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[1st verse:] Abie Bloom loved Miss Rosie Cohen Abie as a bus’ness man was in a class alone Rosie’s family were satisfied Abie owned a clothing store, a bus’ness man Ev’ry month Rosie’s father Mose Walked in Abie’s clothing store and took a suit of clothes One day Abie drew Rosie near And whispered these [...]
Why do I allow my heart to make decisions for me? Why do I keep list’ning to my heart? Why do I get so involved when I would rather be free? Maybe it’s because I’m not so smart Fools fall in love Only lunatics fall in love And I’m a fool Fools seek romance Only [...]
[1st verse:] The sunbeams have taken their flight The day slowly turned into night All nature’s at rest The birds in their nest Sleep on ‘neath the moon’s silv’ry light The shadows of eve ease my heart For now that we’ve drifted apart I find joys anew while dreaming of you Dreams that can ne’er [...]
["Words and music by E. Ray Goetz and Irving Berlin".] [1st verse:] Girlie, cuddle near me Girlie, won’t you hear me? I’ve been feeling blue Ring the final curtain For I’m more than certain I’m in love with you Like my Yankee Father Girlie, I would rather die than prove untrue Fearless, undenying, Yankee never [...]
A heat wave blew right into town last week She came from the island of Martinique The can-can she dances will make you fry The can-can is really the reason why 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 the heat wave [...]
Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you dressed quite so lovely what’s more I could hardly wait To keep our date This lovely Easter morning And my heart beat fast as I came through the door For In your Easter bonnet With all the frills upon it You’ll be the grandest [...]
I have an ear for music And I have an eye for a maid I link a pretty girlie With each pretty tune that’s played They go together like sunny weather Goes with the month of May I’ve studied girls and music So I’m qualified to say: A pretty girl is like a melody That [...]
[1st verse:] I no rave about Italy I no talk about my country Any place is the same to me Just so long I got enough to eat But I’d like-a to tell you dis I’m-a kiss-a da plenty miss But of all-a da sweet-a kiss There’s-a one got the world-a beat [1st chorus:] When [...]
[1st verse:] One night in June when the silv’ry moon Shone down in all its glories Said a bumble bee, to an apple tree “Let’s tell each other stories ‘Twill be like a show, telling what we know Think of the fun we’re missin’” Said the apple tree, “If it’s up to me, Just open [...]
[AABA chorus:] The Army this, the Army that Is all we heard from where we sat Now how about a cheer for the Navy? The Army’s great, the Army’s tough But don’t you think we’ve heard enough? So how about a cheer for the Navy? We know that Mister Stimson Is solid as the rocks [...]
Is he the only man in the world That you will always love and adore? Look just as good to you in the morning As he did the night before? Out of a hundred million or two Is he the only one for you? If he’s the only man in the world come rain or [...]
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 [...]
Weary of roaming on, yearning to see the dawn Counting the hours till I can lay down my load Weary but I don’t mind, knowing that soon I’ll find Peace and contentment at the end of the road The way is long, the night is dark But I don’t mind ’cause a happy lark will [...]
[Lyric credited to "Ren G. May", pseudonym of Irving Berlin.] [1st verse:] Here they come down the street See them comin’ Hear the drums how they beat Hear the drummin’ oh, my one little hon’ better run to the fun They’re parading, hear the yell from the boys! Honey, listen! Can’t you tell by the [...]
I was strolling out one evening by the silv’ry moon I could hear somebody singing a familiar tune So I stopped a while to listen Not a word I wanted to miss It was just somebody serenading something like this Mandy There’s a minister handy And it sure would be dandy If we’d let him [...]
[1st verse:] I hate to brag about my fam’ly but I must say that My father is the greatest man who ever wore a hat He always took things easy in an easy sort of way And when it came to taking things, just kindly let me say [1st chorus:] No one could do it [...]
Who’s got the stuff that made the Wild West wild? Who pleases ev’ry woman, man and child? Who does his best to give the customers a thrill? -Who? Colonel Buff’lo Bill Who’s got the show that gets the most applause? Five hundred Indians and fifty squaws Ten feature acts and there’s the special feature still [...]
[Full title: "Stop, Stop, Stop (Come Over and Love Me Some More)"] [1st verse:] Honey, there’s something buzzin’ ’round my heart Something that must be satisfied My dearie See that Morris chair Standing over there There’s some room to spare Now for some love prepare Make yourself comf’table before we start Tie yourself right up [...]
How can I tell you what is in my heart? How can I measure each and every part? How can I tell you how much I love you? How can I measure just how much I do? How much do I love you? I’ll tell you no lie How deep is the ocean? How high [...]
Some fellows see the girl that they love in a dream Some fellows see their love in a rippling stream I saw the girl that I can’t forget On the cover of a police gazette If I could find her, life would be peaches and cream Oh, my search will never cease for the girl [...]