Missed the Saturday danceHeard they crowded the floorCouldn’t bear it without youDon’t get around much anymore Thought I’d visit the clubGot as far as the doorThey’d have asked me about youDon’t get around much anymore Darling, I guess my mind’s more at easeBut nevertheless, why stir up memories Been invited on datesMight have gone but […]

Do nothing till you hear from mePay no attention to what’s saidWhy one should tear the seam of anyone’s dreamIs over my head Do nothing till you hear from meAt least consider our romanceIf you should take the word of others you’ve heardI haven’t a chance True, I’ve been seen with someone newBut does that […]

Pack up your troubles and just get happyYa better chase all your cares awaySing Hallelujah, c’mon get happyGet ready for the judgment day The sun is shinin’, c’mon get happyThe Lord is waiting to take your handShout Hallelujah, c’mon get happyWe’re goin’ to the Promised Land We’re headin’ ‘cross the riverGonna wash our sins in […]

Wildcat Kelley, lookin’ mighty pale,Was standin’ by the sherrif’s sideAnd when the sherrif said "I’m sendin you to jail,Wildcat raised his head and cried Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above,Don’t fence me in.Let me ride through the wide open country that I love,Don’t fence me in.Let me be by myself […]

Drop me off in Harlem,any place in Harlem,There’s someone waiting therewho makes it seem likeHeaven up in Harlem. I don’t want your Dixie,you can keep your Dixie,there’s no one down in Dixie who can take me‘way from my hot Harlem, Harlem has those southern skies,they’re in my baby’s smile, Iidolize my baby’s eyes andclassy up-town […]

Goodnight my love, the tired old moon is descending,Goodnight my love, my moment with you now is ending.It was so heavenly, holding you close to me,It will be heavenly to hold you again in a dream,The stars above have promised to meet us tomorrow,Til then, my love, how dreary the new day will seem,So for […]

VERSE 1Don’t stamp your foot at me,It’s impoliteTo stamp your foot at meIs not quite right.At man’s ingratitudeA woman winks,But such an attitude just stinks. REFRAIN 1I have eyes for you to give you dirty looks.I have words that do not come from children’s booksthere’s a trick with a knife I’m learning to doAnd ev’rything […]

Do I love you do I?Doesn’t one and one make two?Do I love you do I?Does July need a sky of blue?Would I miss you, would I, if you ever should go away?If the sun should desert the day, what would life be?Will I leave you, never?Could the ocean leave the shore?Will I worship you […]