********* Twenty tracks to Charlie Kunz, "Feller that Played the Pianner" CD.

Speranza




1

MISTY ISLANDS
OF THE HIGH LANDS
that’s where this heart of mine forever longs to be
MISTY ISLANDS
OF THE HIGH LANDS
homeland of memories where the heather meets the sea
white crofter’s cabin that beckons from the glen
sweet voice that’s singing
will ye no come back again
MISTY ISLANDS
OF THE HIGH LANDS
that’s where this heart of mine forever longs to be.

2

RED SAILS IN THE SUN SET
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 & he goes sailing no more

3

here I am alone now that love has flown and it breaks my heart to see ev’ry night two
SHADOWS IN THE MOON LIGHT
& once they belonged to me arm in arm they go friends I used to know wond’ring if it’s thought of me, ev’ry night those
SHADOWS IN THE MOON LIGHT
bring to me a memory now let me tell you how it really happened I had two friends and parted a while ago they let me down & left me broken hearted one was my pal one was my gal yet I must confess I wish them happiness tho’ it brings me tears to see ev’ry night those
SHADOWS IN THE MOON LIGHT
that once belonged to me.

4

THE ARMY FELL FOR LITTLE ISOBEL a pale old sop the private sand the officers as well And discipline went to  And the troops were on the march How they liked to Yell O let me like a  soldier fight For little Isobel. Isobel she used to dwell a hundred years ago she had such commanding with a favourite with those military men Old soldiers never die never die never die Old soldiers never die, they merely fade away.
5-1

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 lord help me if my baby don't come through I've got a great big amount saved up in my love account Honey & 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.

5-2

there may be trouble ahead
but while there’s 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 & then there may be teardrops to shed so while there's moonlight & music & love & romance LET’S FACE THE MUSIC & DANCE

5-3

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.

6

I BREATHE ON WINDOWS
for I like to & keep writing yoru name I chalk on pavement and the words when we are far apart is my favourite game on bathroom mirrors that I hold you see  the words “I love you, darling” so you see  I BREATHE ON WINDOWS & while I the breath to start I keep doing the same I’ll keep writing your name.


7

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 & 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 heav’nly the way you follow me you seem to know my mood you know how to chime in when I’M IN A DANCING MOOD

8

I’M PUTTIN’ ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET
I'm bettin’ ev'rything I've got on you I'm giving all my love to one baby lord help me if my baby don't come thru I've got a great big amount saved up in my love account honey & I've decided love divided in two won't do so I’M PUTTIN’ ALL MY EGGS IN ONE BASKET I'm bettin’ ev’rything I've got on you.

9

there may be trouble ahead
but while there's moon light & 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 will be without the moon humming a different tune there may be tear drops to shed so while there’s moon light & love & romance LET’S FACE THE MUSIC & DANCE.


10

LIFE BEGINS WHEN YOU’RE IN LOVE
you have the world before you when you count the on the only one to love and adore you it’s when you learn to sigh a hymn to love a to cry a big LIFE BEGINS when Cupid wins & you’re in love


11

LOVE IS A DANCING THING
gay as the  I’m in the hayday
LOVE IS A DANCING THING keep dancing my heart life away when this trancing hing Came like a springtime I heard a the sing song LOVE IS A DANCING THING romancing my life away

12-1 ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE


12-2

THE NIGHT IS YOUNG
& YOU’RE SO BEAUTIFUL
here among the shadows beautiful lady open you heart the scene is set the breezes sing of it can't you get into the swing of it lady when do we start when the lady is kissable & the evenin’ is cool any dream is permissible in the heart of a fool the moon is high & you're so glamorous &  if I seem overamorous lady what can I do
THE NIGHT IS YOUNG & I'm in love with you


12-3

BOO HOO
you've got me crying for yoo
& as I sit here & sigh say I I can't believe it’s troo
BOO HOO I'll tell my mama on yoo the little game that you played has made her baby o so bloo you left me in the lurch you left me waitin’ at the church
BOO HOO that's why I'm cryin’ for yoo some day you'll feel like I do  & yoo-ll be
BOO HOO hooin' too


13-1

EMPTY SADDLES
in the old corral
where do ya ride tonite
are ya roundin' up the dogies
the strays of long ago are ya on the trail of buffalo
EMPTY SADDLES
in the old corral, where do ya ride tonite are there rustlers on the border or a band of navajo are ya headin' for the alamo empty guns covered with rust where do ya talk tonight
empty boots covered with dust
where do ya walk tonite
EMPTY SADDLES
in the old corral
my tears would be dried tonite
if you’ll only say I'm lonely as ya carry my old pal
EMPTY SADDLES
 in the old corral


13-2

I'm free as a wondering breeze I'm free to wander any place I please
& yet
I CAN’T ESCAPE FROM YOU
I'm free as the birds in the trees
I'm even free to sail the seven seas
 & yet
I CAN’T ESCAPE FROM YOU
I could ride away &  hide away  where we were miles apart  but when I got there I'd find you there  right in my heart & so you see that I'm really not free  I'm so afraid you might escape from me 
& yet
I CAN’T ESCAPE FROM YOU

13-3

I’M AN OLD COWHAND FROM THE RIO GRANDE
but my legs ain't bowed & my cheeks ain't tanned I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow never roped a steer cause I don't know how sure ain't a fixing to start in now yippie yi yo kayah

14-1

A FINE ROMANCE
with no kisses 
A FINE ROMANCE my friend this is  we two should be like clams in a dish of chowder  but we just fizz like parts of a seidlitz powder 
A FINE ROMANCE with no glinches
A FINE ROMANCE with no pinches  you’re just as hard to land as the Ile de France  I haven't got a chance  this is a fine romance 

14-2

tho’ I'm left without a pennyThe wolf was discreet, he left me my feet & so, I put them down on anything But the la belle, la perfectly swell romance
NEVER GONNA DANCE
never gonna danceOnly gonna love Never gonna dance Have I a heart that acts like a heart Or is it a crazy drumBeating the weird tattoosOf the St. Louis Blues?
Have I two eyes to see your two eyesOr see myself on my toesDancing to radiosOr Major Edward Bowes? Though, I'm left without a pennyThe wolf was discreet, he left me my feetAnd so, I put them down on anythingBut the la belle, la perfectly swell romance
Never gonna dance Never gonna danceOnly gonna loveNever gonna dance I'll put my shoes on beautiful trees I'll give my rhythm back to the breeze My dinner clothes may dine where they pleaseFor all I really want is you
And to Groucho Marx, I give my cravatTo Harpo goes my shiny silk hatAnd to heaven, I give a vowTo adore you, I'm starting nowTo be much more positive that Though, I'm left without my pennyThe wolf was not smart, he left me my heartAnd so, I cannot go for anythingBut the la belle, la perfectly swell romance
Never gonna danceNever gonna danceOnly gonna love youNever gonna dance

14-3

at  any gambling casino
from Monte Carlo to Reno
they tell you that a beginner
comes out a winner beginner fishing for flounder will catch a seventeen pounder that's what I've always heard & always thought absurd but now I believe every word for I've got beginner's luck; The first time I'm in love I'm in love with you gosh I'm lucky I've got beginner's luck there never was such a smile Or such eyes of blue gosh I'm fortunate this thing we've begun is much more than a pastime for this time is the one Where the first time is the last time! I've got beginner's luck lucky through and through for the first time that I'm in love, I'm in love with you! I've got beginner's luck; The first time I'm in love I'm in love with you, Gosh I'm lucky I've got beginner's luck They told me beginners win, Now I know it's true gosh I'm fortunate this thing we've begun Is much more than a pastime for this time is the one where the first time is the last time I've got beginner's luck Lucky through and through, For the first time that I'm in love I'm in love with you

14-4

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 TONITE
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 ‘cos I love you just
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONITE


14-5

nothing's impossible, I've found for when my chin is on the ground, I pick myself up, dust myself off, start all over again don't lose your confidence if you slip be grateful for a pleasant trip &
PICK YOURSELF UP
dust off, start over again work like a soul inspired until the battle of the day is won you may be sick & tired, but you be a man, my son wll you remember the famous men who have to fall to rise again so take a deep breath, pick yourself up dust yourself off start all over again

14-6 ask anyone up Harlem way who that guy Bojangles is they may not know who's president but ask 'em who Bojangles is
he's in the most entrancin' businessIt's what they call the dancin' business when there's a beat up on the street brother you go and bet all your doughSister, you know that ain't no one but Bo Oh!
BOJANGLES OF HARLEM
you dance such hot stuffYoung folks love you in Harlem, they say you've got stuffTough guys rumba out of poolroomsAnd kids start truckin' out of schoolrooms
Oh! Bojangles of Harlem, the whole town's at your heels Leaving their flats, missing their mealsRunning like rats, going astrayThrow those long legs away
15
he doesn’t like no mention he’s the position musician
THE FELLER THAT PLAYED THE PIANNER who stolen he had such manner with his tan he played Rachmaninoff he sat down pickles with ease tickled her fancy my beautiful kisser he away the feller that played the pianner.

16-1 heaven I’m in heaven & 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 & 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 amuch  as dancing CHEEK TO CHEEK dance with me I want my arm about you that charm about you will carry me thru to…

16-2

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
16-3
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  & 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
16-4

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 & o what a break for me I can see the sun up high  tho' we're caught in the storm I can see where you & I could be cozy & 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

17 A STAR FELL OUT OF HEAVEN  right into my arms  
A STAR FELL OUT OF HEAVEN  right into my dreams   &  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   &  dew rained down from heaven  to christen the day  a miracle had happened as they sometimes do   A STAR FELL OUT OF HEAVEN  & turned out to be you 

18

DID YOUR MOTHER COME FROM IRELAND 
cos’ there's something in you Irish will you tell me where you get those Irish eyes &  before she left Killarney did your mother kiss the Blarney cos’ your little touch of brogue you can't disguise o I wouldn't be romancin’  I can almost see you dancin’  where the Kerry pipers play sure & maybe we’ll be sharin’ in the sham-rock you’ll be wearin’ on the next St Patrick's day DID YOUR MOTHER  COME FROM IRELAND  cos' there's something in you Irish  & that bit of Irish steals my heart away

19-1  LIFE IS EMPTY WITHOUT LOVE
19-2. MAN OF MY DREAMS

19-3. SKY HIGH HONEYMOON

20-1
I NEARLY LET LOVE  GO SLIPPIN’ THRU MY FINGERS 
o yes I did I know I did  my happiness too  was slippin’ thru my fingers like golden sand right thru my hand  but I woke in time  & I saved my prize yet tho’ love is mine  I tremble when I realise  I NEARLY LET LOVE  GO SLIPPIN’ THRU MY FINGERS   o yes I did  foolishly  for without love  where in this world would I be

20-2

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 & melodies of love within me surgeagain 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 & 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 & be just like a vine that has to cling again so if I wax poetic be a little sympathetic for IT’S LOVE AGAIN

20.3. Tony’s in town.