagoon standing by
No month of may, no twinkling stars
No hide away, no softly guitars

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
My romance doesn't need a thing but you

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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

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I'm feeling mighty lonesome
Haven't slept a wink
I walk the floor and watch the door
And in between i drink
Black coffee
Love's a hand me down brew
I'll never know a sunday
In this weekday room

I'm talking to the shadows
1 o'clock to 4
And lord, how slow the moments go
When all i do is pour
Black coffee
Since the blues caught my eye
I'm hanging out on monday
My sunday dream's too dry

Now a man is born to go a lovin'
A woman's born to weep and fret
To stay at home and tend her oven
And drown her past regrets
In coffee and cigarettes

I'm moody all the morning
Mourning all the night
And in between it's nicotine
And not much hard to fight
Black coffee
Feelin' low as the ground
It's driving me crazy just waiting for my baby
To maybe come around

My nerves have gone to pieces
My hair is turning gray
All i do is drink black coffee
Since my man's gone away

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The world is lyrical
Because a miracle
Has brought my lover to me
Though she's some other place, her face i see
At night i creep in bed
And never sleep in bed
But look above in the air
And to my greatest joy, my love is there
She dances overhead
On the ceiling near my bed
In my sight
All through the night
I try to hide in vain
Underneath my counterpane
But there's my love
Up there above
I whisper, "go away, my lover
It's not fair"
But i'm so grateful to discover
That she's still there
I love my ceiling more
Since it is a dancing floor
Just for my love

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Old peter minuet had nothing to lose when he bought the isle of manhatten
For twenty-six dollars and a bottle of booze and they threw in the bronx and staten
Pete thought that he had the best of the bargin but the poor red man just grinned,
And he grunted "ugh!" meaning okay in his jargon for he knew poor pete was skinned.
We've tried to run the city....but the city ran away...
And now peter minuet
We can't continue it...

Broadway's turning into coney,
Champagne charlie's drinking gin,
Old new york is new and phony
Give it back to the indians!

Two cents more to smoke a lucky,
Dodging busses keep you thin,
Now new york is simply ducky,
Give it back to the indians!

Take all the reds, on the boxes made for soap
Whites on fifth avenue
Blues down in wall street losing hope..
Big bargain today...chief take it away!

Come you busted city slickers,
Better take it on the chin
Father nick has lost his knickers
Give it back to the indians!

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Take all the reds, on the boxes made for soap
Whites on fifth avenue
Blues down in wall street losing hope..
Big bargain today...chief take it away!

Come you busted city slickers,
Better take it on the chin
Father nick has lost his knickers
Give it back to the indians!

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It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place
Except you and me
So set 'em' up joe, i got a little story
I think you should know
We're drinking my friend, to the end
Of a brief episode
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road
I know the routine, put another nickel
In the machine
I feel kind of bad, can't you make the music
Easy and sad
I could tell you a lot, but it's not
In a gentleman's code
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road
You'd never know it, but buddy i'm a kind of poet
And i've got a lot of things i'd like to say
And if i'm gloomy, please listen to me
Till it's talked away
Well that's how it goes, and joe i know your gettin'
Anxious to close
Thanks for the cheer
I hope you didn't mind
My bending your ear
But this torch that i found, it's gotta be drowned
Or it's gonna explode
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road

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Somethings gotta give,
Somethings gotta give
Somethings gotta give

When an irresistible force such as you
Meets and 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 gonna be kissed.

So en garde who knows what the fates have in store
From their vast mysterious sky?
I'll try hard ignoring those lips i adore
But how long can anyone try?

Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight it with all of our might,
Chances are some heavenly star spangled night
We'll find out as sure as we live
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give,
Something's gotta give.

Fight, fight, fight it with all of our might,
Chances are some heavenly star spangled night
We'll find out as sure as we live
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give,
Something's gotta give.
Something's gotta , something's gotta give

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What is this thing called love?
This funny thing called love?
Just who can solve its mystery?
Why should it make a fool of me?

I saw you there one wonderful day
You took my heart and threw it away
That's why i ask the lord in heaven above
What is this thing called love?

<instrumental interlude>

I saw you there one wonderful day
You took my heart and threw it away
That's why i ask the lord in heaven above
What is this thing called love?

Transcribed by todd peach <todd@thepeaches.com>

Following is another version with additional verses:

I was a hum-drum person
Leading a life apart
When love flew in through my window wide
And quickened my hum-drum heart
Love flew in thorugh my window
I was so happy then
But after love had stayed a little while
Love flew out again

What is this thing called love?
This funny thing called love?
Just who can solve its mystery?
Why should it make a fool of me?
I saw you there one wonderful day
You took my heart and threw it away
That's why i ask the lawd in heaven above
What is this thing called love?

You gave me days of sunshine
You gave me nights of cheer
You made my life an enchanted dream
'til somebody else came near
Somebody else came near you
I felt the winter's chill
And now i sit and wonder night and day
Why i love you still?

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Porgy:
Bess, you is my woman now,
You is, you is!
An' you mus' laugh an' sing an' dance
For two instead of one.
Want no wrinkle on yo' brow,
Nohow,
Because de sorrow of de past is all done done
Oh, bess, my bess!

Bess:
Porgy, i's yo' woman now,
I is, i is!
An' i ain't never goin' nowhere 'less you shares de fun.
Dere's no wrinkle on my brow,
Nohow,
But i ain't goin'! you hear me sayin',
If you ain' goin', wid you i'm stayin'!

Porgy, i's yo' woman now!
I's yours forever -
Mornin' time an' evenin' time an'
Summer time an' winter time.

Porgy:
Mornin' time an' evenin' time an'
Summer time an' winter time.
Bess, you got yo' man.

Bess, you is my woman now and forever.*
Dis life is jes' begun,
Bess, we two is one
Now an' forever.
Oh, bess, don't min' dose women.
You got yo' porgy.
I knows you means it,
I seen it in yo' eyes, bess.
We'll go swingin'
Through de years a-singin'.

Bess:
Mornin' time an' evenin' time an'
Summer time an' winter time.

Porgy:
Mornin' time an' evenin' time an'
Summer time an' winter time.

Bess:
Oh, my porgy, my man, porgy.

Porgy: [simultaneously] my bess, my bess.

Bess: from dis minute i'm tellin' you, i keep dis vow: porgy, i's yo'
Woman now.

Porgy: [simultaneously]
From dis minute i'm tellin' you, i keep dis vow:
Oh, my bessie, we's happy now. we is one now.

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Gone with the wind
Just like a leaf that has flown away
Gone with the wind
My romance has blown away
Yesterday's kisses are still on my lips,
I've had a lifetime of heaven at my fingertips.

But now all-all is gone.
Gone is the rapture that fills my heart
Gone with the wind
My romance has flown apart

Just like a flame
Love burned brightly, then became
An empty smoke ring that has gone,
Gone with the wind.

Gone, gone, gone with the wind
Just like a leaf that has flown away
Gone with the wind
My romance has flown away
Yesterday's kisses are still, still on my lips,
I've had a lifetime of heaven at my fingertips.

But now all-all is gone.
Gone is the rapture that fills my heart
Gone with the wind
My romance has flown apart

Just like a flame
Love burned brightly, then became
An empty smoke ring that has
Gone with the wind.

{scat}
Gone with the wind

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I've been a roaming romeo
My juliets have been many
But now my roaming days have gone
Too many irons in the fire
Is worse than not having any
I've had my share and from now on:

I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting ev'rything i've got on you

I'm giving all my love to one baby
Heaven help me if my baby don't come through

I've got a great big amount
Saved up in my love account
Honey
And i've decided
Love divided
In two
Won't do

So
I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything i've got on you

[2]
I've been a roaming juliet
My romeos have been many
But now my roaming days have gone
Too many irons in the fire
Is worse than not having any
I've had my share and from now on:

I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting ev'rything i've got on you

I'm giving all my love to one baby
Heaven help me if my baby don't come through

I've tried to love more than one
Finding it just can't be done
Honey
There's one i lie to
When i try to
Be true
To two

So
I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything i've got on you

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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

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Go on and sing my heart
You know it's spring my heart
So why not show it?

Pretend you're glad my heart
Although you're sad my heart
He mustn't know it

Remember, love is not an easy game
No two hearts ever beat quite the same

Go on and dance my heart
Our only chance my heart
Is to forget it

Should you despair my heart
He'll know we care my heart
And we'll regret it

If it's to be, we soon shall see
And if it's not to be,
No power on earth can make it so

Pretend it's spring my heart
Go on and sing my heart
For if you sing, he'll never know

(bridge)

Go on and dance my heart
Our only chance my heart
Is to forget it

Should you despair my heart
He'll know we care my heart
And we'll regret it

If it's to be, we soon shall see
And if it's not to be,
No power on earth can make it so

Pretend it's spring my heart
Go on and sing my heart
For if you sing, he'll never know

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Under a blanket of blue
Just you and i beneath the stars.
Wrapped in the arms of sweet romance
The night is ours.

Under a blanket of blue
Let me be thrilled by all your charms
Darling, i know my heart will dance
Within your arms.

A summer night's magic, enthralling me so.
The night would be tragic, if you weren't here to shareit my dear,
Covered with heaven above.

Let's dream a dream of love for two,
Wrapped in the arms of sweet romance,
Under a blanket of blue.

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My mama done tol' me, when i was in knee-pants
My mama done tol' me, " son a woman'll sweet talk"
And
Give ya the big eye, but when the sweet talkin's done
A woman's a two-face, a worrisome thing who'll
Leave ya to sing the blues in the night

Now the rain's a-fallin', hear the train's a-callin,
"whooee!"
(my mama done tol' me) hear dat lonesome whistle blowin' 'cross the trestle, "whooee!"
(my
Mama done tol' me) a-whooee-ah-whooee ol' clickety-clack's a-echoin' back th' blues in the night
The
Evenin' breeze'll start the trees to cryin' and the moon'll hide its light when you get the blues in
The night
Take my word, the mockingbird'll sing the saddest kind o' song, he knows things are wrong,
And he's right

From natchez to mobile, from memphis to st. joe, wherever the four winds blow
I been
In some big towns an' heard me some big talk, but there is one thing i know
A woman's a two-face, a
Worrisome thing who'll leave ya to sing the blues in the night

My mama was right, there's blues in

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How glad the many millions of timothys and williams
Would be to capture me
But you had such persistence,
You wore down my resistance
I fell, and it was swell

You're my 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,
Hear 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've got a crush, my baby, on you

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Could you coo?
Could you care
For a cunning cottage we could share?
The world will pardon my mush
'cause i've got a crush, my baby, on you

Yes, i've got a crush, my baby, on you

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Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice, warmer than the summer night
The clouds were like an alabaster palace rising to a snowy height.
Each star it's own aurora borealis, suddenly you held me tight,
I could see the midnight sun.

I can't explain the silver rain that found me--or was that a moonlight veil?
The music of the universe around me, or was that a nightingale?
And then your arms miraculously found me,suddenly the sky turned pale,
I could see the midnight sun.

Was there such a night, it's a thrill i still don't quite believe,
But after you were gone, there was still some stardust on my sleeve.

The flame of it may dwindle to an ember, and the stars forget to shine,
And we may see the meadow in december, icy white and crystalline.
But oh my darling always i'll remember when your lips were close to mine,
And we saw the midnight sun.

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Drop that long face
Come on have your fling
Why keep nursing the blues?
If you want this old world on a string
Put on your dancing shoes
Stop wasting time
Put on your dancing shoes
Watch your spirits climb

Shall we dance
Or keep on mopin'?
Shall we dance
And walk on air?
Shall we give in to despair?
Or shall we dance with never a care?
Life is short
We're growing older
Don't you be an also-ran
You'd better dance, little lady
Dance, little man
Dance whenever you can.

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Supper time
I should set the table
'cause it's supper time
Somehow i'm not able
'cause that man o'mine
Ain't comin' home no more

Supper time
Kids will soon be yellin'
For their supper time
How'll i keep from tellin'
Them that man o'mine
Ain't comin' home no more?

How'll i keep explainin' when they ask me where he's gone?
How'll i keep from cryin' when i bring their supper on?
How can i remind them to pray at their humble board?
How can i be thankful when they start to thank the lord
Lord!

Supper time
I should set the table
'cause it's supper time
Somehow i'm not able
'cause that man o'mine
Ain't comin' home no more

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Bess
Oh... what you want wid bess?
She's gettin' ole now;
Take a fine young gal
For to satisfy crown.
Look at this chest
An' look at these arms you got.
You know how it always been with me,
These five years i been yo' woman,
You could kick me in the street,
Then when you wanted me back,
You could whistle, an' there i was
Back again, lickin' yo' hand.
There's plenty better lookin' gal than bess.

Can' you see, i'm with porgy,
Now and forever
I am his woman, he would die without me.
Oh, crown, won't you let me go to my man, to my man.
He is a cripple an' needs my love, all my love.
What you want wid bess? oh, let me go to my man. . .

Crown
What i wants wid other woman,
I gots a woman, yes,
An' dat is you, yes, dat is you, yes,
I need you now an' you're mine jus' as long as i want you.
No cripple goin' take my woman from me.
You got a man tonight an' that is crown, yes, crown, yes
Crown.
You're my woman, bess, i'm tellin' you, now i'm your man.

(pressing her very close)

Bess
What you want with bess?
(boat whistles)
Lemme go, crown dat boat, it's goin' wiout me!

Crown
You ain't goin' nowhere!

Bess
(weakening)
Take yo' hands off me, i say, yo' hands, yo' hands, yo hands.
(crown kisses her passionately)

Crown
I knows you' ain' change - wid you and me it always be the
Same. git in dat thicket.
(bess backs into woods; crown follows.)

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Come on and hear (2x), alexander's ragtime band,
Come on and hear (2x), it's the best band in the land!
They can play a bugle call like you never heard before,
So natural that you want to go to war--
That's just the bestest band what am, honey lamb!
Come on along (2x), let me take you by the hand
Up to the man (2x), who's the leader of the band,
And if you want to hear the swanee river played in ragtime
Come on and hear (2x), alexander's ragtime band!

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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
Hi ho alas and also lackaday
Although i can't dismiss
The memory of his kiss
I guess he's not for me

(bridge)

I was a fool to fall - and get that way
Hi ho alas and also lackaday
Although i can't dismiss
The memory of his kiss
I guess he's not for me

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Here in my arms it's adorable!
It's deplorable
That you were never there.

When little lips are so kissable
It's permissible
For me to ask my share.

Next to my heart it is ever so lonely.
I'm holding only air.

While here in my arms it's adorable!
It's deplorable
That you were never there.

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Once i visited my cousin, in milwaukee, usa
She got boyfriends by the dozen, when she sang in a lowdown way
She was a positive sensation
The songs that she sang would never miss
My cousin was my inspiration
That's how i got like this

I got a cousin in milwaukee
She's got a voice so squawky
And though she's tall and kind of gawky
Oh, how she gets the men

Her singing isn't operatic
It's got a lot of static
What makes your heart get acrobatic
Nine times out of ten

When she sings hot, you can't be solemn
It sends the shivers up and down your spinal column
When she sings blue, the men shout, "what stuff!"
That baby is hot stuff

So if you like the way i sing songs,
If you think that i'm a wow
You can thank my squawky cousin from milwaukee
Because she taught me how

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When she sings hot, you can't be solemn
It sends the shivers up and down your spinal column
When she sings blue, the men shout, "what stuff!"
That baby is hot stuff

So if you like the way i sing songs,
If you think that i'm a wow
You can thank my squawky cousin from milwaukee
Because she taught me how

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What made good queen bess
Such a great success?
What made wellington
Do what he did at waterloo?

What makes every englishman
A fighter through and through?
It isn't roast beef, or ale, or home, or mother
It's just a little thing they sing to one another

Stiff upper lip, stout fella
Carry on, old fluff
Chin up, keep muddling through

Stiff upper lip, stout fella
When the going's rough
Pip pip to old man trouble
And a toodly-oo too

Carry on through thick and thin
If you feel you're in the right
Does the fighting spirit win?
Quite, quite, quite, quite, quite

Stiff upper lip, stout fella
When you're in the stew
Sober or blotto, this is your motto
Keep muddling through

(instrumental bridge)

When a bounder starts to hiss
You must give him blow for blow
Make the blighter say, "what's this?
`ullo, `ullo, `ullo, `ullo, `ullo"

Stiff upper lip, stout fella
When you're in the stew
Sober or blotto, this is your motto
Keep muddling through

Keep muddling through
Keep muddling through
Keep muddling through

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You're just too marvelous
Too marvelous for words
Like glorious, glamorous
And that old standby amorous

It's all too wonderful
I'll never find the words
That say enough, tell enough
I mean they just aren't swell enough

You're much too much, and just too 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

<instrumental interlude>

You're much too much, and just too 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

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Get thee behind me, satan
I want to resist
But the moon is low and i can't say "no"
Get thee behind me

Get thee behind me, satan
I mustn't be kissed
But the moon is low and i may let go
Get thee behind me

Someone i'm mad about
Is waiting in the night for me
Someone that i mustn't see
Satan, get thee behind me

He promised to wait
But i won't appear and he may come here
Satan, he's at my gate
Get thee behind me
Stay where you are
It's too late

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Once i was young --
Yesterday, perhaps --
Danced with jim and paul
And kissed some other chaps.

Once i was young,
But never was naive.
I thought i had a trick or two
Up my imaginary sleeve.

And now i know i was naive.

I didn't know what time it was
Then i met you.
Oh, what a lovely time it was,
How sublime it was too!

I didn't know what day it was
You held my hand.
Warm like the month of may it was,
And i'll say it was grand.

Grand to be alive, to be young,
To be mad, to be yours alone!
Grand to see your face, feel your touch,
Hear your voice say i'm all your own.

I didn't know what year it was
Life was no prize.
I wanted love and here it was
Shining out of your eyes.

I'm wise,
And i know what time it is now.

Grand to be alive, to be young,
To be mad, to be yours alone!
Grand to see your face, feel your touch,
Hear your voice say i'm all your own.

I didn't know what year it was
Life was no prize.
I wanted love and here it was
Shining out of your eyes.

I'm wise,
And i know what time it is now.

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Mister shylock was stingy
I was miserly too.
I was more selfish
And crabby than a shellfish.
Oh, dear, it's queer
What love can do!
I'd give all my possessions
For you
I've got five dollars
I'm in good conditions
And i've got ambition
That belongs to you.
Six shirts and collars
Debts beyond endurance
On my life insurance
That belongs to you!
I've got a heart
That must be spurtin'!
Just be certain
I'll be true
Take my five dollars!
Take my shirt and collars!
Take my heart and hollers!
"ev'rything i've got belongs to you!"
I've got five dollars
Eighty-five relations
Two lace combinations
They belongs to you!
Two coats with collars
Ma and grandma wore'em
All the moths adore 'em
They belongs to you!
I've got two lips
That care for mating
Therefore waiting
Will not do!
Take my five dollars!
Take my shirt and collars!
Take my heart and hollers!
"ev'rything i've got belongs to you!"

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Where the dreamy volga flows
There's a lonely russian rose
Gazing tenderly
Down upon her knee
Where a baby's brown eyes glisten
Listen

Ev'ry night you'll hear her croon
A russian lullaby


Just a little plaintive tune
When baby starts to cry

Rock-a-bye my baby
Somewhere there may be

A land that's free for you and me
And a russian lullaby

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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

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When they begin the beguine
It brings back the sound of music so tender,
It brings back a night of tropical splendor,
It brings back a memory ever green.
I'm with you once more under the stars,
And down by the shore an orchestra's playing
And even the palms seem to be swaying
When they begin the beguine.
To live it again is past all endeavor,
Except when that tune clutches my heart,
And there we are, swearing to love forever,
And promising never, never to part.
What moments divine, what rapture serene,
Till clouds came along to disperse the joys we had tasted,
And now when i hear people curse the chance that was wasted,
I know but too well what they mean;
So don't let them begin the beguine
Let the love that was once a fire remain an ember;
Let it sleep like the dead desire i only remember
When they begin the beguine.
Oh yes, let them begin the beguine, make them play
Till the stars that were there before return above you,
Till you whisper to me once more,
Darling, i love you!
And we suddenly know what heaven we're in,
When they begin the beguine

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Pack up your troubles and just get happy
Ya better chase all your cares away
Sing hallelujah, c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgment day

The sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
The lord is waiting to take your hand
Shout hallelujah, c'mon get happy
We're goin' to the promised land

We're headin' 'cross the river
Gonna wash our sins in the tide
It's all so peaceful
On the other side

Forget your troubles and just get happy
Ya better chase all your cares away
Sing hallelujah, c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgment day

The sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
The lord is waiting to take your hand
Shout hallelujah, c'mon get happy
We're goin' to the promised land

We're headin' 'cross the river
Wash our sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful
On the other side

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We're headin' 'cross the river
Wash our sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful
On the other side

Forget your troubles and just get happy
Ya better chase your cares away!!
Sing hallelujah, c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgment day

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I was doing all right
Nothing but rainbows in my sky
I was doing all right
Till you came by.
Had no cause to complain
Life was as sweet as apple pie
Never noticed the rain
Till you came by.

But now whenever you're away
Can't sleep nights and suffer all the day
I just sit and wonder
If love isn't one big blunder.
But when you hold me tight
Tingling all through, i feel somehow
I was doing all right
But i'm doing better than ever now.

But now whenever you're away
Can't sleep nights and suffer all the day
I just sit and wonder
If love isn't one big blunder.
But when you hold me tight
Tinglin' all through, i feel somehow
I was doing all right
But i'm doing better
Better than ever now.

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Life's great, life's grand
Future, all planned
No more, clouds in the sky
How'm i ridin'? i'm ridin' high

Someone, i love
Mad for, my love
So long, jonah, goodbye
How'm i ridin'? i'm ridin' high

Floating, on a starlit ceiling
Doting, on the cards i'm dealing
Gloating, because i'm feeling so hap-hap-happy, i'm slap-happy

So ring bells, sing songs
Blow horns, beat gongs
Our love, never will die
How'm i ridin'? i'm ridin' high

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Someone, i love
Mad for, my love
So long, jonah, goodbye
How'm i ridin'? i'm ridin' high

Floating, on a starlit ceiling
Doting, on the cards i'm dealing
Gloating, because i'm feeling so hap-hap-happy, i'm slap-happy

So ring bells, sing songs
Blow horns, beat gongs
Our love, never will die
How'm i ridin'? i'm ridin' high

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