lp discography - covers & lyrics

1.

MOONLIGHT AND ROSES (BRING MEM'RIES OF YOU)

(Ben Black - Neil Moret - Edwin H. Lemare) « © '50 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP »
Moonlight and roses
Bring wonderful mem'ries of you
My heart reposes
In beautiful thoughts so true

June light discoses
Love's golden dreams sparkling anew
Moonlight and roses
Bring mem'ries of you
[ strings ] June light discoses...
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2.

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'll 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
[ strings ] I'll come back to you some sunny day
[ strings ] Every hour a year while I'm away

Dry those big brown eyes...
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3.

CAROLINA MOON

(Benny Davis - Joe Bruke) « © '56 Benny Davis Music, ASCAP / Fred Ahlert Music, ASCAP »
Carolina moon keep shining
Shining on the one who waits for me
Carolina moon I'm pining
Pining for the place I long to be

How I'm hoping tonight you'll go
Go to the right window
Scatter your light say I'm alright please do
Tell her that I'm blue and lonely
Dreamy Carolina moon
[ cello ] Shining on the one who waits for me
[ cello ] I'm pining for the place I long to be

How I'm hoping tonightt you'll go...
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4.

ROSA RIO

(Cindy Walker) « © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
My heart is in Rosa Rio under the Argentina skies
There with a beautiful lady with her dark and sparkiling eyes
My heart is in Rosa Rio your sentimental eye aye
There with a beautiful lady that I love the day that I die aye aye aye

Her parents were rich Estenaciaros and I was just one of the hands
Who heard it ten thousand cattle on their ten thousand acres of land
But I was a very poor cowboy and we lived in worlds far apart
So how could I tell her I loved her or speak of the love in my heart

The lady I loved never loved me the lady I loved never knew
The day that she married another a poor cowboy's heart broke in two
I know that she'll never miss me or notice that I'm even gone
The cowboy who saddled her ponny now rides through the dark night alone

My heart is in Rosa Rio under the Argentina skies...
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5.

OH WHAT IT SEEMED TO BE

(Bennie Benjamin - George Weiss) « © '63 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Abilene Music, ASCAP »
It was just a neighborhood dance that's all that it was
But oh what it seemed to be
It was like a mascuarade ball with costumes and all
Cause you were at the dance with me

It was just a ride on a train that's all that it was
But oh what it seemed to be
It was like a trip to the stars to Venus and Mars
Cause you were on the train with me

And when I kissed you darling
It was more than just a thrill for me
It was the promise darling
Of all the things that fate had willed for me

It was just a wedding in June that's all that it was
But oh what it seemed to be
It was like a royal affair with everyone there
Cause you said yes I do to me
[ trumpet - strings ] It was just a wedding in June that's all that it was...
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6.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME

(Cindy Walker) « © '63 Tree Publishing, BMI »
I know that I'm a fool to keep on loving you so hopelessly
Someone else is in your heart so what's in it for me
Why do I dream of you when I'm just dreaming of what used to be
There's no future in the past so what's in it for me

But I can't help it I can't seem to break the ties that bind
These ties of love are wound too tight around this heart of mine
I know that it's a sin to wish my life could end and cease to be
But what's life without your love what's in it for me
[ trumpet ] But what's life without your love what's in it for me
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7.

ROSES

(Tim Spencer - Glenn Spencer) « © '49 Unichappell Music, BMI »
(Roses roses au au ooh)

Roses I send you roses
With all the love their tender blossoming discloses
Just like my arms they'll open wide
You'll see my heart inside

Please dear embrace the roses
Until I come to you and when the long day closes
Our spark of love will burst to flame
And put the red red roses to shame

(Please dear embrace the roses
Until I come to you and when the long day closes)
Our spark of love will burst to flame
And put the red red roses to shame
(Roses roses au au ooh)
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8.

ONE DOZEN ROSES

(Joe Washburne - Roger Lewis - Walter Donovan - Dick Jurgens) « © '63 Famous Music, ASCAP »
Give me one dozen roses put my heart in beside 'em
Send them to the one I love
She'll be glad to recieve 'em and I know she'll believe 'em
There's something we've been talking of

There may be orange blossoms later think that there will
She's done something to me and my heart won't keep still
Give me one dozen roses put my heart in beside them
Send them to the one I love
[ vibes ] There may be orange blossoms later I think that there will...
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9.

MOON RIVER

(Johnny Mercer - Henry Mancini) « © '62 Famous Music, ASCAP »
Moon River wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style some day
Oh dream maker you're heart breaker
Wherever you're going I'm going your way

Two drifters off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbow's end
Waitin' round the bend my Huckleberry friend
Moon River and me
[ strings ] We're after the same rainbow's end...
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10.

THERE'S A NEW MOON OVER MY SHOULDER

(Jimmie Davis - Lee Blastic - Elke Whelan) « © '43 Peer International, BMI »
There's a new moon over my shoulder
And an old love still in my heart
I remember now that I'm older
What you told me the day we had to part

You promised with the new moon you'd be coming back to me
Many moons have passed still I'm waiting patiently
There's a new moon over my shoulder
And an old love still in my heart
[ guitar + vibes ] There's a new moon over my shoulder
And an old love still in my heart
Now I'm wishing I had been bolder
Then perhaps we wouldn't be so far apart

You promised you would write me but so far not a line
Still I wait and make believe that some day you'll be mine
There's a new moon over my shoulder
And an old love still in my heart
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11.

IT'S ONLY A PAPER MOON

(E.Y. Harburg - Harold Arlen - Billy Rose) « © '57 Anne Rachel Music, ASCAP / Glocca Morra Music, ASCAP / SA Music, ASCAP »
It's only a paper moon sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn't be make believe if you believe in me
It's only a canuas sky hanging over a muslin tree
But it wouldn't be make believe if you believe in me

Without your love it's a honky tonk parade
Without your love it's a melody played in a penny arcade
It's a Bonnom and Daily World just as phony as it can be
But it wouldn't be make believe if you believe in me
[ guitar + vibes ] Without your love it's a honky tonk parade...
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12.

WHEN I LOST YOU

(Irving Berlin) « © '55 Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP »
I lost the sunshine and roses
I lost the heavens of blue
I lost the beautiful rainbow
I lost the morning dew

I lost the angel who gave me
summer the whole winter through
I lost the gladness that turned into sadness
When I lost you
[ violin ] I lost the sweet thing who gave me..
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