MRS MILLS CD THE VERY BEST "EMI" -- starting with "I'd like to teach" --- our favourite are the instrumental only, like "BLOWING BUBBLES", "MOTHER KELLY", "SWEET GEORGIA BROWN", "HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL?" -- "AS TIME GOES BY"

Speranza

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TRACK 1

Song 1

I'd like to build the world a home
and furnish it with love
grow apple trees and honey bees
and snow-white turtle doves
I'D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING in perfect harmony
and hear the echo the hills
the land
I'd
all standing hand in hand
and

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Track 2

Song 1

TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE

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Track 3.

Song 1

BRING ME SUNSHINE -- in your smile

bring me laughter -- all the while

in this world -- where we live

there should be more happiness

so much joy -- you can give

to each brand-new bright tomorrow.

make me happy -- thru the years

never bring me -- any tears

let your arms be as warm -- as the sun from up above

bring me fun -- bring me sunshine -- bring me love.

bring me sunshine -- in your eyes

bring me rainbows -- from the skies

life's too short to be spent  -- having anything but fun

we can be so content -- if we gather little sun-beams

be light-hearted -- all day long,

keep me singing  -- happy songs

let your arms be as warm -- as the sun from up above

bring me fun -- bring me sunshine -- bring me love.

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Track 4

Song 1.


east is east and west is west

and the wrong one I have chose

let's go where I'll keep on wearin'

those frills and flowers
and BUTTONS and BOWS

rings and things
and buttons and bows.

don't bury me in this prairie

take me where the cement grows

let's move down to some big town

where they love a gal by the cut o' her clothes

and I'll stand out

In BUTTONS and BOWS

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Track 5

Song 1

a kiss on the hand
may be quite continental
but
DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND.

a kiss
may be grand
but it won't pay the rental
on your humble flat
or help you at the automat.
 

men grow cold
as girls grow old
and we all lose our charms in the end

but square-cut or pear-shaped
these rocks don't lose their shape

DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND

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Track 6

LOVE AND MARRIAGE
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
go together like a horse and carriage
this I tell ya, brother
you can't have one without the other

LOVE AND MARRIAGE
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
it's an institute you can't disparage

ask the local gentry
and they will say it's elementary

try, try, try to separate them, it's an illusion.
try, try, try and you only come to this conclusion

LOVE AND MARRIAGE
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
go together like a horse and carriage.
dad was told by mother you can't have one
you can't have none.
you can't have one without the other.

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Track 7

Song 1

I'm gettin' married in the morning

ding-dong the bells are gonna chime

pull out the stopper
we'll have a whopper

But
GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME.
 

I got to get there in the morning

spruced up and lookin' in my prime

Girls come and kiss me
say that you'll miss me

But
GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME
 

If I am dancing roll up the floor

If I am whistling right out the door
 

I got to get there in the morning

ding,-ding, dong, they're gonna chime

Kick up a rumpus
don't lose your compass
 

GET ME TO THE CHURCH
GET ME TO THE CHURCH

for ete's sake,
GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME

 

If I’m flyin' then shoot me down

If I’m wooin' get the girl right out of town

I got to get there in the morning

Ding, ding, dong, they're gonna chime

Punch me and jail me, stamp me and mail me

But GET ME TO THE CHURCH, GET ME TO THE CHURCH

for Pete's sakes, GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME

On time, on time, on time

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Track 8

when I was just a little girl I asked my mother what will I be

will I be pretty, will I be rich Here's what she said to me.

CHE SERA SERA 
WHATEVER WILL BE WILL BE

the future's not ours to see
CHE SERA SERA -- What will be, will be.

When I was young I fell in love
I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows, day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said.
CHE SERA SERA
 Whatever will be, will be The future's not ours, to see
 CHE SERA SERA
What will be, will be.
Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother, what will I be
Will I be handsome, will I be rich
I tell them tenderly.
CHE SERA SERA
 Whatever will be, will be The future's not ours, to see
 CHE SERA SERA
What will be, will be.

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Track 9

WHEN YOU’RE SMILING when you’re smiling
THE WHOLE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU

when you're laughing when you're laughin'

the sun comes shining  thru

but when you're crying
you bring on the rain
so stop your sighing
and be happy again
keep on smiling, keep on smilin'
and the whole world smiles with you


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Track 10

Step aside partner, it's my day
Bend an ear and listen to my version
(Of a really solid, Tennisee excursion)
Pardon me boys, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo?
(Yes Yes) Track 29!
Boy you can give me a shine
(Can you afford to board, the Chattanooga Choo Choo?)
I've got my fare
And just a trifle to spare
You leave the Pennsylvania station 'bout a quarter to four
Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore
Luncheon in the diner, nothing could be finer
(Then to have your ham and eggs in Carolina)
When you hear the whistle blowing eight to the bar
Then you know that Tennessee is not very far
Shovel all the coal in
Gotta keep it rollin'
(Whoo Whoo Chattanooga there you are)
There's gonna be a certain party at the station
Satin and Lace
I used to call funny face
She's gonna cry
Until I tell her that I'll never roam
(So Chattanooga Choo Choo)
Won't you choo choo me home.
Get aboard...
All aboard...
Chattanooga choo choo
Won't you choo choo me home

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Track 11

Song 1 (SUNG)

nothing could be finer than to be in
CAROLINA IN THE MORNING

no one could be sweeter than my sweetie when I meet her in the morning

where the morning glories
twine around the door
whispering pretty stories
I long to hear once more

Strolling with my girlie where the dew is pearly early in the morning

butterflies all flutter up and kiss each butter-cup at dawning

If I had Aladdin's lamp for only a day
I'd make a wish and here's what I'd say
Nothing could be finer than to be in CAROLINA IN THE MORNING


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Song 2.

Baby Face,
you've got the cutest little baby face
There's not another one
could take your place
Baby face
My poor heart is jumpin'
you sure have started somethin'
Baby face
'm up in heaven when I'm in your fond embrace
I didn't need a shove
'cause I just fell in love
With your pretty baby face




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Song 3

Way down on the levy in old Alabamy
There's Daddy and Mammy There's Ephraim and Sammy
On a moonlight night you can find them all
While they are waiting
The banjos are syncopating
What's that they're saying?
What's that they're saying?
While they keep playing A - humming and swaying
It's the good ship Robert E. Lee
that's come to carry the cotton away

See them shuffling along
See them shuffling along!
Go take your best gal, real pal
Go down to the levy
I said to the levy
and join that shuffling throng
Hear that music and song
It's simply great, mate,
waiting on the levy
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee


Watch them shuffling along, See them shuffling along Go take your best gal, real pal Go down to the levy, I said to the levy,
And join that shuffling throng
Hear that music and song
It's simply great, mate, waiting on the levy
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee



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Track 12

I said hello, dolly,......well, hello, dolly
It's so nice to have you back where you belong
You're lookin' swell, dolly.......i can tell, dolly
You're still glowin'...you're still crowin'...you're still goin' strong
I feel that room swayin'......while the band's playin'
One of your old favourite songs from way back when
So..... take her wrap, fellas.......find her an empty lap, fellas
Dolly'll never go away again

(instrumental break)

I said hello, dolly,.....well, hello, dolly
It's so nice to have you back where you belong
You're lookin' swell, dolly.....i can tell, dolly
You're still glowin'...you're still crowin'...you're still goin' strong
I feel the room swayin'...while that ole band keeps on playin'
One of your old favourite songs from way back when
So...golly, gee, fellas....find her an empty knee, fellas
Dolly'll never go away....i said she'll never go away
Dolly'll never go away again


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Track 12


----- used by Ken Russell in introductory credits to Glenda Jackson, "Women in Love", filmed in Nottinghamshire.

I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES -- pretty bubbles in the air,

they fly so high -- nearly reach the sky

then like my dreams they fade and die.

fortune's always hiding I've looked everywhere

I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES -- pretty bubbles in the air.

I'm dreaming dreams-------------------when cattle creep
I'm scheming schemes------------------when I'm asleep
I'm building castles high---------------the lands of hope I stray
they're born anew----------------------then at day break
their days are few-----------------------when I awake
just like a sweet butterfly--------------my blue bird flutters away.
and as the day-light is dawning------happiness new seemed so new to me
they come again in the morning------happiness come forth and heal me


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Track 14

BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON
I want to spoon to my honey I'll croon love's tune.
honey-moon, keep a-shining in June
your silv'ry beams will bring love's dreams
we'll be cuddling soon by the silvery moon.

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Track 15


ON MOTHER KELLY’S DOORSTEP
down paradise row
I sit alonga Nellie
and she sits alonga Joe
she’s got a little hole in her frock
a hole in her shoe
a hole in her sock
where her toe peeps thru
but Nellie was the smartest down our alley
ON MOTHER KELLY’S DOORSTEP
I'm wondering now
if lil' gal Nellie
remembers Joe
-- her beau
and does she love him
like she used to
ON MOTHER KELLY’S DOORSTEP
down paradise row

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Track 16

CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME!
right back where I started from
where bowers of flowers bloom in the spring
each morning at dawning birdies sing at everything
a sun-kissed miss said, don't be late
that's why I can hardly wait
open up that golden gate
CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME!
 

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Track 17

Song 1

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...


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Song 2

I'LL BE WITH YOU
IN APPLE BLOSSOM TIME  
I'll be with you
to change your name to mine
some day in May
 I'll come and say
happy the bride -- the sun shines on today.
what a wonderful wedding
there will be
what a wonderful day
for you and me
church bells will chime
you will be mine
in apple blossom time.

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Song 3

pack up all my cares and woes

here I go singing low

BYE-BYE, BLACKBIRD!
 

where somebody waits for me

sugar is sweet, so is she

BYE-BYE, BLACKBIRD!

no one here can love and understand me,

oh what hard luck stories they all hand  me.

make my bed and light the light

I'll arrive late tonight

blackbird  bye-bye

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Track 18.


CAN CAN -- Offenbach, 1858

la la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la la




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Track 19


KNEES UP, MOTHER BROWN!
KNEES UP, MOTHER BROWN!
under the table you must go
EE AYE EE AYE EE AYE O
if I catch you bending
I'll saw your legs right off
knees up knees up
never get the breeze up
knees up mother Brown
oh my, what a rotten song
what a rotten song -- what a rotten song
oh my, what a rotten song
and what a rotten singer
too-oo-ooh

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Track 20

MARCH OF THE MODS. Tony Carr.

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Track 21

---

no gal made 
has got a shade
-- on

SWEET GEORGIA BROWN

two left feet
but o so neat
-- has

SWEET GEORGIA BROWN

they all sigh
and wanna die
-- for
 

SWEET GEORGIA BROWN

I'll tell you just why --
you know I don't lie --
(not much)

it's been said 
she knocks 'em dead
when she lands in town

since she came
why it's a shame
how she cools them down

fellas she can't get 
are fellas she ain't met

Georgia claimed her
Georgia named her

SWEET GEORGIA BROWN

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Track 22

YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU
I didn’t wanna do it
I didn’t wanna do it
YOU MADE ME WANT YOU 
and all the time you knew it 
I guess you always knew it
you made me happy sometimes
you made me glad
but there were times, dear
you made me feel so bad.
you made me sigh for
I didn’t wanna tell you
I didn’t wanna tell you
I want some love that’s true
yes I do
did I do
you know I do
give me (give me)
give me (give me)
what I cry for
you know you got the brand of kisses that I’d die for

you know YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU.

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Track 23

ENJOY YOURSELF
it's later than you think
ENJOY YOURSELF
while you're still in the pink
the years go by
 as quickly as you wink
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself,
It's later than you think
It's good to be wise when you're young
'Cos you can only be young but the once
ENJOY YOURSELF and have lots of fun
So glad and live life longer than you've ever done


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Track 24

MA
HE’S MAKING EYES AT ME

ma
he's awful nice to me
ma
he's almost breakin' my heart

I'm beside him
mercy
let his conscience guide him

ma

he wants to marry me
be my honey bee

ev'vy minute he gets bolder

now he's leaning on my shoulder
ma
he's kissing me.

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Track 25


Five foot two
eyes of blue
But oh what those five foot could do
HAS ANY-BODY SEEN MY GAL?

Turned up nose
and turned down hose
Never had another beaus

HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL?

Now if you run into five foot two
covered with fur
Diamond rings
and all those things
Bet your life it isn't hers

Could she love
could she woo
Could she love could she coo

HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL?



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Track 26

Song 1


CHICAGO CHICAGO that toddling town
Chicago, Chicago
I will show you around - I love it

Bet your bottom dollar you lose the blues in
Chicago, Chicago
The town that Billy Sunday couldn't shut down

On State Street
that great street
I just want to say
They do things they don't do on Broadway
They have the time
the time of their life
I saw a man, he danced with his wife
In Chicago, Chicago my home town.

Chicago, Chicago that toddlin' town
Chicago, Chicago I'll show you around - I love it
Bet your bottom dollar you lose the blues in Chicago, Chicago
The town that Billy Sunday could not shut down
On State Street, that great street, I just want to say
They do things that they never do on Broadway -- say
They have the time, the time of their life
I saw a man and he danced with his wife
In Chicago, Chicago, Chicago -- that's my home town

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Song 2.


I found my love in AVALON beside the bay
I left my love in Avalon and sailed away
I dream of him in Avalon from dusk till dawn
And so I think I'll travel on to Avalon
Yes, I found my love in Avalon beside the bay
I left my love in Avalon and sailed away
Oh, I dream of him in Avalon from dusk until dawn
And so I think I'll travel on to Avalon

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Song 3.

WHO’S SORRY NOW?

who’s sorry now?

whose heart is achin' -- for breakin' each vow

who's sad and blue? -- who's cryin' too?

just like I cried over you --
right to the end -- just like a friend

I tried to warn you -- some--how

you had your way -- now you must pay

I'm glad that you're sorry now,

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Track 27

WISH ME LUCK AS YOU WAVE ME "GOOD-BYE:
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"


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Track 28


We all live in a YELLOW SUBMARINE

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Track 29

you must remember this --
a kiss is just a kiss --
a sigh is just a sigh

the fundamental things apply  --
AS TIME GOES BY

and 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.

moon-light and love songs -- never out of date
hearts full of passion -- jealousy and hate
woman needs man  -- and 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.

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Track 30


SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
& it's gone straight up to my head
where ever I may roam on land or sea or foam
you will always hear me singing this song
SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME

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Track 31

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.


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