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.
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