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Letra Alice In Wonderland (Visitas: 147)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - Alice In Wonderland) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100

[1st verse:]
You know the tale of the girl who was sittin
By the fire, with her kitten
Its a story that was written long ago
You know that she was about to retire
When the glass above the fire
Seemed to suddenly expire like the snow
You know when the way was cleared
That she disappeared
Thro the looking glass
You know that her name was Alice
So come along if you care
Well take you there
You must prepare
To be a kiddie like you were when you read
Of the girl who was sittin by the fire with her kitten
In the story that was written long ago

[Refrain:]
Come along with Alice
Into wonderland

To the lovely palace
Where theyre all so grand

See the funny people
Strolling hand in hand

Come along and pass through the looking glass
Into wonderland

[2nd VERSE (more or less):]
Come take a peep at the queer-looking duchess
With the rabbit in her clutches
Which is just about as mauch as he can stand
Theres Tweedledum, Tweedledee, hear them prattle
All about the broken rattle
Tweedledee has got a battle on his hands
Look here, you can see the Walrus
And theres the Carpenter by his side
Look there, at the little oysters
And Humpty Dumpty whod fall
Down from the wall
That isnt all
Youll be delighted with the high-hatted man
Called the mad little hatter
Never mind about his patter
Cause it really doesnt matter but its grand

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Letra The New Moon (Visitas: 128)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - The New Moon) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[1st verse:]
Beneath a sky of gray
The lovers stroll along
The flowrs have died away
The birds have hushd their song
Theres a teardrop in her eye
For hes come to say good-bye
He whispers "Dearie, dont you cry
For I wont be long"

[Chorus:]
When the new moon is shining
Im coming back to you
Clouds have a silvery lining
Soon the silver will be peeping thru
Angel hands will be mending
A broken romance soon
They will bless us with a happy ending
Neath the bright new moon

[2nd verse:]
The clouds will roll away
And then well meet again
A happy wedding day
Will dawn upon us then
Little sweetheart, dont you pine
Soon youll see the new moon shine
A little patience, girl of mine
Till we meet again

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Letra When I Leave The World Behind (Visitas: 123)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - When I Leave The World Behind) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[1st verse:]
I know a millionaire
Whos burdened down with care
A load is on his mind
Hes thinking of the day
When he must pass away
And leave his wealth behind
I havent any gold
To leave when I grow old
Somehow it passed me by
Im very poor but still
Ill leave a precious will
When I must say good-bye

[Refrain:]
Ill leave the sunshine to the flowers
Ill leave the springtime to the trees

And to the old folks, Ill leave the memries
Of a baby upon their knees

Ill leave the night time to the dreamers
Ill leave the songbirds to the blind

Ill leave the moon above
To those in love
When I leave the world behind

[2nd verse:]
To every wrinkled face
Ill leave a fireplace
To paint their favrite scene
Within the golden rays
Scenes of their childhood days
When they were sweet sixteen
Ill leave them each a song
To sing the whole day long
As toward the end they plod
To evry broken heart
With sorrow torn apart
Ill leave the love of God

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Letra Colonel Buffalo Bill (Visitas: 119)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - Colonel Buffalo Bill) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
Whos got the stuff that made the Wild West wild?
Who pleases evry woman, man and child?
Who does his best to give the customers a thrill?
-Who?
Colonel Bufflo Bill

Whos got the show that gets the most applause?
Five hundred Indians and fifty squaws
Ten feature acts and theres the special feature still
-Who?
Colonel Bufflo Bill

Did you ever see a cowboy rope a steer?
-No, we havent
Or an Indian with feathers throw a spear?
-No, we havent
Or a marksman shoot an earring from an ear?
-No, we havent
Did you ever see a hold up?
-No, sir
Then gather closer
And let me give you some of the atmosphere

The hour is midnight and all is still
We see the stagecoach climbing up a hill
Going along a mountain trail
Carrying passengers and mail
Never suspecting danger as they roll along
The watchful driver is in his seat
His trusty rifle lying at his feet
Some of the passengers inside
Seem to be dozing as they ride
Never suspecting there is something really wrong

Suddenly theres a shout
-What is it all about?
What is it all about you ask? Its Indians
-Indians!
Indians
-Indians!
Very notable, cut your throat-able Indians
-Indians!

Just when theyve taken evryone by force
Who makes an entrance on a big white horse?
Who starts a-shootin till theres no one left to kill?
-Genral Grant?
No! Colonel Bufflo Bill!

-Certainly this is quite a thrill, better than all the vaudeville
-Let us be on the go and see the show with Bufflo Bill

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Letra That Hula Hula (Visitas: 116)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - That Hula Hula) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[1st verse:]
Underneath the sad Hawaiian moon
Where the sad Hawaiians love to spoon
While the Ukeleles strum a tune
Evry evening you can see them doing

[Refrain:]
That Hula Hula
Have you seen them do the Hula
In Honolula
The way they do?
I know if you knew
How to do the Hula Hula
Youd be in Honolula
Doing the Hula, too

[2nd verse:]
I can teach you how to do the dance
Tell me, would you like to take a chance?
Shake your hands, quietly advance
In another minute youll be doing

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Letra Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails (Visitas: 109)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
I just got an invitation through the mails:
"Your presence requested this evening, its formal
A top hat, a white tie and tails"
Nothing now could take the wind out of my sails
Because Im invited to step out this evening
With top hat, white tie and tails

Im puttin on my top hat
Tyin up my white tie
Brushin off my tails

Im dudein up my shirt front
Puttin in the shirt studs
Polishin my nails

Im steppin out, my dear
To breathe an atmosphere that simply reeks with class
And I trust that youll excuse my dust when I step on the gas

For Ill be there
Puttin down my top hat
Mussin up my white tie
Dancin in my tails

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Letra Play A Simple Melody (Visitas: 106)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - Play A Simple Melody) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
Part 1: (speak unless * is there
Wont play a simple melody
just like my mother sang to me
*she sang she sang to mee* (smooth)
one with good old fanioned harmony
why dont you play a simple melody
*a simple melody a simple melo-* (smooth)
(Now go straight into singing 2)

Part 2:
Won�t you Play A Simple Melody
Like my mother sang to me?
One with good old fashioned harmony
Play A Simple Melody

Part 3:
Musical demon, set your honey a�dreamin�
Won�t you play me some rag?
Just change that classical nag
To some sweet beautiful drag

If you will play from a copy of a tune that is choppy
You�ll get all my applause
And that is simply because
I want to listen to rag

Part 4:
My heart is palpitatin�
From all this syncopation
When I hear a ba-_nd
And when I�m with my honey
My feet start actin� funny
When I hear a band
It�s really not surprisin�
My temp�rature keeps risin�
When I hear a ba-_nd
So pardon all my swoonin�
My crazy way of croonin�
When I hear a ba-_nd

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Letra Some Sunny Day (Visitas: 103)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - Some Sunny Day) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[1st verse:]
My heart goes pitter patter, no one knows whats the matter
Just received a telegram from Alabam my home
Thats why Im gonna worry til the time when I hurry
Right back to that cabin door, never more to roam

[Refrain:]
Some sunny day with a smile on my face
Ill go back to that place far away

Back to that shack and that red-headed hen
Shell say, "How have you ben?"
Then go back to the hay and lay me my breakfast

Some sunny day Ill be on that express
Flying away to my little bunch of happiness

Oh, how I pine for those lips sweet as wine
Theyll be pressed close to mine some sunny day

[2nd verse:]
Sunny Spring is the season when birds sing, theres a reason
Rolling stones who hear their song begin to long for home
Lohengrin, Mister Verdi dont begin with a birdie
Telling you to go back home, never more to roam

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Letra The Near Future (Visitas: 103)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - The Near Future) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[Man:]
How dry I am, how dry I am
Its plain to see just why I am
No alcohol in my highball
And that is why so dry I am
Waiter, Waiter

[Waiter:]
What do you want? What do you want?

[Man:]
Im just as thirsty as can be

[Waiter:]
Whatll you have? Whatll you have?

[Man:]
Suggest a little drink for me

[Waiter:]
Of the very finest soft drinks we have all the best

[Man:]
I dont know a thing about them
What would you suggest?

[Waiter:]
Have a little Coca-Cola
Really, its a lovely drink
Percy, Clarence, Reginald, too
They will recommend it to you
Have a little Coca-Cola
Its the very best I think
It isnt alcoholic but you can have a frolic
If you take enough to drink

[Man:]
They are much too dry

[Waiter:]
Then howd you like to try
Sarsaparilla, try sarsaparilla
Sarsaparilla ought to do
Rockefeller drinks sarsaparilla
And whats good enough for Rockefeller
Is good enough for you

[Man:]
Go and tell John D
His drink wont do for me

[Waiter:]
Then have a little glass of grape juice
Its the only drink to buy
Really, its fine, simply divine
Its recommended by William J. Bryan
Everybodys drinking grape juice
Ever since the town went dry
Ive heard them tell, sir
That grape juice and seltzer
Is just the little drink to try

[Man:]
That wont do, Im afraid

[Waiter:]
Then try some lemonade
A little lemon, a little sugar
A little vichy and a straw
Makes the very nicest little drink you ever saw
You ought to buy one, come on and try one
For its the finest drink thats made
Drinks like thisll wet your whistle
Have a glass of lemonade

[Man:]
That wont do I fear
Id like a glass of beer

[Waiter:]
Then have some Bevo
Have a drink of Bevo
Its the grandest imitation that we know
If you care for beer, its the drink you should pick
It tastes like lager but it hasnt got the kick

[Bevo Girl:]
Bevo, have a drink of Bevo
Though it hasnt got a punch up its sleeve-o

[Waiter:]
Those who drink it insist that a Christian Scientist
Could easily come staggering home on Bevo

[Man:]
How dry I am, how dry I am
Its plain to see just why I am
Oh, how I call for alcohol
And that is why so dry I am

[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
I hear you calling me
I am the Spirit of Alcohol
For let me assure you one and all
Im not dead, Im only asleep
Some day Ill come back to you

[Chorus:]
We hope you do, we hope you do

[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
When your laws are not so blue

[Chorus:]
We hope you do, we hope you do

[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
When you give Prohibition your shoe

[Chorus:]
You bet your life well kick it
Because its very wicked

[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
Say to Mister Temperance youre through

[Chorus:]
Thats what well do, thats what well do

[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
Ill come back someday
With a hip, hip hooray
Until I do, Ill give to you
A little cocktail that is new

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Letra Just One Way To Say I Love You (Visitas: 103)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - Just One Way To Say I Love You) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
I love you, I love you, there is no other way,
Just one way to say, I love you.
I love you, I love you, and try as I may,
Thats all I can say, I love you.
Much more could be said if I thought with my head,
But I only can think with my heart.
I love you, I love you, and yearn for the day,
The day when youll say, I love you.

Much more could be said if I thought with my head,
But I only can think with my heart.
I love you, I love you, and yearn for the day,
The day when youll say, I love you.

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Letra The Little Things In Life (Visitas: 99)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - The Little Things In Life) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[Verse:]
Great big houses with great big rooms
Were not fashioned for brides and grooms
A little place is where we should be
Great big troubles and great big cares
Come from houses with marble stairs
A little place for you and for me

[Refrain:]
Just a little room or two can more than do a little man and wife
Thats if theyre contented with the little things in life

Living on a larger scale would soon entail a lot of care and strife
We could be so happy with the little things in life

A little rain, a little sun, a little work, a little fun
A little time for loving when the day is done

And a little thing that cries for lullabies could make a man and wife
Tell the world how much they love the little things in life

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Letra Dream On, Little Soldier Boy (Visitas: 97)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - Dream On, Little Soldier Boy) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[Verse:]
When darkness comes and the soldier
Goes to the land of dreams
Comes stealing some little angel
Borne by the starlight beams
Soothing all of his care
With some beautiful prayer
Blessings numbering while hes slumbering
So peacefully there

[Refrain:]
Dream on, little soldier boy
May a golden vision fill your heart with joy

May all your happiest hours come back in dreams
May sunshine follow the showrs with brightest beams

Wander with a peaceful mind
In the land of fancy with the girl you left behind

Sleep on whatever befalls
Till dawn when reveille calls
Dream on, little soldier boy

[2]
Youve work to do on the morrow
Dear little soldier lad
Grim war may add to your sorrow
You may be sick and sad
Even though you may fall
Sleep, forgetting it all
Resting cozily, dreaming rosily
Awaiting your call

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Letra A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody (Visitas: 96)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[Verse:]
I have an ear for music
And I have an eye for a maid
I link a pretty girlie
With each pretty tune thats played
They go together like sunny weather
Goes with the month of May
Ive studied girls and music
So Im qualified to say:

[Refrain:]
A pretty girl is like a melody
That haunts you night and day

Just like the strain of a haunting refrain
Shell start upon a marathon
And run around your brain

You cant escape, shes in your memory
By morning, night and noon

She will leave you and then come back again
A pretty girl is just like a pretty tune

[Patter:]
[The Humoresque:]
While a string orchestra played
This lovely tune I met a maid
And from the start she set my brain a-whirl
But alas we parted soon
And now I love to hear this tune
For it reminds me of that certain girl

[Mendelsohns Spring Song:]
Once I met a girlie at the close of spring
I began to woo her and she answered "Yes" that summer
But when I went out to buy the wedding ring
She left me flat and ran off with a drummer

[Massinas Elegy:]
While the cello moaned tenderly this melody
She said to me "I love you"
When the cello fellow was through he said "Adieu"
She said "Me too" and flew

[Offenbachs Barcarolle from "Tales of Hoffman":]
At the opera she said, "My dear
I love you with all my soul
While the singers filled up my ear
With Offenbachs Barcarolle
When the music died away her love for me grew cold
And I found she told better tales
Than old Hoffman told

[Schubert Serenade:]
Once to a maid, this sweet serenade
I sang with feeling and grace
I vocalized just how much I prized
Her form and beautiful face
Said to say the maidens husband
Came with a spade
And ruined my serenade

[Schumanns Traumerei:]
We met one evening at a dance
The band was playing, I was saying
Give me just a chance
She told me of a boy in France
And then she vanished and it banished
My romance

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Letra Poor Little Rich Girl[apost]s Dog (Visitas: 94)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - Poor Little Rich Girl[apost]s Dog) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[1st verse:]
Evry time I see you sitting in your ladys lap
My heart fills up with sympathy for you
I am pretty sure that you would be a far more happy chap
If you could do what other doggies do
They say its blissful to be dumb and if thats really so
Im mighty glad that ignorance is bliss
Its better that they meant you to be dumb because I know
Twould break your heart if you knew what you miss

[1st refrain:]
Youve never had a horseshoe or a can tied to your tail
You never yet have stuck your nose into a garbage pail
Youre not allowed to chase the cat around the place
Or come home in the evening with a lovely dirty face
While all the other human dogs go round without a care
A-hunting for their breakfast and their dinner here and there
They feed you indigestion from a Plaza bill of fare
Poor little rich girls dog

[2nd verse:]
Evry day an English butler dolls you up in style
And you and Madam motor off to tea
Then you have to sit up straight and look your very grandest while
Your Mistress lies about your pedigree
They pick you out a "soul mate" that they purchase at the store
Youre not allowed to choose your future wife
You have to marry someone that you never met before
My God, but you do lead a rotten life

[2nd refrain:]
Youve never sunk your teeth into a hobos trouser patch
They chase the fleas so you cant have a good old-fashioned scratch
Youre not allowed to "greet" a dog upon the street
The straight and narrow path for yours, you cant be indiscreet
You dont know what it means to find a great big juicy bone
Your Mistress doesnt think it right to let you out alone
Her husband who wears corsets has to be your chaperone
Poor little rich girls dog

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Letra Maybe It[apost]s Because (Visitas: 94)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - Maybe It[apost]s Because) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
Maybe its because the kiss you gave me,
touched my heart and went right through.
I cant tell you why, I only know that I fell
helplessly in love with you.
Maybe its because the song we danced to,
told a story old and new.
I cant figure out just why it came about
How I fell in love with you!
I could say youre grand and therefore I
care for you so.
But there is a why and wherefore and Id
like to know.
Maybe its because the star I wished on, made a
certain wish come true.
Or it just should be that you were meant for me,
and maybe I was meant for you.

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Letra The Sterling Silver Moon (Visitas: 91)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - The Sterling Silver Moon) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[Verse:]
I was strolling out one evening neath the sterling silver moon
I could hear somebody singing a familiar tune
So I stopped a while to listen
Not a word I wanted to miss
It was just somebody serenading something like this

[Refrain:]
Mandy
Sweeter than a bushel of candy
Dont you know the summer is dandy
For a sterling silver spoon?
My pretty Mandy
Dont you know the parson is handy?
Come and talk it over with Andy
Neath the sterling silver moon

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Letra Washington Twist (Visitas: 90)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - Washington Twist) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
Doing the Washington twist
Doing the twist with a twist
No one is set till they finally get
On the Presidents favorite list
Presidents doubts while the ins and the outs
Keep on doing the Washington Twist

Gentlemen loaded with charm
Seemingly meaning no harm
But while theyre there, youre becoming aware
That theyre quietly twisting your arm
Gentle in tone while promoting a loan
Which is part of the Washington Twist

Congressmens lips that are pucked
Waiting for plums to be plucked
Legal concerns, making out their returns
With expenses theyd like to deduct
Drinking a toast to the host with the most
While theyre doing the Washington Twist

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Letra An Orange Grove In California (Visitas: 90)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - An Orange Grove In California) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[Verse:]
Ive a longing to go
Where the oranges grow
I know a cozy nest
Way out west
And I miss it so
California my own
Oh how lonely Ive grown
Thats why Im on the run
To the one
I left there all alone

[Refrain:]
Arm in arm we will rove
Thro a sweet orange grove
Far away in California

Like a bird I mean to fly west again
And Ill hold her close to my breast again

When the blossoms unfold
And the green turns to gold
Some fine day in California

Youll see a happy girlie and a happy fellow
Mid the fields of yellow
In an orange grove

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Letra Whose Little Heart Are You Breaking Now? (Visitas: 89)

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[1st verse:]
Butterfly, youre like a butterfly, baby vampire
Thro the year, youre sipping honey here and there
Your love is like a blushing rose
It just comes and goes
Butterfly, youre just a butterfly,
With your string of helpless beaux

[Refrain:]
Whose little heart are you breaking now, little butterfly?
Who is the one that youre shaking now, little butterfly?

Who keeps on ringing
Your telephone, one-two-three-four?
Who keeps on singing
"What do you want to make those eyes at me for?"

Who sends you candy and flowers now, little butterfly?
Spending above what his folks allow

I wonder whose feelings youre hurting
When he catches you flirting
Whose little heart are you breaking now?

[2nd verse:]
Seems to me, youre like a bumblebee, baby vampire
Buzzing round, but never settling down, thats you!
Why dont you give up stinging hearts?
Dont you know it smarts?
Taking them and simply breaking them
In a thousand diffrent parts?

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Letra What Does He Look Like? (Visitas: 88)

contato@eletras.com.br (Irving Berlin - What Does He Look Like?) — Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:33:50 +0100
[Verse:]
Johnny Doughboy overseas filled with pride and joy
Stopping everyone he meets and shouting "Its a boy"

[Refrain:]
What does he look like, that boy of mine?
Since the news came I cant get him off my mind

Does he resemble his homely dad?
Does he look like the girl that I left behind?

Bring on the Germans and bring on the Japs
Bring on the first who you can find

One for the rascal I havent seen
And one for the girl that I left behind

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