----- * * * * CLAP HANDS, HERE COMES CHARLIE -- KUNZ -- 20 tracks -----

Speranza




1. Clap hands, here comes Charlie

Clap hands, here comes Charlie

Clap hands, here comes Charlie now.

 

2.1. SOME OF THESE DAYS
you're gonna 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, baby when you go away
I'll feel so lonely
just for you only
'cause you know, honey
you've had your way
so when you leave me
you know it's gonna grieve me
you'll miss your sweet fat mama
SOME OF THE DAYS.

2.2. WITH A SONG IN MY HEART
I behold your adorable face
just a song at the start
but it soon is a hymn to your grace
when the music swells
I'm touching your hand
it tells that your're standing near -- and
at the sound of your voice
heaven opens its portals to me
can I help but rejoice
that a song such as ours came to be
but I always knew
that I could live life thru
WITH A SONG IN MY HEART
 for you.

2.3. NIGHT and DAY
you are the one
only you beneath the moon and under the sun
whether near to me or far
it's no matter, darling, where you are
I think of you NIGHT and DAY
day and night why is it so
that this longing for you follows wherever I go
in the roaring traffic's boom
in the silence of my lonely room
I think of you NIGHT and DAY
NIGHT and DAY under the hide of me
there's a oh such hungry yearning
burning inside of me
and its torment won't be thru '
til you let me spend my life
making love to you
day and night NIGHT and DAY

3. the dew is hanging diamonds on the clover
the moon is list'n'ing to the nightingale
and while we're lost in dreams
the world around us seems
like a LOU'SIANA FAIRY TALE .
the breeze is softly singing thru the willows
as hand in hand we stroll along the trail
and love is at its height
enchanting us tonight
like a Lou'SIANA FAIRY TALE
is it real this fascination
are my arms holding you fast
are we here on a plantation
or can this be heaven at last
keep dreaming with your head upon my shoulder
and don't awake until the stars grow pale.
the world is at our feet, the picture is complete
like a Lou'siana FAIRY TALE 

4.1. 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

4.2. I'VE GOT A FEELIN'
YOU'RE FOOLIN'
I've got a feelin' y
ou're havin' fun
I'll get a go by
when you are done
foolin' with me.
I've got a feelin'
you're foolin'
I've got a notion
it's make believe
I think you're laughin'
right up your sleeve
foolin' with me
life is worth living
while you are giving
moments of paradise
you're such a stand out
but how you hand out
the hocus pocus
from your eyes
I've got a feelin'
you're foolin'
I've got a feelin'
it's all a frame
it's just the well-known
old army game
foolin' with you.

4.3. I'm not much to look at, nothin' to see
Just glad I'm livin' and happy to be
I got a woman, crazy for me
 SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY
I can't save a dollar, ain't worth a cent
she'd never holler, she'd live in a tent
I got a woman, crazy for me
SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY.
Tho' she'd love to work and slave for me every day
she'd be so much better off if I went away
but why should I leave her, why should I go?
She'd be unhappy without me, I know
I got a woman, crazy for me
SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY
when I hurt her feelin's once in a while
Her only answer is one little smile
I got a woman, crazy for me
SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY

4.4. YOU ARE MY LUCKY STAR (reprise).

5. 1. I sailed away to Treasure Island
and my heart stood still
when I landed on the silvery shore
we met that day ON TREASURE ISLAND
and the smile you gave
was the treasure I’d been craving for
then came those moments of bliss
in the shade of the sheltering palms
I still remember your kiss
as you nestled within my arms
I looked for gold ON TREASURE ISLAND
and I found that gold
when you gave your golden love to me.

5.2. THANKS A MILLION 
a million thanks to you
for everything that love could bring you brought me
each tender love-word you happened to say
is hidden away
in memory's bouquet
THANKS A MILLION
for I remember too
the tenderness that your caresses taught me
you made a million dreams come true
and so I'm saying THANKS A MILLION
-- to you

5.3.  I blow thru here
THE MUSIC GOES ‘ROUND and AROUND

whoa ho ho ho ho ho 
and it comes out here
I push the first valve down

the music goes down and around

whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho

and it comes out here I
 push the middle valve down

the music goes down around below
below, below, deedle-dee-ho-ho-ho
listen to the jazz come out
I push the other valve down
the music goes 'round and around
whoa-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho
and it comes out here.

5.4. SOME OTHER TIME I could resist you, yes,
SOME OTHER TIME not now
there is no rhyme, now that I've kissed you,
with all that is me, I thee endow
imagine me thinking you could never phase me
the tricks my imagination plays me
you smile and this heart of mine betrays me
you know it's so,
let's take a vow,
true love forever,
not SOME OTHER TIME -- but now.

5.5. A LITTLE BIT INDEPENDENT in your walk

A LITTLE BIT INDEPENDENT in your talk

there's nothing like you in Paris or New York

you're awfully easy on the eyes

A LITTLE BIT INDEPENDENT when we dance

A LITTLE BIT INDEPENDENT toward romance

a bit of sophistication in your glance

and yet you're easy on the eyes
whenever I'm with you alone
you weave a magic spell

and  tho’ it be a danger zone
I only know that you're swell
A LITTLE BIT INDEPENDENT with your smile
A LITTLE BIT INDEPENDENT in your style
but how can I help but love you all the while
when you're so easy on the eyes.

5. 6. GOOD NIGHT, SWEETHEART
till we meet tomorrow
GOOD NIGHT SWEETHEART
sleep will banish sorrow
tears and parting may make us forlorn
but with the dawn
a new day is born
so I'll say
GOOD NIGHT SWEETHEART
tho' I'm not beside you
GOOD NIGHT SWEETHEART
still my love will guide you
dreams enfold you
in each one I'll hold you
GOOD NIGHT SWEETHEART -- good night.

6. 1. SHE SHALL HAVE MUSIC
wherever she goes
with plenty of rhythm
to tickle her toes
wherever she goes
SHE SHALL HAVE MUSIC 
she shall have songbirds
to sing her to sleep
with plenty of dream birds
to count up her sheep
awake or asleep
SHE SHALL HAVE MUSIC
and while she's dreaming
I'll write a dream song
and I'll be hoping that 
it will be our theme song
she shall have church bells
to ring out in rhyme
so we can go marching
in honeymoon time
SHE SHALL HAVE MUSIC 
wherever she goes

6.2. ALONE AT A TABLE FOR TWO
alone in our own rendezvous
the music is playing
your favourite request
but I hear a blue note
the band must have guessed -- why I'm
ALONE AT A TABLE FOR TWO
pretending I am waiting for you
and even the flowers at your place have withered
they know that we're thru -- I'm
ALONE AT A TABLE FOR TWO

6-3. PINK ELEPHANTS on the table.
PINK ELEPHANTS on the chair.
PINK ELEPHANTS on the ceiling.
PINK ELEPHANTS everywhere. now I’m thru making whoopee
I raised my hand and swore
that I never intend to see those
PINK ELEPHANTS any more.

7. RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET
way out on the sea
o 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 he goes sailing no more

8.1. YOUR HEART AND MINE
they belong together
just like the weather and skies are blue
YOUR HEART AND MINE
told us at their meeting
by their very beating
how well they knew
and tho' a thousand oceans divide us
a thousand centuries
if you should need me
my heart would lead me to you
the oldest stars in the sky
may have been some true hearts
but won't find true hearts like
YOUR HEART AND MINE.

8.2. THE SCENE CHANGES
I’m in a park in Paris
but it’s so dark in Paris
because I’m away from you
THE SCENE CHANGES
I’m in a lane in London
but there is rain in London
because I’m away from you
I’ve been a fool to run away
to say that I’ve done away with love
altho' the earth should swallow me
your face would follow me forever
THE SCENE CHANGES 
my ship at last is home bound
I’ll travel fast for I’ve found
I’ll always belong to you.


8. 3. SUPPOSING
we were terribly in love
SUPPOSING
that the moon was up above
music in the air
romance ev'rywhere
what should we be dreaming of
sunny honey moon that wedding day
honey's it's an almost sure thing
SUPPOSING
that instead of just
SUPPOSING
we make all our dreams come true.


9.1. heaven I'm in heaven
and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak

and I seem to find the happiness I seek

when we're out together dancing
CHEEK TO CHEEK

heaven, I'm in heaven
and 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
and 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 as much 
as dancing CHEEK TO CHEEK

dance with me I want my arm about you
that charm about you
will carry me thru to…

9.2. by the Adriatic waters
Venetian sons and daughters
are strumming a new tune
upon their guitars.
it was written by a Latin,
a gondolier who sat in
his home out in Brooklyn and gazed at the stars.
he sent his melody
across the sea
to Italy,
and we know
they wrote some words to fit
that catchy bit
and christened it THE "PICCOLINO"
and we know that it's the reason
why ev'ryone this season
is strumming and humming a new melody.

9.3. I'm puttin' on my TOP HAT
tyin' up my WHITE TIE
brushin' off my TAILS
I'm dudein' up my shirt front
puttin' in the shirt studs
polishin' my nails
I'm steppin' out, my dear
to breathe an atmosphere
that simply reeks with class
and I trust
that you'll excuse my dust
when I step on the gas
for I'll be there
puttin' down my TOP HAT
mussin' up my WHITE TIE
dancin' in my TAILS.


9-4

ISN’T THIS A LOVELY DAY?

To be caught in the rain?

You were going on your way
Now you've got to remain

Just as you were going, leaving me all at sea
The clouds broke, they broke and oh!
What a break for me

I can see the sun up high
Tho' we're caught in the storm
I can see where you and i
Could be cozy and warm

Let the rain pitter patter
But it really doesn't matter
If the skies are gray
Long as I can be with you it's a lovely day

10.1. NO REGRETS
altho' our love affair has gone astray
NO REGRETS
I know I'll always care
tho' you're away
so now our happy romance
ended suddenly
still in my heart
you'll be forever mine
NO REGRETS
because somebody new
looks good to you
NO REGRETS
sweetheart no matter
what you say or do
I know our love will linger
when the other love forgets
so I say goodbye with
NO REGRETS.


10.2. WHEN THE POPPIES BLOOM AGAIN
I'll remember you
there beside the River Seine
where we kissed adieu
when you told me not to cry
held me tenderly
but that kiss was our goodbye
you are gone from me
my lonely footsteps stray
where you must ever stay
I place a sweet bouquet
my token of love
darling till we meet again I'll be ever true
WHEN THE POPPIES BLOOM AGAIN
I'll remember you.

10.3. THIS'LL MAKE YOU WHISTLE
bound to make you whistle
sweetie little jingle
that gives you a tingle
is bound to make you whistle
all the time
this'll make you happy
really make you happy
it'll make you mingle
and wish you were single
and make to want to sing a little rhyme
it will put an end to your labour
it'll turn Dcember to June
it'll make a friend of your neighbour
even if you don't know how to carry a tune
THIS'LL MAKE YOU WHISTLE
start you off on Monday
and right to the Sunday
it's bound to make you whistle all the time.

10.4. A STAR FELL OUT OF HEAVEN
 right into my arms
A STAR FELL OUT OF HEAVEN
right into my dreams
And since that very moment
life is so divine
I never heard a star speak before
this one said, will you be mine,
then roses fell from heaven
to be my bouquet
and dew rained down from heaven
to christen the day 
a miracle had happened
as they sometimes do 
A STAR FELL OUT OF HEAVEN 
and turned out to be you.

10.5. SERENADE IN THE NIGHT
'neath a fair lady's window
just the same serenade
that I tenderly played
on a night long ago
there were stars in the sky
and I sang 'neath the roses
but she gave not a sigh
that she'd ever be mine
and my love story closes
o why
must the south wind be brining it
o why
must my heart keep on singing it
SERENADE IN THE NIGHT 
from the past comes to haunt me
when I hear that refrain
o my heart aches again
for the lost love of mine.

10.6. A FINE ROMANCE
with no kisses.
A FINE ROMANCE
my friend, this is.
we should be like a couple of hot tomatoes.
but you're as cold as yesterday's mashed potatoes.
A FINE ROMANCE
you won't nestle
A FINE ROMANCE
you won't wrestle.
I've never mussed a crease in your blue serge pants.
I never had the chance.
This is
A FINE ROMANCE.


11.  A STAR FELL OUT OF HEAVEN right into my arms
A STAR FELL OUT OF HEAVEN  right into my dreams
and since that very moment life is so divine
I never heard a star speak before
this one said will you be mine
then roses fell from heaven to be your bouquet
and dew rained down from heaven to christen the day
a miracle had happened, as they sometimes do
A STAR FELL OUT OF HEAVEN and turned out to be you
there was I, all alone, gazing at a friendless sky
how could I help but sigh, romance had passed me by
there was I, all alone, my heart was sadly neglected
then love came along so unexpectedly, for me

12. 1. I'M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET
I'm betting ev'rything I've got on you
I'm giving all my love to one baby
Heaven help me if my baby don't come through
I've got a great big amount
Saved up in my love account
Honey and I've decided Love divided In two Won't do so
I'M PUTTING ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET
I'm betting everything I've got on you

12. 2. there may be trouble ahead
but while there's moon light and music and love and romance
LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE
before the fiddlers have fled
before they ask us to pay the bill
and while we still
have the chance
LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE
soon
we'll be without the moon
humming a diff'rent tune -- and then
there may be tear drops to shed
so while there's moon light and music and love and romance
LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE

12.3. if I could be
the wealthy owner of a large industry
I would say:
--- NOT FOR ME
I'D RATHER LEAD A BAND
if I could be a politician
with a chance to dictate
I would say:
--- LET IT WAIT
I'D RATHER LEAD A BAND.
my ev'ry care ceases I'm rich as old Croesus
when I've got ten pieces -- in hand
if I could have a millionairess
with a whole flock of banks
I would just whisper THANKS
I'D RATHER LEAD A BAND.


13.1. THERE'S A SMALL HOTEL
with a wishing well
I wish that we were there
together
there's a bridal suite
one room bright and neat
complete for us
to share
together
looking through the window
you can see a distant steeple
not a sign of people
who wants people
when the steeple bell says
good night, sleep well
we'll thank the small hotel
together


13.2. 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 darling 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
and 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 tho't of you
makes me stop
before I begin 'cos
I'VE GOT YOU
UNDER MY SKIN.


13.3. I sing when I'm talkin'
I dance when I'm walkin'
and oh, how lovely it feels
just to be
to be
to be
HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE
can't sleep a wink
and I can't even think
and I miss about half of my meals
'cosI fell I fell I fell
HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE
ev'ry night I'm the mooniest one
the Juniest one 
the looniest one
love made me the crooniest one
spring has sprung
o tra la la
my heart is a-flutter
I stammer and stutter
I s-s-suppose it reveals
that I am
I am
I am
high in the heavens above
HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE.

13.4. every time it rains it rains
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
don't you know 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 need the showers
so when you hear it thunder
don't run under a tree
there'll be PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
for you and me

13.5. WHO LOVES YOU
ask yourself the question
WHO LOVES YOU, sweetheart
And tel me who thinks of you
A million times a day
And who's blue and lonely, honey
When you're away
Say, who needs you
Needs you every minute
Who fell for you from the start
Oh who just longs for your caresses
You don't have to take three guesses
WHO LOVES YOU, sweetheart.


13.5. trade them for a package of
sunshine and flowers
if you want the things you love
you need the showers
so when you hear it thunder
don't run under a tree
there'll be PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
for you and me.

14. 1.  I NEARLY LET LOVE GO SLIPPING THRU MY FINGERS
oh yes, I did
I know I did
my happiness too was slipping thru my fingers
like golden sand
right thru my hand
but I woke in time
and I saved my prize
yet tho' love is mine
I tremble when I realise
I NEARLY LET LOVE GO SLIPPING THRU MY FINGERS
Oh, yes I did,
foolishly
for without love, where in this world would I be.


14.2. (vocal by Vera Lynn)
IT'S LOVE -- AGAIN
IT'S LOVE -- again
I'll shout it from the house tops up above -- again
that state of sweet inanity
that borders on insanity
IT'S LOVE -- AGAIN
I feel the urge -- again
to merge -- again
and melodies of love within me surge -- again
so if I choose to rest my chin
with passion
on a violin
IT'S LOVE -- AGAIN
love is the thing
that makes a bull and heifer
feel just like an airy zephyr -- breeze
love is an effervescent drink
that makes a Cockney coster
think he's Viennese
it feels like spring -- again
I'll sing -- again
and be just like a vine that has to cling -- again
so if I wax poetic
be a little sympathetic -- for
IT'S LOVE -- AGAIN.


14.3. Tony's in town again.

15.1. I saw the
HARBOUR LIGHTS
they only told me we were parting
the same ole
HARBOUR LIGHTS
that once brought you to me
I watched the
HARBOUR LIGHTS
how could I help if tears were starting
goodbye to tender nights beside the silv'ry sea
I long to hold you near
and kiss you just once more
but you were on the ship
and I was on the shore
now I know lonely nights
for all the while my heart is whisp'ring
some other
HARBOUR LIGHTS
will steal your love from me.



15.2 .o THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR
that wants me to beware -- tonight
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR
o there's music in the breeze
I never saw the stars so bright
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR
tho' I find there's danger in your eyes
that's real as you
I've been blind but now I realize
what love can do
o I feel it everywhere
so whisper you'll be mine tonight
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE AIR

15.3. MAY I HAVE THE NEXT ROMANCE -- WITH YOU
do I stand half a chance -- with you
what is my fate, I await your answer
so tell me: what will it be
MAY I HAVE THE NEXT ROMANCE -- WITH YOU
take my heart and let it dance -- with you
and let it ecstasy
every bit of flours
darling just to be
faithfully yours.

16. I'M IN A DANCING MOOD
a gay romancing mood
whenever I'm with you
the music -- seems brighter
my troubles are lighter too
when I'm with you
I'm in a merry mood
a light and airy mood
whenever you -- are near
I feel like -- a feather
when we dance together, dear
so let me hear
I want to hear '
a rhythm that has a trick in it
hot music
that's got a kick in it
it's really heavenly
the way you follow me
you seem to know my mood
you know how
to chime in -- when
I'M IN A DANCING MOOD.


17.1 . Love walked right in
and drove the shadows away
love walked right in,
and brought my sunniest day
one magic moment
and my heart seemed to know
that love said hello
tho' not a word was spoken
one look and I forgot the gloom of the past
one look and I had found my future at last
one look and I had found a world completely new
when LOVE WALKED IN -- with you.

17.2. There's
SO LITTLE TIME
and so much to do
There's
SO LITTLE TIME
for dreams to come true
Many a ship to sail
 many a magic land
Many a moonlit trail
many a road to walk hand in hand
tthere's songs of love we never have sung
 let's not waste one hour, the night is still young
 mama, a lifetime's not enough for the love I have for you
There's SO LITTLE TIME, so much to do    


17. 3. fall in love, fall in love
SAYS MY HEART
it's romance, take a chance
SAYS MY HEART
but each time that I'm almost in your arms
this old-school teacher brain of mine
keeps ringing in false alarms
then my head
rolls instead
and I'm wise
to the scheme
of that gleam
in your eyes
so I kiss and run
but the moment we're apart
o you fool, that was love
SAYS MY HEART.

17.4 SUNDAY IN THE PARK

17.5. o, the moon always shines
on MY HEAVEN IN THE PINES
when the day is over
I trust to the clover to hold
rambling roses entwines
round my heaven in the pines
and to lit by the window sill I'll never
whenever lost my way
you'll find an open door
it's not far from the high way
there's always room for one more
oh the moon always shines
on MY HEAVEN IN THE PINES
and there's there's wonderful room
in my heart.


17.6.  GOODNIGHT ANGEL
thanks for another evening in heaven
just one more kiss
to end this perfect day
before you spread your wings
and fly away
GOODNIGHT ANGEL
until we meet again
here in heaven
and may your dreams
be just as sweet as you are
GOODNIGHT ANGEL goodnight



18.1. LIFE IS EMPTY WITHOUT LOVE

18.2. where will I find the
MAN OF MY DREAMS
The man on myh mind
Where is he
I wish that I knew
Why should he hide
Will somebody guide
to me and make him come true
There’s a million lovers
While I’m alone
When will I discover
A lover of my
I fall the moon
I must have
And find him, the
MAN OF MY DREAMS



18.3.

lap Your wing

it's a Spoon

Love just when I

on a SKY HIGH HONEYMOON

When up there,

In the air

We will find the weather always good

Tune

For a sky-high honeymoon

We’ll hang the star

we'll hit the stars

O pals

Honeymoon time

All aboard

We’ll get the angels  

Lullaby very soon.

On a skyhigh honeymoon.

19.1. FOOLS RUSH IN
where angels fear to tread
and so I come to you my love
my heart above my head
tho' I see the danger there
if there's a chance for me
 then I don't care
FOOLS RUSH IN
where wise men never go
but wise men never fall in love
so how are they to know
when we met I felt my life begin
so open up your heart
and let this fool rush in.

19.2 . I CAN’T LOVE YOU ANY MORE
any more than I do
for if I loved you any more
I would have to be two
I love you with my heart
I love you with my mind
I love you, love you, love you
all there is I find
so I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANY MORE
any more than I do

19.3.

MAKE BELIEVE ISLAND is waiting just for you,
Beautiful island beyond the blue.
Make Believe Island is waiting 'round the bend,
Magical island of lush detail.
In fair tropical splendor
Love will find you and then
To it fondly surrender
Whispering "kiss me again".
Wonderful island where broken dreams come true.
Make Believe Island beyond the blue.


19.4. FOOLS RUSH IN (reprise).

 20. Boa Noite (Good Night)