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

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

When i was very young
The world was younger than i
As merry as a carousel

The circus tent was strung
With every star in the sky
Above the ring i loved so well

Now the young world has grown old
Gone are the tinsel and gold

Sit there, and count your fingers
What can you do?
Old girl, you're through
Sit there, and count your little fingers
Unlucky, litle girl blue

Sit there, and count the raindrops
Falling on you
It's time you knew
All you can count on is the raindrops
That fall on little girl blue

No use, old girl
You may as well surrender
Your hope is getting slender
Why won't somebody send a tender
Blue boy
To cheer little girl blue?

No use, old girl
You may as well surrender
Your hope is getting slender
Why won't somebody send a tender
Blue boy
To cheer little girl blue?

In my solitude you haunt me
With reveries of days gone by
In my solitude you taunt me
With memories that never die
I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
Nobody could be so sad
With gloom ev'rywhere
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
Alternative lyric:
In my solitude you haunt me
With reveries of days gone by
In my solitude you taunt me
With memories that never die
I sit in my chair
I'm filled with despair
There's no one could be so sad
With gloom ev'rywhere
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

Zoom zoom zoom zoom
The world is in a mess
With politics and taxes
And people grinding axes
There's no happiness

Zoom zoom zoom zoom
Rhythm lead your ace
The future doesn't fret me
If i can only get me
Someone to slap that bass

Happiness is not a riddle
When i'm listening to that
Big bass fiddle

Slap that bass
Slap it till its dizzy
Slap that bass
Keep the rhythm busy
Zoom zoom zoom
Misery, you've got to go

Slap that bass
Use it like a tonic
Slap that bass
Keep your philharmonic
Zoom zoom zoom
And the milk and honey'll flow

Dictators would be better off
If they zoom zoom now and then
Today, you can see that the happiest men
All got rhythm

In which case
If you want a bauble
Slap that bass
Slap away your trouble
Learn to zoom zoom zoom
Slap that bass

(bridge)

Dictators would be better off
If they zoom zoom now and then
Today, you can see that the happiest men
All got rhythm

In which case
If you want a bauble
Slap that bass
Slap away your trouble
Learn to zoom zoom zoom
Slap that bass

Zoom zoom zoom zoom
Zoom zoom zoom zoom
Zoom zoom zoom zoom

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!

Get in touch with that sundown fellow
As he tiptoes across the sand
He's got a million kinds of stardust
Pick your fav'rite brand, and

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

<instrumental>

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
So dream, dream, dream

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

You're clear out of this world
When i'm looking at you
I hear out of this world
The music that no mortal ever knew

You're right out of a book
The fairy tale i read when i was five
No armored knight out of a book
Was more enchanted by a loralei
Then i

After waiting so long
For the right time
After reaching so long for a star
All at once from long and lonely night time
And despite time, here you are

I cry, "out of this world"
If you said we were through
So let me fly out of this world
And spend the next eternity or two
With you

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

I ran around, with my own little crowd
The usual laughs, not often, but loud
And in the world that i knew
I didn't know about you

Chasing after the ring, on the merry-go-round
Just taking my fun, where it could be found
And yet what else could i do
I didn't know about you

Darling, now i know
I had the loneliest yesterday, everyday
In your arms
I know for once in my life, i'm living

Had a good time, everytime i went out
Romance was a thing, i kidded about
How could i know about love
I didn't know about you

Darling, now i know
I had the loneliest yesterday, everyday
In your arms
I know for once in my life, i'm living

Had a good time, everytime i went out
Romance was a thing, i kidded about
How could i know about love
I didn't know about you

I didn't know about you

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

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

<instrumental interlude>

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

We'll have a blue room
A new room for two room
Where ev'ry day's a holiday
Because you're married to me.

Not like a ballroom
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
On little blue chairs.

You sew your trousseau
And robinson crusoe
Is not so far from worldly cares
As our blue room far away upstairs!

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

Soon, my dear, you'll never be lonely,
Soon, you'll find i live for you only.
When i'm with you who cares what time it is
Or what the place or what the climate is?

Oh! soon, our little ship will become sailing
Home through every storm, never failing,
The day you're mine this world will be in tune,
Let's make that day come soon.

(bridge)

Oh! soon, our little ship will become sailing home
Through every storm, never failing,
The day you're mine this world will be in tune,
Let's make that day come soon.

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

You're deep just like a chasm
You've no, enthusiasm
You're tired and uninsipired.
You're blase.

Your day is one of leisure
In which you search for pleasure.
You're bored when you're adored.
You're blase.

While reaching for the moon,
And the stars up in the sky,
The simple things of normal life
Are slowly passing by.

You sleep, the sun is shining;
You wake, its time for dining.
There's nothing new for you to do
You're blase.

Instrumental interlude

While reaching for the moon,
And the stars up in the sky,
The simple things of normal life
Are slowly passing by.

You sleep, the sun is shining;
You wake, its time for dining.
There's nothing new for you to do
You're blase.
Blase.

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

(scat)
Come on, wail
Wail, cotton tail
Benny webster, come on and blow for me

(scat)
That's cotton tail

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.

I've been married, and married, and often i've sighed
"i'm never a bridesmaid, i'm always a bride"

I never divorced them, i hadn't the heart
Yet remember these sweet words, "`till death do us part"

I married many men, a ton of them
Because i was untrue to none of them
Because i bumped off every one of them
To keep my love alive

Sir paul was frail, he looked a wreck to me
At night he was a horse's neck to me
So i performed an appendectomy
To keep my love alive

Sir thomas had insomnia, he couldn't sleep at night
I bought a little arsenic, he's sleeping now all right

Sir philip played the harp, i cussed the thing
I crowned him with his harp to bust the thing
And now he plays where harps are just the thing
To keep my love alive
To keep my love alive

(bridge)

I thought sir george had possibilities
But his flirtations made me ill at ease
And when i'm ill at ease, i kill at ease
To keep my love alive

Sir charles came from a sanitorium
And yelled for drinks in my emporium
I mixed one drink, he's in memorium
To keep my love alive

Sir francis was a singing bird, a nightingale, that's why
I tossed him off my balcony, to see if he, could fly

Sir atherton indulged in fratricide,
He killed his dad and that was patricide
One night i stabbed him by my mattress-side
To keep my love alive
To keep my love alive
To keep my love alive

When an early autumn walks the land and chills the breeze
And touches with her hand the summer trees,
Perhaps you'll understand what memories i own.
There's a dance pavilion in the rain all shuttered down,
A winding country lane all russet brown,
A frosty window pane shows me a town grown lonely.
That spring of ours that started so april-hearted,
Seemed made for just a boy and girl.
I never dreamed, did you, any fall would come in view
So early, early.
Darling if you care, please, let me know,
I'll meet you anywhere, i miss you so.
Let's never have to share another early autumn.

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)

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"

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

Daydream, why do you haunt me so
Deep in a rosy glow
The face of my love you show

Daydream, i walk along on air
Building a castle there
For me and my love to share

Don't know the time, lordy
I'm in a daze
Sun in the sky, while i moon around, feeling, hazy

Daydream, don't break my reverie
Until i find that he,
Is daydreaming just like me

<sax solo>

Daydreams, why do you haunt me so
While i'm in this rosy glow
Bring back my love
Bring back my love
Bring back my love
To me

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>
########################
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.

(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.

(chorus):
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.

My fur-coat's sold (could be -coat's old)
Oh, lord ain't it cold
But i'm not gonna holler
'cause i've still got a dollar
And when i get low
Oooo i get high

My man walked out
Now you know that ain't right
He better watch out
If i meet him tonight
I said when i get low
Oooo i get high

All the hard times in this town has found me
Nobody knows but the troubles are all around me (i'm not 100% sure of
These two lines)
Ooooo-

I'm all alone
With noone to pet me
My old rocking chair
Ain't never gonna get me

I never cared much for moonlit skies
I never wink back at fireflies
But now that the stars are in your eyes
I'm beginning to see the light
I never went in for afterglow
Or candlelight on the mistletoe
But now when you turn the lamp down low
I'm beginning to see the light
Used to ramble through the park
Shadowboxing in the dark
Then you came and caused a spark
That's a four-alarm fire now
I never made love by lantern-shine
I never saw rainbows in my wine
But now that your lips are burning mine
I'm beginning to see the light

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

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

Miss otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today, madam,
Miss otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.
She is sorry to be delayed,
But last evening down in lover's lane she strayed, madam,
Miss otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.

When she woke up and found that her dream of love was gone, madam,
She ran to the man who had led her so far astray,
And from under her velvet gown,
She drew a gun and shot her love down, madam,
Miss otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.

When the mob came and got her and dragged her from the jail, madam,
They strung her upon the old willow across the way,
And the moment before she died,
She lifted up her lovely head and cried, madam......
Miss otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.

Miss otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today

Comes a rainstorm, put your rubbers on your feet
Comes a snowstorm, you can get a little heat
Comes love, nothing can be done.

Comes a fire, then you know just what to do
Blow a tire, you can buy another shoe
Comes love, nothing can be done

Don't try hiding, cause there isn't any use
You'll start sliding, when your heart turns on the juice

Comes a headache, you can lose it in a day
Comes a toothache, see your dentist right away
Comes love, nothing can be done

Comes a heatwave, you can hurry to the shore
Comes a summons, you can hide behind the door
Comes love, nothing can be done

Comes the measles, you can quarantine a room
Comes a mousey, you can chase it with a broom
Comes love, nothing can be done

That's all, brother, if you ever been in love
That's all, brother, you know what i'm speaking of

Comes a nightmare, you can always stay awake
Comes depression, you may get another break
Comes love, nothing can be done
Comes love, nothing can be done
Comes love, nothing can be done

Comes love,
Comes love,
Comes love,
Comes love,
(fade)

Try to think that love´s not around
But it´s uncomfortably near
My old heart ain´t gaining no ground
Because my angel eyes ain´t here

Angel eyes, that old devil sent
They glow unbearably bright
Need i say that my love´s mispent
Mispent with angel eyes tonight

So drink up all you people
Order anything you see
Have fun you happy people
The laughs and the jokes on me

Pardon me but i got to run
The fact´s uncommonly clear
Got to find who´s now number one
And why my angel eyes ain't here
Oh, where is my angel eyes

Excuse me while i disappear
Angel eyes, angel eyes.

Contributed by bobbie

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

The night is young, 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, '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, dear mother nature murmuring low "let yourself go"

So please be sweet, my chickadee
And when i kiss ya, 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 deluxe, 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 "let yourself go"

So please be sweet, my chickadee
And when i kiss ya, 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 deluxe, it's de-lovely"

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?

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

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

Drop me off in harlem,
Any place in harlem,
There's someone waiting there
Who makes it seem like
Heaven up in harlem.

I don't want your dixie,
You can keep your dixie,
There's no one down in dixie who can take me
'way from my hot harlem,

Harlem has those southern skies,
They're in my baby's smile, i
Idolize my baby's eyes and
Classy up-town style,

If harlem moved to china,
I know of nothing finer,
Than to stow away on a 'plane some day and have them
Drop me off in harlem.

<bridge>

Harlem has those southern skies,
They're in my baby's smile, i
Idolize my baby's eyes and
Classy up-town style,

If harlem moved to china,
I know of nothing finer,
Than to stow away on a 'plane some day and have them
Drop me off in harlem.

<scat>
If harlem moved to china
I know nothing finer than to be in harlem

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....

Verse

Potter:
Come on, you children, gather around -
Gather around, you children.
And we will lose that evil spirit
Called the voodoo.
Nothin' but trouble, if he has found,

If he has found you, children -
But you can chase the hoodoo
With the dance that you do.
Let me lead the way.
Jubilee today!
He'll never hound you;
Stamp on the ground, you children!
Come on!

Refrain

Clap-a yo' hand! slap-a yo' thigh!
Halleluyah! halleluyah!
Ev'rybody come along and join the jubilee!
Clap-a yo' hand! slap-a yo' thigh!
Don t you lose time! don't you lose time!
Come along-it's shake yo' shoes time
Now for you and me!
On the sands of time
You are only a pebble;
Remember, trouble must be treated
Just like a rebel;
Send him to the debble!
Clap-a yo' hand! slap-a yo' thigh!
Halleluyah! halleluyah!
Everybody come along and join the jubilee!

[ella]
April skies are in your eyes
But darling, don't be blue

Don't cry,
Oh honey please
Don't be that way

Clouds in the sky
Should never make you feel that way

The rain
Will bring the violets of may
Tears are in vain so honey please don't be that way

As long as we
See it through
You'll have me
I'll have you

Sweetheart
Tomorrow is another day
Don't break my heart
Oh honey, please don't be that way

[louis]
Don't cry,
Oh honey please
Don't be that way

Clouds in the sky
Should never make you feel that way

The rain
Will bring the violets of may
Tears in vain
So honey please don't be that way

As long as we
Will see it through
You'll have me
And i'll have you

Sweetheart
Tomorrow is another day
Don't break my heart
Oh honey, please don't be that way

Don't cry


Don't cry, don't cry


Oh honey, please don't be that way

Oh honey, please don't be that way

Clouds in the sky

Dig those crazy sky

Should never make you feel that way

So don't be that way

Dig the rain

Pitter pitter pitter pitter patter

Bring the violets of may

Pitter patter of the rain drops

Tears in vain

Tears, tears

So honey please don't be that way

Don't be that way

As long as we

(scat)

Will see it through

(scat)

Oh baby, you'll have me

(scat)

And i'll have you

(scat)

Sweetheart

(scat)

Tomorrow is another day

Tomorrow is another day


Don't break my heart

(scat)

Oh honey, please don't be that way

(scat)

Looky here, baby don't cry

(scat)

Oh honey, please don't be that way

(scat)

Clouds in the sky

(scat)

Should never make you feel that way

(scat)

Yeah, don't cry

(scat)

Honey, please don't be that way

(scat)

Clouds in the sky

(scat)

Oh honey, please don't be that way

No honey, i'll never be that way

I am just a little girl
Who's looking for a little boy
Who's looking for a girl to love.

Tell me please,
Where can he be,
The loving he who'll bring to me
The harmony i'm dreaming of.

It'll be goodbye, i know
To my tale of woe,
When he says "hello!"

So i am just a little girl
Who's looking for a little boy
Who's looking for a girl to love!

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

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

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!

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.

Mister paganini, please play my rhapsody
And if you cannot play it, won't you sing it
And if you can't sing it, you simply have to
Swing it
I said swing it
Oh-oh-oh swing it
And don't ding it

Oh mister paganini, we breathlessly await
Your masterful d‚tente, go-o on and sling it
And if you can't sling it
You'll simply have to swing it
I said swing it
And scattywahwah
And wahdyscatla

We've heard your repertoire and
At the final bar
We've greeted you with wild applause
But what a great ovation
Your interpretation
Pat-scoodle-atty-doody yeah yeah yeah

Oh mister paganini, now don't you be a meanie
What have you up your sleeve, go on and spring it

And if you can't spring it, you'll simply have to
Swing it

Paradise can not refuse us
Never such a happy pair

Everybody must excuse us
If we walk on air

All the shadows now will lose us
Lucky stars are everywhere

As a happy being
Here's what i'm forseeing

For you, for me, forever more
It's bound to be forever more

It's plain to see
We found, by finding each other
The love we waited for

I'm yours, you're mine
And in our hearts
The happy ending starts

What a lovely world
This world will be
With a world of love in store
For you, for me, forever more.

(instrumental bridge)

What a lovely world
This world will be
With a world of love in store
For you, for me, forever more.

'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?

Sportin' life:
It ain't necessarily so,

All:
It ain't necessarily so.

Sportin' life:
De t'ings dat yo li'ble
To read in de bible -
It ain't necessarily so.

Li'l' david was small, but oh my!

All:
Li'l' david was small, but oh my!

Sportin' life:
He fought big goliath
Who lay down and dieth -
Li'l' david was small, but oh my!
Wadoo!

Ensemble:
Wadoo!

Sportin' life:
Zim bam boddle-oo!

Ensemble:
Zim bam boddle-oo!

Sportin' life:
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Ensemble:
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Sportin' life:
Scatty way!

Ensemble:
Scatty wah!

Sportin' life:
Yeah!
Oh jonah, he lived in de whale

All:
Oh jonah, he lived in de whale.

Sportin' life:
Fo' he made his home in
Dat fish's abdomen -
Oh jonah, he lived in de whale.

L'il' moses was found in a stream

All:
L'il' moses was found in a stream

Sportin' life:
He floated on water
'till ole' pharaoh's daughter
She fished him, she says from dat stream.

Wadoo!

Ensemble:
Wadoo!

Sportin' life:
Zim bam boddle-oo!

Ensemble:
Zim bam boddle-oo!

Sportin' life:
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Ensemble:
Hoodle ah da waah da!

Sportin' life:
Scatty way!

Ensemble:
Scatty wah!

Sportin' life:
Yeah!
It ain't necessarily so

All:
It ain't necessarily so

Sportin' life:
Dey tell all you chillun
De debble's a villun
But 'tain't necessarily so.

To get into hebbben
Don't snap fo' a sebben -
Live clean! don' have no fault!
Oh, i takes dat gospel
Whenever it's pos'ple -

But wid a grain of salt!

Methus'lah lived nine hundred years,

All:
Methus'lah lived nine hundred years,

Sportin' life:
But who calls dat livin'
When no gal'll give in
To no man what's nine hundred years?

I'm preachin' dis sermon to show
It ain't nessa, ain't nessa,
Ain't nessa, ain't nessa -

All:
It ain't necessarily so!

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!

Maybe i can't live to love you as long as i want to.
Life isn't long enough baby, but i can love you as long as i live.

Maybe i can't give you diamonds and things like i want to,
But i can promise you, baby, i'm gonna want to as long as i live.

I never cared, but now i'm scared, i won't live long enough.
That's why i wear my rubbers when it rains and eat an apple every day then see
The doctor anyway.

What if i can't live to love you as long as i want to.
Long as i promise you, baby, i'm gonna love you as long i live.

<musical interlude>

I'll even wear long underwear, when winter breezes blow
I'm gonna take good care of me because, a sneeze or two might mean the flu,
And that would never never do

What if i can't live to love you as long as i want to.
Long as i promise you, baby, i'm gonna love you as long i live.
Contributed by heelsfans

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...

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.

It's over
All over
And soon somebody else will make a fuss about you
But how about me?

It's over
All over
And soon somebody else will tell his friends about you
But how about me?

You'll find somebody new
But what am i to do?
I'll still remember you
When you have forgotten

And maybe
A baby
Will climb upon your knee and put its arms about you
But how about me?

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

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

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.

Good morning heartache
You old gloomy sight
Good morning heartache
Thought we said goodbye last night

I turned and tossed until it seems you heve gone
But here you are with the dawn
Wish i forget you, but you're here to stay
It seems i met you
When my love went away
Now everyday i stop i'm saying to you
Good morning heartache what's new

Stop haunting me now
Can't shake you no how
Just leave me alone
I've got those monday blues
Straight to sunday blues

Good morning heartache
Here we go again
Good morning heartache
You're the one
Who knows me well
Might as well get use to you hanging around
Good morning heartache
Sit down

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

Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
Through 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.

Cho: jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,
Oh what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh, o
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,
We ran into a drifted bank
And there we got upsot.

A day or two ago
The story i must tell
I went out on the snow
And on my back i fell;
A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh
He laughed at me as
I there sprawling laid
But quickly drove away.

Now the ground is white,
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls along
And sing this sleighing song.
Just bet a bob-tailed bay,
Two-forty as his speed,
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you'll take the lead.

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

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

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

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

Thou swell, thou witty, thou sweet, thou grand
Wouldst kiss me pretty? wouldst hold my hand?
Both thine eyes are cute too, what they do to me
Hear me holler, i choose a sweet lollapaloosa in thee
I'd feel so rich in a hut for two
Two rooms and kitchen i'm sure would do
Give me just a plot of, not a lot of land
And thou swell, thou witty, thou grand

You're my thrill
You do something to me
You send chills right through me
When i look at you
'cause you're my thrill
You're my thrill
How my pulse increases
I just go to pieces
When i look at you
'cause you're my thrill

Hmmm-nothing seems to matter
Hmmm-here's my heart on a silver platter
Where's my will
Why this strange desire
That keeps morning higher
When i look at you
I can't keep still
You're my thrill

After one whole quart of brandy
Like a daisy, i'm awake
With no bromo-seltzer handy
I don't even shake

Men are not a new sensation
I've done pretty well i think
But this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink

I'm wild again, beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am i

Couldn't sleep and wouldn't sleep
When 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'll cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am i

He's a fool and don't i know it
But a fool can have his charms
I'm in love and don't i show it
Like a babe in arms

Love's the same old sad sensation
Lately i've not slept a wink
Since this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink

I've sinned a lot, i'm mean a lot
But i'm like sweet seventeen a lot
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am i

I'll sing to him, each spring to him
And worship the trousers that cling to him
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am i

When he talks, he is seeking
Words to get, off his chest
Horizontally speaking, he's at his very best

Vexed again, perplexed again
Thank god, i can be oversexed again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - am i

Wise at last, my eyes at last,
Are cutting you down to your size at last
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - no more

Burned a lot, but learned a lot
And now you are broke, so you earned a lot
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - no more

Couldn't eat, was dispeptic
Life was so hard to bear
Now my heart's antiseptic
Since you moved out of there

Romance, finis. your chance, finis.
Those ants that invaded my pants, finis.
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - no more

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

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 mama, come to mama do
My sweet embraceable you

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I love all the many charms about you
Above all, i want my arms about you

Don't be a naughty baby
Come to mama, come to mama do
My sweet embraceable you

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

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!

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

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.

Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and i ain't together
Keeps raining all the time

Life is bare
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather
Just can't get my poor old self together
I'm weary all the time, the time
So weary all of the time

When he went away
The blues walked in and met me
If he stays away, old rocking chair will get me
All i do is pray
The lord above will let me
Walk in the sun once more

Can't go on
Everything i had is gone
Stormy weather
Since my man and i ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Keeps raining all of the time

I walk around,
Heavy-hearted and sad
Night comes around
And i'm still feeling bad
Rain pourin' down
Blinding every hope i had
This pitter 'n patter 'n beatin' 'n spatterin' drivin' me mad

Love, love, love, love
This misery will be the end of me

(bridge)

When he went away
The blues walked in and met me
If he stays away, old rocking chair will get me
All i do is pray
The lord above will let me
Walk in the sun once more

Can't go on
Everything i had is gone
Stormy weather
Since my man and i ain't together
Keeps raining all the time, the time
Keeps raining all the time

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.)

I never knew the charm of spring
I never met it face to face
I never new 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 new 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

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

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.

Delilah was a floozy
She never gave a damn
Delilah wasn't choosy
Till she fell for a swell buckaroo
Whose name was sam

Delilah got in action
Delilah did her "kootch"
She gave him satisfaction
And he fell 'neath her spell
With the aid of love and "hootch"

But one day, so they tell us
His true wife, he did crave
Delilah, she got jealous
And she tracked him, and hacked him
And dug for sam a grave

It's always that way with passion
So cowboy, learn to behave
Or else, you're liable to cash in
With no tombstone on your grave

Delilah, oh delilah
She's no babe in the wood
Run cowboy, run a mile-ah
If you love that kind of woman
She'll do you no good

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 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 they can't take that away from me

We may never never meet again, on that bumpy road to love
But 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

I am dejected. i am depressed.
Yet resurrected and sailing the crest.
Why this elation, mixed with deflation?
What explanation? i am in love.

Such conflicting questions rise
Around in my brain: should i order cynanide
Or order champagne?

Oh, what is this sudden jolt?
I feel like a frightened colt,
Just hit by a thunderbolt. i am in love.

I knew the odds were against me before,
I had no flair for flaming desire,
But since the gods gave me you to adore,
I may lose but i refuse to fight the fire,

So come and enlighten my days and never depart.
You only can brighten the blaze that burns in my heart,
For i am wildly in love with you,
And so in need of a stampede of love.

I knew the odds were against me before,
I had no flair for flaming desire,
But since the gods gave me you to adore,
I may lose but i refuse to fight the fire,

So come and enlighten my days and never depart.
You only can brighten the blaze that burns in my heart,
For i am wildly in love with you,
And so in need of a stampede of love,
And so in need of a stampede of love.

Imagination is funny, it makes a cloudy day sunny
Makes a bee think of honey just as i think of you

Imagination is crazy, your whole perspective gets hazy
Starts you asking a daisy "what to do, what to do?"

Have you ever felt a gentle touch and then a kiss
And then and then, find it's only your imagination again?
Oh, well

Imagination is silly, you go around willy-nilly
For example i go around wanting you
And yet i can't imagine that you want me, too

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I laughed at sweethearts i met at schools
All indiscreet 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 and 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
Through all my school days, i hated boys
Those april fool days brought me loveless joys
I read my plato, love, i thought a sin
But since your kiss, i'm reading missus glyn!

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

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
Tearin' my fear apart
And that laugh..wrinkles your nose
Touches my foolish heart

Lovely ... never, never change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it ? 'cause i love you
Just the way you look tonight

<instrumental>

And that laugh that wrinkles your nose
It touches my foolish heart

Lovely ... don't you ever change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it ? 'cause i love you
A-just the way you look tonight


Mm, mm mm, mm,
Just the way you look tonight

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

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

<instrumental break>

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

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.

It's wonderful to look into your eyes
And realize you care a little bit
It's wonderful to know that you love me

It's glorious to feel that i'm a part of you sweetheart
To share your happiness
It's marvelous how lovely love can be

Who dreamed that i'd be allowed
Through the doorway of heaven
I'm drifting high on a cloud
You're an angel and this is heaven

It's wonderful to have your lips divine combined with mine
And dream forever more
It's wonderful to know that you love me

{instrumental interlude}

Who dreamed that i'd be allowed
Through the doorway of heaven
I'm drifting high, high on a cloud
You're an angel and this is heaven

Oh, it's wonderful to have your lips divine combined with mine
And dream forever more
It's wonderful to know that you love me

It's glorious
It's marvelous
Oh darling it's wonderful

Once i was a sentimental thing,
Threw my heart away each spring;
Now a spring romance hasn't got a chance
Promised my first dance to winter;
All i've got to show's a splinter for my little fling!

Spring this year has got me feeling like a horse that never left the post;
I lie in my room staring up at the ceiling,
Spring can really hang you up the most!

Morning's kiss wakes tres and flowers,
And to them i'd like to drink a toast;
I walk in the park just to kill lonely hours,
Spring can really hang you up the most.

All afternoon those birds twitter twit,
I know the tune, "this is love, this is it!"
Heard it before and i know the score,
And i've decided that spring is a bore!

Love seemed sure around the new year,
Now it's april, love is just a ghost;
Spring arrived on time, only what became of you, dear?
Spring can really hang you up the most!
Spring can really hang you up the most!

Spring is here, there's no mistaking
Robins building nests from coast to coast;
My heart tries to sing so they won't hear it breaking,
Spring can really hang you up the most!

College boys are writing sonnets,
In the "tender passion" they're engrossed;
But i'm on the shelf with last years easter bonnets,
Spring can really hang you up the most!

Love came my way, i hope it would last;
We had our day, now that's all in the past!
Spring came along a season of son,
Full of sweet promise but womething went wrong!

Doctors once prescribed a tonic,
"sulphur and moloasses" was the dose;
Didn't help a bit, my condition must be chronic,
Spring can really hang you up the most!

All alone, the party's over,
Old man winter was a gracious host;
But when you keep praying for snow to hide the clover
Spring can really hang you up the most!

The day is my enemy, the night my friend,
For i'm always so alone
Till the day draws to an end.
But when the sun goes down
And the moon comes through,
To the monotone of the evening's drone
I'm all alone with you.

All through the night,
I delight in your love,
All through the night, you're so close to me.
All through the night, from a height far above,
You and your love brings me ecstasy.

When dawn comes to waken me
You're never there at all.
I know you've forsaken me,
Till the shadows fall.
But then once again
I can dream,
I've the right
To be close to you
All through the night.

Verse 1
Don't stamp your foot at me,
It's impolite
To stamp your foot at me
Is not quite right.
At man's ingratitude
A woman winks,
But such an attitude just stinks.
Refrain 1
I have eyes for you to give you dirty looks.
I have words that do not come from children's books
There's a trick with a knife i'm learning to do
And ev'rything i've got belongs to you.
I've a powerful anesthesia in my fist,
And the perfect wrist to give your neck atwist.
There are hammerlock holds,
I've mastered a few,
And ev'rything i've got belongs to you.
Share for share, share alike,
You get struck each time i strike.
You for me- me for me-
I'll give you plenty of nothing.
I'm not yours for better but for worse,
And i've learned to give the well-known witches' curse.
I've a terrible tongue, a temper for two,
And ev'rything i've got belongs to you.
Verse 2
Don't raise your voice at me,
That's very rude.
To raise your voice at me
Is rather crude.
It's wrong essentially when woman yells,
And confidentially, it smells.
Refrain 2
I'll converse with you on politics at length,
I'll protect you with my superhuman strength.
If you're ever attacked i'll scream and say , "boo!''
And ev'rything i've got belongs to you.
I will never stray from home, i'll just stay put,
'cause i've got a brand-new thing called athlete' s foot.
I'm a victim of colds, anemia, too,
And ev'rything i've got belongs to you.
Off to bed we will creep,
Then we'll sleep and sleep and sleep
Till the birds start to peep.
I'll give you plenty of nothing.
I'll be yours forever and a day
If the first good breeze does not blow me away.
You're enough for one man, that's why i'll be true,
And ev'rything i've got belongs to you.
Encore
You may have some things that i can't use at all.
When i look at you, your manly gifts are small.
I've a wonderful way of saying adieu,
And ev'rything i've got belongs to you.
You won't know how good i am until you try
And you'll let my well of loneliness run dry.
I've a marvelous way of telling you no,
And ev'rything i've got belongs to you.
And ev'rything you want belongs to me!
And ev' rything you need belongs to me!
Reprise
Verse
Life has no shape or form
And no design.
It isn't life without
That fool of mine.
I used to gad about
With any chap
And now i'm sad about my sap.
Refrain
He's a living thing that isn't quite alive,
He has brains enough for any child of five.
Oh, he isn't too rich in vigor and vim,
But ev'rything i've got belongs to him.
He's a naughty brat that can't be left alone.
He has eyes for ev'ry skirt except my own.
Even under a tree, he grabs for the limb,
But ev'rything i've got belongs to him.
Something beats in his chest,
But it's just a pump at best.
I'm for him, he's for him.
He gives me plenty of nothing.
When i see that funny face, i know
Something scared his mother twenty years ago.
But i'll never let go, he'll never be free!
Till ev'rything he's got belongs to me!
Coda
And ev'rything i've got belongs to him!
And ev'rything i've got belongs to us!