CONNIE FRANCIS
MY THANKS TO YOU
(MGM SE-3776)
June/1959
Produced by Geoff Love & Tony Osborne
Geoff Love and Tony Osborne Orchestra and Chorus
Recorded:
1959, EMI Studio, London
1.
MY THANKS TO YOU
(Normal Newell - Noel Gay)
« © '59 Music Sales, ASCAP »
Words have such wonderful meaning
When they're sincere and they're true
Mine surely are too humble by far
But these words are just for you
Why all you mean to me my thanks to you
Why every memory my thanks to you
My thanks for everything we loved to share
For all the love you bring when you are there
These foolish words of mine could never say
How slow the hands of time when I'm away
As years go rolling by my whole life through
I'll give my love and all my thanks to you
[ strings ]
As years go rolling by my whole life through
I'll give my love and all my thanks to you
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2.
BELLS OF ST. MARY'S
(Douglas Furber - Emmett Adams)
« © '53 Chappell & Co, ASCAP »
The Bells of St Mary's ah hear they are calling
The young loves the true loves who come from the sea
And so my beloved when red leaves are falling
The love bells shall ring out ring out for you and me
(The Bells of St Mary's ah hear they are calling)
The young loves the true loves who come from the sea
And so my beloved when red leaves are falling
The love bells shall ring out ring out for you and me
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3.
GARDEN IN THE RAIN
(Carroll Gibbons - James Dyrenforth)
« © '59 Campbell-Connelly Music, ASCAP »
Twas just a garden in the rain
Close to a little leafy lane
A touch of color neath skies of gray
The raindrops kissed the flower beds
The blossoms raised their thirsty heads
A perfumed thank you they seemed to say
Surely here was charm beyond compare to view
Maybe it was just that I was there with you
Twas just a garden in the rain
But then the sun came out again
And sent us happilly on our way
(Surely here was charm beyond compare to view
Maybe it was just that I was there with you)
Twas just a garden in the rain
But then that sun came out again
And sent us happilly on our way
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4.
TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
(Harry Woods - Jimmy Campbell - Red Connelly)
« © '32 Robbins Catalog, ASCAP / Campbell-Connelly Music, ASCAP »
In a bustle of today we're all inclined to miss
Little things that mean so much a word a smile a kiss
When a woman loves a man he's a hero in her eyes
And the hero he can always be if he'll just realize
She may be weary women do get weary
Wearing the same shabby dress
And when she's weary try a little tenderness
You know she's waiting just anticipating
Things she may never posses
While she's without them try a little tenderness
It's not just sentimental she has her grief and her care
And the word that's soft and gentle makes it easier to bear
No you won't regret it women don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness
It's oh so easy try a little tenderness
[ strings ]
It's oh so easy try a little tenderness
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5.
TREE IN THE MEADOW
(Billy Reid)
« © '56 Shapiro-Bernstein Co, ASCAP / Campbell-Connelly Music, ASCAP »
There's a tree in the meadow with a stream drifting by
And carved upon that tree I see I love you till I die
I will always remember the love in your eyes
The day you carved upon that tree I love you till I die
But further down on lovers lane a silhouette I see
I know you're kissing someone else oh I wish that it were me
By that tree in the meadow my thoughts always lie
And where'er you go you'll always know I love you til I die
Yes further down on lovers lane...
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6.
NOW IS THE HOUR
(Maewa Kaihan - Clement Scott - Dorothy Stewart)
« © '48 Southern Music, ASCAP »
Now is the hour when we must say goodbye
Soon you'll be sailing far across the sea
While you're away oh please remember me
When you return you'll find me waiting here
Now is the hour that we must say goodbye...
Now is the hour
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7.
I'LL CLOSE MY EYES
(Buddy Kaye - Billy Reid)
« © '59 Colgems Music, ASCAP / ATV Tunes, ASCAP »
I'll close my eyes and make believe it's you
If other lips should speak of love divine
The stars were mine but I just reached for the moon
And foul all too soon it was not to be mine
I'll close my eyes if you should pass me by
With someone new maybe who loves you too
I may be lonely but when I see the moon tonight
I'll close my eyes and make believe it's you
[ strings ]
I may be lonely but when I see the moon tonight
I'll close my eyes and make believe it's you
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8.
VERY THOUGHT OF YOU
(Ray Noble)
« © '56 Quartet Music, ASCAP / Range Road Music, ASCAP »
The very thought of you and I forget to do
The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do
I'm living in the kind of daydreams I'm happy as a king
And foolish though it may seem to me that's everything
But dear I dream of you the longing here for you
You'll never know how slow the moments go till I'm near to you
I see your face in every flower your eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you the very thought of you my love
[ strings ]
But dear I dream of you...
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9.
THESE FOOLISH THINGS (REMIND ME OF YOU)
(Jack Strachey - Harry Link - Holt Marvell)
« © '59 Bosey And Hawkes Inc, ASCAP / Bourne Co, ASCAP »
A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has wings
These foolish things remind me of you
A tinkling piano in the next apartment
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant
A fairground's painted swings
These foolish things remind me of you
You came you saw you conquered me
When you did that to me I knew somehow it had to be
The winds of March that made my heart a dancer
A telephone that rings but who's to answer
Oh how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
How strange how sweet to find you still
These things are dear to me they seem to bring you near to me
The sand the small green leaves the wail of steamers
Two lovers on the street walk like dreamers
Oh how the ghost of you clings
These foolish things remind me of you
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10.
CRUISING DOWN THE RIVER
(Nellie Tollerton - Eily Bendell)
« © '59 Campbell-Connelly Music, ASCAP / Warock Corp, ASCAP »
Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon
With one you love the sun above waiting for the moon
An old accordion playing a sentimental tune
Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon
The birds above all sing of love a gentle sweet refrain
The winds around all make a sound like softly falling rain
Just two of us together we'll plan our honeymoon
Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon
Cruising down the river with a sentimental tune
Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon
The birds above all sing of love...
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11.
GYPSY
(Billy Reid)
« © '45 Colgems Music, ASCAP / MCA Music, ASCAP »
In a quaint caravan there's a lady they call the Gypsy
She can look in your future and drive away all your fears
Everything will come right if you only believe the Gypsy
She could tell at a glance that my heart was so full of tears
She looked at my hand and told me my lover was always true
And yet in my heart I knew dear somebody else was kissing you
But I'll go there again cause I want to believe the Gypsy
That my lover is true and will come back to me some day
But I'll go there again cause I want to believe the Gypsy
That my lover is true and will come back to me some day
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12.
GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART
(Ray Noble - Reg Connely - Jimmy Campbell)
« © '58 Robbins Catalog, ASCAP / Campbell-Connelly Music, ASCAP »
Goodnight sweetheart all my cares are for you
Goodnight sweetheart I'll be watching o'er you
Tears and parting may make us forlorn
But with the dawn a new day is born
So I'll say goodnight sweetheart sleep will vanish sorrow
Goodnight sweetheart till we meet tomorrow
Dreams enfold you in them dear I'll hold you
Goodnight sweetheart goodnight
Goodnight sweetheart sleep will vanish sorrow...
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