BYGRAVES-MAX, "ME & MY SHADOW" starting CD -- all tracks -- 14 tracks/medleys

Speranza

1-1. ME AND MY SHADOW
strollling down the avenue
ME AND MY SHADOW
not a soul to tell our troubles to
and when it’s twelve o’clock
we climb the stair
we never knock
‘cos nobody’s there
just ME AND MY SHADOW
all alone and feeling blue.

1-2. MOONLIGHT AND ROSES
bring wonderful memories of you
my heart reposes
in beautiful thoughts so true
June light discloses
love's golden dreams sparkling anew
MOONLIGHT AND ROSES
bring memories of you.

1-3. YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME
I was meant for you
nature patterned you
 and when she was done
you were all the sweet things
rolled up in one
you're like a plaintive melody
that never sets me free
for I contend the angels
must have sent you
and they meant you just for me.

1.4-. the other day, dear, as I was dreaming
I dreamed that you were by my side
what disillusion when I awoke, dear,
you were gone and then I cried
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE
my only sunshine
you made me happy when skies are gray
you'll never know dear how much I love you
please don't take my sunshine away
you told me once, dear,
there'd the no other
and no one else could come between
but now you've left
to love another
you have broken all my dreams

1-5. with someone like you
a pal good and true
I'd like to leave all behind and go and find
some place that's known to God alone
just a spot to call our own
we'll find perfect peace
where joys never cease
out there beneath a kindly sky
we'll build a sweet little nest
somewhere in the west -- and
LET THE REST OF THE WORLD GO BY.

2-1. I’LL BE WITH YOU IN APPLE BLOSSOM TIME
to change your name to mine
one day in May
I'll come and say
happy the bride the sun
what a wonderful wedding that will be
what a wonderful day for you and me
church bells will chime
you will be mine
IN APPLE BLOSSOM TIME.

2-2. IF I HAD MY WAY,
dear, for ever
there'd be a garden of roses for you and for me
a thousand and one things, dear,
I would do
just for you -- only you
IF I HAD MY WAY
you would never grow old
and sunshine I'd bring everyday
you would reign all alone
like a king on a throne
IF I HAD MY WAY.

2-3 EDELWEISS, EDELWEISS
every morning you greet me
small and white
clean and bright
you look happy to meet me
blossom of snow you bloom and grow
bloom and grow forever
EDELWEISS, EDELWEISS
bless my homeland forever.

2-4. we're poor little lambs
baa baa baa
we're little black sheep
who have gone astray
baa baa baa
gentlemen songsters off on a spree
doomed from here to eternity
Lord have mercy on such as we
baa baa baa

3-1. BECAUSE OF YOU
there's a song in my heart
BECAUSE OF YOU
our romance had its start
BECAUSE OF YOU
the sun will shine
the moon and stars will say you're mine
forever and never to part
I only live for your love and your kiss
it's paradise to be near you like this
BECAUSE OF YOU
my life is now worthwhile
and I can smile
BECAUSE OF YOU

3-2. the night was like a lovely tune
beware
 MY FOOLISH HEART
on an evening such as this
but the very same sensation
when you're lost in the magic
your lips are much to close to mine
beware
MYU FOOLISH HEART
but our lips combine
but the fire start
for this time it isn't fascination
or a dream that fade
it's love, it's t
MY FOOLISH HEART.

3-3 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
it will forever
for I'll never fall in love
in a restless world like this is
love is ended before it's begun
and too many moonlight kisses
seem to cool in the warmth of the sun
when I give my heart
it will be completely
or I'll never give my heart
and the moment I can feel
that you feel that way too -- is
WHEN I FALL IN FALL IN LOVE
with you.

4-1. PLEASE DO IT AGAIN
I might say, no no no no
but do it again.
my lips just date you have you a kiss
that's waiting for you
you know if you do
you won't regret it
come and get it
o no no-one is near
I may cry I oh oh oh
bu noone will hear
come cosy told me if it's not a good thing
it's  do it again
PLEASE DO IT AGAIN.

4-2. she's wearing second hand hats, second hand clothes
that's why they call her
SECOND HAND ROSE
even the piano in the parlour
daddy bought for ten cents on the dollar
second-hand pearls, she's wearing second hand curls
she never gets a single thing that's new
even Jake the plumber
he's a man she's adore
had the nerve to tell her
he's been married before
ev'ryone knows
that she's just a
SECOND-HAND ROSE
from Second Avenue.
once while strolling thru the Ritz
a girl got her goat
she nugged her friend and said,
"O look there goes my old fur coat"

4-3. SOMEBODY LOVES ME
I wonder who
I wonder who she can be
SOMEBODY LOVES ME
I wish I knew
who can she be
worries me
for ev'ry girl who passes me
I shout: "hey! maybe
you were meant to be my loving baby"
SOMEBODY LOVES ME
I wonder who
maybe it's you.

5-1. I CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE --
baby
that's the only thing I've plenty of
baby
dream awhile
scheme awhile
you're sure to find
happiness
and I guess
all those things you've always pined -- for
gee it's great to see you looking swell,
baby
diamond bracelets Woolworth doesn't sell
baby
till that lucky day
you know darn well, baby,
I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE.

5-2. SLEEPY-TIME GAL
you're turning night into days
SLEEPY-TIME GAL
you've danced the evening away
before each silvery star
fades out the sight
please give me one little kiss
then let us whisper goodnight
it's getting late, and dear, your pillow's waitin'
SLEEPY-TIME GAL
when all your dancing is thru
SLEEPY-TIME GAL
I'll find a cottage for you
you'll learn to cook and sew
what's more you'll love it I know
when you're a stay-at-home,
play-at-home, eight o'clock SLEEPY-TIME GAL

5-3. we strolled the lane
TOGETHER
laughed at the rain
TOGETHER
sang love's refrain
TOGETHER -- and
and we'd both pretend
it would never end
one day we cried
TOGETHER
passed love aside
TOGETHER
you're gone from me
but in my memoree
we always will be
TOGETHER

6-1. IF YOU KNEW SUSIE
LIKE I KNOW SUSIE
 o--o--o what a girl
there's none so classy
as this fair lassie
o--o--o 
holy Moses  what a chassis
we went riding she didn't balk from the country
I'm the one that had to walk
IF YOU KNEW SUSIE LIKE I KNOW SUSIE
o-o-o-what a girl.

6-2. HOW YA GONNA KEEP’EM DOWN ON THE FARM
after they've seen Paree
how ya gonna keep’em away from Piccadilly
jazzin’ around, paintin' the town
 how ya gonna keep 'em away from harm
that's a mysteree
they'll never want to see a rake or plow
and who the deuce can parley-vous a cow
HOW YA GONNA KEEP’EM DOWN ON THE FARM
after they've seen Paree.

6-3. and then he'd ROW ROW ROW
way up the river he would  ROW ROW ROW
a hug he'd give her then he'd kiss her now
and then she would tell him
when they'd fool around
& fool around and then they'd kiss again and then
he'd  ROW ROW ROW 
a little further he would  row o-o-o
then he'd drop both his oars and take a few more encores
and then he'd ROW ROW ROW
a little further he would go-o-o-o
then we'll drop both our oars
take a round of applause
and then we'll go, go, go.

6-4. 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.


7-1 I see trees of green
red roses too
I see them bloom
for me and for you
and I think to myself
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
I see skies of blue

clouds of white
bright blessed days

dark sacred nights
and I think to myself

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
the colours of a rainbow

so pretty in the sky
are also on the faces

of people going by
I see friends shaking hands

saying, "how d'you do "
they're really saying

"I love you"
I hear babies cry

I watch them grow
they'll learn much more

than I'll never know
and I think to myself
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD.  
 

7-2. that certain night the night we met
there was magic abroad in the air
the angels were dining at the Ritz and
A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE
I may be right I may be wrong
but I'm perfectly willing to swear
that when you and smiled at me
A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE
the moon that lingered over London town
was surprised, she wore a gown
how could she know we two were so in love
the whole damn world so upside down
the streets of town were paved with gold
it was such a romantic affair
and as we kissed and said goodbye
A NIGHTINGALE SANG IN BERKELEY SQUARE

7-3  I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO
high on a hill
it calls to me
to be where little cable cars
climb halfway to the stars
the morning fog may chill the air
I don't care
my love waits there in San Francisco
above the blue and windy sea
when I come home to you San Francisco
your golden sun will shine for me.


8-1. SOUTH OF THE BORDER
down Mexico way
that's where I fell in love
when the stars above came out to play
and now as I wander my tho'ts ever stray
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
down Mexico way
she was a vision in old Spanish lace
just for a tender while
I kissed the smile upon her face
for it was fiesta
and we were so gay
SOUTH OF THE BORDER 
down Mexico way
then she smiled as she whispered "manana"
never dreaming that we were parting
and I lied as I whispered manana
for our tomorrow never came.
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
I rode back one day
there in a veil of white by candle light
she knelt to pray
but the mission bells told me that I mustn't stay
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
down Mexico way

8-2. IT HAPPENED IN MONTEREY
along time ago,
I met her in Monterey
in old Mexico.
stars and steel guitars and
luscious lips as red as wine
broke somebody's heart
and I'm afraid that it was mine.
IT HAPPENED IN MONTEREY
and without thinking twice,
I left her and I threw away
the key to paradise.
my indescreet heart
longs for the sweetheart
that I left in old Monterey.

8-3. IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN
it was on a night like this
stars were peek-a-booing down
it was on a night like this
I whispered be true to me and she sighed si si si
man, the skies have turned to gray because we're far apart
many moons have passed away and still she's in my heart
we made a promise and sealed it with a kiss -- ah
IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN 
it was on a night like this

I whispered be true to me and she sighed oh si si

 

 

 

8-4. MEXICALI ROSE

stop crying
I'll come back to you some sunny day
ev'ry night you'll know that I'll be pining
ev'ry hour a year while I'm away
dry those big brown eyes and smile dear
banish all those tears and please don't sigh
kiss me once again and hold me
MEXICALI ROSE goodbye

9-1. SHOULD I  reveal 
exactly how I feel
SHOULD I  confess
I love you
SHOULD I resign
beneath the pale moon light
and swear stars above
you could I repeat
the sweetest story told
could I entreat would it be too
bold now.REVEAL

9-2. FIVE FOOT TWO EYES OF BLUE
but o what those five foot could do
HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL?
turned up nose turned-down hose
never had no other beaus
HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL
  now if you run into five foot two covered with fur
diamond rings & all those things
bet your life it isn't hers
could she love, could she could she love,  could she coo
HAS ANYBODY SEEN MY GAL?

9-3. I’M FORERVER 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.

9-4. AIN’T SHE SWEET?
see her walking down the street
now I ask you very confidentially: ain't she sweet
ain't she nice?
look her over once or twice
now I ask you very confidentially:
ain't she nice
just cast an eye in her direction
o me o my -- ain't that perfection
I repeat, don't you think that's kind of neat?
now I ask you very confidentially:
ain't she sweet?

10-1. when whippoorwills call and evenin' is nigh
I hurry to
MY BLUE HEAVEN
 I turn to the right, a little white light
will lead you to
MY BLUE HEAVEN
you'll see a smilin' face,
a fireplace, a cozy room
a little nest that nestles where the roses bloom
just Molly and me and baby makes
three we're happy in
MY BLUE HEAVEN.

10-2. o we ain't got a barrel of money
maybe we're ragged and funny
but we'll travel along
singing a songs
SIDE BY SIDE
don't know what's comin' tomorrow
maybe it's trouble and sorrow
but we'll travel the road
sharing our load
SIDE BY SIDE
thru all kinds of weather
what if the sky should fall
just as long as we're together
it doesn't matter at all
when they've all had their quarrels and parted
we'll be the same as we started
just a-traveling along
singing a song
SIDE BY SIDE.

10-3. WHEN THE RED RED ROBIN COMES BOB BOB BOBBIN’ ALONG along
there'll be no more sobbin'  when he starts throbbin' his old sweet song
wake up -- wake up -- you sleepy head  get up -- get up -- get out of bed  cheer up -- cheer up
the sun is red  live love laugh and be happy 
what if I were blue now I'm walking thru fields  of flowers 
rain may glisten but still I listen  for hours and hours 
I'm just a kid again doing what I did again singing a song
WHEN  THE RED RED ROBIN  COMES BOB BOB BOBBIN’ ALONG.

10-4. 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 and 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.

10-5. SOME OF THESE DAYS
you'll miss me honey
SOME OF THESE DAYS
you'll feel so lonely
you'll miss my huggin'
you'll miss my kissin'
you'll miss me honey
when you're away
I'll feel so lonely
just for you only
'cos you know, honey
you've had your way
and when you leave me
you know it's gonna grieve me
you're gonna miss your big fat mama
SOME OF THESE DAYS.


11-1. On the baby's knockle, on the baby's knee
Where will the baby's dimple be?
Baby's cheek or baby's chin
Seems to me it'll be a sin
if it's always covered by the safety-pin
WHERE WILL THE DIMPLE BE? 
Every night we stay at home, my love and me alone
making wishes over dishes in the sink
Will our bundle full of joy be a darling girl or boy?
Will the booties be a baby blue or pink?
Now I wake up every night with such an appetite
Eat a chocolate pie ,topped off with sauerkraut
Then I put some records on, munch on crackers until dawn
and just sit around all night and try to guess
While I play the clinging vine ,I watch that love of mine
Build him cradles while I'm pecking at his cheek
Not just one, but two or three twins run in my family
And my cousin Jane had triplets just last week
On the baby's knockle, on the baby's knee
Where will the baby's dimple be?
Baby's cheek or baby's chin
Seems to me it'll be a sin
if it's always covered by the safety-pin
Where will the dimple be ?

11-1. I'm shy Mary Ellen I'm shy
it does seem so naughty, oh my
kissing is nice that I've often heard say
but still how to do it I don't know the way
so you put your arm round my waist
I promise I won't scream or cry
so you do the kissing & cuddling instead
'cos I'm shy Mary Ellen I'm shy.

11-3. OVER THE GARDEN WALL

11-4. Now good old farmer Haystack is the cleverest of men
He cuts a rasher off a pig, and then shouts to a hen
Chick, chick,
chick, chick, chicken,
lay a little egg for me
Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken,
I want one for my tea
Oh, I haven't had an egg since Easter
and now it's half past three
So, chick, chick, chick, chicken
lay a little egg for me N
ow Rip Van Winkle woke up after twenty years or more
He found a bird's nest in his beard and shouted out
Oh, Lor'!" Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken, l
ay a little egg for me Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken
I want one for my tea
Oh, I haven't had an egg since Easter
and now it's half past three
So, chick, chick, chick, chicken
lay a little egg for me

12-1. Pack up all my cares and woe, here I go, singing low,
BYE BYE BLACKBIRDWhere somebody waits for me, sugar's 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.

12-2. won't you come home Bill Bailey won't you come home
she moans the whole day long
I’ll do the cooking darling I’ll pay the rent
I knows I’ve done you wrong
member that rainy eve that I drove you out
with nothing but a fine tooth comb
I know I'se to blame
well ain’t that a shame
Bill Bailey won't you please come home.

12-3. MA HE’S MAKING EYES AT ME
ma he's awful nice to me
ma he's almost breaking my heart
I'm beside him
mercy let his conscience guide him
ma he wants to marry me
be my honey bee
every minute he gets bolder
now he's leaning on my shoulder
ma he's kissing me.


12-4. O YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL
you great big beautiful doll
let me put my arms about yo
I could never live without you
O YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL
you great big beautiful doll
if you ever leave me how my heart would ache
I want to hug you but I fear you'd break
o o o O YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL 

12-5. come on and hear, come on and hear
ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND
come on and hear, come on and hear
it's the best band in the land
they can play a bugle call like you never heard before
so natural that you want to go to war
that's just the bestest band what am, honey lamb
come on along, come on along
let me take you by the hand
up to the man, up to the man
who's the leader of the band
and if you care to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime
come on and hear, come on and hear
ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND.

13-1. Wonderful, WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN
friendly old girl of a town
'neath her tavern light
on this merry night
let us clink and drink one down
to wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen
Salty old queen of the sea
Once I sailed away
But I'm home today
Singing Copenhagen, wonderful, wonderful
Copenhagen for me
I sailed up the Skagerrak
And sailed down the Kattegat
Through the harbor and up to the quay
And there she stands waiting for me
With a welcome so warm and so gay
Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen
Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen
Friendly old girl of a town
'Neath her tavern light
On this merry night
Let us clink and drink one down
To wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen
Salty old queen of the sea
Once I sailed away
But I'm home today
Singing Copenhagen, wonderful, wonderful
Copenhagen for me


13-2. Wunderbar, wunderbar!
There's our fav'rite star above.
What a bright, shining star,
Like our love, it's wunderbar!
Gazing down on the Jungfrau
From our secret chalet for two,
Let us drink, Liebchen mein,
In the moonlight benign,
To the joy of our dream come true.
Wunderbar, wunderbar!
What a perfect night for love.
Here am I, here you are,
Why it's truly wunderbar!
Wunderbar, wunderbar!
We're alone and hand in glove,
Not a cloud near or far,
Why, it's more than wunderbar!
Say you care, dear,
For you madly,
Say you long, dear,
For your kiss,
Do you swear, dear?
Darling, gladly,
Life's divine, dear!
And you're mine, dear!
Wunderbar, wunderbar!
There's our fav'rite star above.
What a bright, shining star,
Like our love, it's wunderbar!
Wunderbar, wunderbar! Ah-ah-ah-aha...
What a perfect night for love. Ah-ah-ah-aha...
Here am I, here you are, Ah-ah-ah-aha...
Why it's truly wunderbar! Why it's truly wunderbar!
Wunderbar, wunderbar! La-la-la-la-la...
There's our fav'rite star above. La-dee-la-deh-la-dah...
What a bright, shining star, Bright, shining star,
Like our love, it's wunderbar!

13-3. 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 just a little boy
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich
Here's what she said to me.

13-4. When it's Spring again I'll bring again
TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM
with a heart that's true I'll give to you
TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM
I can't wait until the day you fill
These eager arms of mine
Like the windmill keeps on turning
That's how my heart keeps on yearning
For the day I know we can
Share these tulips from Amsterdam
When it's Spring again I'll bring again
TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM
With a heart that's true I'll give to you
TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM
I can't wait until the day you fill
These eager arms of mine
Like the windmill keeps on turning
That's how my heart keeps on yearning
For the day I know we can
Share these TULIPS FROM AMSTERDAM.

14-1. I wonder why you keep me waiting
CHARMAINE cries in vain
I wonder when blue-birds are mating
will you come back again
I wonder if I keep on praying
will our dreams be the same
I wonder if ever you think of me too
CHARMAINE just waiting for you.


14-2. I’LL BE YOUR SWEETHEART
if you will be mine all my life
I'll be your valentine
blue-bells I've gathered 
keep them and be true
when I'm a man -- my plan  --will be to marry you.

14-3. WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM
I'll have you to remember
WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM
your love will live in my heart
so kiss me my sweet and so let us part and
WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM
 that kiss will live in my heart.

14-4. WHO’S TAKING YOU HOME TONIGHT
after the dance is thru
who's going to hold you tight and whisper I love you
I do who's the lucky boy
that's going your way to kiss you good-night
at your doorway
WHO'S TAKING YOU HOME TONIGHT
darling it's plain to see
I'm pleading, please let it be me.

14-5. YOU NEED HANDS
to hold someone to care
YOU NEED HANDS
to show you are sincere
when you feel nobody wants to know you
YOU NEED HANDS
to brush away the tears
when you hold the brand-new baby
 you'll need tender hands
to guide him on the way
YOU NEED THANKS
to thankful all for living
and for giving us this day.