This album requires patience and attentiveness. At first exposure, it seems smooth and melodic, though somewhat staid. Since the album is at least pleasant and non-offensive — but not too much more — it should get a rating somewhere in the range of "OK," right? Wrong! Pat Boone Sings Irving Berlin is unquestionably one of Boone's two top albums in terms of durability. However, you have to stay with it a while before its special qualities begin to reveal themselves; once this process is underway, it continues on and on and the album does not diminish in quality or become stale, no matter how much exposure it receives. The sweet musical and lyrical simplicity of these Irving Berlin compositions and the dignified but entirely unpretentious arrangements are two indispensable ingredients here — but most important are the voice and masterful interpretation of these beautiful songs by Pat Boone. "Interpretation," perhaps, is not quite the right word. Intuiting the intent of the great composer evidently came quite naturally to Boone, or the album never would have earned the high praise of Berlin himself, who is quoted as saying, "Pat Boone sings these ballads the way I like to hear them sung." Enough said?

PAT BOONE
SINGS IRVING BERLIN
(Dot DLP-3077)
October/1957
Produced by Randy Wood


1.
ALL ALONE
(Irving Berlin)
« © '57 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

All alone I'm so all alone there is no one else but you
All alone by the telephone waiting for a ring-a-ting-a-ling
I'm all alone every evening all alone feeling blue
Wondering where you are and how you are
And if you are all alone too

I'm all alone every evening all alone feeling blue
Wondering where you are and how you are
And if you are all alone too
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2.
HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN (HOW HIGH IS THE SKY)
(Irving Berlin)
« © '32 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

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

How far would I travel to be where you are...
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3.
SOFT LIGHTS AND SWEET MUSIC
(Irving Berlin)
« © '57 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

Soft lights and sweet music and you in my arms
Soft lights and sweet melody will bring you closer to me
Chopin and pale moonlight reveal all your charms
So give me velvet lights and sweet music and you in my arms
[ strings ]
Soft lights and sweet melody will bring you closer to me
Chopin and pale moonlight reveal all your charms
So give me velvet lights and sweet music and you in my arms
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4.
ALWAYS
(Irving Berlin)
« © '25 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

I'll be loving you always with a love that's true always
When the things you've planned need a helping hand
I will understand always always

Days may not be fair always that's when I'll be there always
Not for just an hour not for just a day
Not for just a year but always

Days may not be fair always...
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5.
BE CAREFUL IT'S MY HEART
(Irving Berlin)
« © '57 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

Be careful it's my heart
It's not my watch you're holding it's my heart
It's not the note I sent you that you quickly burned
It's not a book I lent you that you never returned

Remember it's my heart
The heart with which so willingly I part
It's yours to take to keep or break
But please before you start be careful it's my heart
[ strings ]
It's yours to take to keep or break
But please before you start be careful it's my heart
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6.
YOU FORGOT TO REMEMBER
(Irving Berlin)
« © '57 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

Remember the night the night you said I love you
Remember remember you vowed by all the stars above you

Remember remember we found a lonely spot
And after I learned to care a lot
You promised that you'd forget me not
But you forgot to remember
[ trumpet ]
Remember remember we found a lonely spot...
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7.
PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY
(Irving Berlin)
« © '57 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

A pretty girl is like a melody that haunts you night and day
Just like the strain of a haunting refrain
She'll start upon a marathon and run around your brain

You can't escape she's in your memory by morning night and noon
She will leave you and then she'll come back again
A pretty girl is just like a pretty tune
[ strings ]
She will leave you and then she'll come back again
A pretty girl is just like a pretty tune
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8.
WHAT'LL I DO
(Irving Berlin)
« © '24 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

What'll I do when you are far away
And I am blue what'll I do
What'll I do when i am wondering who
Is kissing you what'll I do

What'll I do with just a photograph
To tell my troubles to
When I'm alone with only dreams of you
That won't come true what'll I do
[ strings ]
What'll I do with just a photograph...
What'll I do what will I do
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9.
ALL BY MYSELF
(Irving Berlin)
« © '21 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

All by myself in the morning all by myself in the night
I sit alone in a cozy morris chair so unhappy there playing solitaire

All by myself I get lonely watching the clock on the shelf
I'd love to rest my weary head on somebody's shoulder
I hate to grow older all by myself
[ strings ]
I sit alone in a cozy morris chair so unhappy there playing solitaire

All by myself I get lonely I'm watching the clock on the shelf
I'd love to rest my weary head on somebody's shoulder
I hate to grow older all by myself
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10.
GIRL THAT I MARRY
(Irving Berlin)
« © '45 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

The girl that I marry will have to be as soft
And as pink as a nursery
The girl I call my own
Will wear satins and laces and smell of cologne

Her nails will be polished and in her hair
She'll wear a gardenia and I'll be there
Instead of flittin' I'll be sittin'
Next to her and she'll purr like a kitten
A doll I can carry the girl that I marry must be
[ strings ]
Instead of flittin' I'll be sittin'
Next to her and she'll purr like a kitten
A doll I can carry the girl that I marry must be
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11.
SAY IT ISN'T SO
(Irving Berlin)
« © '32 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

Say it isn't so say it isn't so
Everyone is saying you don't love me say it isn't so
Everywhere I go everyone I know
Whispers that you're growing tired of me
Say it isn't so

People say that you found somebody new
And it won't be long before you leave me say it isn't true
Say everything is still okay
That's all I want to know and what they're sayin'
Say it isn't so
[ strings ]
Say everything is still okay
That's all I want to know and what they're sayin'
Say it isn't so
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12.
SAY IT'S WONDERFUL
(Irving Berlin)
« © '57 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

They say that falling in love is wonderful
It's wonderful so they say
And with a moon up above it's wonderful
It's wonderful so they tell me

I can't recall who said it I know I never read it
I only know they tell me that love is grand
And the thing that's known as romance is wonderful wonderful
In every way so they say

I can't recall who said it...
So they say
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13.
SAY IT WITH MUSIC
(Irving Berlin)
« © '21 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

Say it with music beautiful music
Somehow they'd rather be kissed
To the strains of Chopin or Liszt
A melody mellow played on a cello
Helps Mr Cupid along so say it with a beautiful song

Say it with music beautiful music...
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14.
COUNT MY BLESSINGS INSTEAD OF SHEEP
(Irving Berlin)
« © '57 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »

When I'm worried and I can't sleep
I count my blessings instead of sheep
And I fall asleep counting my blessings

When my bankroll's gettin' small
I think of when I had none at all
And I fall asleep counting my blessings

I think about a nursery and I picture curly heads
And one by one I count them as they slumber in their beds

If you're worried and you can't sleep
Just count your blessings instead of sheep
And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings
[ strings ]
So if you're worried and you can't sleep...
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