Sammy kahn / saul chaplin / mann holiner / alberta nichols / l.e. freeman I’d wait for you I’d slave for you I’d be a beggar or a knave for you If that isn’t love, it will have to do Until the real thing comes along I’d gladly move The earth for you To prove […]
Billy mayhew Be sure it’s true when you say "i love you" It’s a sin to tell a lie Millions of hearts have been broken Just because these words were spoken I love you Yes i do I love you If you break my heart i’ll die So be sure that it’s true when you […]
Mandy Is Two - The Quintessential - Volume 9
Fulton mcgrath / johnny mercer Mandy is two You ought to see her eyes of cornflower blue They really look as it they actually knew That she’s a big girl now Mandy is two You ought to see how many things she can do She knows her alphabet And ties her own shoes And no […]
Cliff friend / charlie tobias Everywhere in every home Hope is burning bright While millions of hearts Are kneeling, saying, "tonight!" Wherever you are Our hearts are with you Wherever you are Our prayers are with you too All through the darkness Our faith is your guiding star May god bless you all Wherever you […]
Gloomy Sunday - The Quintessential - Volume 9
Carter / s. lewis / r. seress Sunday is gloomy, My hours are slumberless Dearest the shadows I live with are numberless Little white flowers Will never awaken you Not where the black coaches Sorrow has taken you Angels have no thoughts Of ever returning you Wouldn’t they be angry If i thought of joining […]
Walter donaldson / gus kahn This affair is killin’ me I can’t stand uncertainly Tell me now i’ve got to know Whether you want me to stay or to go Love me or leave me Or let me be lonely You won’t believe me, i love you only I’d rather be lonely Then happy with […]
Johnny w. green / edward heyman Away from the city that hurts and knocks, I’m standing alone by the desolate docks In the still and the chill of the night I see the horizon the great unknown My heart has an ache It’s as heavy as stone With the dawn coming on, make it last […]
Jim - The Quintessential - Volume 9
Nelson a. shawn / caesar petrillo / edward ross / milton samuels Jim doesn’t ever bring me pretty flowers Jim never tries to cheer my lonely hours Don’t know why i’m so crazy for jim Jim never tells me i’m his heart’s desire I never seem to set his love afire Gone are the years […]
Solitude - The Quintessential - Volume 9
Duke ellington / eddie delange / irving mills In my solitude You haunt me With memories Of days gone by In my solitude You taunt me With memories That never die I sit in my chair And filled with despair There’s no one could be so sad With gloom everywhere I sit and i stare […]
Am I Blue? - The Quintessential - Volume 9
Harry akst / grant clarke It was a morning, long before dawn Without a warning i found he was gone How could he do it Why should he do it He never done it before Am i blue Am i blue Ain’t these tears, in these eyes telling you How can you ask me "am […]
