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Henry Mancini & Chorus

Academy Award Songs 2

RCA Victor PRS-175
1965

Produced by Joe Reisman

Cover image of Academy Award Songs 2

1.

Three Coins In The Fountain

Sammy Cahn - Jule Styne

© Robbins Music, ASCAP

Three coins in the fountain
Each one seeking happiness
Thrown by three hopeful lovers
Which one will the fountain bless

Three hearts in the fountain
Each heart longing for a home
There they lie in the fountain
Somewhere in the heart of Rome

Which one will the fountain bless
Which one will the fountain bless

Three coins in a fountain
Through the ripples how they shine
Just one wish will be granted
One heart will wear a valentine
Make it mine make it mine make it mine

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2.

Call Me Irresponsible

Sammy Cahn - James VanHeusen

© Famous Music, ASCAP

Call me irresponsible call me unreliable
Throw in undependable too
Do my foolish alibis bore you
Well I'm not too clever I just adore you

Call me unpredictable tell me I'm impractical
Rainbows I'm inclined to pursue
Call me irresponsible yes I'm unreliable
But it's undeniably true
I'm irresponsibly mad for you

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3.

High Hopes

Sammy Cahn - James VanHeusen

© Maraville Music, ASCAP

Next time your found with your chin on the ground
There's a lot to be learn so look around

Just what makes that little old ant
Think he'll move that rubber tree plant
Anyone knows an ant can't move a rubber tree plant

But he's got high hopes he's got high hopes
He's got high apple pie in the sky hopes

So any time your gettin' low stead of lettin' go
Just remember that ant
Oops there goes another rubber tree
Oops there goes another rubber tree
Oops there goes another rubber tree plant
[ instrumental ]
So any time your gettin' low stead of lettin' go...

Once there was a silly old ram
Thought he's punched a hole in a dam
No one could make that ram scram
He kept buttin' that dam

Cause he's had high hopes he's got high hopes
He's had high apple pie in the sky hopes

So any time your feelin' bad stead of feelin' sad
Just remember that ram
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt
Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam

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4.

It Might As Well Be Spring

Oscar Hammerstein - Richard Rodgers

© Williamson Music, ASCAP

I am starry eyed and vaguely discontented
Like a nightingale without a song to sing
Oh why should I have spring fever
When it isn't even spring

I keep wishing I were somewhere else
Walking down a strange new street
Hearing words that I have never heard
From a man I've yet to meet

I'm as busy as a spider spinning daydreams
I'm as giddy as a baby on a swing
I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud
Or a robin on the wing

But I feel so gay in a melancholy way
That it might as well be spring
It might as well be spring
[ instrumental ]
I'm as busy as a spider spinning daydreams...

But I feel so gay in a melancholy way
That it might as well be spring
It might as well be spring spring spring spring spring

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5.

Over The Rainbow

E.Y. Harburg - Harold Arlen

© Leo Feist Music, ASCAP

When all the world is a hopeless jungle
And the raindrops tumble all around
Heaven opens a magic lane

When all the clouds darken up the skyway
There's a rainbow highway to be found
Leading from your window pane

Just a step beyond the sun
Just a step beyond the rain

Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue
And the dreams that you dared to dream really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops a way above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow why then oh why can't I

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow
Why oh why can't I

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6.

Swinging On A Star

Johnny Burke - James VanHeusen

© E.H. Morris Co, ASCAP

Would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a mule

A mule is an animal with long funny ears
He kicks up at anything he hears
His back is brawny but his brain is weak
He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak
And by the way if you hate to go to school
You may grow up to be a mule

Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
[ instrumental ]
Or would you rather be a pig

A pig won't do anything but swim in a brook
He can't write his name or read a book
To fool the people is his only thought
And though he's slippery he still gets caught
But then if that sort of life is what you wish
You might grow up to be a fish

And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo
Every day you meet quite a few
So you see it's all up to you
You can be better than you are
You could be swinging on a star

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7.

Never On Sunday

Billy Towne - Manos Hadjidakis

© Skidmore Music, ASCAP

Most any day and you can be my guest
Any day you say but my day of rest
Just name the day that you'll like the best
Only stay away on my day of rest

Oh you can kiss me on a Monday a Monday a Monday is very very good
Or you can kiss me on a Tuesday a Tuesday a Tuesday in fact I wish you would
Or you can kiss me on a Wednesday a Thursday a Friday and Saturday is best
But never never on a Sunday a Sunday a Sunday cause that's my day of rest

Most any day and you can be my guest...
[ instrumental ]
Most any day and you can be my guest...

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8.

Love Is A Many Splendored Thing

Paul F. Webster - Sammy Fain

© Miller Music, ASCAP

Love is a many splendored thing
It's the April rose that only grows in the early spring
Love is nature's way of giving a reason to be living
The golden crown that makes a man a king

Once on a high and windy hill
In the morning mist two lovers kissed and the world stood still
Then your fingers touched my silent heart and taught it how to sing
Yes true love's a many splendored thing
[ instrumental ]
Then your fingers touched my silent heart and taught it how to sing
Yes true love's a many splendored thing

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9.

In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening

Johnny Mercer - Hoagy Carmichael

© Famous Music, ASCAP

Sue wants a barbecue
Sam wants to boil a ham
Grace votes for Bouillabaisse stew
Jake wants a weeny bake
Steak and a layer cake
He'll get a tummy ache too

We'll rent a tent or tepee
Let the town crier cry
And if it's RSVP
This is what I'll reply

In the cool cool cool of the evening
Tell 'em I'll be there
In the cool cool cool of the evening
Better save a chair

When the party's gettin' a glow on
And singin' fills the air
In the shank of the night
When the doin's all right
You can tell 'em I'll be there
[ instrumental ]
In the cool cool cool of the evening
Tell 'em I'll be there
In the cool cool cool of the evening
Slick 'em on my hair

When the party's gettin' a glow on
And singin' fills the air
If I ain't in the clink
And there's sumpin' to drink
You can tell 'em I'll be there

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10.

The Last Time I Saw Paris

Oscar Hammerstein - Jerome Kern

© Harms Music, ASCAP

The last time I saw Paris her heart was warm and gay
I heard the laughter of her heart in every street cafe
The last time I saw Paris her trees were dressed for spring
And lovers walked beneath those trees and birds found songs to sing

I dodged the same old taxicabs that I had dodged for years
The chorus of the squeaky horns was music to my ears
The last time I saw Paris her heart was warm and gay
No matter how they changed her I'll remember her that way

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11.

The Way You Look Tonight

Dorothy Fields - Jerome Kern

© Harms Music, ASCAP

Someday when I'm awfully low
When the world is cold I will feel a glow
Just thinking of you and the way you look tonight

Oh but you're lovely with your smiles so warm
And your cheek so soft
There is nothing for me but to love you
Just the way you look tonight

With each word your tenderness grows
Tearing my fears apart
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose
Touches my foolish heart

Love me never never change
Keep that breathless charm won't you please arrange it
Cause I love you just the way you look tonight
[ instrumental ]
Love me never never change...

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12.

Thanks For The Memory

Leo Robin - Ralph Rainger

© Famous Music, ASCAP

Many's the time that we feasted
And many's the time that we fasted
Oh well it was swell while it lasted
We did have fun and no harm done

So thanks for the memory
Of candlelight and wine castles on the Rhine
The Parthenon and moments on the Hudson River Line
How lovely it was

Thanks for the memory
Of rainy afternoons swingy Harlem tunes
And motor trips and burning lips and burning toast and prunes
How lovely it was
[ instrumental ]
So thanks for the memory
And strictly entrenous darling how are you
And how are all the little dreams that never did come true
Awfully glad I met you cheerio and toodle doo
And thank you so much

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