unknown

Don't mind telling you, in my humble fash
That you thrill me through, with a tender pash,
When you said you care, 'magine my emoshe
I swore then and there, permanent devoshe,
You made all other men seem blah
Just you alone filled me with ahhhhhhhh......

's wonderful, 's marvellous
You should care for me!
's awful nice, 's paradise,
's what i love to see.

You've made my life so glamorous,
You can't blame me for feeling amorous!
Oh 's wonderful, 's marvellous,
That you should care for me!

's magnificque, 's what i seek
You should care for me.
's elegant, 's what i want,
's what i love to see.

My dear, it's four leaved clover time,
From now on my heart's working overtime,
's exceptional, 's no bagatelle,
That you should care for...
That you should care for...
That you should care for me.......

Original version:
Verse 1:
Peter:
Life has just begun:
Jack has found his jill.
Don't know what you've done,
But i'm all-a-thrill.
How can words express
Your divine appeal?
You could never guess
All the love i feel.
From now on, lady, i insist,
For me no other grls exist.

Refrain 1:
's wonderful, 's marvellous
You should care for me!
's awful nice, 's paradise,
's what i love to see.

You've made my life so glamorous,
You can't blame me for feeling amorous!
Oh 's wonderful, 's marvellous,
That you should care for me!

Verse 2:
Frankie:
Don't mind telling you, in my humble fash
That you thrill me through, with a tender pash,
When you said you care, 'magine my emoshe
I swore then and there, permanent devosh,
You made all other men seem blah
Just you alone filled me with ahhhhhhhh......

Refrain 2:
's wonderful, 's marvellous
You should care for me!
's awful nice, 's paradise,
's what i love to see.

You've made my life so glamorous,
You can't blame me for feeling amorous!
Oh 's wonderful, 's marvellous,
That you should care for me!
My dear it's four-leaf clover time;
From now on my heart's working overtime.
Oh, 's wonderful! 's marvellous
That you should care for me!

Missed the saturday dance
Heard they crowded the floor
Couldn't bear it without you
Don't get around much anymore

Thought i'd visit the club
Got as far as the door
They'd have asked me about you
Don't get around much anymore

Darling, i guess my mind's more at ease
But nevertheless, why stir up memories

Been invited on dates
Might have gone but what for
Awfully different without you
Don't get around much anymore

I was blue, just as blue as i could be
Ev'ry day was a cloudy day for me
Then good luck came a-knocking at my door
Skies were gray but they're not gray anymore

Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do i see

Bluebirds
Singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds
All day long

Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly

Blue days
All of them gone
Nothing but blue skies
From now on


[2]
I should care if the wind blows east or west
I should fret if the worst looks like the best
I should mind if they say it can't be true
I should smile, that's exactly what i do

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.

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

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?

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

"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

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

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

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?

First you say you do
And then you don't
And then you say you will
And then you won't
You're undecided now
So what are you gonna do?
Now you want to play
And then it's no
And when you say you'll stay
That's when you go
You're undecided now
So what are you gonna do?
I've been sitting on a fence
And it doesn't make much sense
'cause you keep me in suspense
And you know it
Then you promise to return
When you don't
I really burn
Well, i guess i'll never learn
And i show it
If you've got a heart
And if you're kind
Then don't keep us apart
Make up your mind
You're undecided now
So what are you gonna do?

I 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.

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

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.

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.

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

I'm gonna love you, like nobody's loved you
Come rain or come shine
High as a mountain, deep as a river
Come rain or come shine
I guess when you met me
It was just one of those things
But don't you ever bet me
'cause i'm gonna be true if you let me
You're gonna love me, like nobody's loved me
Come rain or come shine
We'll be happy together, unhappy together
Now won't that be just fine
The days may be cloudy or sunny
We're in or out of the money
But i'm with you always
I'm with you rain or shine

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)

Serena
(kneeling)
Oh, doctor jesus, who done trouble de water in de sea of gallerie.

Porgy
Amen!

Serena
An' likewise who done cas' de devil out of de afflicted time
An' time again.


Porgy
Time an' time again.

Peter
Oh, my jesus!


Serena
Oh, doctor jesus, what make you ain' lay yo' han' on dis po'
Sister head?

Lily
Oh, my father!

Serena
An' chase de devil out of her down a steep place into de sea
Like you used to do time an' time again.

Porgy
Time an' time again. oh, my jesus!

Serena
Lif' dis po' cripple up out of de dus'!

Porgy
Allelujah!

Serena
An' lif' up his woman an' make her well time an' time again,
An' save us all for jesus sake, amen.

Porgy and peter
Amen.

Serena
All right. now, porgy, doctor jesus done take de case.
By five o'clock dat woman goin' be well.
(it is now full morning and catfish row is full
Of activity with street vendors calling.)

Ain't got the change of a nickel
Ain't got no bounce in my shoes
Ain't go no fancy to tickle
I ain't got nothing but the blues
Ain't got no coffee that's perking
Ain't got no winnings to lose
Ain't got a dream that is working
I ain't got nothing but the blues
When trumpets flare up
I keep my hair up
I just can't make it come down
Believe me peppie,
I can't get happy
Since my ever loving baby left town
Ain't got no rest in my slumbers
Ain't got no feelings to bruise
Ain't got no telephone numbers
I ain't got nothing but the blues

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

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

Time and again i've longed for adventure,
Something to make my heart beat the faster.
What did i long for? i never really knew.
Finding your love i've found my adventure,
Touching your hand, my heart beats the faster,
All that i want in all of this world is you.
(chorus)
You are the promised kiss of springtime
That makes the lonely winter seem long.
You are the breathless hush of evening
That trembles on the brink of a lovely song.
You are the angel glow that lights a star,
The dearest things i know are what you are.
Some day my happy arms will hold you,
And some day i'll know that moment divine,
When all the things you are, are mine!

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.

Look at me, i'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree;
And i feel like i'm clingin' to a cloud,
I can' t understand
I get misty, just holding your hand.
Walk my way,
And a thousand violins begin to play,
Or it might be the sound of your hello,
That music i hear,
I get misty, the moment you're near.
Can't you see that you're leading me on?
And it's just what i want you to do,
Don't you notice how hopelessly i'm lost
That's why i'm following you.
On my own,
When i wander through this wonderland alone,
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove
I'm too misty, and too much in love.
Too misty,
And too much
In love.....

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

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

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

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.

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

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"

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.

Oh, lullaby of birdland whisper low
Always here, when you sigh,
Never in my woodland could there be words to reveal
In a phrase how i feel.

Have you ever heard two turtle doves
Bill and coo when they love?
That's the kind of magic music we get from our lips
When we kiss

And there's a weepy old willow
He really knows how to cry
That's how i'd cry in my pillow
If you should tell me farewell and goodbye

Lullaby of birdland whisper low
Kiss me sweet, then we'll go
Flying high in birdland, high in the sky up above
All because we're in love

Lullaby, lullaby

Have you ever heard two turtle doves
Bill and coo when they love?
That's the kind of magic music we get from our lips
When we kiss

And there's a weepy old willow
He really knows how to cry
That's how i'd cry in my pillow
If you should tell me farewell and goodbye

Lullaby of birdland whisper low
Kiss me sweet, then we'll go
Flying high in birdland, high in the sky up above
And it's all because we're in love


Transcription by lindsey smith

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

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

(bridge)

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

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

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.

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;

Before i met you no one attracted me
No love thoughts worried or distracted me
My disposition kept exempting me
Until you started in preempting me

And all this while, you've really been tempting me
Maybe you can tell me what we ought to do

Now that you've got me going, what you gonna do?
Is it up to me? is it up to you?
What kind of game is this we've begun?
Was it done, just for fun?

We have necked, till i'm wrecked
Won't you tell me what you expect?
Is this to be a case of kiss and never tell?
Folly and farewell
Heaven or maybe hell

Which is it going to be, love or gin?
Wife or sin? let's begin

(bridge)

We have necked, till i'm wrecked
Won't you tell me what you expect?
Is this to be a case of kiss and never tell?
Folly and farewell
Heaven or maybe hell

Which is it going to be, love or gin?
Wife or sin? let's begin

When a body knows nobody, what's a body to do?
Shall she weep and sigh?
No, no, and i'll tell you why

Someday, there must come somebody
Bringing heaven in view
And so her courage, she must keep
As she sings herself to sleep

Somebody from somewhere
Will appear someday
I don't know just from where
But he's on his way

I'll just keep on waiting
Waiting `till i see
Somebody from somewhere
For nobody but me

(instrumental bridge)

I'll just keep on waiting
Waiting `till i see
Somebody from somewhere
For nobody but me

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)

My man's gone now
Ain't no use a listenin'
For his tired footsteps
Climbin' up the stairs
Old man sorrow's
Come to keep me company
Whisperin' beside me
When i say my prayers
When i say my prayers
He come aroud
He come up, he come around
Ain't that i mind workin'
Workin' means travelers
Journeyin' togheter
To the promised land
But old man sorrow
Mountin' all the way with me
Tell' me that i'm old now
Since i lose my man
Since i lose my man
Since i lose my man

A cigarette that bares a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you.
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumblin'words that told you what my heart meant
A fairground's painted swings
These foolish things
Remind me of you.
You came,
You saw,
You conquered me
When you did that to me
I knew somehow this had to be
The winds of march that made my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer
Oh, how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things
Remind me of you
First daffodils
And long excited cables
And candle lights
A little corner table
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
The park at evening
When the bell has sounded
The pier in france
With all the gulls around it
The beauty that is spring
These foolish things
Remind me of you
How strange,
How sweet,
To find you still,
These things are dear to me
They seem to bring you near to me
The sigh of midnight trains
At empty stations
Silk stockings thrown aside
Dance invitations
Oh how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things
Remind me of you
Gardenia perfume
Lingering on a pillow
Wild strawberries
Only seven francs a kilo
And still my heart has wings,
These foolish things,
Remind me of you
The smile of garbo
And the scent of roses
The waiters whistling
As the last bar closes
The song that crosby sings
These foolish things
Remind me of you
How strange
How sweet
To find you still
These things are dear to me
They seem to bring you near to me
The scent of smoldering leaves
The wail of steamers
Two lovers on the street
Who walk like dreamers
Oh how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things
Remind me of you.

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!

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

[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

Blow ill wind, blow away
Let me rest today
You're blowin' me no good (no good)

Go ill wind, go away
Skies are oh so gray
Around my neighborhood, and that's no good

You're only misleadin' the sunshine i'm needin'
Ain't that a shame
It's so hard to keep up with troubles that creep up
From out of nowhere, when love's to blame

So ill wind, blow away
Let me rest today
You're blowin' me no good (no good)

<musical interlude>

You're only misleadin' the sunshine i'm needin'
Ain't that a shame
It's so hard to keep up with troubles that creep up
From out of nowhere, when love's to blame

So ill wind, blow away
Let me rest today
You're blowin' me no good (no good)

Blow, ill wind, blow.

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?

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!

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

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

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!

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!

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!

<instrumental break>

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!

'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?

[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

[chorus:]
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

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?

Gather 'round me, everybody
Gather 'round me, while i preach some
Feel a sermon coming on here
The topic will be sin
And that's what i'm agin'
If you wanna hear my story
Then settle back and just sit tight
While i start reviewing
The attitude of doing right

You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with mister inbetween

You got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
And have faith, or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, noah in the ark,
What did they do, just when everything looked so dark?
Man, they said, we better

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
E-lim-i-nate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with mister inbetween

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...

Whenever skies look grey to me
And trouble begins to brew
Whenever the winter winds
Begin to blow
I concentrate on you

When fortune cries nay, nay to me
And people declare "you're through"
Whenever the blues becomes my only song
I concentrate on you

On your smile to sweet so tender
When first my kiss you deny
On the love in your eyes
When you surrender
And once again our arms entertwine

And so when wise men say to me
That loves young dreams never come true
To prove that even wise men can be wrong
I concentrate on you.

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?

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

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

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 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.

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!

Perdido,
I look for my heart
It's perdido
I lost it way down in torito
The day the fiesta started

Bolero,
I sway that they play the bolero
I kissed me the listing sombrero
And that's when my heart departed

High, was the sun when i held him close
Low, was the moon when we said, "adios"

Perdido
My heart ever since is perdido
I know i must go to torito
To find what i lost perdido

(scat)

High, was the sun when i held him close
Low, was the moon when we said, "adios"

Perdido
Goodnight perdido
I lost perdido

Single-o, all the way
Rain or shine
Gonna stay, single-o
Till you're mine

Like the peach,
At the top, of the tree
Gonna stay, single-o
Till it's me

And though i don't know what caresses
You expect to find
I know my address is
Lonesomeville till you make up your mind

When you do
And it's me
You adore
Then i'll be
Single-o no more

And though i don't know what caresses
You expect to find
I know my address is
Lonesomeville till you make up your mind

When you do
And it's me
You adore
Then i'll be
Single-o no more

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

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

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

{instrumental interlude}

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

Never treats me sweet and gentle
The way he should
'cause i got it bad, and that ain't good

My poor heart is sentimental
Not made of wood
I got it bad, and that ain't good

But when the weekend's over
And monday rolls around
My man and me,
We pray some,
We gin some
And sin some

He don't love me
Like i love him
Nobody could
I got it bad, and that ain't good

Now folks with good intentions
Tell me to save my tears
I'm glad i'm mad about him
I can't live without him

Lord above me,
Make him love me
The way he should

Like a lonesome weeping willow
Lost in the wood
The way i hug my pillow
No woman should
Because i got it bad, and that ain't good

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

(instrumental break)

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

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

Near barcelona, the peasant crooned
The old traditional spanish tunes
The neapolitan street song sighs
You think of italian skys

Each nation has a creative vein
Originating a native strain
With folk songs plaintive and others gay
In their own peculiar way

American folk songs, i feel
Have a much stronger appeal

The real american folksong is a rag
A mental jag
A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues

The critics called it a "joke song" but now
They've changed their tune, and they like it, somehow

For it's innoculated with a syncopated sort of meter, sweeter
Than a classic strain, boy you can't remain, still or quiet, for it's a riot

The real american folksong
Is like a fountain of youth
You taste, and it elates you, and then, invigorates you
The real american folksong, the masses coaxed on, is a rag

(instrumental break)

The real american folksong is a rag
A mental jag
A rhythmic tonic for the chronic blues

The critics called it a "joke song" but now
They've changed their tune, and they like it, somehow

For it's innoculated with a syncopated sort of meter, sweeter
Than a classic strain, boy you can't remain, still or quiet, for it's a riot

The real american folksong
Is like a fountain of youth
You taste, and it elates you, and then, invigorates you
The real american folksong, is a rag

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.

Don't tell me about a night in june
Or a shady lane beneath the velvet moon
Don't tell me, 'cause i wanna talk about you.

Don't mention that waterfall
Or that shady nook where crickets softly call
Don't tell me, 'cause i wanna talk about you.

The moon and the stars, the objects on mars
Are things that we've talked of before
But your love for me was the question
Your answer throws back heaven's door, so

Tell me, your love will be sincere,
Then my darling, you needn't ever fear
I love you and i wanna talk about you.

The moon and the stars, the objects on mars
Are things that we've talked of before
But your love for me was the question
Your answer throws back heaven's door, so

Tell me, your love will be sincere,
Then my darling, you needn't ever fear
I love you and i wanna talk about you.

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

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

I'm so unhappy
What'll i do?
I long for somebody who
Will sympathize with me
I'm growing so tired of living alone
I lie awake all night and cry
Nobody loves me
That's why

All by myself in the morning
All by myself in the night

I sit alone with a table and a chair
So unhappy there
Playing solitaire

All by myself i get lonely
Watching the clock on the shelf

I'd love to rest my weary head on somebody's shoulder
I hate to grow older
All by myself

(scat intro)
They call it that jersey bounce
A rhythm that really counts
The temperature always mounts
Wherever they play, the funny rhythm they play

It started on journal square
And somebody heard it there
He put it right on the air
And now you hear it everywhere

Uptown, gave it new licks
Downtown, added some tricks
No town, makes it sound, the same
As where it came from

So if you don't feel so hot
Go out to some jersey spot
And whether you're hep or not
The jersey bounce'll make you swing

(scat)
How i love that jersey bounce
(scat)
Oh come on and play that jersey bounce
(scat)

They call it that jersey bounce
A rhythm that really counts
The temperature always mounts
Whenever they play that jersey bounce

It started on journal square
And somebody heard it there
He put it right on the air
That tune called the jersey bounce

Uptown, gave it new licks
Downtown, added some tricks
No town, make it sound the same
As where it came from

So if you don't feel so hot
Go out to some jersey spot
And whether you're hep or not
The jersey bounce'll make you swing

Ounce by ounce
The jersey bounce
Puts you right in the swing
That jersey bounce
It'll make you swing

Give me that jersey bounce.

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

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

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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

Sad times, may follow your tracks
Bad times, may bar you from sak's
At times, when satan in slacks
Breaks down your self control

Maybe, as often it goes
Your abe-y, may tire of his rose
So baby, this rule i propose
Always have an ace in the hole

Sad times, may follow your tracks
Bad times, may bar you from sak's
At times, when satan in slacks
Breaks down your self control

Maybe, as often it goes
Your abe-y, may tire of his rose
So baby, this rule i propose
Always have an ace in the hole

Always have an ace in the hole

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

I fetch his slippers, fill up the pipe he smokes
I cook the kippers, laugh at his oldest jokes
Yet here i anchor, i might have had a banker
Boy! what love has done to me

His nature's funny, quarrelsome half the time
And as for money, he hasn't got a dime
And here's the joker, i might have had a broker
Boy! what love has done to me

When a guy looks my way
Does he get emphatic, say he gets dramatic?
I just wanna fly 'way
But if i left him i'd be all at sea

I'm just a slavey, life is a funny thing
He's got the gravy, i got a wedding ring
And still i love him, there's nobody above him
Boy! what love has done to me

His brains are minus,
Never a thought in sight
And yet his highness
Lectures me day and night;
Oh where was my sense
To sign that wedding licence?
Boy! what love has done to me!

My life he's wrecking, bet you could find him now
Out somewhere necking somebody else's frau
You get to know life when married to a low life
Boy! what love has done to me

I can't hold my head up
The butcher, the baker, oh no he's a faker
Brother i am fed up
But if i left him he'd be up a tree

Where will it wind up, i don't know where i'm at
I make my mind up, i oughta leave him flat
But i have grown so, i love that dirty so-and-so
Boy! what love has done to me.