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Henry Mancini & Chorus

Academy Award Songs

RCA Victor PRS-151
1964

Produced by Dick Peirce

Cover image of Academy Award Songs

Henry Mancini and his Orchestra and Chorus
Recorded in Hollywood

1.

Moon River

Johnny Mercer - Henry Mancini

© Famous Music, ASCAP

Moon River wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style some day
Oh dream maker you 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
Waiting round the bend
My Huckleberry friend
Moon River and me

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2.

Secret Love

Paul F. Webster - Sammy Fain

© Remick Music, ASCAP

Once I had a secret love
That lived within the heart of me
All too soon my secret love
Became impatient to be free

So I told a friendly star
The way that dreamers often do
Just how wonderful you are
And why I'm so in love with you

Now I shout it from the highest hill
Even told the golden daffodils
At last my heart's an open door
And my secret love's no secret anymore
[ instrumental ]
At last my heart's an open door
And my secret love ain't no secret anymore

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3.

On The Atchison Topeka And Santa Fe

Johnny Mercer - Harry Warren

© Leo Feist Music, ASCAP

Do you hear that whistle down the line
I figure that Engine number 49
She's the only one that'll sound that way
On the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe

See the old smoke rising round the bend
I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend
Folks around these parts get the time of day
From the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe

Here she comes hoo oo oo hoo oo oo
Hey Jim you better get the rig
Hoo oo oo hoo oo oo
She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big

And they'll all want a lift to Brown's Hotel
Cause lots of them been travelin' for quite a spell
All the way from Philadelphia
On the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe
[ instrumental ]
Here she comes here she comes here she come here she goes
Here she comes here she comes here she come here she goes

And they'll all want a lift to Brown's Hotel
Cause lots of them been travelin' for quite a spell
All the way from Philadelphia
On the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe

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4.

You'll Never Know

Mack Gordon - Harry Warren

© Bregman-Vocco-Conn Music, ASCAP

You'll never know just how much I miss you
You'll never know just how much I care
And if I tried I still couldn't hide my love for you
You oughta know for haven't I told you so
A million or more times

You went away and my heart went with you
I speak your name in my every prayer
If there is some other way to prove that I love you
I swear I don't know how
You'll never know if you don't know now

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5.

Gigi

Alan Lerner - Fred Loewe

© Chappell Co, ASCAP

Gigi am I a fool without a mind
Or have I merely been too blind to realize
Oh Gigi why you've been growing up before my eyes

Gigi you're not at all the awkward funny little girl I knew
Oh no overnight there's been a breathless change in you

Oh Gigi while you were trembling on the brink
Was I out yonder somewhere blinking at a star
Oh Gigi have I been standing up too close or back too far

When did your sparkle turn to fire
And your warmth become desire
Oh what miracle has made you the way you are
[ instrumental ]
When did your sparkle turn to fire
And your warmth become desire
Oh what miracle has made you the way you are

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6.

Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera)

Ray Evans - Jay Livingston

© Artists Music, ASCAP

When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother what will I be
Will I be pretty will I be rich
Here's what she said to me

Que sera sera whatever will be will be
The future's not ours to see que sera sera
What will be will be

When I was just a child in school
I asked my teacher what should I try
Should I paint pictures should I sing songs
This was her wise reply

Que sera sera whatever will be will be...

When I grew up and fell in love
I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said

Que sera sera whatever will be will be...

Now we have children of our own
They ask their mother what will I be
Will I be pretty will I be rich
I tell them tenderly

Que sera sera whatever will be will be...

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7.

Days Of Wine And Roses

Johnny Mercer - Henry Mancini

© Witmark And Sons, ASCAP

The days of wine and roses
Laugh and run away like a child at play
Through the meadowland toward a closing door
A door marked never more that wasn't there before

The lonely night discloses
Just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
To the days of wine and roses and you

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8.

All The Way

Sammy Cahn - James VanHeusen

© Maraville Music, ASCAP

When somebody loves you
It's no good unless he loves you
All the way
Happy to be near you
When you need someone to cheer you
All the way
Taller than the tallest tree is
That's how it's got to feel
Deeper than the deep blue sea is
That's how deep it goes if it's real

When somebody needs you
It's no good unless he needs you
All the way
Through the good or lean years
And for all the in-between years
Come what may
Who knows where the road will lead us
Only a fool could say
But if you let me love you
It's for sure I'm gonna love you
All the way all the way
[ instrumental ]
Who knows where the road will lead us...

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9.

The Continental (You Kiss While You're Dancing)

Herbert Magidson - Con Conrad

© Harms Music, ASCAP

Beautiful music dangerous rhythm

It's something daring the Continental
A way of dancing that's really ultra new
It's very subtle the Continental
Because it does what you want it to do

It has a passion the Continental
An invitation to moonlight and romance
It's quite the fashion the Continental
Because you tell of your love while you dance

Your lips whisper so tenderly
Her eyes answer your song

Two bodies swaying the Continental
And you are saying just what you're thinking of
So keep on dancing the Continental
For it's a song of romance and of love

You kiss while you're dancing
You sing while you're dancing
You'll know before the dance is through
That you're in love with her and she's in love with you

You'll find while you're dancing
That there's a rhythm in your heart and soul
A certain rhythm that you can't control
And you will do the Continental all the time

Beautiful music dangerous rhythm
Beautiful music dangerous rhythm

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10.

Mona Lisa

Ray Evans - Jay Livingston

© Famous Music, ASCAP

Mona Lisa Mona Lisa men have named you
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only cause you're lonely they have blamed you
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile

Do you smile to tempt a lover Mona Lisa
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm are you real Mona Lisa
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art
[ instrumental ]
Are you warm are you real Mona Lisa
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art

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11.

When You Wish Upon A Star

Ned Washington - Leigh Harline

© Bourne Co, ASCAP

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires will come to you

If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star as dreamers do

Fate is kind she brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment of their secret longing

Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star your dream comes true

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12.

Zip A Dee Doo Dah

Roy Gilbert - Allie Wrubel

© Joy Music, ASCAP

Zip a dee doo dah zip a dee ay
My oh my what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine headin' my way
Zip a dee doo dah zip a dee ay

Mr Bluebird on my shoulder
It's the truth it's actch'll everything is satisfactch'll
Zip a dee doo dah zip a dee ay
Wonderful feeling how bout that day
[ instrumental ]
Mr Bluebird on my shoulder
It's the truth it's actch'll everything is satisfactch'll
Zip a dee doo dah zip a dee ay
Wonderful feeling wonderful day
Wonderful feeling how bout that day

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