Genres > Big Band Era

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Writers	Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence

Genres	Standard, Big Band Era

Recorded	1939

Lyrics	verse - added in year 2000: YOU KNOW THE GAME OF LOVE SO THE FLAME OF LOVE NEVER BURNS YOU, NO PASSION CONCERNS YOU, NO VIOLINS PLAY. BUT ME, I LOSE CONTROL OF MY HEART WHEN I'M NEAR YOU. THAT'S WHY I FEAR YOU AND TURN AWAY. I NEED A LOVE THAT'S TRUE, I WISH IT COULD BE YOU, I KNOW IT SHOULD BE YOU AND SO I SAY: Chorus: ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL! HALF A LOVE NEVER APPEALED TO ME. IF YOUR HEART NEVER COULD YIELD TO ME, THEN I'D RATHER HAVE NOTHING AT ALL! ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL! IF IT'S LOVE, THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN. WHY BEGIN, THEN CRY FOR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. NO, I'D RATHER HAVE NOTHING AT ALL. BUT, PLEASE, DON'T BRING YOUR LIPS SO CLOSE TO MY CHEEK. DON'T SMILE, OR I'LL BE LOST BEYOND RECALL. THE KISS IN YOUR EYES, THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND MAKES ME WEAK AND MY HEART MAY GROW DIZZY AND FALL. AND IF I FELL UNDER THE SPELL OF YOUR CALL, I WOULD BE CAUGHT IN THE UNDERTOW. SO, YOU SEE, I'VE GOT TO SAY: NO! NO! ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL!

Amapola

Jimmy Dorsey, Bob Eberly

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Writers	Albert Gamse, Joseph M. LaCalle

Genres	Standard, Latin, Big Band Era

Recorded	1941

Lyrics	verse 1: A BOY FOUND A DREAM UPON A DISTANT SHORE, A MAID WITH A WAY OF WHISP'RING, SI SENOR. EACH NIGHT WHILE GUITARS WOULD SOFTLY PLAY, THE TUNE SEEMED TO DANCE AROUND THE WORDS THAT HE'D SAY: Chorus: AMAPOLA, MY PRETTY LITTLE POPPY, YOU'RE LIKE THAT LOVELY FLOWER SO SWEET AND HEAVENLY. SINCE I FOUND YOU, MY HEART IS WRAPPED AROUND YOU AND LOVING YOU, IT SEEMS TO BEAT A RHAPSODY. AMAPOLA, THE PRETTY LITTLE POPPY MUST COPY ITS ENDEARING CHARM FROM YOU. AMAPOLA, AMAPOLA, HOW I LONG TO HEAR YOU SAY, I LOVE YOU. verse 2: THE BOY LEFT HIS LOVE UPON A DISTANT SHORE AND SAILED FROM THE ONE HIS ARMS WERE LONGING FOR. HE VOWED HE'D RETURN ONE SUNNY DAY, ONCE MORE TO REPEAT WHAT HIS HEART HAD TO SAY: Chorus: AMAPOLA, MY PRETTY LITTLE POPPY, YOU'RE LIKE THAT LOVELY FLOWER SO SWEET AND HEAVENLY. SINCE I FOUND YOU, MY HEART IS WRAPPED AROUND YOU AND LOVING YOU, IT SEEMS TO BEAT A RHAPSODY. AMAPOLA, THE PRETTY LITTLE POPPY MUST COPY ITS ENDEARING CHARM FROM YOU. AMAPOLA, AMAPOLA, HOW I LONG TO HEAR YOU SAY, I LOVE YOU. Spanish Version verse 1: DE AMOR EN LOS HIERROS DE TU REJA. DE AMOR ESCUCHE LA TRISTE QUEJA. DE AMOR QUE SUENAN MI CORAZON, DICIENDOME ASI CON SU DULCE CANCION: Chorus: AMAPOLA, LINDISIMA AMAPOLA, SERA SIEMPRE MI ALMA TUYA SOLA. YO TE QUIERO, AMADA NINA MIA, IGUAL QUE AMA LA FLOR LA LUZ DEL DIA. AMAPOLA, LINDISIMA AMAPOLA, NO SEAS TAN INGRATA Y AMAME. AMAPOLA, AMAPLOA, COMO PUEDES TU VIVIR TAN SOLA. verse 2: TAL VEZ EN LOS HIERROS DE TU REJA, TRAI DOR EL AMOR SINTIO SU QUEJA. AMOR QUEEN MI AMANTE CORAZON, SEMBRO POR MI MAL UNA DULCE ILUSION: Chorus: AMAPOLA, LINDISIMA AMAPOLA, SERA SIEMPRE MI ALMA TUYA SOLA. YO TE QUIERO, AMADA INA MIA, IGUAL QUE AMA LA FLOR LA LUZ DEL DIA. AMAPOLA, LINDISIMA AMAPOLA, NO SEAS AN INGRATA Y AMAME. AMAPOLA, AMAPOLA, COMO PUEDES TU VIVIR TAN SOLA.

Avalon

Nat King Cole

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Writers	Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Vincent Rose

Genres	Standard, Big Band Era

Recorded	1958

Lyrics	I FOUND MY LOVE IN AVALON BESIDE A BAY I LEFT MY LOVE IN AVALON, AND SAILED AWAY I DREAM OF HER AND AVALON FROM DUSK 'TIL DAWN SO I THINK I'LL TRAVEL ON, WAY ON TO AVALON.

Big Boy Blue

Ella Fitzgerald

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Writers	David Kapp, Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin

Genres	Standard, Pop, Big Band Era

Recorded	1937

Lyrics	BIG BOY BLUE, COME BLOW YOUR HORN, BIG BOY BLUE, IT'S ALMOST DAWN AND THE BAND WILL SOON BE GONE. COME ON, BLUE, BLOW YOUR HORN! BIG BOY BLUE, IT'S GETTING LATE, BIG BOY BLUE, MY FEET CAN'T WAIT. SO BEFORE YOU ABDICATE, COME ON, BLUE, BLOW YOUR HORN! 'CAUSE WHEN YOU BLOW HOT - SO HOT, HOW'M I GONNA KEEP MY SEAT? EVEN WITH MY TWO LEFT FEET I MUST GIVE IN, I MEAN GIVE OUT. BIG BOY BLUE, YOU KNOW IT'S SO, BIG BOY BLUE, BEFORE YOU GO. SWING ME HIGH AND SWING ME LOW, COME ON, BLUE, BLOW YOUR HORN!

Calloway Boogie

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Writers	Cab Calloway, Allen Leroy Gibson

Genres	Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Jazz Standard, Jazz, Blues, Big Band Era

Recorded	2009

Lyrics	HERE'S A LITTLE TUNE WE'RE GONNA PLAY FOR YOU, THERE AIN'T NOTHIN' TO IT AND IT'S EASY TO DO: CALLED THE CALLOWAY BOOGIE, IT'S THE CALLOWAY BOOGIE, KEEPS YOU GROOVY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY! IF YOU LIKE MUSIC WITH A BOOGIE BEAT, HERE'S A LITTLE DITTY THAT'S REALLY ALL REET! IT'S THE CALLOWAY BOOGIE, IT'S THE CALLOWAY BOOGIE, KEEPS YOU GROOVY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY! I WOKE UP WITH THE BLUES THE OTHER DAY, THE CATS STARTED JAMMING AND THEY BLEW AWAY. WITH THE CALLOWAY BOOGIE, THE CALLOWAY BOOGIE, KEEPS YOU GROOVY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY! WE PLAY WALTZES, BEBOP AND JIVE, BUT HERE'S THE KIND OF MUSIC THAT KEEPS YOU ALIVE! IT'S THE CALLOWAY BOOGIE, IT'S THE CALLOWAY BOOGIE, KEEPS YOU GROOVY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY! IF YOU LIKE BOOGIE WITH SOME HI-DE-HO, JUST LISTEN TO ME, HERE'S THE WAY IT GOES: HI-DE-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI! HO-DE-HO-DE-HO-DE-HO! KEEPS YOU GROOVY TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY!

Cherokee

Dianne Reeves

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Writers	Ray Noble

Genres	Standard, Jazz Standard, Jazz, Big Band Era

Recorded	1996

Lyrics	BRAVE INDIAN WARRIOR, SINCE FIRST I MET YOU, I CAN'T FORGET YOU, CHEROKEE SWEETHEART! CHILD OF THE PRAIRIE, YOUR LOVE KEEPS CALLING, MY HEART ENTHRALLING, YOU CHEROKEE! IN THE SUMMERTIME OF LOVER TIME GONE BY, FROM MY MEMORY, SO TENDERLY INSIDE! MY BRAVE INDIAN WARRIOR, ONE DAY I'LL HOLD YOU, IN MY ARMS HOLD YOU, MY CHEROKEE! IN THE SUMMERTIME OF LOVER TIME GONE BY, FROM MY MEMORY, SO TENDERLY INSIDE! MY BRAVE INDIAN WARRIOR, OBNE DAY I'LL HOLD YOU, IN MY ARMS I'LL HOLD YOU, MY CHEROKEE!

Ciribiribin (They're So In Love)

The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby

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Alt. Title	They're So In Love

Writers	Jack Lawrence, Alberto Pestalozza

Genres	Standard, Big Band Era

Recorded	1939

Lyrics	WHEN THE MOON HANGS LOW IN NAPOLI, THERE'S A HANDSOME GONDOLIER, EVERY NIGHT HE SINGS SO HAPPILY, SO HIS LADY LOVE CAN HEAR. IN A MANNER OH GRAVISSIMO, HE REPEATS HIS SERENADE, AND HIS HEART BEATS SO FORTISSIMO, WHEN SHE RAISES HER VENETIAN SHADE. CIRIBIRIBIN, CIRIBIRIBIN, CIRIBIRIBIN. CIRIBIRIBIN, HE WAITS FOR HER EACH NIGHT BENEATH HER BALCONY. CIRIBIRIBIN, HE BEGS TO HOLD HER TIGHT, BUT NO, SHE WON'T AGREE. CIRIBIRIBIN, SHE THROWS A ROSE AND BLOWS A KISS FROM UP ABOVE, CIRIBIRIBIN, CIRIBIRIBIN, CIRIBIRIBIN, THEY'RE SO IN LOVE. CIRIBIRIBIN, CIRIBIRIBIN, CIRIBIRIBIN, THEY'RE SO IN LOVE.

Crazy Rhythm

Doris Day

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Writers	Irving Caesar, Roger Wolfe Kahn, Joseph Meyer

Genres	Standard, Jazz Standard, Jazz, Big Band Era

Recorded	1950

Lyrics	CRAZY RHYTHM, HERE'S THE DOORWAY, I'LL GO MY WAY, YOU GO YOUR WAY, CRAZY RHYTHM, FROM NOW ON WE'RE THROUGH. HERE IS WHERE WE HAVE A SHOWDOWN, I'M TOO HIGH-HAT, YOU'RE TOO LOW-DOWN, CRAZY RHYTHM, HERE'S GOODBYE TO YOU! THEY SAY THAT WHEN A HIGH-BROW MEETS A LOW-BROW WALKIN' ALONG BROADWAY. SOON THE HIGH-BROW, HE HAS NO BROW, AIN'T IT A SHAME? AND YOU'RE TO BLAME. WHAT'S THE USE OF PROHIBITION? YOU PRODUCE THE SAME CONDITION. CRAZY RHYTHM, FROM NOW ON, WE'RE THROUGH. CRAZY RHYTHM, I'VE GONE CRAZY TOO.

Creole Love Call

Cleo Laine

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Writers	Duke Ellington, Lorraine Feather, Rudy Jackson, Bubber Miley

Genres	Standard, Jazz Standard, Jazz, Blues, Big Band Era

Recorded	1994

Lyrics	WHEN THE DAYS ARE SAD AND LONG, I JUST KEEP WANDERING ON, TO THE PLACE I HEAR A CALL, BECAUSE THE ONE I LOVE IS THERE BACK TO THE FIELDS OF COTTON TO HEAR A CREOLE LOVE CALL. 1994 lyrics by Lorraine Feather: A SUITCASE OPEN ON THE FLOOR, IN ROOM ELEVEN EIGHTY FOUR, YOUR PICTURE LYING BY THE PHONE, IT'S CLOSE TO MORNING AND I'M LONELY NO ONE AROUND TO CARE, SO I STARE AT THESE WALLS. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE HERE IN TOWN, AND THEY WERE SHOWING ME AROUND, THEY KNEW THE HAPPENING PLACE TO GO, WE LAUGHED AND GOT A LITTLE LOWDOWN. BUT NOW I WANT YOU NEAR BABY, HEAR MY LOVE CALL. THE MOON IS MISTY AND GRAY, IT NEVER SEEMS SO FAR AWAY. I TOUCH YOU AGAIN, BUT NOT TOMORROW. THEN FACE TO FACE WE'LL LIE, GOODBYE, JUST A MEMORY. A SUITCASE OPEN ON THE FLOOR, IN ROOM ELEVEN EIGHTY FOUR. I KNOW AS I LIE VERY STILL, I DREAMT YOUR SCENT WAS ON THE PILLOW. TOO SOON TO DISAPPEAR, BABY, HEAR MY LOVE CALL.

Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree

The Andrews Sisters

Alt. Title	Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)

Writers	Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias

Genres	Standard, Big Band Era

Recorded	1942

Lyrics	[Male Vocal]: DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME, ANYONE ELSE BUT ME, ANYONE ELSE BUT ME, NO! NO! NO! DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME TILL I COME MARCHIN' HOME. DON'T GO WALKIN' DOWN LOVER'S LANE WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME, ANYONE ELSE BUT ME, ANYONE ELSE BUT ME, NO! NO! NO! DON'T GO WALKIN' DOWN LOVER'S LANE WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME TILL I COME MARCHIN' HOME I JUST GOT WORD FROM A GUY WHO HEARD FROM THE GUY NEXT DOOR TO ME. THE GIRL HE MET JUST LOVES TO PET AND IT FITS YOU TO A TEE. SO, DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME TILL I COME MARCHIN' HOME. Female Vocal]: DON'T GIVE OUT WITH THOSE LIPS OF YOURS TO ANYONE ELSE BUT ME, ANYONE ELSE BUT ME, ANYONE ELSE BUT ME, NO! NO! NO! WATCH THE GIRLS ON THE FOREIGN SHORES, YOU'LL HAVE TO REPORT TO ME WHEN YOU COME MARCHIN' HOME. DON'T HOLD ANYONE ON YOUR KNEE, YOU BETTER BE TRUE TO ME, YOU BETTER BE TRUE TO ME, YOU BETTER BE TRUE TO ME. DON'T HOLD ANYONE ON YOUR KNEE, YOU'RE GETTIN' THE THIRD DEGREE WHEN YOU COME MARCHIN' HOME. YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN WHERE THERE IS NO PHONE AND I CAN'T KEEP TABS ON YOU. BE FAIR TO ME, . I'LL GUARANTEE THIS IS ONE THING THAT I'LL DO: I WON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU TILL YOU COME MARCHIN' HOME. [All]: DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE WITH ANYONE ELSE BUT ME, I KNOW THE APPLE TREE IS RESERVED FOR YOU AND ME, AND I'LL BE TRUE TILL YOU COME MARCHIN' HOME.

Got A Date With An Angel

Al Bowlly, Ray Noble

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Writers	Clifford Grey, Sonny Miller, Joseph A. Tunbridge, Jack Waller

Genres	Standard, Big Band Era

Recorded	1931

Lyrics	GOT A DATE WITH AN ANGEL, GOT TO MEET HER AT SEVEN, GOT A DATE WITH AN ANGEL, AND I'M ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN. SHE'S SO LOVELY BESIDE ME, AND WHATEVER BETIDE ME, GOT AN ANGEL TO GUIDE ME, SO I'M ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN. SOON I'LL HEAR BELLS RING OUT, AND THE CHOIR WILL SING OUT, WHEN THE PEARLY GATES SWING OUT, SHE'LL BECKON TO ME. I'VE BEEN WAITING A LIFE TIME, FOR THIS EVENING AT SEVEN, GOT A DATE WITH AN ANGEL, AND I'M ON MY WAY TO HEAVEN.

I Can Dream, Can't I?

Bobby Short

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Writers	Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal

Genres	Standard, Ballad, Big Band Era

Recorded	1992

Lyrics	verse: AS WE EYE THE BLUE HORIZON'S BLEND, EARTH AND SKY APPEAR TO MEET AND END, BUT IT'S MERELY AN ILLUSION. LIKE YOUR HEART AND MINE, THERE'S IS NO SWEET CONCLUSION. Chorus: I CAN SEE, NO MATTER HOW NEAR YOU'LL BE, YOU'LL NEVER BELONG TO ME, BUT I CAN DREAM, CAN'T I? CAN'T I PRETEND THAT I'M LOCKED IN THE BEND OF YOUR EMBRACE? FOR DREAMS ARE JUST LIKE WINE, AND I AM DRUNK WITH MINE. I'M AWARE MY HEART IS A SAD AFFAIR, THERE'S MUCH DISILLUSION THERE, BUT I CAN DREAM, CAN'T I? CAN'T I ADORE YOU ALTHOUGH WE ARE OCEANS APART? I CAN'T MAKE YOU OPEN YOUR HEART, BUT I CAN DREAM, CAN'T I?