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Jack scholl / m.k. jerome There’s something that rules our destiny Right from the first day of our birth Altough you may not care for me You have your mission on this earth You were born to love Sure as you live Born with everything heaven could give You have eyes and they express Love [...]
Fulton mcgrath / johnny mercer Mandy is two You ought to see her eyes of cornflower blue They really look as it they actually knew That she’s a big girl now Mandy is two You ought to see how many things she can do She knows her alphabet And ties her own shoes And no [...]
Cole porter As dorothy parker once said to her boyfriend: "fare thee well!" As columbus announced when he knew he was bounced: "it was swell, isabelle, swell! "as abelard said to heloise: "don’t forget to drop a line to me, please." As juliet cried in her romeo’s ear: "romeo, why not face the fact, my [...]
Lorenz hart / richard rodgers Your sweet expression The smile you gave me, The way you looked when we meet It’s easy to remember But so hard to forget. I hear you whisper, "i’ll always lave you" I know it’s over and yet It’s easy to remember But so hard to forget. So i must [...]
Johnny mercer / matty malneck Eeny meeny miney mo Catch your troubles by the toe If it hollers let it go Let it fly away Eeny meeny miney mo It’s the saying high and low Hear it everywhere you go Every time of day Big ben rings it Vallee sings it Whitewood swings it Even [...]
George and ira gershwin 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 grey Than any russain play could guarantee. I was a fool to fall and get that way; Heigh-ho! alas! and also, lack-a-day! Although [...]
Karl suessdorf / john blackburn Pennies in a stream Falling leaves a sycamore Moonlight in vermont Gentle finger waves Ski trails down a mountain side Snowlight in vermont Telegraph cables, how they sing down the highway As they travel each bend in the road And when people meet, in this romantic setting They’re so hypnotized [...]
Johnny Mercer D. McDonough Benny Goodman Buck I jumped out of the tryin’ pan And right into the fire When I lost me a cheatin’ man And got a no-count liar Swapped the old one for a new one Now the new one’s breakin’ my heart I jumped out of the tryin’ pan And right [...]
Stuard gorrell / hoagy carmichael Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet song keeps georgia on my mind Georgia Georgia, a song of you Comes as sweet and clean as moonlight through the pines Other arms reach ot to me Other eyes smile tenderly Still in peaceful dreams i see the roads [...]
Tobias / paul rusincky / johnny burke One two button your shoe Put on your coat and hat I’ll play a game like that While i’m waiting for you Three tour open the door Hurry for heaven’s sake I count each step you take While i’m waiting for you Five six my eyes are fixed [...]
Billie holiday Talk to me baby Tell me what’s the matter now Tell me, baby what’s the matter now? Are you tryin’ to quit me, baby But you don’t know how I’ve been your slave Ever since i’ve been your babe I’ve been your slave Ever since i’ve been your babe But before i see [...]
Don Raye Gene DePaul You don’t know what love is Until you’ve learned the meaning of the blues Until you’ve loved a love you’ve had to lose You don’t know what love is You don’t know how lips hurt Until you’ve kissed and had to pay the cost Until you’ve flipped your heart and you [...]
Carmen lombardo / john jacob loeb A sailboat in the moonlight And you Wouldn’t that be heaven A heaven just for two A soft breeze on a june night and you What a perfect setting For letting dreams come true A chance to sail away To sweetheart bay Beneath the stars that shine A chance [...]
Richard rodgers / lorenz hart I’m a sentimental sap, that’s all, What’s the use of trying not to fall? I have no will, you’ve made your kill ’cause you took advantage of me. I’m just like an apple on a bough And you’re gonna shake me down somehow, So what’s the use, you’ve cooked my [...]
Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do ——————————- There ain’t nothing I can do Or nothing I can say That folks don’t criticize me But I’m going to do just as I want to anyway And don’t care what people say If I should take a notion To jump into the ocean Ain’t nobody’s business if [...]
Charles trenet (jack lawrence) Somewhere beyond the sea Somewhere waiting for me My lover stands on golden sands And watches the ships that go sailing Somewhere beyond the sea He’s watching for me If i could fly like birds on high Then straigt to his arms i’d go sailing It’s far beyond a star, it’s [...]
Johnny mercer / harry warren Let me hear you say it Say it with a kiss It you mean that look i’ve seen Say it with a kiss There is wine and candle shine And music in your lips Music in the tops Of your fingertips Words may not convey it Say it with a [...]
Stars shining bright above you Night breezes seem to whisper I love you Birds singing in the sycamore tree Dream a little dream of me Say nighty-night and kiss me Just hold me tight and tell me you’ll miss me While I’m alone and blue as can be Dream a little dream of me {Refrain} [...]
George and ira gershwin The more i read the papers The less i comprehend The world with all its capers And how it all will end. Nothing seems to be lasting. But that isn’t our affair; We’ve got something permanent, I mean in the way we care. It’s very clear Our love is here to [...]
Tom adair / matt dennis It was winter in manhattan Falling snowflakes filled the air The streets were covered with a film of ice But a little simple magic that i’d heard about somewhere Changed the weather all around, just withn a trice You bought me violets for my furs And it was spring for [...]