lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

BEGIN THE BEGUINE

(Cole Porter - Maria Grever)
« © '35 WB Music, ASCAP »
When they begin the beguine
It brings back a sound of music so tender
It brings back a night of tropical splendor
It brings back a memory evergreen

I'm with you once more under the stars
And down by the shore an orchestra's playing
And even the palms seem to be swaying
When they begin to beguine

To live it again is past all endeavour
Except when a tune clutches my heart
And there we are swearing to love forever
And promising never never to part

What moments divine what rapture serene
Till clouds came along to disperse the joys we had tasted
And now when I hear people curse the chance that was wasted
I know but too well what they mean
Ao don't let them begin the beguine

Let the love that was once a fire remain an amber
Let it sleep like the dead desire I only remember
When they begin the beguine

Oh yes let them begin the beguine make them play
Till the stars that were there before return above you
Till you whisper to me once more darling I love you
And we suddenly know what heaven we're in
When they begin the beguine when they begin the beguine
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2.

HUMMIN' THE BLUES

(Beasley Smith - Billy Vaughn)
« © '56 Milene Music, ASCAP »
The same old story of love without glory
Just cut the noos born the loose hmm hummin' the blues
My hopes are all fadin' my heart's heavy laden
Just cut the noos born the loose hmm hummin' the blues

You left me my darling in spite of my tears
But I'll wait for you darling a hundred thousand years
The nights are cold and lonely but I still love you only
Why did I choose only the loose hmm hummin' the blues
[ guitar ] You left me my darling...
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3.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A WALK

(Harry Warren - Mort Dixon - Billy Rose)
« © '56 Olde Clover Leaf Music, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
Mhm would you take a walk
Mhm do you think it's gonna rain
Mhm how about a susparilla
Gee the moon is yeller somethin' good'll come from that

Mhm have you heard the latest song
Mhm it's a very pretty strain
Mhm don't you feel a little thrilly
Gee it's gettin' chilly somethin' good'll come from that

(When you're strolling through the wherezis
You need a whozis to lean upon)
But when you have a whozis to hug and whatzis gosh darn

Mhm would you take a walk
Mhm do you think it's gonna rain
Mhm ain't you tired of the lalkies
I prefer the walkies somethin' good'll come from that
[ strings ] (When you're strolling through the wherezis
You need a whozis to lean upon)
But when you have a whozis to hug and whatzis gosh darn

Mhm would you take a walk...
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4.

ALL I DO IS DREAM OF YOU

(Mack Gordon - Harry Warren)
« © '42 WB Music, ASCAP »
(Dream dream I'm always dreaming of you)

All I do is dream of you the whole night through
With the dawn I still go on and dream of you
You're every thought you're every thing you're every song I ever sing
Summer winter autumn and spring

And where there's more than twenty four hours a day
Well they'd be spent in sweet content dreaming away
When skies are grey when skies are blue morning noon and nighttime too
All I do the whole day through is dream of you
[ strings ] You're every thought you're every thing you're every song I ever sing
Summer winter autumn and spring

And where there's more...
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5.

THAT LUCKY OLD SUN

(Beasley Smith - Haven Gillespie)
« © '55 Robbins Catalog, ASCAP »
Up in the morning out on my job work like a devil for my pay
But that lucky old sun has nothing to do but roll around heaven all day
Fuss with my woman and toil with my kids sweat till I'm wrinkled and gray
But that lucky old sun has nothing to do but roll around heaven all day

Good Lord above can't you hear I'm pinin' tears are in my eyes
Send down that cloud with that silvery linin' lift me to paradise
Show me that river take me across and wash all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun give me nothing to do but roll around heaven all day

(Good Lord above can't you hear I'm pinin') tears are in my eyes
Send down that cloud with that silvery linin' lift me to paradise
Show me that river take me across and wash all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun give me nothing to do but roll around heaven all day
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6.

BEG YOUR PARDON

(Beasley Smith - Francis Craig)
« © '56 Robbins Catalog, ASCAP »
If I lose my head beg your pardon
For things that I've said beg your pardon
Why should I worry and feel like I do
When you're in no hurry to let me love you

I'll try for a kiss in the garden
And then if I should miss beg your pardon
But if some sunny day you'll let me have my way
I won't have to say beg your pardon
[ guitar - piano ] I'll try for a kiss in the garden...
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7.

CHATTANOOGA SHOESHINE BOY

(Harry Stone - Jack Stapp)
« © '50 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Have you ever passed the corner of 4th and Grand
Where a little ball of rhythm has a shoeshine stand
People gather round and they clap their hands
He's a great big bungle of joy
He pops a boogie woogie rag the Chattanooga shoeshine boy

Well he charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe
He makes the oldest kind of laughter look like new
You feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through
He's a great big bungle of joy
He pops a boogie woogie rag the Chattanooga shoeshine boy

Well it's a wonder that the rag don't tear the way he makes it pop
You oughta see him fan the air with his hoppity hippity hoppity hippity hop

He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine
He likes to get 'em early when they're feelin' fine
Everybody gets a little rise and shine
He's great big bungle of joy
He pops a boogie woogie rag the Chattanooga shoeshine boy
[ step ] It's a wonder that the rag don't tear...
He opens up for business...
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8.

WITH YOU

(Irving Berlin)
« © '56 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »
With you a sunny day without you clouds in the sky
With you my luck will stay without you fortune will fly
With you I'll never stop until I'll reach the top
Without you I will never get by (never get by without you)

With you a happy song without you castles that fall
With you I can't go wrong without you chances are small
With you my burdens unfurl right here on top of the world
Without you I'm just nothing at all
[ trumpet ] With you I'll never stop until I'll reach the top
Without you oh I will never get by

With you a happy song...
Dear without you
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9.

EV'RY LITTLE THING

(Beasley Smith)
« © '56 Milene Music, ASCAP »
Ev'ry little thing I wanna do I never get to do it
Ev'ry time I have a little dream I find there's nothing to it
And when I ask my baby for a kiss she says no not now
How can life go on like this it's got a change somehow

Tell me won't you tell me Mr Moon how I can go about it
Maybe if I had your good advice she'd love me but I doubt it
And if I had a million dollars sure as you're born
I'd never find a girl that I could spend it all
Cause ev'ry little thing I wanna do I never get to do it
[ whistle ] And when I ask my baby for a kiss she says no not now
How can life go on like this it's got a change somehow

Tell me won't you tell me Mr Moon...
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10.

FORGIVE ME

(Jack Yellen - Milton Ager)
« © '56 Edwin H Morris Co, ASCAP / WB Music, ASCAP »
Forgive me please forgive me I didn't mean to make you cry
I love you and I need you do anything but don't say goodbye
Let bygones just be bygones we all make mistakes now and then
I'm sorry forgive me my dear and let's be sweethearts again
[ trumpet - strings ] I love you and I need you do anything but don't say goodbye
Let bygones just be bygones we all make mistakes now and then
I'm sorry forgive me my dear and let's be sweethearts again
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11.

SUNDAY

(Ned Miller - Jule Styne - Bennie Krueger - Chester Conn)
« © '56 Feist Catalog, ASCAP »
(I'll see you Sunday)

I'm blue every Monday thinking over Sunday
That one day when I'm with you
It seems that I sigh all day Tuesday I cry all day Wednesday
Oh my how I long for you

And then comes Thursday gee it's long and it never goes by
Friday makes me feel like I'm gonna die
But after payday is my fun day I shine all day Sunday
That one day that I'm with you
[ sax - guitar ] And then comes Thursday...
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12.

HARBOR LIGHTS

(Jimmy Kennedy - Hugh Williams)
« © '40 Chappell Co, ASCAP »
I saw the harbor lights they only told me we were parting
Those same old harbor lights that once brought you to me
I watched the harbor lights how could I help if tears were starting
Goodbye to tender nights beside thge silv'ry sea

I long to hold you close and kiss you just once more
But you were on the ship and I was on the shore
Now I know lonely nights cause all the while my heart is whispering
Some other harbor lights may steal your love from me

(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 cause all the while my heart is whispering
Some other harbor lights may steal your love from me
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