Oh listen, sister,I love my mister man,And I can’t tell yo’ why,Dere ain’t no reasonWhy I should love dat man.It must be sumpin’ dat de angels done plan. Refrain: Fish got to swim, birds got to fly,I got to love one man till I die.Can’t help lovin’ dat man of mine.Tell me he’s lazy, tell […]

They’re writing songs of love – but not for meA lucky star’s above – but not for meWith love to lead the way I’ve found more clouds of grayThan any Russian play – could guarantee I was a fool to fall – and get that wayHi ho alas and also lackadayAlthough I can’t dismissThe memory […]

Drifting, dreamingIn an azure moodStardust gleamingThrough my solitude Here in my seclusionYou’re a blue illusionWhile I’m in this azure interludeI’m not wantedI’m so all alone Always hauntedBy the dreams I ownBut though I’m tormentedI must be contented Drifting, dreamingIn an azure mood Drifting, dreamingIn an azure mood Drifting, dreamingIn an azure mood

Gone With the WindJust like a leaf that has flown awayGone with the windMy romance has blown awayYesterday’s kisses are still on my lips,I’ve had a lifetime of heaven at my fingertips. But now all-all is gone.Gone is the rapture that fills my heartGone with the WindMy romance has flown apart Just like a flameLove […]

(scat intro) My love to you I bringOn account of you can singBli-Blip, Bobby, Flam, Flam, Flam, Hit the yaddle oddle bayou My love for you is trueOn account of you can doBli-Blip, Bobby, Flam, Flam, Flam, Hit the yaddle oddle bayou My poor heart, gives a startLike a jitterbug, just won’t stopMix your crooning, […]

Times have changedAnd we’ve often rewound the clockSince the Puritans got a shockWhen they landed on Plymouth Rock.If today, any shock they should try to stem,‘Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock,Plymouth Rock would land on them. In olden days a glimpse of stockingWas looked on as something shockingNow heaven knows, anythinggoes Good authors too who […]

[Ella]Autumn in New YorkWhy does it seem so invitingAutumn in New YorkIt spells the thrill of first-nighting glittering crowds and shimmering cloudsIn canyons of steelThey’re making me feel – I’m home It’s autumn in New YorkThat brings the promise of new loveAutumn in New YorkIs often mingled with pain Dreamers with empty handsThey sigh for […]

After one whole quart of brandyLike a daisy, I’m awakeWith no Bromo-Seltzer handyI don’t even shake Men are not a new sensationI’ve done pretty well I thinkBut this half-pint imitationPut me on the blink I’m wild again, beguiled againA simpering, whimpering child againBewitched, bothered and bewildered – am I Couldn’t sleep and wouldn’t sleepWhen love […]