(1939) duke ellington, billy strayhorn I want something to live for Someone to make my life an adventurous dream Oh, what wouldn’t i give for Someone who’d take my life and make it seem Gay as they say it ought to be Why can’t i have love like that brought to me? My eye is […]
Irving mills, duke ellington What good is melody, what good is music If it ain’t possessin’ something sweet It ain’t the melody, it ain’t the music There’s something else that makes the tune complete It don’t mean a thing, if it ain’t got that swing It don’t mean a thing, all you got to do […]
(1953) billy strayhorn, johnny mercer, duke ellington Cigarette holder which wigs me Over her shoulder, she digs me. Out cattin’ that satin doll. Baby, shall we go out skippin ? Careful, amigo, you’re flippin’, Speaks latin that satin doll. She’s nobody’s fool so i’m playing it cool as can be. I’ll give it a whirl […]
(1939) irving mills, duke ellington Way down at mister joe’s cafe They’re takin’ someone far away And if you hear a song today It’s a sad tune that you’ll be playin’: She’s leavin’ and folks are feelin’ so low They’re grievin’ and they’re consolin’ poor joe Gonna miss her song Gonna miss her smile She’ll […]
Solitude - Sings Ellington
(1934) eddie delange, irving mills, duke ellington In my solitude you haunt me With reveries of days gone by In my solitude you taunt me With memories that never die I sit in my chair Filled with despair Nobody could be so sad With gloom ev’rywhere I sit and i stare I know that i’ll […]
(1947) duke ellington I like the sunrise cos it brings a new day I like the new day it brings new hope they say I like the sunrise blazing in the new sky Nighttime’s so weary and oh so am i Every evening i wish upon a star That my brand new tomorrow isn’t very […]
(1956) duke ellington, straylor I belong to you and i know i show it You belong to me baby you’d better know it Give me all your love sugar spice and sweet honey Don’t you ever quit Not for love or money i’d do most anything Just to amuse you But ther’s nothing that i […]
Duke ellington Merry mending to you Merry mending merry mending May your convalescence be fun as you chat about prevention Merry mending merry mending Think you’re lucky you are the one To get all of that attention Forget about your pills forget about your ills Forget about the bills Get up get out get well […]
(1956) billy strayhorn, duke ellington Buddy bolden tune up Blowing horn was his game Born with a silver trumpet in his mouth He played the horn before he talked Born on the after beat He patted his foot before walked When buddy bolden tuned up you could hear him clean Clean across the river clean […]
(1943) duke ellington, bob russell Do nothin’ till you hear from me Pay no attention to what’s said Why people tear the seam of anyone’s dream is over my head Do nothin’ till you hear from me At least consider our romance If you should take the word of others you’ve heard Don’t you know, […]
