lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

FRAULEIN

(Lawton Williams)
« © '56 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Far across deep blue water lives an old German's daughter
By the banks of the old River Rhine
Where I loved her and left her but I can't forget her
Cause I miss my pretty Fraulein

Fraulein Fraulein look up toward the heavens
Each night when the stars start to shine
By the same stars above you I swear that I love you
You are my pretty Fraulein
[ guitar - piano ] When my memories wander away over yonder
To the sweetheart that I left behind
In a moment of glory a face comes before me
The face of my pretty Fraulein

Fraulein Fraulein look up toward the heavens...
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2.

LILI MARLENE

(Hans Leip - Norbert Schulze)
« © '57 Edward B Marks Music, BMI »
Underneath the lantern by the barrack's gate
Darling I remember the way you used to wait
Twas there that you whispered tenderly
That you love me you'd always be
My lily of the left line my own Lili Marlene
[ guitar ] Time would come for roll call time for us to part
Darling I'd caress you and press you to my heart
And there neath the fire of lantern light
I'd hold you tight you kiss goodnight
My lily of the left line my own Lili Marlene
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3.

FOREIGN LOVE

(Lawton Williams)
« © '57 Western Hills Music, BMI »
Harbor lights are ahead and bright they're shining
I can feel the thrill of coming home
But I know my heart will not be willing
To forget a foreign love I've known

I will soon be in the arms that waited faithfully
Each day that I've been gone
But my heart could never be contented
To forget a foreign love I've known
[ guitar ] What on earth could be the right decision
It's no good to find a memory
Should I tell the one that calls me darling
That a foreign love is haunting me

Can I live with one and love another
And go on and face what is to be
In the sea of dreams my heart is anchored
And the foreign love is haunting me
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4.

MY WILD IRISH ROSE

(Chauncey Olcott)
« © ' 57 WB Music, ASCAP »
My wild Irish Rose the sweetest flower that grows
You may search everywhere but none can compare
With my wild Irish Rose
My wild Irish Rose the dearest flower that grows
And someday for my sake she may let me take the bloom
From my wild Irish Rose
[ piano - guitar ] My wild Irish Rose the dearest flower that grows...
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5.

ANNA MARIE

(Cindy Walker)
« © '57 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Tonight while the snowflakes are falling
Here in my dreams I can see
The wild cherry blossoms of Shima
Where I walk with Anna Marie

Anna Marie Anna Marie
My heart remembers and sighs
C'est vouz c'est vouz me ames beacoup
I miss you Anna Marie
[ guitar ] My love was pledged to another
But I knew as I crossed the sea
That I'd never love any other
As I love my Anna Marie

Anna Marie Anna Marie...
I miss you Anna Marie
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6.

MADEMOISELLE

(Ted Edlin)
« © '57 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Mademoiselle Mademoiselle of gay Paris
Think back think back remember me
Mademoiselle Mademoiselle in dreams I see
Your smiling face and gay Paris

We walked and talked by the river Seine
Then we drew our hearts and carved our names
I loved you then and you loved me
Think back Mademoiselle my used to be

A soldier boy I long for love away from home
So you are a girl so all alone
The war is wrong Mademoiselle and so worry
But the love we shared just had to be

We walk and talk by the river Seine...
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7.

GEISHA GIRL

(Lawton Williams)
« © '57 Unart Catalog, BMI »
Have you ever heard a love song that you didn't understand
Well you've met her in a teahouse on the Island of Japan
And have you ever traveled over a many thousand miles
To see a pretty Geisha girl dressed in Oriental style

They read it in the tea leaves and it's written in the sand
I found love by the heartful in the foreign distant land
Tell the homefolks that I'm happy with someone that's true I know
I love a pretty Geisha girl where the ocean breezes blow
[ guitar ] I have stood and watched the sunrise from the waters of the sea
And wondered how much beauty in this whole world can there be
My dreams are all worth dreaming and it makes my life worth while
To see my pretty Geisha girl dressed in Oriental style

They read it in the tea leaves and it's written in the sand...
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8.

BLUE HAWAII

(Leo Robin - Ralph Rainger)
« © '36 Famous Music, ASCAP »
Night and you and blue Hawaii
The night is heavenly and you are heaven to me
Lovely you and blue Hawaii
With all this loveliness that should be loved

Come with me while the moon is on the sea
The night is young and so are we
Dreams come true in blue Hawaii
And mind could all come through
This magic night of nights with you
[ guitar ] Come with me while the moon is on the sea...
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9.

BLUE GRASS SKIRT

(Lawton Williams)
« © '57 Unart Catalog, BMI »
I learn to hula love in Honolulu
With a pretty native in the blue grass skirt
But a rock'n roller came along and stole her
Yes he's stole my baby in the blue grass skirt
Well he caught her out to rock and rollin'
Taught her things so out controlin'
He's stole my baby my hula baby
Yes he's stole my baby in the blue grass skirt
[ guitar ] Out the Rocky Island Hawaiian Island
Where the palm trees grow where the tourists flirt
Where I found romancin' life was unchainin'
Where I lost my baby in the blue grass skirt
Well I know that I can never stay
Where happy people laugh and play
Without my baby my hula baby
Cause I miss my baby in the blue grass skirt
[ guitar ] Yeah I learn to hula love in Honolulu...
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10.

FILIPINO BABY

(Billy Cox - Clarke Van Ness)
« © '54 Shapiro-Bernstein Music, ASCAP »
When the warship left Manila sailing proudly o'er the sea
Many sailors hearts were filled with sad regret
Looking backward to this Island where they spent such happy hours
Making love to every pretty gal they've met

Well up stopped a little sailor with his bright eyes all aglow
Saying take a look my gal's photograph
Then the sailors gathered round him just to look upon her face
And he said I love my Filipino baby

She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet
Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet
Her lips are sweet as honey and her heart is true I know
And I love my little Filipino baby
[ guitar ] In a little rustic cottage in the Port of Fillippines
Dwells a pretty little maiden all alone
And she's thinking of her true love though he's far off cross the sea
And her heart beats true for him and him alone

Then one day he whispered darling I've come back from Caroline
I've come back to claim the only girl I love
And that night there was a wedding while the ships crew gathered round
And he wed his little Filipino baby

She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet...
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11.

FOREIGN LOVE AFFAIR

(Wayne P. Walker)
« © '57 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI / Songs Of PolyGram, BMI »
I wonder how many poor boys like me
Are still in love with a foreign memory
And how many poor girls are waiting over there
With their hearts tied to a foreign love affair

Foreign love affairs distant lands apart
Foreign love affairs many broken hearts
[ guitar ] I'd give up a kingdom if I were a king
To be with my darling and have one golden ring
But I have no kingdom so all we have to share
Are the mem'ries of a foreign love affair

Foreign love affairs distant lands apart...
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12.

MEXICALI ROSE

(Helen Stone - Jack B. Tenney)
« © '50 Songs Of Universal, BMI »
Mexicali Rose stop crying
I'll come back to you some sunny day
Every night you know that I'll be pining
Every hour a year while I'm away

Dry those big brown eyes and smile dear
Vanish all those tears and please don't cry
Kiss me once again and hold me Mexicali Rose goodbye
[ guitar ] Dry those big brown eyes and smile dear...
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