Kurt weill / ogden nash Speak low when you speak, love Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon Speak low when you speak, love Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we’re swept apart, too soon Speak low, darling, speak low Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon […]
Remember - Billie Holiday
Irving berlin One little kiss, a moment of bliss, then hours of deep regret One little smile, and after a while, a longing to forget One little heartache left as a token One little plaything carelessly broken Remember the night The night you said, "i love you" Remember? Remember you vowed By all the stars […]
Duke ellington / irving gordon / irving mills If you hear a song in blue like a flower crying for the dew That was my heart serenading you My prelude to a kiss If you hear a song that grows from my tender sentimental woes That was my heart trying to compose A prelude to […]
Jeanne burns / billie holiday He was lanky and tall as a beanpole And he wind fanned my heart to a flame As he looked to the sky And there’s no wonder why For preacher boy was his name With his old yaller dog there beside him And his eyes throwin’ sparks in the sun […]
Billie holiday / buster harding Break down the door Chop up the floor Kick out the ceilin’ And anything more But, baby, please don’t do it in here Kick off the roof Break out the panes Smash in the walls And bust out your brains But, baby, please don’t do it in here Took me […]
Johnny mercer / gordon jenkins Dear, i thought i drop a line The weather is cool The fooks are fine I’m in bed each night at nine Ps i love you Yesterday we had some rain But all in all i can’t complain Was it dusty on the train Ps i love you Write to […]
Dorothy fields / jimmy mchugh Grab your coat and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street Can’t you hear a pitter-pat And that happy tune is your step Life can be so sweet On the sunny side of the street I used […]
Nobody - Billie Holiday
Alex rogers / bart a. williams When life seems full of clouds and rain And i am filled with naught but pain Who soothe my thumping, bumping brain Nobody When winter comes with snow and sleet And me with hunger and cold feet Who says, "here’s two bites, go and eat!"? Nobody You know that […]
Arthur johnson / sam coslow My old flame I can’t even think of his name But it’s funny now and then How my thoughts go flashing back again To my old flame My old flame My new lovers all seem so tame For i haven’t met a gent So innocent or elegant As my old […]
Moonglow - Billie Holiday
Will hudson / edgar delange / irving mills It must have been that moonglow Way up in the blue It must have been moonglow That led me straight to you I still hear you saying "dear one, hold me fast" And i start in praying Oh lord, please let this last We seemed to float […]
