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Ferry Boat Serenade
Andrews Sisters w/ Vic Schoen & His Orchestra

[Written by Eldo DiLazzaro, Mario Penzeri and Harold Adamson]

I have never been aboard a steamer
I am just content to be a dreamer
Even if I could afford a steamer
I will take the ferry boat every time

I love to ride the ferry
When music is so merry
There's a man who plays the Concertina
On the moonlit upper deck arena

While boys and girls are dancing
While sweethearts are romancing
Life is like a mardi-gras
Funiculi, funicula

Happy, we cling together
Happy, we sing together
Happy, with the ferry boat serenade

I am happy, very, very happy
When we're on the ferry
The music is so merry
There's a man who plays the Concertina
On the moonlit upper deck arena, arena

I love to ride the ferry
When music is so merry
There's a man who always plays the Concertina, oh my
On the moonlit upper deck arena, by and by

While the boys and girls are dancing, oh, dancing
While, while the sweethearts are romancing
Life is like a mardi-gras
Funiculi, funicula

Happy, we cling together
Happy, we sing together
Happy with the ferry boat serenade

------ Instrumental Interlude ------

I love to ride the ferry
Sailing, sailing where
Where the music is so merry
There's a man who just plays the Concertina
On the moonlit upper deck arena

All the while the boys and girls are dancing
Look around and you see sweethearts romancing
Life is like a mardi-gras
Funiculi, funicula

Happy, we cling together
Happy, we sing together
Happy, with the ferry boat serenade

Jerry Lee Lewis - That Was The Way It Was Then


Do the cowboys still sat with their backs to the wall
Do the drifters still hear the high winds when they call
Do the hobos still cook pork and beans in a tin
Do the sailors still cast his precious faith to the wind
Are there villans in black hats
Do I see roses in white
Are there still cats rock and rolling, saturday nights
Are there 49 Mercurys, would it still be out in sight
That was the way it was then

Honey, I was James Dean
Slow walking, soft talking, silently me
Surely the rebel in me lives again
All of the calls should be all called again
Well, it's a quarter to ten honey
Ole Killer's lying here dead
Spinning them old records
Memories lingering in my head
You know the times were so good
I remember songs so sad
All of the games I used to play
Feeling good, feeling bad
There's a woman I remember
By the way, what was her name
We made love, we made love in one heck of a rain
Maybe in 10 minutes, how time flew back then
It will never be that way again
Never be that way again
Elvis Presley, James Dean, ol' rockin' Jerry Lee






Jerry Lee Lewis - The Ballad Of Billie Joe


I'm the man they're gonna hang for killing Billie Joe
But I'm telling you all of the story, more than you know
Listen to my side of it and I think that you will see
The reason I killed the boy and made a fool of me

There was a girl name Mary-Ann and
Mary-Ann was all the world to me
We planned to get married
And the date was set, the wedding was to be
But I walked up to her house one night
And out there on the front porch they sat
And I swore they would never get away with that

Billie Joe loved Marry-Ann
And went up to the dance hall one night
They didn't know that I was standin'
Back there in the shadow outside
They sat down at a table
And she smile as she gave her hand at that
And I swore they would never get away with that

I swore they'd never get away with breaking my heart
I knew that there was one way to keep them apart
Every body says his mother begged him not to take his gun to town
He should have listen to her
'Cause she knew, I was gonna shoot him down
And I'll be hung tomorrow
Just because I had killed that little rat
But I swore they'd never get away with that
And Billie Joe didn't get away with that






Jerry Lee Lewis - The Crawdad Song


You got a line and I got a pole, baby
Get your line and I'll get a pole, baby
You got a line and I got a pole
Let's go down to the crawdad hole
Honey, baby of mine

Yonder comes Uncle Jim with a sack on his back, baby
Yonder comes Uncle Jim with a sack on his back, baby
Yonder comes Uncle Jim with a sack on his back
He's got more crawdads than he can ever pack
Honey, baby of mine
Oh Lord!

Get your line and I'll get a pole, baby
You got a line and I got a pole, baby
Honey, you got your line and I got my pole
We'll go down to the crawdad hole
Honey, baby of mine
Yeah!

Look them crawdads in that water, baby
Look them crawdads in that water, baby
Hey, look them crawdads in that water
Me and you comin' they start to holler
Honey, baby of mine
Yeah!

You got a line and I got a pole, baby
Come on now!
You got your line, Jerry Lee Lewis got his pole, baby

Faithful Forever
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

Faithful forever whatever I do
Remember I'm true, remember that
Faithful forever and thankful for you
I'll keep smiling through, remember that

We may be apart now and then
But I'll hold you in my heart
'Til you're in my arms again
Faithful forever I promise to be
So always have faith in me

Five O'Clock Whistle
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

The five o'clock whistle's on the blink
The whistle won't blow and whadd'ya think
My Pop is still in the factory 'cause he don't know
What time it happens to be

The five o'clock whistle didn't blow
The whistle is broke and whadda'ya know
If somebody don't find out what's wrong
Oh, my Pop'll be workin' all night long

Oh, who's gonna fix the whistle
Won't somebody fix the whistle
Oh, who's gonna fix the whistle
So my poor old Pop will know
It's time for him to stop

Ya ought to hear what my Mommy said
When Papa came home and sneaked into bed
And told her he worked 'til half past two
'Cause the five o'clock whistle never blew

GOSPEL PLOW

Music and New Lyrics by Bob Dylan

Mary wore three links of chain,
Ev'ry link was Jesus name,
Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on,
Oh, Lord, Oh, Lord,
Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on.

Mary, Mark and Luke and John,
All these prophets so good and gone,
Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on,
Oh, Lord, Oh, Lord,
Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on.

I never been to heaven, but I've been told,
Streets up there are line with gold,
Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on,
Oh, Lord, Oh, Lord,
Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on.

Dig my grave with a bloody spade,
See that my digger gets well paid,
Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on,
Oh, Lord, Oh, Lord,
Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on.

That gospel line gets mighty hot,
But just hang on with all you got,
Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on,
Oh, Lord, Oh, Lord,
Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on.

When I get to the glory land,
Gonna play in the glory land,
Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on,
Oh, Lord, Oh, Lord,
Keep-a your hand on that plow, hold on.

Mama Look A Boo-boo

Harry Belafonte


I wonder why nobody don't like me
Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?
I wonder why nobody don't like me
Or is it the fact that I'm ugly?

I leave my whole house and home
My children don't want me no more
Bad talk inside de house dey bring
And when I talk they start to sing:

Mama, look a boo-boo they shout
Their mother tell them shut up your mout'
That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy can't be ugly so

Shut your mout', Go away
Mama, look a boo-boo dey
Shut your mout', Go away
Mama, look a boo-boo dey

I couldn't even digest me supper
Due to the children's behavior
John (Yes, pa)-come here a moment
Bring de belt, you're much too impudent
John says it's James who started first
James tells the story in reverse
I drag my belt from off me waist
You should hear them screamin' round de place

Mama, look a boo-boo they shout
Their mother tell them shut up your mout'
That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy can't be ugly so

Shut your mout', Go away
Mama, look a boo-boo dey (uh)
Shut your mout', Go away
Mama, look a boo-boo dey (uh)

So I began to question the mother
These children ain't got no behavior
So I began to question the mother
These children ain't got no behavior

They're playing with you my wife declare
You should be proud of them, my dear
These children were taught too bloom in slack
That ain't no kind of joke to crack

Mama, look a boo-boo they shout
Their mother tell them shut up your mout'
That is your daddy, oh, no
My daddy can't be ugly so

Shut your mout', Go away
Mama, look a boo-boo dey (uh)
Shut your mout', Go away
Mama, look a boo-boo dey (uh)
Shut your mout', Go away

Fools Rush In
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

[Words and Music by Johnny Mercer and Rube Bloom]

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
And so I come to you, my love
My heart above my head
Though 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

Frenesi
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra

Artie Shaw's version is an instrumental but here are the lyrics to the song

[Words by Ray Charles and S K Russell]

Some time ago
I wandered down into old Mexico
While I was there
I felt romance everywhere
The moon was shining bright
And I could hear laughing voices in the night
Everyone was gay
This was the start of their holiday

It was fiesta down in Mexico
And so I stopped a while to see the show
I knew that frenesi meant, please love me
And I could say frenesi
A lovely senorita caught my eye
I stood enchanted as she wandered by
And never knowing that it come from me
I gently sighed frenesi

She stopped and raised her eyes to mine
Her lips just pleaded to be kissed
Her eyes were soft as candle-shine
So how was I to resist
And now without a heart to call my own
A greater happiness I've never known
Because her kisses are for me alone
Who wouldn't say frenesi

Remembering Wilfred Hyde-White (he was so sweet in the movie,"My Fair Lady") and Katharine Hepburn




and wishing a Happy Birthday to Millie Perkins:

Two of my personal favorites also.

The Gaucho Serenade
Glenn Miller & His Orchestra

Every night when the moon is shining
Bright down in Rio De Janiero
Comes a gent with a mellow instrument
And a colorful sombrero
Then he sings and the melody he brings
So tenderly played
Is called the Gaucho Serenade

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Si, Senor he's a happy troubadour
On a patio you'll find him
Si Senor, he will go from door to door
Leaving happiness behind him
All the sweet Senoritas
Hurry out to join the parade

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

The Gaucho Serenade

You Did It

Pickering Tonight, old man, you did it!
You did it! You did it! You said that you would do it,
And indeed you did. I thought that you would rue it;
I doubted you'd do it. But now I must admit it
That succeed you did. You should get a medal
Or be even made a knight. Henry It was nothing.
Really nothing. Pickering All alone you hurdled
Ev'ry obstacle in sight. Henry Now, wait! Now, wait!
Give credit where it's due, A lot of the glory goes to you.
Pickering But you're the one who did it,
Who did it, who did it! As sturdy as Gibraltar,
Not a second did you falter. There's no doubt about it,
You did it! I must have aged a year tonight.
At times I thought I'd die of fright.
Never was there a momentary lull Henry
Shortly after we came in I saw at once we'd easily win;
And after that I found it deadly dull. Pickering
You should have heard the ooh's and ah's;
Ev'ry one wondering who she was. Henry
You'd think they'd never seen a lady before. Pickering
And when the Prince of Transylvania
Asked to meet her,
And gave his arm to lead her to the floor...! I said to him:
You did it! You did it! You did it!
They thought she was ecstatic
And so damned aristocratic,
And they never knew
That you
Did it! Henry Thank Heavens for Zoltan Karparthy.
If it weren't for him I would have died of boredom.
He was there, all right. And up to his old tricks.
Mrs. Pearce Karparthy? That dreadful Hungarian?
Was he there? Henry Yes.
That blackguard who uses the science of speech
More to blackmail and swindle than teach;
He made it the devilish business of his
"To find out who this Miss Doolittle is."
Ev'ry time we looked around
There he was, that hairy hound From Budapest.
Never leaving us alone, Never have I ever known
A ruder pest Fin'lly I decided it was foolish
Not to let him have his chance with her.
So I stepped aside and let him dance with her.
Oozing charm from ev'ry pore
He oiled his way around the floor.
Ev'ry trick that he could play,
He used to strip her mask away.
And when at last the dance was done,
He glowed as if he knew he'd won!
And with a voice to eager,
And a smile too broad, He announced to the hostess
That she was a fraud! Mrs. Pearce No!
Henry Ja wohl! Her English is too good, he said,
Which clearly indicates that she is foreign.
Whereas others are instructed in their native language
English people aren't.
And although she may have studied with an expert
Di'lectician and grammarian, I can tell that she was born
Hungarian! Not only Hungarian, but of royal blood,
she is a princess! Servants Congratulations,
Professor Higgins, For your glorious victory!
Congratulations, Professor Higgins!
You'll be mentioned in history! Rest of Servants
(Simultaneously) Congratulations, Professor Higgins!
For your glorious Victory! Congratulations,
Professor Higgins! Sing hail and hallelujah!
Ev'ry bit of credit For it all belongs to you!
Footman (Simultaneously with Rest of Servants)
This evening, sir, you did it! You did it! You did it!
You said that you would do it And indeed you did.
This evening, sir, you did it! You did it! You did it!
We know that we have said it,
But-you did it and the credit
For it all belongs to you!

I Shall Be Released
Bob Dylan

They say ev'rything can be replaced,
Yet ev'ry distance is not near.
So I remember ev'ry face
Of ev'ry man who put me here.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.

They say ev'ry man needs protection,
They say ev'ry man must fall.
Yet I swear I see my reflection
Some place so high above this wall.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.

Standing next to me in this lonely crowd,
Is a man who swears he's not to blame.
All day long I hear him shout so loud,
Crying out that he was framed.
I see my light come shining
From the west unto the east.
Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.

Tears of Rage
Bob Dylan

We carried you in our arms
On Independence Day,
And now you'd throw us all aside
And put us on our way.
Oh what dear daughter 'neath the sun
Would treat a father so,
To wait upon him hand and foot
And always tell him, "No"?
Tears of rage, tears of grief,
Why must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know
We're so alone
And life is brief.

We pointed out the way to go
And scratched your name in sand,
Though you just thought it was nothing more
Than a place for you to stand.
Now, I want you to know that while we watched,
You discover there was no one true.
Most ev'rybody really thought
It was a childish thing to do.
Tears of rage, tears of grief,
Must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know
We're so low
And life is brief.

It was all very painless
When you went out to receive
All that false instruction
Which we never could believe.
And now the heart is filled with gold
As if it was a purse.
But, oh, what kind of love is this
Which goes from bad to worse?
Tears of rage, tears of grief,
Must I always be the thief?
Come to me now, you know
We're so low
And life is brief.

3 X Elvis


I Want to Be Free

There's no joy in my heart, only sorrow And I'm sad as a man can be I sit alone in the darkness of my lonely room And this room is a prison to me I look at window and what to I see I see a bird way up in the tree I want to be free free Free - ee - ee - ee I want to be free like the bird in the tree What good are my eyes, they can't see you And my arms, they can't hold so tight I have two lips that are yearning, but they're no good to me Cause I know I can't kiss you tonight I look at window and what to I see I see a bird way up in the tree I want to be free free Free - ee - ee - ee I want to be free like the bird in the tree I want to be free like the bird in the tree.

I Want You With Me

When I was little, my mama said to me "One day you'll find a love to last eternally" I want you with me everywhere I go So please don't leave me baby, I love you so I'll be the ruler of this whole wide world If you will only say you'll be my girl I want you with me in everything I do You know I need you baby, I'm in love with you There is no mountain that I can't climb You find the mountain, child, and I'll find the time I want you with me, with me night and day Well, you can make me happy baby, don't you go away I'll swim an ocean with a raging foam If I know that you'll be there when I come back home I want you with me, you know I love you so Well, I want you with me baby, I'll never let you go Well, I want you with me baby, I'll never let you go.

I Want You, I Need You, I Love You

Hold me close, hold me tight Make me thrill with delight Let me know where I stand from the start I want you, I need you, I love you With all my heart Ev'ry time that you're near All my cares disappear Darling, you're all that I'm living for I want you, I need you, I love you More and more I thought I could live without romance Before you came to me But now I know that I will go on loving you eternally Won't you please be my own? Never leave me alone 'Cause I die ev'ry time we're apart I want you, I need you, I love you With all my heart.

In honor of dys's new thread, by Frankie Laine:


Hummingbird, hummingbird should be your name
Too restless to settle too wild to tame
Too restless to settle too wild to tame
Hummingbird, hummingbird should be your name

Hummingbird, hummingbird winging along
No tender young blossom can hold you for long
No tender young blossom can hold you for long
Hummingbird, hummingbird winging along

You'd hug me and kiss me like others I've known
You'd promise to love me and call me your own
Then all of my dreams would be shattered apart
By the hum hum of your hummingbird heart

Hummingbird, hummingbird, feathered so fine
If I clipped your wings it would not make you mind
If I clipped your wings it would not make you mind
Hummingbird, hummingbird, feathered so fine

Hummingbird, hummingbird, fly right on by
Some folks like to gamble but darling not I
Some folks like to gamble but darling not I
Hummingbird, hummingbird, fly right on by

I'd rather be lonely, I'd rather be blue
Yes, I'd rather spend my whole life without you
Then feather a nest to be shattered apart
By the hum hum of your hummingbird heart
By the hum hum of your hummingbird heart

God Bless America
Kate Smith

[Written by Irving Berlin]

God bless America
Land that I love
Stand beside her
And guide her
Through the night
With a light from above

From the mountains
To the prairies
To the oceans
White with foam
God bless America
My home, sweet home

God bless America
Land that I love
Stand beside her
And guide her
Through the night
With a light from above

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

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

I miss Letty. Sure wish she'd hurry back.


AIN'T NO SUNSHINE
By Bill Withers

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And she's always gone too long anytime she goes away

Wonder this time where she's gone
Wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away

And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when she's gone, only darkness everyday
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away

Anytime she goes away
Anytime she goes away
Anytime she goes away
Anytime she goes away

some songs from across america

Oklahoma U. S. A.
The KInks

All life we work but work is bore,
If life's for livin' what's livin' for,
She lives in a house thats near decay,
Built for the industrial revolution,

But in her dreams she is far away,
In Oklahoma U.S.A.
With Shirley Jones and Gordon Mcrea,

As she buys her paper at the corner shop,
Shes walkin' on the surrey with the fringe on top,

'Cause in her dreams she is far away,
In Oklahoma U.S.A.

She walks to work but she's still in a daze,
She's Rita Hayworth or Doris Day,
And Errol Flynn's gonna take her away,
To Oklahoma U.S.A.

All life we work but work is a bore,
If life's for livin' then what's livin' for.


Johnsburg, Illinois
Tom Waits

She's my only true love
she's all that I think of
look here in my wallet
that's her

She grew up on a farm there
there's a place on my arm
where I've written her name
next to mine

you see I just can't
live without her
and I'm her only boy
and she grew up outside McHenry
in Johnsburg, Illinois


Come Back from San Francisco
The Magnetic Fields

Come back from San Francisco.
It can't be all that pretty,
when all of New York City misses you.
Should pretty boys in discos distract you from your novel,
remember I'm awful in love with you.

You need me like the wind needs the trees to blow in.
Like the moon needs poetry, you need me.

Come back from San Francisco and kiss me; I've quit smoking.
I miss doing the wild thing with you.
Will you stay? I don't think so,
but all I do is worry, pack bags, call cabs, and hurry home to me.

You need me like the wind needs the trees to blow in.
Like the moon needs poetry, you need me.

When you betray me, betray me with a kiss.
Damn you. I've never stayed up as late as this.

that's a beautiful song, she'll love it, and i think she'll be back soon