Music for Bill, Robert and Friends
1962 | |317. PAPER DOLL 1943 I’M GONNA BUY A PAPER DOLL THAT I CAN CALL MY OWN. A DOLL THAT OTHER FELLAS CANNOT STEAL. AND THEN THOSE FLIRTY-FLIRTY GUYS, WITH THEIR FLIRTY-FLIRTY EYES, WILL HAVE TO FLIRT WITH DOLLIES THAT ARE REAL. WHEN I COME HOME AT NIGHT SHE …
ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY 1925 | ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY, ALL COVERED WITH SNOW, I LOST MY TRUE LOVER FOR COURTIN’ TOO SLOW. FOR COURTIN’S A PLEASURE, AND PARTING IS GRIEF, AND A FALSE-HEARTED LOVER IS WORSE THAN A THIEF. A THIEF WILL JUST ROB YOU, AND TAKE …
ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE __________________________________ 1956 I HAVE OFTEN WALKED DOWN THIS STREET BEFORE, BUT THE PAVEMENT ALWAYS STAYED BENEATH MY FEET BEFORE. ALL AT ONCE AM I, SEVERAL STORIES HIGH, KNOWING I’M ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE. ARE THERE LILAC TREES IN THE HEART OF TOWN? …
1306. OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM 1917 | OLD MACDONALD HAD A FARM, E-1- E-1- O. AND ON THIS FARM HE HAD SOME CHICKS, E-1- E-1- O. WITH A CHICK CHICK HERE, AND A CHICK CHICK THERE, HERE A CHICK, THERE A CHICK, EVERYWHERE A CHICK CHICK. OLD MACDONALD HAD …
OLD LAMP LIGHTER 1946 | HE MADE THE NIGHT A LITTLE BRIGHTER WHEREVER HE WOULD GO, THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER OF LONG, LONG AGO. HIS SNOWY HAIR WAS SO MUCH WHITER BENEATH THE CANDLE GLOW, THE OLD LAMPLIGHTER OF LONG, LONG AGO. YOU’D HEAR THE PATTER OF HIS FEET AS HE …
OH, LADY BE GOOD 1924 | OH, SWEET AND LOVELY LADY BE GOOD, OH, LADY BE GOOD TO ME. I’M SO AWFULLY MISUNDERSTOOD, SO LADY BE GOOD TO ME. OH, PLEASE HAVE SOME PITY. I’M ALL ALONE IN THIS BIG CITY. I TELL YOU I’M JUST A LONESOME BABE IN …
OH! JOHNNY 1917 | OH! JOHNNY, OH! JOHNNY, HOW YOU CAN LOVE! OH! JOHNNY, OH! JOHNNY, HEAVEN’S ABOVE. YOU MAKE MY SAD HEART JUMP WITH JOY. AND WHEN YOU’RE NEAR I JUST CANT, SIT STILL A MINUTE, I’M SO — OH! JOHNNY, OH! JOHNNY, PLEASE TELL ME DEAR WHAT MAKES …
HOW I HATE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING OH, HOW I HATE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING 1918 I’VE BEEN A SOLDIER QUITE A WHILE AND I WOULD LIKE TO STATE, THE LIFE IS SIMPLY WONDERFUL, THE ARMY FOOD IS GREAT. I SLEEP WITH NINETY-SEVEN OTHERS IN A …
OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION, THE 1934 CHORUS THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION CAN CHANGE MY COMPLEXION FROM WHITE TO ROSY RED, ANYTIME SHE HOLDS MY HAND AND TELLS ME THAT SHE’S MINE. THERE ARE MANY GIRLS WHO CAN THRILL ME, AND SOME WHO CAN FILL ME WITH DREAMS OF HAPPINESS. …
MY GAL SAL 1905 | THEY CALLED HER FRIVOLOUS SAL, A PECULIAR SORT OF A GAL. WITH A HEART THAT WAS MELLOW, AN ALL ‘ROUND GOOD FELLOW WAS MY OLD PAL. YOUR TROUBLES SORROWS AND CARE, SHE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO SHARE. A WILD SORT OF DEVIL, BUT DEAD ON …