Pack up your troubles and just get happyYa better chase all your cares awaySing Hallelujah, c’mon get happyGet ready for the judgment day The sun is shinin’, c’mon get happyThe Lord is waiting to take your handShout Hallelujah, c’mon get happyWe’re goin’ to the Promised Land We’re headin’ ‘cross the […]
Wildcat Kelley, lookin’ mighty pale,Was standin’ by the sherrif’s sideAnd 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 […]
Drop me off in Harlem,any place in Harlem,There’s someone waiting therewho makes it seem likeHeaven 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, Iidolize […]
Goodnight my love, the tired old moon is descending,Goodnight my love, my moment with you now is ending.It was so heavenly, holding you close to me,It will be heavenly to hold you again in a dream,The stars above have promised to meet us tomorrow,Til then, my love, how dreary the […]
VERSE 1Don’t stamp your foot at me,It’s impoliteTo stamp your foot at meIs not quite right.At man’s ingratitudeA woman winks,But such an attitude just stinks. REFRAIN 1I have eyes for you to give you dirty looks.I have words that do not come from children’s booksthere’s a trick with a knife […]
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 […]
Old Peter Minuet had nothing to lose when he bought the isle of ManhattenFor twenty-six dollars and a bottle of booze and they threw in the Bronx and StatenPete thought that he had the best of the bargin but the poor red man just grinned,And he grunted "ugh!" meaning okay […]
A fine romance, with no kissesA fine romance, my friend this isWe should be like a couple of hot tomatoesBut you’re as cold as yesterday’s mashed potatoesA fine romance, you won’t nestleA fine romance, you won’t wrestleI might as well play bridgeWith my old maid auntI haven’t got a chanceThis […]
[Ella]April skies are in your eyesBut darling, don’t be blue Don’t cry,Oh honey pleaseDon’t be that way Clouds in the skyShould never make you feel that way The rainWill bring the violets of MayTears are in vain So honey please don’t be that way As long as weSee it throughYou’ll […]
Day in – day out That same old voodoo follows me aboutThat same old pounding in my heart, whenever I think of youAnd baby I think of you Day in and day outDay out – day in I needn’t tell you how my days beginWhen I awake I get up […]
Daydream, why do you haunt me soDeep in a rosy glowThe face of my love you show Daydream, I walk along on airBuilding a castle thereFor me and my love to share Don’t know the time, lordyI’m in a dazeSun in the sky, while I moon around, feeling, hazy Daydream, […]
I love the look(s) of you,(and) the lure of youThe sweet of you, and the pure of youThe eyes, the arms, and the (that) mouth of youThe east, west, north, and the (that) south of youI’d love to gain complete control of youHandle even the heart and soul of youLove […]
Love makes me treat you the way that I doBaby, ain’t I good to youNothing in this world too good for a girl so good and trueWhoa, baby, ain’t I good to you I bought you a fur coat for ChristmasAnd a diamond ring, yes I didAnd a big Cadillac […]
There’s a cheerful little earfulGosh I miss it something fearfulAnd this cheerful little earfulIs the well known "I love you." Stocks can go down, bus’ness slow downBut the milk and honey flow downWith a cheerful little earfulOf the well known "I love you." In ev’ry play it’s a set phraseWhat […]
All my lifeI’ve been waiting for youMy wonderful oneI’ve begunLiving all my life All my loveHas been waiting for youMy life is sublimeNow that I’mGiving all my love You seem so lovely, so far above meI’m almost afraid to lookBut I adore you, I pledge before youA heart that’s an […]
