The World is Alive with the Sound of Music
“Where have all the 'writers' gone ... long time passing,
Where have all the 'writers' gone ... long time ago."
(paraphrasing ... Peter, Paul, and Mary)
Songs "G" Through "I"
GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY
(Words and music by George M. Cohan)
Give my regards to Broadway,
Remember me to Herald Square,
Tell all the gang at Forty-Second Street,
That I will soon be there. Whisper of how I'm yearning,
To mingle with the old time throng,
Give my regards to old Broadway,
And say that I'll be there e'er long.
G-D BLESS AMERICA
(Irving Berlin) ... originally recorded in 1938 by Kate Smith.
God bless America, land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her,
Through the night with the light from above. From the mountains to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America, my home sweet home. From the mountains to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless America, my home sweet home,
God bless America, my home sweet home.
GOLDEN EARRINGS
(Victor Young and Jay Livingston & Ray Evans) ... from "Golden Earrings"
There's a story the gypsies know is true,
That when your love wears golden earrings,
She (he) belongs to you. An old love story that's known to very few,
But if you wear those golden earrings,
Love will come to you. By the burning fire, they will glow with every coal,
You will hear desire whisper low inside your soul. So be my gypsy, make love your guiding light,
And let that pair of golden earrings,
Cast their spell tonight.
GOOD NIGHT IRENE
(Pete Seeger and The Weavers) ... was there ever a group as great as they were?
CHORUS:
Irene Goodnight Irene, Irene Goodnight,:
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene, I'll see you in my dreams. Last Saturday night I got married Me and my wife settled down,
Now me and my wife have parted I'll take a little stroll down town
[repeat chorus]. Sometimes I live in the country, Sometimes I lives in town,:
Sometimes I have a great notion, To jump in the river and drown.:
[repeat chorus]. Stop your gamblin', Stop your ramblin' Stop staying out late at night,
Go-oo home to your wife and family And stay by your fireside bright
[repeat chorus]. I asked your mother for you, She told me that you was too young,
I wish dear L-rd never have seen your face, I'm sorry that you ever been born.
[repeat chorus] I loves Irene, G-d knows I do, Loves her till the sea runs dry,
If Irene turns her back on me, I'm gonna take morphine and die.
[repeat chorus hummed].
GUANTANAMERA
(Pete Seeger)
Yo soy un hombre sincero, de donde crece la palma
Yo soy un hombre sincero, de donde crece la palma
Y antes de morir me quiero, echar mis versos de alma Guantanamera, guajira guantanamera
Guantaname--ra, guajira guantaname--ra Mi verso es de un verde claro, y de un carmin encendido
Mi verso es de un verde claro, y de un carmin encendido
Mi verso es un ciervo herido, que busca en el monte amparo
+Refrain Con los pobres de la tierra, quiero yo mi suerte echar
Con los pobres de la tierra, quiero yo mi suerte echar
El arroyo de la sierra me complace mas que el mar
+ Refrain
HELLO DOLLY
(Jerry Herman) ... from "Hello Dolly"
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. We feel the 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,
Dolly'll never go away,
Dolly'll never go away again. 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. We feel the room swayin',
While the band's playin',
One of your old favourite songs from way back when. Golly, gee, fellas,
Find her a vacant knee, fellas,
Dolly'll never go away,
Dolly'll never go away,
Dolly'll never go away again.
HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN
(Irving Berlin)
How much do I love you,
I'll tell you no lie,
How deep is the ocean,
How high is the sky. How many times a day, do I think of you,
How many roses, are sprinkled with dew. How far would I travel,
To be where you are,
How far is the journey,
From here to a star. And if I ever lost you,
How much would I cry,
How deep is the ocean,
How high is the sky.
HELLO YOUNG LOVERS
(Rodgers and Hammerstein) ... from the Broadway musical "The King and I"
Hello young lovers who ever you are,
I hope your troubles are few,
All my good wishes go with you tonight,
I've been in love like you. Be brave young lovers and follow your star,
Be brave and faithful and true,
Cling very close to each other tonight,
I've been in love like you. I know how it feels to have wings on your heels,
And fly down the street in a trance,
You fly down a street on a chance that you'll meet,
And you meet not really by chance. Don't cry young lovers what ever you do,
Don't cry because I'm alone. All of my memories are happy tonight,
I've had a love of my own. I've had a love of my own like yours,
I've had a love of my own.
HOW ARE THINGS IN GLOCCA MORRA
(Burton Lane and E.Y. Harburg) ... from "Finian's Rainbow"
I hear a bird, Londonderry bird,
It well may be he's bringing me a cheering word,
I hear a breeze, a River Shanon breeze,
It well may be it's followed me across the seas. Then tell me please: How are things in Glocca Morra,
Is that little brook still leaping there,
Does it still run down to Donny cove,
Through Killybegs, Kilkerry and Kildare. How are things in Glocca Mora,
Is that willow tree still weeping there,
Does that lassie with the twinklin' eye,
Come smilin' by and does she walk away. Sad and dreamy there not to see me there,
So I ask each weepin' willow and each brook along the way,
And each lass that comes a-sighin" Too ra lay,
How are things in Glocca Morra this fine day.
HOW HIGH THE MOON
(Morgan Lewis and Nancy Hamilton)
Some where there's music,
How faint the tune,
Some where there's heaven,
How high the moon. There is no moon above,
When love is far away too,
'Til it comes true,
That you love me as I love you. Some where there's music,
It's where you are,
Some where there's heaven,
How near, how far. The darkest night would shine,
If you would come to me soon,
Until you will, how still my heart,
How high the moon.
I BELIEVE
(Ervin Drake, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman, and Irvin Graham)
I believe for every drop of rain that falls a flower grows,
I believe that somewhere in the darkest night a candle glows,
I believe for everyone who goes astray someone will come to show the way,
I believe, I believe. I believe above the storm the smallest prayer will still be heard,
I believe that someone in the great somewhere hears every word,
Every time I hear a newborn baby cry or touch a leaf or see the sky,
Then I know why I believe. Every time I hear a newborn baby cry or touch a leaf or see the sky,
Then I know why I believe.
I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT
(Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe)
from the Broadway musical "My Fair Lady"
I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night,
And still have danced some more,
I could have spread my wings, and done a thousand things,
I've never done before. I'll never know what made it so exciting,
But all at once my heart took flight,
I only know that she, began to dance with me,
I could have danced, danced, danced, all night.
I DON’T KNOW WHY
(F. E. Alhert)
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. I don't know why I love you like I do,
I don't know why. I just do.
IF EVER I WOULD LEAVE YOU
(Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick) ... from "Camelot"
If ever I would leave you,
It wouldn't be in summer,
Seeing you in summer, I never could go. Your hair streaked with sunlight,
Your lips red as flame,
Your face with a luster,
That puts gold to shame. But if I'd ever leave you,
It couldn't be in Autumn,
How I'd leave in Autumn,
I never will know. I've seen how you sparkle,
When Fall nips the air,
I know you in Autumn,
And I must be there. And could I leave you running,
Merrily through the snow,
Or on a wintry evening,
When you catch the fire's glow. If ever I would leave you,
How could it be in springtime,
Knowing how in spring,
I'm bewitched by you so. Oh, no, not in springtime,
Summer, Winter or Fall,
No never could I leave you, at all.
IF I HAD A HAMMER
(Peter, Paul & Mary) ... very famous during the 1960’s
If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning,
I'd hammer in the evening, all over this land,
I'd hammer out danger, I'd hammer out a warning,
I'd hammer out love between, my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land. If I had a bell, I'd ring it in the morning,
I'd ring it in the evening, all over this land,
I'd ring out danger, I'd ring out a warning,
I'd ring out love between, my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land. If I had a song, I'd sing it in the morning,
I'd sing it in the evening, all over this land.
I'd sing out danger, I'd sing out a warning,
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land. If I had a hammer, and I had a bell,
And I got a song to sing, all over this land.
It's the hammer of justice, it's the bell of freedom,
It's a song about love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
IF I LOVED YOU
(Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein) ... from the Broadway musical "Carousel" 1945
If I loved you, time and again I would try to say,
All I'd want you to know. If I loved you, words wouldn't come in an easy way,
'Round in circles I'd go. Longin' to tell you but afraid and shy,
I'd let my golden chances pass me by. Soon you'd leave me, off you would go in the mist of day,
Never, never to know,
How I'd love you,
If-I-loved you.
If You Knew Susie
Recorded by Eddie Cantor.
If you knew Susie, like I know Susie,
Oh, Oh, Oh what a gal. There's none so classy as this fair lassie,
Oh, Oh, 'Holy Moses' what a chassis. We went riding, she didn't balk,
Back from Yonkers, I'm the one that had to walk. If you knew Susie like I know Susie,
Oh, Oh what a gal.
I HAVE DREAMED
(Rodgers and Hammerstein) ... from the Broadway musical "The King and I"
(Introduction)
Alone and awake, I've looked at the stars,
The same that smiled on you,
And time and again, I've thought all the things,
That you were thinking too. (Verses)
I have dreamed that your arms are lovely,
I have dreamed what a joy you'll be,
I have dreamed ev'ry word you'll whisper,
When you're close, close to me. How you look in the glow of evening,
I have dreamed and enjoyed the view,
In these dreams I've loved you,
So that by now I think I know,
What it's like to be loved by you.
I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
(Cole Porter) ... from "Anything Goes" ... also recorded by Frank Sinatra.
Verse:
My story is much to sad to be told,
But practically everything leaves me totally cold,
The only exception I know is the case,
When I'm out on a quiet spree, fighting vainly the old ennui,
Then I suddenly turn and see,
Your fabulous face. Chorus:,
I get no kick from champagne,
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all,
So tell me why should it be true,
That I get a kick out of you. Some like the perfume from Spain,
I'm sure that if I took even one sniff,
It would bore me terrifically too,
But I get a kick out of you. I get a kick every time I see you standing there before me ,
I get a kick though it's clear to see, you obviously do not adore me. I get no kick in a plane,
Flying too high with some gal in the sky,
Is my idea of nothing to do,
But I get a kick out of you.
I'LL BE SEEING YOU
(Irving Kahal and Sammy Fain) ... recorded by the Ink Spots, then by Bing Crosby.
I'll be seeing you,
In all the old, familiar places,
That this heart of mine embraces,
All day through. In that small cafe,
The park across the way,
The children's carousel,
The chestnut tree,
The wishing well. I'll be seeing you,
In every lovely, summer's day,
And everything that's bright and gay,
I'll always think of you that way,
I'll find you in the morning sun,
And when the night is new,
I'll be looking at the moon,
But I'll be seeing you.
I LOVE PARIS
(Cole Porter)
I love Paris in the spring time,
I love Paris in the fall,
I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles,
I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles. I love Paris every moment,
Every moment of the year,
I love Paris, why oh why do I love Paris,
Because my love is here.
I’M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS
(Harry Carroll and Joseph McCarthy)
Melody from a work by Frédéric François Chopin.
I'm always chasing rainbows,
Watching clouds drifting by,
My schemes are just like all my dreams,
Ending in the sky, Some fellows look and find the sunshine,
I always look and find the rain,
Some fellows make a winning sometime,
I never even make again, believe me, I'm always chasing rainbows,
Waiting to find a little bluebird in vain.
Imagine
Written by John Lennon
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people living for today. Imagine there's no countries,
It isn’t hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people living life in peace. Imagine no possessions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people Sharing all the world. You may say I’m a dreamer,
But I’m not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT
(Cole Porter) ... from "Rosalie"
Lyrics seldom reach the height of:
"Like that moon growing dim,
On the rim of the hill,
In the still, chill, of the night."
In the still of the night,
As I gaze out of my window,
At the moon in its flight,
My thoughts all stray, stray to you. In the still of the night,
While the world lies in slumber,
Oh the times without number,
When I say to you. Do you love me,
Just like I love you,
Are you my life to be,
That dream come true,
Or will this dream of mine,
Will it fade way out of sight. Like that moon growing dim,
On the rim of the hill,
In the still, chill, of the night.
IT HAD TO BE YOU
(Kahn and Jones)
It had to be you, it had to be you,
I wandered around and finally found the somebody who,
Could make me be true, could make me feel blue,
And even be glad just to be sad, thinkin' of you. Some others I've seen, might never be mean,
Might never be cross or try to be boss, but they wouldn't do,
.
For nobody else gave me a thrill, with all your faults, I love you still,
It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you.
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING
(Rogers and Hammerstein) ... from the Broadway musical "State Fair"
I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm,
I'm as jumpy as puppet on a string,
I'd say that I had spring fever,
But I know it isn't spring. I am starry eyed and vaguely discontented,
Like a nightingale without a song to sing,
Oh why should I have spring fever,
When it isn't even spring. I keep wishing I were someone else,
Walking down a strange new street,
And hearing words that I have never head,
From a girl I've yet to meet. I'm as busy as spider spinning daydreams,
I'm as giggly as a baby on a swing,
I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud,
Or a robin on the wing,
But I feel so gay in a melancholy way,
That it might as well be spring,
It might as ... well be ... Spring.
IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR
As only Sinatra could sing it (and live it).
When I was seventeen
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen When I was twenty-one
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one When I was thirty-five
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
We'd ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five But now the days grow short
I'm in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
From fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs
And it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year It was a mess of good year
I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN
(Cole Porter) ... from "Born to Dance"
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've tried so not to give in,
I've said to myself this affair never will go so well,
But why should I try to resist, when baby will I know so well,
That I've got you under my skin. I'd sacrifice anything come what might,
For the sake of having you near,
In spite of a warning 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 I do, just the thought of you,
Makes me stop before I begin,
'Cause I've got you under my skin.
I Whistle a Happy Tune
(Rodgers and Hammerstein) ... from the Broadway musical "The King and I"
Whenever I feel afraid,
I hold my head erect,
And whistle a happy tune,
So no one will suspect,
I'm afraid. While shivering in my shoes,
I strike a careless pose,
And whistle a happy tune,
And no one ever knows I'm afraid.
I WONDER WHO’S KISSING HER NOW
I wonder who's kissing her now?
I wonder who's teaching her how,
I wonder who's looking into her eyes,
Breathing sighs, telling lies, I wonder who's buying the wine?
For lips that I used to call mine,
I wonder if she ever tells him of me?
I wonder who's kissing her now.
Art is art only if it helps your soul fly on eagles' wings,
If music is not uplifting to the human soul, then it just isn't music.
It should allow you to see and feel where you otherwise couldn't see and feel.So another look at the …Menu ... maybe another song?
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