Speranza
Songs of the Swinging Thirties
1930
Johnny Marvin
where is the song I had in my heart
that
harmonized with the pines
anyone can see
what's troublin'
me
CRYIN’ FOR THE CAROLINES
where is the brook that kisses the
lane
covered with glory vines
anyone can see
what's
troublin' me
I'm CRYIN’ FOR THE CAROLINES
How can I smile
mile after mile,
There's not a bit of green here.
Birdies all stay far far
away,
They're seldom ever seen here.
where is the gal that I used to
meet
down where the pale moon shines
anyone can see
what's troublin'
me
I'm CRYIN’ FOR THE CAROLINES.
Big town you lured me,
Big
town you cured me,
Tho' others hate to say goodbye to you
I'm leavin' but
I'll never sigh for you.
Big town you robbed me of ev'ry joy I
knew.
Small town you've sold me,
Small town you'll hold me,
You
said that I'd have nothing but regret,
I've cried the blues to ev'ry one I've
met,
Small town you gave me all that I'll ever
get.
1930
Bennee Russel. The song without a name.
1930
Recorded by
Chester Gaylord and by Rudy Vallee.
I’m CONFESSIN’ that I love you
tell me, do you love me too
I’m CONFESSIN’ that I need you
Honest I do
-- need you every moment
in your eyes I read such strange things
but your
lips deny they’re true
will your answer really change things
making me
blue.
I’m afraid someday you’ll leave me,
say’n can’t we
still be friends?
if you go, you know you’ll grieve me,
all in life on
you depends . . .
am I guessin’ that you love me
dreamin’ dreams
of you in vain
I’m CONFESSIN’ that I love you
over again.
1930
Vivian Ellis – Carter.
After the rain the wind
is blowing
It’s the wind in the willows sadly they sigh
It’s the wind in
the willows, saying goodbye
1930
Noel
Coward. Cavalcade, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Londra.
all my life I have been waiting
dreaming ages
thru
until today I suddenly discover
the form & face of she who
is
my lover
no more fear or hesitating
love has sent me
you
time & tide will never sever
those whom love
has bound for
ever
dear LOVER OF MY DREAMS
come tru
1930
my
heart is sad & lonely
for you it sighs for you dear only
why haven't
you seen it
I’m all for you
BODY & SOUL
I spend my days
in longin'
& wond’ring why
it's me you're wronging
I tell you I
mean it
I’m all for you
BODY & SOUL
I can't believe it
it's hard to conceive
it
that you turn away romance
are you pretending
it looks
like the ending
unless I could have one more chance
to prove
dear
my life a wreck you're making
you know I'm yours for
just the taking
I'd gladly surrender myself to you
BODY & SOUL.
1931
Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons. First performed by Belle
Baker over the radio.
ALL OF ME
why not take all of me
can't
you see
I'm no good without you
take my lips
I want to lose
them
take my arms
I'll never use them
your goodbye
left me
with eyes that cry
how can I
go on dear without you
you
took the part
that once was my heart
so why not take
ALL OF ME
1931
WHERE THE BLUE OF
THE NIGHT
MEETS THE GOLD OF THE DAY
someone waits for me
& the
gold of her hair
crowns the blue of her eyes
like a halo
tenderly
if only I could see her
oh how happy I would
be
1931
w.m. Herman Hupfeld
you
must remember this
a kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh
the
fundamental things apply
AS TIME GOES BY
& when two lovers woo
they still say I love you
on that you can rely
no matter what the
future brings
AS TIME GOES BY
moonlight & love songs never
out of date.
hearts full of passion jealousy and hate.
woman needs man
& man must have his mate
that no one can deny.
it's still the same
old story
a fight for love and glory
a case of do or die.
the world
will always welcome lovers
AS TIME GOES BY
This day and age
we're living in
Gives cause for apprehension
With speed and new
invention
And things like fourth dimension
Yet we get a trifle weary
With Mr. Einstein's theory.
So we must get down to earth at times
Relax relieve the tension
And no matter what the progress
Or what may
yet be proved
The simple facts of life are such
They cannot be
removed
1931
w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Harry Warren
(Salvatore Antonio Guaragna, b. Brooklyn, New York).
it was a lucky
April shower
it was a most convenient dorm
I FOUND A MILLION DOLLAR BABY
IN A FIVE & TEN CENT STORE.
the rain continued for an hour
I
hang around for three to four
around a million dollar baby
in a five
& ten cent store
she was selling china & when she made
those eyes
I kept buying china until the crop got wise incidentally
if
you should run into a shower
just step inside my cottage door
& meet
the million dollar baby
from the five & ten cent store
I
1931
I DON’T KNOW WHY
I LOVE YOU LIKE I DO
I don’t know why
I JUST DO
I don’t know why
you thrill me like you
do
I don’t know why
you just do
you never seem to want my
romancing
the only time you hold me
is when we’re
dancing
1931
Hey folks here's the story 'bout Minnie the
Moocher
she was a red-hot hoocie coocher
she was the roughest toughest
rail
but Minnie had a heart as big as a whale
she messed around
with a bloke named Smokie
she loved him though he was cokey
he took her
down to Chinatown
and showed her how to kick the gong around
she had a
dream about the king of Sweden
he gave her things that she was needin'
he
gave her a home built of gold and steel
a diamond car with platinum
wheels
he gave her his townhouse and his racing horses
each meal she
ate was a dozen courses
had a million dollars worth of nickels and
dimes
she sat around and counted them all a million
times
1931
LIFE IS
JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES
don’t make it serious,
life’s too
mysterious
you work, you save, you worry so
but you can’t take the dough
when you go
So keep repeating it’s the berries
The strongest oak must
fall
The best things in life to you were just loaned
So tell me how can
you lose
What you never owned
LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES
So live
and laugh at it all.
People are queer, they’re always
crowing
Bothering about
Why don’t they take this way
Why are we here,
where are we going
It’s time that we find out, we’re not here to
stay
We’re on a great holiday.
1931
Got a date with
an angel got to meet her at seven
Got a date with an angel and I’m on my way
to heaven
She’s so lovely beside me and whatever betide me
Got an angel
to guide me and I’m on my way to heaven.
Soon the gates will swing
out
When she beckons to me
I’ll be waiting a lifetime
For this evening
at seven
Got a date with an angel and I’m on my way to
heaven.
1931
I'M THRU WITH LOVE
I'll never
fall again.
I said adieu to love
don't ever call again.
for I must have
you or no one
& so I'M THRU WITH LOVE
I've locked my heart
I'll
keep my feelings there.
I have stocked my heart
with icy frigid
air
& I mean to care for no one
because I'M THRU WITH
LOVE
why did you lead me
to think you could care
you
didn't need me
for you had your share
of slaves around you to hound you
& swear
with deep emotion & devotion to you.
goodbye to spring
& all it meant to me
it can never bring
the thing that used to
be
for I must have you or no one
& so I'M THRU WITH
LOVE.
I have given you my true love,
But you love a new
love.
What am I supposed to do now
With you now, you're through?
You'll
be on your merry way
And there's only this to say:
1932
With me little ukelele in me hand,
Of course the
people do not understand.
Some say, "Why don't you be a scout? Why don't you
read a book"?
But I gets much more pleasure when I'm playing with me
uke.
Of course, I take no notice you can tell.
For mother's sound advice
will always stand.
She sais, "My boy, do what I say,
"And you'll never go
astray,
"If you keep your ukelele in your hand - yes son,
"If you keep
your ukelele in your hand".
1932
Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart, “Love
me tonight: a musical comedy”.
LOVER
when I'm near
you
& 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
love's 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 your tender fears depart
LOVER
I surrender to my heart
1932
Noel Coward
Blues
twentieth century blues they’re getting me down.
1932
Dorsey
and his orchestra
never thought I’d fall
but when I hear you
call
I’M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU
things you say & do
just
thrill me thru & thru
I’M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU.
I
tho’t I was happy I could live without love
now I must admit love is all I'm
thinking of.
won't you please be kind
& just make up your mind
that
you'll be sweet & gente
be gentle with me
cause
I’M GETTING
SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU.
1932
Jerome Kern-Hammerstein, “Music in the
Air: a musical comedy”-- sung by Tullio Carminati
I hear music
when I look at you
a beautiful theme of ev'ry
dream I ever knew
down
deep in my heart
I hear it play
I feel it start
then melt away.
I
hear music when I touch your hand
a beautiful melody
from some enchanted
land
down deep in my heart, I hear it say,
is this the day
I alone have
heard this lovely strain
I alone have heard this glad refrain
must it be
forever inside of me
why can't I let it go
why can't I let you know
why
can't I let you know the song
my heart would sing
that beautiful
rhapsody
of love & youth & spring
the music is sweet
the words
are true –
THE SONG IS YOU
1932
Noel Coward.“Family
reunion: a play”
HEARTS & FLOWERS
dreamy hours
Under skies
of blue
You were white camellias in your hair
All I did was look and
stare
Have we faltered
When discloses
The perfume of the
roses
HEARTS & FLOWERS and you.
1932
Noel Coward. “Operette”,
His Majesty’s Theatre, London.
THE STATELY HOMES OF
ENGLAND
how beautiful they stand
to prove the upper classes
have still
the upper hand.
tho’ the fact that they have to be rebuilt
and often
mortaged to the hilt
is inclined to take
off the gingerbread
&
certainly takes the fun
of the eldest son
but still we won’t be
beaten
We’ll scrimp and screw and save
the playing fields of Eton
have
made us frightfully brave
And if the van Dyks has to go
And we pawn the
Steinway grand
we’ll stand
by
THE STATELY HOMES OF
ENGLAND
1932
Noel Gay. “Hold my
hand”, Londra. West End show. Dueto Jessie Matthews/Sonnie Hale.
HOLD MY HAND no matter what the weather
just you HOLD MY HAND
we’ll walk thru life together
for you’ll find in me that kind of a
friend
who will see you thru to the end
so if you’ll HOLD MY HAND we both
shall walk more steady
for understand you hold my heart already
In that
dreamland where I have planned
That I shall HOLD MY HAND forever.
You
need a lot to looking
after
1932
Noel
Coward
Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday
sun.
1932
Cole Porter, “The gay
divorcee: a musical comedy”, introduced by Fred Astaire.
NIGHT & DAY you
are the one
only you beneath the moon & under the sun
whether near to
me or far
it's no matter, darling, where you are
I think of you NIGHT
& DAY
day & night why is it so
that this longing for you follows
wherever I go
in the roaring traffics boom
in the silence of my lonely
room
I think of you NIGHT & DAY
NIGHT & DAY under the hide of
me
there's a oh such hungry yearning burning inside of me
& its
torment won't be thru
'til you let me spend my life making love to you
day
& night NIGHT & DAY
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's standing against the wall
Like the drip, drip, drip of the rain
drops
When the summer shower is through
So a voice within me
Keeps
repeating you, you, you.
[ Lyrics from:
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/t/tony_bennett/night_and_day.html
1932
w. Al Dubin m. Harry Warren (A. S.
Guaragna)
every kiss every hug
seems to act Just like a
drug
YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME
let me stay in your
arms
I'm addicted to your charms
YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH
ME
I used to think your love
was something I could take or
leave alone
but now I couldn't do without my supply I need you for my
own
O I can't break away
I must have you everyday
as regularly as
coffee or tea
you've got me in your clutches & I cant break
free
YOU’RE GETTING TO BE A HABIT WITH ME
1932
Joe Young, John Siras,
“The crooner”.
it’s ONLY a shanty
in old shanty town
the
roof is so slanty
it touches the ground
there’s a tumbledown shack
by
the old railroad track
like a millonaire’s mansion
is calling me
back
I’d give up a palace
if I were a king
it’s more than a
palace
it’s my everything
there’s a queen waiting there
with a silvery
crown
in a shanty
in old shanty town.
1932
Written and composed by the Western
Brothers (Kenneth & George).
no wonder dad was angry
no wonder
dad was wild
she never had no father
poor little orphan child
She
was only a fisherman’s s daughter
1933
Armitage
(“Noel Gay”).
I TOOK MY HARP TO A PARTY
but nobody asked me to
play
the others were jolly & hearty
but I wasn't feeling so
gay
they might have said, play us a tune we can sing I felt so ashamed at
not striking a note
but somehow I don't think they noticed the thing
that I tried to hide the thing under me coat
I TOOK MY HARP TO A PARTY
but
nobody asked me to play
so I took the darned thing away.
Christmas is
coming, Christmas is coming
Christmas is coming again.
But that never
thrills me, the thought of it chills me
I tell you it fills me with
pain.
It makes me remember a Christmas gone by,
When I was extremely
upset
A night in December, an evening that I,
Would very much rather
forget
They asked Mrs. Morgan to play her
mouth-organ
And somebody else did a dance
They Let Mrs. Carter perform a
sonata
But I wasn't given a chance.
Anorth country person called Sandy
McPherson
Played bagpipes and took off his coat.
While both the Miss
Fawcetts bust out of their corsets
In trying to take a top note.
They sang
"Home Sweet Home" and "The Banks of Loch Lomond"
And "All the King's Horses"
and "Trees"
While nephews and nieces kept playing their pieces
And
spreading their jam on the keys.
A daughter called Lena, played her
concertina
We all played ridiculous games,
'Til old Mr. Dwyer, set his
whiskers on fire
And a fire engine played on the
flames.
1933
Noel Coward
Half caste woman
Down along
the river
1933
&
when we meet, music starts
upon the strings of our hearts
& we don't
keep to the song
for words are weak when love is strong
& when we kiss
there's a sound
like violins all around
& then the moment when
we
kiss again
our song becomes a thrilling
CONCERTO FOR TWO
for me &
you
1933
R. Noble
LOVE IS THE SWEETEST THING
what
else on earth could ever bring
such happiness to ev'rything
as love’s old
story.
love is the strangest thing
no song of birds upon the wing
shall
in our hearts more sweetly sing
than love’s old
story.
whatever heart may desire
whatever fate may
send
this is the tale that never will tire.
this is the song without
end.
love is the greatest thing
the oldest yet, the latest thing
I only
hope that fate may bring
love’s story to you.
1933
Can’t we meet
again and let’s be sweethearts
can’t we meet again & let’s be
friends
what’s the use of parting
1933
w. E. Y. Harburg
& Billy Rose m. Harold Arlen
say IT’S ONLY A PAPER
MOON
sailing over a cardboard sea
but it wouldn't be make-believe
if
you believed in me
yes it's only a canvas sky
hanging over a muslin
tree
but it wouldn't be make-believe
if you believed in
me
without your love
it's a honky-tonk parade
without your
love
it's a melody played in a penny arcade
it's a Barnum & Bailey
world
just as phony as it can be
but it wouldn't be make-believe
if you
believed in me
I never feel a thing is real
When I'm away
from you
Out of your embrace
The world's a temporary parking place
Mmm,
mm, mm, mm
A bubble for a minute
Mmm, mm, mm, mm
You smile, the bubble
has a rainbow in it
1933
Noel Coward. “Words and
music”.
Mad about the boy
I know it’s stupid to be mad about the
boy
1933
Rodgers and Hart were contracted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933
and were soon commissioned to write the songs for “Hollywood Party”, that was
to star many of the studio's top artists. One of their ideas was a scene in
which Jean Harlow plays an innocent young girl singing her prayers ('Oh Lord, if
you're not busy up there,/I ask for help with a prayer/So please don't give me
the air . . .')." The song was not even recorded and MGM Song #225 "Prayer “Oh
Lord, make me a movie star" was registered as an unpublished work in 1933. Hart
wrote new lyrics to create a title song for the 1934 film Manhattan Melodrama
"Act One: You gulp your coffee and run;/Into the subway you crowd./Don’t
breathe, it isn’t allowed". The song, also titled "It's Just That Kind of Play",
was cut from the film before release. The studio then asked for a nightclub
number for the film. Rodgers still liked the melody so Hart wrote a third lyric,
"The Bad in Every Man" ("Oh, Lord . . . /I could be good to a lover,/But then I
always discover/The bad in ev’ry man"), sung by Shirley Ross. The song, which
was also released as sheet music, was not a hit. After the film was released by
MGM, Jack Robbins—the head of the studio's publishing company —decided that the
tune was suited to commercial release but needed more romantic lyrics and a
punchier title. Hart was initially reluctant to write yet another lyric but he
was persuaded. The last line of this extra verse is "Life was a bitter cup for
the saddest of all men."
BLUE MOON
you saw me standing
alone
without a dream in my heart
without a love of my own
BLUE MOON
you knew just what I was there for
you heard me saying a pray'r for
someone I really could care for
& then there suddenly
appeared before me
the only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody
whisper please adore me
& when I looked, the moon had turned to
gold!
BLUE MOON now I'm no longer alone
without a dream in my
heart
without a love of my own
Once upon a time
Before I
took up smiling
I hated the moonlight!
Shadows of the night
That poets
find beguiling
Seemed flat as the moonlight
With no one to stay up
for
I went to sleep at ten
Life was a bitter cup
For the saddest of
all men
Once upon a time
My heart was just an organ
My life had no
mission
Now that I have you
To be as rich as Morgan
Is my one
ambition
Once I awoke at seven
Hating the morning light
Now I awake in
Heaven
And all the world's all right
1933
w. Ted Koehler
m. Harold Arlen
don't know why
there's no sun up in the
sky
STORMY WEATHER
Since my man and I ain't together,
Keeps rainin' all
the time
life is bare
gloom & mis'ry everywhere
STORMY
WEATHER
just can't get my poorself together
I'm weary all the time
So
weary all the time.
when he went away the blues walked in and
met me
if he stays away old rockin' 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, ev'ry thing
I had is gone
STORMY WEATHER
since my man & I ain't together
keeps
rainin' all the time
1933
“Going
Hollywood”, w: Arthur Freed, m: Nacio Herb Brown. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
take me where the daisies cover the country lanes
WE’LL MAKE
HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES
we'll make love when it rains
take me where the
song birds thrill you with sweet refrains
WE’LL MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN
SHINES
we'll make love when it rains.
from the hustle and the
bustle of the city,
we'll become a pair of country folks;
in a little
cottage sittin' pretty,
we'll be Mister and Missus Doakes.
I'm
tired of all the hurry of modern city ways.
I'm tired of all the worry of
those city days.
I'm thru with all the riot of glaring city lights:
Give
me the gorgeous quiet of those country nights.
1933
w.
Charles Newman m. Isham Jones. Featured by Dennies Potter, “Pennies from
Heaven.”
YOU’VE GOT ME CRYING AGAIN
YOU’VE GOT ME CRYING AGAIN
what is this love all about
I'm in & then I'm out
your kisses
right from the start
came from your lips not your heart
you made me happy
& then
somebody new looks good to y
YOU’VE GOT ME CRYING AGAIN
just cryin for you.
1933
“Sitting
pretty”
did you ever see a dream walking
well I
did
did you ever hear a dream talking
well, I did
did you have a dream
thrill you
with, will you be mine
Oh it's so grand & it's too, too
divine
did you ever see a dream dancing
well I
did.
did a ever see a dream romancing
well, I did
did you see heaven
right in your arms
saying I love you, I do
well, the dream that was
walking,
& the dream that was talking
the heaven in my arms
was
you.
1933
Kern/Harbach,
“Roberta”.
they asked me how I knew
my true love was
true
oh I of course replied
something here inside
cannot be denied
they said someday you'll find
all who love are blind
oh when your
heart's on fire
you must realize
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
so
I chaffed them & I gaily laughed
to think they could doubt my love
yet
today my love has flown away
I am without my love
now laughing friends
deride
tears I can not hide
oh, so I smile and say
when a lovely flame
dies
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR
EYES.
1934
James
F. Hanley. It was introduced by Hal Le Roy and Eunice Healey in “Thumbs Up! A
musical revue”, Broadway.
dear when you smiled at me
I heard
a melody
it haunted me from the start
something inside of me
started a
symphony
ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY HEART
’twas like a breath of
spring
I heard a robin sing
about a nest set apart
all nature seemed to
be
in perfect harmony
ZING WENT THE STRINGS OF MY
HEART
Your eyes made skies seem blue again
What else could
I do again
But keep repeating through and through
"I love you, love
you
I still recall the thrill
I guess I always will
I hope 'twill never
depart
Dear, with your lips to mine
a rhapsody divine
ZING WENT THE
STRINGS OF MY HEART
Never could carry a tune, never knew where to
start
You came along when everything was wrong and put a song in my
heart
1934
little man you're
cryin' I know why you're blue
someone took your kiddy-car away
you better
go to sleep now
LITTLE MAN YOU’VE HAD A BUSY DAY
Johnny won your marbles
tell you what we'll do
dad'll get you new ones right away
better go to
sleep now
LITTLE MAN YOU’VE HAD A BUSY DAY
you've been
playin' soldier the battle has been won
the enemy is out of sight
come
along there soldier put away your gun
the war is over for tonight
time
to stop your schemin', time your day was thru
can't you hear the bugle softly
say
time you should be dreamin'
LITTLE MAN YOU’VE HAD A BUSY
DAY
evenin' breezes sighin', moon is in the sky
little man it's time for
bed
daddy's little hero is tired and wants to cry
now, come along and rest
your weary
head
1934
w.
Leo Robin m. Ralph Rainger
can it be the trees that fill the breeze
with rare and magic perfume
oh no it isn't the trees it's
LOVE IN
BLOOM
can it be the spring that seems to bring
the stars right into this
room
oh no, it isn't the spring, it's
LOVE IN
BLOOM
my heart was a desert you planted a seed
&
this is the flower this hour of sweet fulfillment
Is it all a
dream the joy supreme
that came to us in the gloom
you know it isn't a
dream, it's
LOVE IN BLOOM.
Blue night and you, alone with me
My
heart has never known such ecstasy
Am I on earth, am I in
heaven?
1934
w.
Eddie DeLange m. Will Hudson & Irving Mills
it must have been
MOONGLOW
way up in the blue
it must have been MOONGLOW
that led me
straight to you
I still hear you sayin'
dear one hold me fast
& I
keep on prayin'
oh lord please let this last
we seemed to float
right thru the air
heavenly songs seemed to come from everywhere
& now
when there's MOONGLOW
way up in the blue
I'll always remember that
MOONGLOW gave me
you
1934
w.
Howard Dietz m. Arthur Schwartz, “Revenge with music”.
YOU & THE NIGHT
& THE MUSIC
fill me with flaming desire
Setting my being completely
on fire
YOU & THE NIGHT & THE MUSIC
thrill me but will we be
one
after the night & the music are done
until the pale light of
dawning & daylight
our hearts will be throbbing guitars
morning may
come without warning
& take away the stars
if we must live for the
moment
love till the moment is thru
after the night & the music
die
will I have you
1934
"You
Oughta Be In Pictures" w. Edward Heyman m. Dana
Suesse
1934
By Maria Grever and Stanley
Adams
Cuando vuelva a tu lado
No me niegues tus besos
Que el
amor que te he dado
No podrás olvidar
No me preguntes nada
Que nada he
de explicarte
Que el beso que negaste
Ya no lo puedes dar
Cuando vuelva
a tu lado
Y estés sola conmigo
Las cosas que te digo
No repitas jamás,
por compasión
Une tu labio al mío
Y estréchame en tus brazos
Y cuenta a
los latidos
De nuestro corazón
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY
MADE
twenty-four little hours
brought the sun & the flowers
where there used to be rain
my yesterday was blue dear
today I'm
part of you dear
my lonely nights are thru dear
since you said you were
mine
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE
there's a rainbow before me
skies
above can't be stormy
since that moment of bliss
that thrilling kiss
it's heaven when you
find romance on your menu
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A
DAY MADE
& the difference is
yo
1934
Dubin.
Harry Warren (S. A. Guaragna), “Dames: a musical comedy”.
are
the stars out tonight
I don't know if it's cloudy or bright 'cause
I ONLY
HAVE EYES FOR YOU dear
the moon may be high
but I can't see a thing in the
sky 'cause
I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
I don't know if we're in
a garden
or on a crowded avenue
you are here so am I
maybe
millions of people go by
but they all disappear from view and
I ONLY HAVE
EYES FOR YOU.
1934
Ray
Noble
THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU
& I forget to do
the
little ordinary things
that everyone ought to do
I’m living in a kind of
daydream
I’m happy as a king
& foolish tho’ it may seem
to me
that’s everything
the mere idea of you
the
longing here
for you
you’ll never know
how slow
the moments
go
till I’m near
to you
I see your face in every flower
your eyes in
stars above
it’s just the thought of you
THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU
my
love
1934
Noel
Coward. “Private Lives”
Some day I’ll find you
Moonlight behind
you
True to the dream I’ve been dreaming.
1935
Groucho
Marx. A night at the opera.
Ridi pagliacci, I love you very
much-ee
1935
Music:
Jimmy McHugh, lyrics: Dorothy Fields, “Every night at Eight: a musical comedy”.
Introduced by Frances Langford.
I'M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
simply
because you’re near me
funny but when you’re near me
I'M IN THE MOOD FOR
LOVE
heaven is in your eyes
bright as the stars we’re under
oh is it
any wonder
I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
why stop to think of
whether
this little dream might fade
let's put our hearts together
now
we are one, I'm not afraid
if there’s a cloud above
if it should rain
we'll let it
but for tonight forget it
I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
1935
m: Fred E. Ahlert w: Joe Young – a song from the Harlem
Renaissance featured in the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin'
I'M GONNA SIT
RIGHT DOWN & WRITE MYSELF A LETTER
& make believe it came from
you
I'm gonna write words oh so sweet
they're gonna knock me off my
feet
kisses on the bottom
I'll be glad I've got 'em
I'm gonna smile
& say I hope you're feelin' better
& sign with love the way you
do
I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN & WRITE MYSELF A LETTER
& make
believe it came from you
1935
Noel Coward, “Tonight at
Eight Thirty”, London.
YOU WERE THERE
I saw you and my heart
stopped beating
YOU WERE THERE
& in that first enchanted
meeting
life changed its tune
the stars the moon
came near to
me
dreams that I dreamed like magic seemed
to be clear to me dear to
me
YOU WERE THERE
your eyes looked into mine &
faltered
everywhere
the colour of the whole world altered
life changed
its tune
my universe tumbled in two
the earth became heaven for
YOU
WHERE THERE.
1935
MARCH WINDS & APRIL
SHOWERS
make way for sweet May flowers
& then for June a moon &
you
MARCH WINDS & APRIL SHOWERS
romance will soon be ours
&
I'll go paradise for two
with your lips to mine in a thrill
divine
I'll be so inspired
that I'll get you the Moon
for a toy
baloon
MARCH WINDS & APRIL SHOWERS
make way for happy
hours
then May time June time love time &
you
1935
Armitage – Eyton.
I’m a simple melody
maker
1935
Irving
Berlin, “Top Hat: a musical comedy”, Introduced by Fred Astaire.
Heaven I'm in heaven
& my heart beats so that I can hardly
speak
& I seem to find the happiness I seek
when we're out together
dancing CHEEK TO CHEEK
Heaven I'm in heaven
& the cares that hung
around me thru the week
seem to vanish like a gamblers’ lucky streak
when
we're out together dancing CHEEK TO CHEEK
o I love to
climb a mountain
& to reach the highest peak
but it doesn't thrill me
half as much
as dancing CHEEK TO CHEEK
o I love to go out fishing
in a
river, or a creek
but I don't enjoy it half amuch
as dancing CHEEK TO
CHEEK
dance with me I want my arm about you
that charm about
you will carry me thru to…
1935
Sam Coslow, “The clock strikes eight:
a musical comedy”. Featured in Dennis Potter, “Pennies from
Heaven”.
IN THE MIDDLE OF A KISS
suddenly it dawned on
me
IN THE MIDDLE OF A KISS
I knew you were mine
in the middle of a
sweet embrace
that you at first resented
remember how surprised we
were
to find we really meant it
in the middle of a sigh
we stumbled
into paradise
in the twinkle of an eye
we lost it again
for we didn't
comprehend
that our dream of love would end
just the way it began
IN
THE MIDDLE OF A KISS
1935
w. Jimmy Kennedy m. Will Grosz,
“The Provincetown Follies”.
RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET way out on the sea
oh
carry my loved one home safely to me
he sailed at the dawning, all day I've
been blue
RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET I'm trusting in you
Swift wings you must
borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes
sailing no more
'Twas down where fisher folk gather,
I
wander'd far from the throng
I heard a fisher girl singing
And this
refrain was her song:
Red sails, the night wind is blowing
And clouds
are hiding the moon
Above no bright stars are glowing
It means the storm's
coming soon.
1935
m. George Gershwin, w: DuBose Heyward,
“Porgy and Bess”.
SUMMERTIME & the livin' is easy
fish are
jumpin' & the cotton is high
your daddy's rich & your mamma's good
lookin'
so hush little baby don't you cry
One of these mornings
You're
going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to
the sky
But till that morning
There's a'nothing can harm you
With daddy
and mamma standing by.
1935
Eric Maschwitz. Maschwitz wrote
the song under his pen name, Holt Marvell, for Joan Carr for a late-evening
revue, “Spread it abroad”, broadcast by the BBC.
A cigarette that bears
some 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 stumbling words that told you what my heart
meant
Those fairground’s painted swings
THESE FOOLISH THINGS remind me of
you.
1935
Noel Coward, “Conversation Piece: a play with
music”. Introduced by Yvonne Printemps.
I’LL FOLLOW MY SECRET HEART
my whole life thru
I’ll keep all my dreams apart
till one comes
true
no matter what price is paid
what stars may fade above
I’LL FOLLOW
MY SECRET HEART
till I find love.
1935
Flanagan/Allen, “A fire has
been arranged”.
THEY’RE BUIDING FLATS WHERE THE ARCHES USED TO BE
there’s somebody eating
where we used to be sleeping
they’re paying
rent where we used to live rent free
& there’s no one to say
here’s
the dawn of a new day
side by side we looked with pride
at our old
abode
now we wonder if we’ll have
to take the open road
we are so sad,
just as sad as can be
THEY’RE BUILDING FLATS WHERE THE ARCHES USED TO BE.
1935
w. Arthur Freed m. Nacio Herb Brown,
“Broadway melody”.
YOU ARE MY LUCKY STAR
I saw you from afar
two
lovely eyes at me they were beamin' gleamin'
I was star-struck
you're all
my lucky charms
I'm lucky in your arms
you've opened heaven's portal
here on earth for this poor mortal
you are my lucky star
In my imagination, I saw a star-lit sky so bright
In
my imagination, there I saw you in the light
And then one day I found you,
but I could not realize
My lucky star shining, right before my very eyes, oh
You are my lucky star
I saw you from afar
If God was a glamorous
creature
You're a four-star feature
Though you are never seen
Up on
some movie screen
You are my Schear, Crawford, Hepburn, Harlow, and my
Garbo
You are my lucky star
You are my lucky star
You know I saw you,
baby, from afar
Two lovely eyes, at me they were beamin', gleamin', you
know
I was star-struck
Though you are never seen
Up on some movie
screen
You've opened heaven's portal here on earth for this poor
mortal
1936
Horatio Nicholls
LIFE BEGINS AT OXFORD
CIRCUS
when the busy day is done
we don't care how much they work
us
just as long as we have fun
off with your overalls & on with your
best
just get your girfriend to be your guest
& come up west –
’cause
LIFE BEGINS AT OXFORD CIRCUS
when the busy day is
done.
1936
Cole Porter. Introduced by Ethel Merman and Bob Hope in
Red, Hot and Blue: a musical comedy
the night is young the skies are
clear
so if you want to go walking 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,
& when I kiss you just say to me,
it's
delightful it's delicious,
it's delectable it's delirious,
it's dilemma
it's delimit it's deluxe,
IT’S DE-LOVELY.
I feel a
sudden urge to sing
The kind of ditty that invokes the spring.
I'll
control my desire to curse
While you crucify the verse.
This verse I
started seems to me
The Tin-Pantithesis of a melody,
So spare us all the
pain,
Just skip the darn thing and sing the refrain...
Mi, mi, mi, mi,
Re, re, re, re,
Do, sol, mi, do, la, si.
The night is young, the
skies are clear
So if you want to go walking, 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 you,
just say to me,
"It's delightful, it's delicious,
It's...It's
de-lovely".
1936
Cole Porter, “Born to dance: a musical
comedy”, Introduced by Eleanor Powell.
I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY
SKIN
I've got you deep in the heart of me.
So deep in my heart that you're
really a part of me.
I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN
I'd tried so not
to give in.
I said to myself this affair never will go so well.
but why
should I try to resist when baby I know down well
I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY
SKIN
I'd sacrifice anything come what might
for the sake of
havin' you near
in spite of a warnin' voice that comes in the night
&
repeats, repeats in my ear:
don't you know, you fool, you never can win
use your mentality, wake up to reality
but each time that I do just the
thought of you
makes me stop before I begin
'cause I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY
SKIN.
1936
Irving Berlin, “Follow the fleet: a musical comedy”,
Introduced by Fred Astaire.
there may be trouble ahead
but while
there's moonlight & music
& love & romance
LET’S FACE THE
MUSIC & DANCE
before the fiddlers have fled
before they ask
us to pay the bill
& while we still have the chance
LET’S FACE THE
MUSIC & DANCE
soon
We'll be without the
moon
Humming a diff'rent tune
And then
there may be teardrops to
shed
so while there's moonlight & music
& love &
romance
LET’S FACE THE MUSIC & DANCE.
1936
Jerome Kern/Dorothy
Fields, “Swing Time: a musical comedy”. Introduced by Fred Astaire.
some day when I'm awfully low
when the world is cold
I will
feel a glow just thinking of you
& THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
yes
you're lovely with your smile so warm
& your cheeks so soft,
there is
nothing for me but to love you
& THE WAY YOU LOOK
TONIGHT
with each word your tenderness grows,
tearing my fear
apart
& that laugh that wrinkles your nose,
it touches my foolish
heart.
lovely never ever change
keep that breathless charm
won't
you please arrange it cause I love you
just THE WAY YOU LOOK
TONIGHT.
1936
Billy Hill. Rec. by Benny Goodman
You’ve
got to give a little
Take a little
That’s the story of
That’s THE GLORY
OF LOVE.
1936
Vernon Duke/Ira Gershwin,“The Ziegfeld
follies”. Bob Hope.
I’m a gloom one, it’s explainable
I can’t get
started.
1936
Billy
Mayhew.
be sure it’s true when you say, “I love you”
IT’S A SIN TO TELL A
LIE
millions of hearts have been broken
just because these words were
spoken
I love you yes I do I love you.
if you break my heart I’ll
die
so be sure it’s true
when you say I love you
IT’S A SIN TO TELL A
LIE.
1936
everytime it rains it rains
pennies from
heaven
Don’t you realize each cloud contains
pennies from
heaven
You’ll find your fortune falling all over town
Be sure that your
umbrella is upside down
Trade them for a package of
sunshine and
flowers
If you want the things you love
you must have showers
So when
you hear it thunder
don’t run under a tree
There’ll be pennies from heaven
for you and me.
A long time ago a million years bc
The best
things in life were absolutely free.
But nobody appreciated’a sky that was
always blue
And nobody congratulated a moon that always new
So it was
planned that they would vanish now and then
And you must pay before you get
them back again
That’s why storms were made for
And you shouldn’t be
concerned for
1937
Leo Robin and Ralph Rainger for the 1937 Paramount
Pictures film Waikiki Wedding, starring Bing Crosby and Shirley Ross. Crosby
recorded a version with backing by Lani McIntyre and His Hawaiians, which was
released in 1937[2] as the B-side of "Sweet Leilani. The song subsequently
received numerous cover versions, most successfully as the title track of the
1961 Elvis Presley film, the soundtrack of which stayed at #1 on the album chart
for twenty consecutive weeks.
night & you & BLUE HAWAII
the night is heavenly & you are heaven to me
lovely you & BLUE
HAWAII
with all this loveliness there should be love
come with me
while the moon is on the sea
the night is young & so are we
dreams
come true in BLUE HAWAII
& mine could all come true this magic night of
nights with you
1937
R. Armitage, “Feather your nest”.
I’m
leanin on a lamp
Maybe you think I look a tramp
But no, I’m not a
crook
And if you think that’s what I look
I’m leaning on a lamp post on
the corner of the street
In a case a little girl goes by
Oh me oh my I
hope the little girl comes by
1937
Vivian Ellis, “Hide
and Seek: a musical comedy”. Bobby Howes.
she’s my lovely, my
Venus
& don’t you agree, sir?
she’s my lovely
serene as any Mona
Lisa
she’s the sunset hour
when nothing looks grey
she’s the one set
hour
I long for each day
for she’s my lovely
a hush that brings the
pearly dawning
she’s my lovely
a thrush that sings at early
morning
& the loveliest thing about her, you see
is she’s so lovely to
me
1937
Christopher Hassall/Ivor Novello Davies.
“The crest of a wave”: a musical comedy. London, Palladium.
ROSE OF
ENGLAND thou shall fade not here
proud & bright from growing year to
year
red shall thy petals be as rich wine untold
shared by thy warriors
who served thee of old
ROSE OF ENGLAND breathing England’s air
flower
of chivalry beyond compare
while hands & heart endure to cherish thy
prime
thou shalt blossom to the end of time.
1937
w.
Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin, “Shall we dance? A musical comedy” --
Introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Let’s call the whole thing
off
1937
w. Johnny Burke m. Arthur
Johnston. Introduced by Bing Crosby in the film Double or
Nothing.
out of the darkness you suddenly appeared
you smiled, I
was taken by surprise
I guess I should have seen right through you
but THE
MOON GOT IN MY EYES.
I was so thrilled by the love you volunteered
I gave
my heart without a compromise
I guess you don't remember, do you?
when THE
MOON GOT IN MY EYES.
I thought a kingdom was in sight
I would
have the right to claim
But with the morning's early light
I didn't have a
dream to my name
you know the saying all who love are blind
it
seems that ancient adage still applies
I guess, I should have seen right
through you
but THE MOON GOT IN MY EYES.
1937
w. Al Dubin m.
Harry Warren. Introduced by James Melton in the film Melody for
Two.
September in the rain.
1938
Noel
Coward
Dearest love now that I found you the sun shines in the sky.
1938
m: Sammy Fain w: Irving Kahal. From the
Broadway musical Right This Way, which closed after fifteen performances. In the
musical, it was performed by the singer Tamara Drasin, who had a few years
earlier introduced Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
I’ll be seeing
you.
1938
m: Harry
Warren (S. A. Guaragna), w: Johnny Mercer, “Hard to Get: a musical comedy”, sung
by Dick Powell. The song was originally recorded by Bing Crosby for the
biggest-selling hit version. Other contemporaneous hit versions included
recordings by Tommy Dorsey (with vocal by Edythe Wright) and Russ Morgan.
YOU
MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL BABY
you must have been a wonderful child
when
you were only startin’
to go to kindergarten
I bet you drove the little
boys wild
& when it came to winning blue ribbons
you must have shown
the other kids how
I can see the judges' eyes
as they handed you the
prize
you must have made the cutest bow
YOU MUST HAVE BEEN A BEAUTIFUL
BABY
'cause baby look at you now.
1938
Cole Porter, “Leave it to me: a
musical comedy”.
My heart belongs to daddy
And I simply couldn’t be
bad
My heart belongs to daddy dad da
dad.
1938
Annette Mills
HANDS KNEES
& BOOMPS A DAISY
I like a bustle that bends
HANDS KNEES & BOOMPS A
DAISY
what is a boomp between friends
hands knees o don't be
lazy
let's make the party a wow-
HANDS KNEES & BOOMPS A DAISY
turn
to your partner &
bow.
1939
Songs
from
1939-1945
1939
"Wish Me Luck as
You Wave Me Goodbye" is a song by Harry Parr-Davies, made popular during the
Second World War by Gracie Fields. It appeared in Fields' 1939 film Shipyard
Sally. Its use in the film is patriotic, Stephen C. Shafer argues, although the
song in this context did not reference the war as the film was released prior to
its outbreak.[1] Over the years it has been performed and recorded by many
artists, including Vera Lynn, Elsie Carlisle, Chas & Dave, Cyril Grantham
and Jack Hylton.[2] It also featured in the film The History Boys.
WISH ME
LUCK AS YOU WAVE ME GOODBYE
Cheerio, here I go, on my way
wish me luck as
you wave me goodbye
not a tear, but a cheer, make it gay
give me a smile I
can keep all the while
in my heart while I'm away
'Till we meet once
again, you and I
wish me luck as you wave me
goodbye
1939
[ Lyrics from:
http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/n/norman_blake/you_are_my_sunshin
YOU ARE MY
SUNSHINE my only sunshine
you make me happy when skies are gray
you'll
never know dear how much I love you
please don't take my sunshine
away
I'll always love you & make you happy
If you will only say
the same
But if you leave me to love another
You'll regret it all
someday
The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in
my arms
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
And I hung my head &
cried
1939
Kiss
me goodnight, Sergeant-Major
Tuck me in my little wooden bed
We all love
you, Sergeant-Major,
even when your neck grows rather red (‘when we hear you
bawling, show a leg)
Don't forget to wake me in the morning
And bring me
'round a nice hot cup of tea
Kiss me goodnight
Sergeant-Major
Sergeant-Major, be a mother to
me
1939
Connor/Pola
For
a while we must part
But remember me sweetheart
TILL THE LIGHTS OF LONDON
SHINE AGAIN.
And while I’m over there
Think of me in every prayer
TILL
THE LIGHTS OF LONDON SHINE AGAIN
I’ll keep your picture near me
A
tender souvenir
Now hold me close and kiss me
And may God bless you
dear
don’t you cry when I’m gone
wear a smile and carry on
TILL THE
LIGHTS OF LONDON SHINE AGAIN
1939
All or nothing at
all
1939
Kiss me
goodnight sergeant
major
1939
Perfidia
1939
Moonglith
serenade
1939
Cole Porter.
When they
begin the beguine
1939
“The Wizard
of Oz”. Judy Garland
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Blue
birds fly over the rainbow
So why tell me why can’t I.
1939
if a grey haired lady says
how’s yer
father?
that’ll be mademoiselle
if she smiles & says
how’s yer
father
that’ll be mademoiselle
if she says, parley voo
tout suit tell
me do
how is he after all these years
if a grey-haired lady says
don’t
tell your mother
that’s mademoiselle from
Armentieres
1939
Michael Carr/ Jimmy Kennedy.
Recorded by: Arthur Askey; Chas & Dave; Flanagan & Allen; The Two
Leslies.
WE’RE GONNA HANG OUT THE WASHING
ON THE SIEGFRIED LINE
have
you any dirty washing, mother dear?
WE’RE GONNA HANG OUT THE WASHING
ON
THE SIEGFRIED LINE
‘cause the washing day is here.
whether the weather may
be wet or fine
we'll just ride along without a care
WE’RE GONNA HANG OUT
THE WASHING
ON THE SIEGFRIED LINE
if that Siegfried line's still
there.
Mother dear I'm writing you from somewhere in France
hoping this
finds you well.
Sergeant says I'm doing fine - a soldier and a half
Here's
a song that we all sing
This'll make you
laugh...
1939
CREATION OF E. N. S. A.
The Entertainments
National Service Association or ENSA was an organisation set up in 1939 by Basil
Dean and Leslie Henson to provide entertainment for British armed forces
personnel during World War II. ENSA operated as part of the Navy, Army and Air
Force Institutes. It was superseded by Combined Services Entertainment (CSE)
which now operates as part of the Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC).
Many well-known stars have performed in ENSA, including Gracie Fields, George
Formby, Wilfrid Brambell, Joyce Grenfell, Paul Scofield, Rebecca Cantwell and
Vera Lynn. During 1945, actors Laurence Olivier and Sir Ralph Richardson were
created honorary army Lieutenants in ENSA. They performed Shakespeare's plays
for the troops in a six week tour of Europe. Despite many extremely talented
entertainers and movie stars, past and future, working for ENSA, the
organisation was necessarily spread thin over the vast area it had to cover.
Thus many entertainments were substandard, and the popular translation of the
acronym ENSA was "Every Night Something Awful". Chaos Supersedes ENSA, a
mini-series (1980), was written and directed by Patrick Garland for Thames
Television.The television sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum concerned the
misadventures of a group of soldiers providing entertainment for an army
barracks in India. These were known as the Concert Party and were not ENSA
members per se.ENSA also featured in the television sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart,
in the episode "How I Won The War".The only known ENSA theatre to have survived
in its original condition is the Garrison Theatre at Hurst Castle in the New
Forest National Park. Created by servicemen in 1939, the proscenium arch still
bears the badge and grenades of the Royal Artillery, and the curtains still hang
from an old galvanised gas pipe. Shows are presented from time to time by the
Friends of Hurst Castle. In the Are You Being Served? episode entitled "Camping
In", Mr. Grainger told a story of being a member of ENSA which Mr. Humphries
said stood for "Every Night Something awful 'Appens". In the popular BBC sitcom
Dad's Army episode "Museum Piece", ENSA are revealed to be using the rifles
Captain Mainwaring so desperately seeks. SSVC website'Chaos Supersedes ENSA' on
IMDB
1939
Armitage, “Me and My Girl: a
musical comedy”. London, Palladium.
anytime you’re Lambeth way
any evening any day
you’ll find yourself
doing THE LAMBETH WALK
every little Lambeth gal
with her little Lambeth pal
you’ll find them
all
doing THE LAMBETH WALK
everything free & easy
do as you
darn well pleasy
why don’t you make your way there
go there -- stay
there
once you get to Lambeth way
any evening any day
you’ll find
yourself
doing THE LAMBETH WALK!
Lambeth you’ve never seen The
skies so blue, the grass so green
We may not have the Mayfair touch But that
don’t matter very much
We play a different play Not like you, but a bit more
gay
And we have a bit of fun. Oy!
1939
Armitage, “Me and My Girl:
a musical comedy”. London, Palladium.
ME & MY
GIRL
meant for each other
made for each other
& liking it so
ME
& MY GIRL
no use pretending
we knew the ending
a long time
ago
some little church
with a big steeple
just a few people
that
both of us know
& we’ll have love, laughter
be happy ever after
ME
& MY
GIRL
1939
Oscar
Hammerstein II//Jerome Kern. “Very Warm for May”-- sung by Hiram Sherman,
Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart.
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
& some day I'll know that moment divine
when
all THE THINGS YOU ARE are mine
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.
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.
1939
WE’LL MEET AGAIN
don’t know where
don’t know when
but I know we’ll meet again some sunny day
keep smiling
thru
just like you always do
till the bright sun drives the dark clouds
far away
so will you please say hello
to the folks that I
know
tell them I won’t be long
they’ll be happy to know
that as you
saw me go
I was singing this
song.
1939
From “The Little Dog Laughed”
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
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