[1st VERSE:] Listen to me, honey dear Something's wrong with you I fear It's getting harder to please you Harder and harder each year I don't want to make you blue But you need a talking to Like a lot of people I know Here's what's wrong with you [REFRAIN:] After you get what you want, you don't want it If I gave you the moon, you'd grow tired of it soon You're like a baby You want what you want when you want it But after you are presented With what you want, you're discontented You're always wishing and wanting for something When you get what you want You don't want what you get And tho' I sit upon your knee You'll grow tired of me 'Cause after you get what you want You don't want what you wanted at all [2nd VERSE:] Don't you say that I'm unkind Think it over and you'll find You've got a changeable nature You're always changing your mind There's a longing in your eye That is hard to satisfy You're unhappy most of the time Here's the reason why [alternate line:] And tho' you sit upon my knee
[VERSE:] Lonesome little shopgirl Sitting home alone No boy about To take her out She is very pretty But nobody knows Lonesome little Rose Hasn't any clothes [REFRAIN:] Beautiful faces need beautiful clothes Satins and laces, nice ribbons and bows An ankle may be a joy But any boy who gazes Won't warble its praises Unless it's covered by attractive hose Many a shopgirl whom nobody knows Would be the top girl in musical shows If she were dressed in the best From her head right down to her toes For beautiful faces need beautiful clothes
[1st VERSE:] All the boys are feeling blue Seems they don't know what to do One little wonderful girl Set all their hearts in a whirl Ever since she came to town She has turned things upside down They'd love to speak of romance But they never get the chance [REFRAIN:] She's so beautiful Oh! so beautiful But! She's just the least bit crazy She's so wonderful Oh! so wonderful But! She's a nut She's a nut She looks like Tiffany's window When she's got her jewels on In her limousine She looks like a queen But! She's just a little bit gone All the boys in town Follow her around But! She doesn't seem to know it They have never met For they never get An invitation to call She's got a husband who is eighty years old He's got a million and a terrible cold She's just a little bit crazy About her husband, that's all [2nd VERSE:] All the other girls in town Wear a rather jealous frown She has upset their affairs Taken the boys unawares Still the boys are feeling blue They are puzzled what to do Her beauty drives them insane Still they pursue her in vain
[1st VERSE:] Not so far from here There's a very lively atmosphere Ev'rybody's going there this year And there's a reason The season opened last July Ever since the U.S.A. went dry Ev'rybody's going there and I'm going, too I'm on my way to [REFRAIN:] Cuba, there's where I'm going Cuba, there's where I'll stay Cuba, where wine is flowing And where dark-eyed Stellas Light their fellers' Panatellas Cuba, where all is happy Cuba, where all is gay Why don't you plan a Wonderful trip To Havana? Hop on a ship And I'll see you in C.U.B.A. [2nd VERSE:] Take a friend's advice Drinking in a cellar isn't nice Anybody who has got the price Should be a Cuban Have you been longing for the 'smile' That you haven't had for quite a while? If you have, then follow me and I'll show the way I'm on my way to [counterpoint REFRAIN:] Why don't you do your drinking like a Cuban Instead of hiding in a cellar? Since Prohibition, tell me, pal, have you been A very frightened little feller? Why don't you pour it from the bottle 'Stead of a tiny silver flask? Drink your Scotch, rum and gin Where the dries can't get in The finest bars are there, cigars are there That only are made in Cuba I'm not a drinking lady, I never smoked a Panatella But I'm a she who likes to be where all is gay, okay! So let us leave our cares and troubles behind And tell 'em our new address Is where they stay up late and drink till they're blind? Blind, but nevertheless They're glad to see you in C.U.B.A. [CODA:] Why don't you travel with us on a train or a bus To Miami where we can begin To plan a wonderful trip on a plane or a ship That’ll take us from Florida to Havana? See you in C.U.B.A! [alternate lines:] Cuba, that's where I'm going Cuba, that's where I'll stay And where those dark-eyed Stellas
[1st VERSE:] Big pale moon Was shining down on Tennessee Birds in tune Sang love's sweet melody Homesick coon Was sighing tenderly And pretty soon I listened to his plea [REFRAIN:] Lindy, Lindy, how much longer must I wait? The "Good Book" says that man must take unto himself a mate You need somebody who Will cuddle up close to you Next winter, Lindy When the weather is windy You know that birds and bees and chickens raise a family And what was meant for them was meant for Lindy and me [2nd VERSE:] Big pale moon Still shining down on Tennessee Birds in tune Hum that same melody Honeymoon Will come eventually And that same coon Is urging hopefully
[VERSE:] Very many years ago Mister Edgar Allan Poe Wrote a little poem I know Called "Bells" When I read those clever rhymes Of the many different chimes I could almost hear them ringing Ding dong dinging [REFRAIN:] Phone bells, sleigh bells And very merry Christmas day bells The brazen fire bells that ring with fear And happy New Year bells that ring out once a year Cow bells, door bells For all I know there may be more bells But the poet tells That wedding bells Have the sweetest little ding dong of all
[VERSE:] Charlie Younge lay smoking on his bunk one night Something happened, filling Charlie Younge with fright Someone placed a bunch of firecrackers under his bunk And touched the stem of each of them With a piece of lighted punk Charlie jumped up in the air Filled with rage he started to swear [REFRAIN:] "Hop Toy, Ming Foy, Sing Goy, Ung Loy Suey Pow, Yenshee Gow Main" That bunch of crackers exploded With a bing, bang, boom And so did Charlie Younge In his native tongue With a "Hop Toy, Ming Foy, Sing Goy, Ung Loy Hunka Chinee punk" Which means "Who the 'hell-ee' put those firecrackers under my bunk?"
[VERSE:] [Boy:] How do you do? [Girl:] How do you do? [Boy:] Do you think the weather's nice enough to do a sextette? [Girl:] I think so, don't you? [Boy:] If you think so, I've got to think so too! [Girl:] What'll we sing? [Boy:] Any old thing [Girl:] Is the music very pretty to your little sextette? [Boy:] It was written especially for us [Girl:] Let us hear the chorus [REFRAIN:] [Boy:] Come along, come along, come along Come along, come along, come along That's all they ever sing in this kind of a song [Both:] Come along, come along, come along Come along, come along, come along They never say just where they're going But they holler, come along, and so Come along, let's go inside And we'll take a little ride You will sit right by my side Come along let's go
[VERSE:] When the shadows fall And the crickets call I can hear the voice of dreamland Calling to me from afar Where my little dreamgirls are When the lights are low Silently I go To the girls I know in dreamland Happiness awaits me in the land of dreams For the girls I love are there [REFRAIN:] I'd love to meet The girls of my dreams They're all so sweet The girls of my dreams When I need sympathy They cheer and comfort me And I call my little girls My string of pearls My precious rosary When day draws near The girls of my dreams All disappear To heaven it seems In the morning they are gone But they're mine till break of dawn And I love ev'ryone of the girls of my dreams
[VERSE:] I'd like to form a League of Nations Without any obligations Composed of girls, and each a beautiful one 'Twould be a very novel treaty Represented by a sweetie From each and ev'ry country under the sun Don't think I'm asking for your kind applause But I think a Yankee girl should be its president Because [REFRAIN:] Her eyes are a little bit brighter Her teeth are a little bit whiter She's just a bit more lively Which makes her more attractive The rest are not as active At a party or ball Her smile is a little bit sweeter Her style is a little bit neater And from her toes up to her knees The ankle gazer sees She's Got the Leg of Nations My girl of the U.S.A.
[VERSE:] Deep down in my heart there's a burning question Maybe you can answer it, Gyp-sy Maid Have I searched in vain for that little blue bird? Tell me how much longer 'twill be delayed Will my dreams come true? Tell me my fortune, do. [REFRAIN:] Tell me, little Gypsy What the future holds for me Kindly cross my palm with silver And I'll try and see Tell me is there some-one In the days that are to be There's a girl for ev'ry boy in the world There must be someone for me
[1st VERSE:] I'm so unhappy What'll I do? I long for somebody who Will sympathize with me I'm growing so tired of living alone I lie awake all night and cry Nobody loves me, that's why [REFRAIN:] All by myself in the morning All by myself in the night I sit alone in a cosy Morris chair So unhappy there Playing solitaire All by myself I get lonely Watching the clock on the shelf I'd love to rest my weary head on somebody's shoulder I hate to grow older All by myself [2nd VERSE:] My name and number Are in the book The one that hangs on a hook In almost ev'ry drug store Why don't someone bother to look? My central tells me all day long "Sorry, the number is wrong" [revised line:] I sit alone with a table and a chair
["By Irving Berlin and Vaughn De Leath"] [1st VERSE:] Shadows fall on nursery wall It is the end of the day Mammy comes and softly hums To her child at play [REFRAIN:] Drowsy head Drowsy head Close your eyes and go to bed Go put your toys away You've played enough today Shadows are falling Sandman is calling Go to sleep Go to sleep Pray the Lord your soul to keep Hush a-bye, my baby Don't you dare to peep Mammy's little drowsy head [2nd VERSE:] Shadows fall on nursery wall Daylight is passing by Baby calls to her dolls That same lullaby
[By Irving Berlin and Harry Akst] [1st VERSE:] I've been known to be a rolling stone for many years Now alone, I sit around and moan when night appears Thoughts of my home fill me with regrettable tears Ev'ry year Oh! how I long to hear a bit of news Friends appear to offer words of cheer but I refuse Pack up my trunk 'cause I've got those home again blues I'm going [REFRAIN:] Home, knock at the door Home, just like before Roam, never no more No place like Home Oh! what a song Home, where I belong Oh! I've got those home again blues [2nd VERSE:] I can't wait until I reach that gate and home I see Sure as fate I know they're gonna wait to welcome me I want to state that that's the end of my mis'ry If I knew I'd ever feel so blue I'd never roam But it's true we learn a thing or two away from home I'm telling you I've ceased to be a rolling stone I'm going [PATTER:] When I left home I didn't have a cent I wasn't broke but I was badly bent I didn't have a single dime to count And now I'm going home with the same amount My letters read that daddy's doing fine And that my brother's working overtime With all that money rolling in the shack Ain't nobody living can hold me back Feet, just you hear my pray'r Don't you weaken till you do your share I've gotta heartache I wanna partake Of all the joys that's waiting there I'm going
[1st VERSE:] Mary Green, seventeen Mother's only child Mother's cross just because Mary's running wild Sits and spoons afternoons With the boy next door Mother cries "You mustn't do it" And Mary starts to roar [REFRAIN:] I'm gonna do it if I like it -- and I like it I'll let him hold me tho' you scold me when I'm through I hate to make Mother and Dad so terribly mad But there are times when it's good to be bad I'm gonna hold hands if I like it -- and I like it A little squeezing is so pleasing when you're blue And since the boy next door first realized I'd let him kiss me, well, you'd be surprised I'm gonna do it if I like it And I do [2nd VERSE:] Mary's beau worries so More and more each day Mary flirts and it hurts More than he can say She enjoys vamping boys With her roguish eyes When her beau says, "Please, don't do it" She looks at him and cries
Once a human rose was born But she grew to be a thorn Piercing hearts of loving men One will never love again He who died won't feel the loss She must live and bear the cross Fortune holds a tearful hour For him who'd love the passion flower Passion flower, the fates have spoken You alone must pay the cost Passion flower, your heart is broken Aching for the one you loved and lost But Angel hands are ever mending Broken hearts within their power Heaven holds a happy ending For a lonely passion flower
[VERSE:] What a beautiful morning What a wonderful day We can hear the birds singing As we go on our way Like a couple of children We're so happy and gay For we've been married two years now And we're gonna be divorced today [REFRAIN:] The Judge is waiting At the court around the corner For the wife and me With the final decree You'll see a happy groom and bride Standing side by side Receiving congratulations When the knot is untied A foxy lawyer At the court around the corner Will collect his fee The minute we're free We'll be divorced and then We'll soon be married again At the court around the corner The little wife and me
[VERSE:] Be careful of the Senorita Who knows the value of a fan That's how a beautiful Chiquita Becomes acquainted with a man I've seen them flirting with a stranger And when the game of love began He didn't realize the danger Behind her fan [REFRAIN:] Eyes of brown are peeping at you From behind the fan No one knows just what they can do To the heart of a man There behind a shelter of lace Lies a hidden plan You may find a heavenly face With the heart of a devil behind the fan
[VERSE:] Soon you'll hear a tune That's gonna lift you out of your seat It could be sweeter but then the meter Was written especi'lly for your feet Fly away up high Upon a syncopated balloon A little ginger will never injure Hear them tuning up, they'll be playing soon [REFRAIN:] Ev'rybody step to the syncopated rhythm Let's be goin' with 'em when they begin You'll be sayin' Yes Sir the band is grand He's the best professor in all the land Listen to the pep that emerges from the middle Of the jazzy fiddle under his chin Oh, what music The clarineter could not be better Hear that strain I don't know just what it is but it's great They simply ruin it Look at 'em doin' it Come, come don't hesitate Ev'rybody step if you want to see a glutton When it comes to struttin' over the ground Wait'll you see my little sweetie and me Step, step, stepping around
[VERSE:] I'm getting tired of eating in restaurants They don't appeal to me If we could own a cute apartment I'd know just what a joyful heart meant I hate to think of waiters and bill-of-fares When evening time draws near Three little rooms will be just like heaven When we are married dear In a [REFRAIN:] Cozy kitchenette apartment for two I'll be setting the table While you're cooking a stew For me and you I'll be there to help you put the dishes away Then together we'll listen to the phonograph play The tuneful Humoresque And oh, what bliss When it's time to kiss In a cozy kitchenette apartment for two
[VERSE:] "Pearls mean tears" is a saying old Years ago it was found I'm told In a legend I'll disclose Here's how the story goes Once a maid on her wedding day Lost her love who had sailed away His ship returning home Disappeared in the angry foam Beside the sea she sat and cried A most unhappy girl And ev'ry tear that fell below Became a precious pearl [REFRAIN:] Strings of teardrops That you and I call pearls Fell from the eyes of a beautiful bride Who sat and cried by the seaside And when a Crown of silver Replaced her golden curls She had spent all her years shedding sad little tears Just to make your string of pearls
[VERSE:] Some folks who don't know what to do with their evenings Up till dawn with their dress clothes on they will roam Dancing 'round in a Cabaret Homeward bound at the break of day I have found that it doesn't pay So I'd rather stay at home [REFRAIN:] With my little book of poetry Let me while the hours away Reading the poets of olden times Meeting the girls they dressed up in rhymes I will never ask for company When the skies of blue turn to gray Mister Kipling and Poe are the best friends I know At the end of a weary day
[1st VERSE:] Music is a language lovers understand Melody and romance wander hand in hand Cupid never fails assisted by a band So if you have something sweet to tell her [REFRAIN:] Say it with music Beautiful music Somehow they'd rather be kissed To the strains of Chopin or Liszt A melody mellow Played on a cello Helps mister Cupid along So say it with a beautiful song [2nd VERSE:] There's a tender message deep down in my heart Something you should know, but how am I to start? Sentimental speeches never could impart Just exactly what I want to tell you
[VERSE:] Years ago when I was just a wee little thing A man never squeezed a girl till she got the ring They were both engaged before the boy took a chance But now all he has to do is ask her to dance [1st REFRAIN:] They call it dancing, you see them cuddled up tight They're only dancing so ev'rything is all right Until the midnight cabaret closes You can see he and she rubbing noses She calls him "Mister" They're only friends it appears And then he'll twist her like they've been married for years A man can squeeze all the she's With his arms and his knees And they call it dancing, that's all [2nd REFRAIN:] They call it dancing, you see them cuddled up tight They're only dancing so ev'rything is all right Until the midnight cabaret closes You can see he and she rubbing noses If it's a ballroom she doesn't mind his embrace But in a hallroom she'd slap him right in the face A man can grab someone's wife Have the time of his life And they call it dancing, that's all