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Ella Fitzgerald

Whether you are here or yonder, Whether you are false or true Whether you remain or wander, I'm growing fonder of you Even though your friends forsake you, Even though you don't succeed Wouldn't I be glad to take you, Give you the break you need More than you know, more than you know Girl of my heart, I love you so Lately I find you're on my mind More than you know Whether you're right, whether you're wrong Girl of my heart, I'll string along You need me so Much more than you'll ever know (ever know) Loving you the way that I do There's nothing I can do about it Loving may be all you can give But baby I can't live without it Oh, how I'd cry, oh, how I'd cry If you got tired and said "Good-bye" More than I'd show More than you'd ever know

More Than You Know [Take 1] [#][*][Take]

Ella Fitzgerald

A country dance was being held in a garden I felt a bump and heard an "oh, beg your pardon" Suddenly I saw polka dots and moonbeams All around a pug-nosed dream The music started and was I the perplexed one I held my breath and said, "May I have the next one?" In my frightened arms, polka dots and moonbeams Sparkled on a pug-nosed dream There were questions in the eyes of other dancers As we floated over the floor There were questions, but my heart knew all the answers And perhaps a few things more Now in a cottage built of lilacs and laughter I know the meaning of the words "ever after" And I'll always see polka dots and moonbeams When I kiss the pug-nosed dream

Polka Dots and Moonbeams

Ella Fitzgerald

Autumn in New York Why does it seem so inviting? Autumn in New York It spells the thrill of first-nighting Glittering crowds and shimmering clouds In canyons of steel They're making me feel, I'm home It's autumn in New York That brings the promise of new love Autumn in New York Is often mingled with pain Dreamers with empty hands They sigh for exotic lands It's autumn in New York It's good to live it again Autumn in New York The gleaming rooftops at sundown Oh, autumn in New York It lifts you up when you run down Yes, jaded rou's and gay divorces Whoo, lunch at the Ritz Will tell you that it's divine This autumn in New York Transforms the slums into Mayfair Oh, autumn in New York You'll need no castles in Spain Yes, lovers that bless the dark On the benches in Central Park Greet autumn in New York It's good to live it again Autumn in New York That brings the promise of new love Autumn in New York Is often mingled with pain Dreamers with empty hands They sigh for exotic lands Its autumn in New York Its good to live it again

'Tis Autumn

Ella Fitzgerald

There was a boy A very strange, enchanted boy They say he wandered very far, very far Over land and sea A little shy and sad of eye But very wise was he And then one day A magic day he passed my way And while we spoke of many things Fools and kings This he said to me "The greatest thing you'll ever learn Is just to love and be loved in return" "The greatest thing you'll ever learn Is just to love and be loved in return"

Nature Boy

Ella Fitzgerald

April showers, overhead offer me a chance To protect her from the rain and cultivate romance It's an opportunity, something to enjoy Helter, skelter fly for shelter I'm a lucky boy Rain, let us cuddle while the rain pitter-patters On the pane and we're alone A chance to while away a dreamy afternoon A lovely peaceful afternoon No one can see us Rain It's so cozy in the rain There's no reason to complain she'll wait for you To hold her hand and then it's ten to one You kiss her in the rain, rain, rain Rain, let us cuddle while the rain pitter-patters On the pane and we're alone A chance to while away a dreamy afternoon A lovely peaceful afternoon No one can see us Rain It's so cozy in the rain There's no reason to complain she'll wait for you To hold her hand and then it's ten to one You kiss her in the rain, rain, rain

Rain

Ella Fitzgerald

I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz When an old friend I happened to see I introduced him to my loved one and while they were dancing My friend stole my sweetheart from me I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz Only you know how much I have lost Yes, I lost my little darling the night they were playing That beautiful Tennessee Waltz I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz When an old friend I happened to see I introduced him to my loved one and while they were dancing My friend stole my sweetheart from me I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz Only you know how much I have lost Yes, I lost my little darling the night they were playing That beautiful Tennessee Waltz

Tennessee Waltz

Ella Fitzgerald

Ain't got the change of a nickel Ain't got no bounce in my shoes Ain't go no fancy to tickle I ain't got nothing but the blues Ain't got no coffee that's perking Ain't got no winnings to lose Ain't got a dream that is working I ain't got nothing but the blues When trumpets flare up I keep my hair up I just can't make it come down Believe me peppie I can't get happy Since my ever loving baby left town Ain't got no rest in my slumbers Ain't got no feelings to bruise Ain't got no telephone numbers I ain't got nothing but the blues

I Ain't Got Nothin But the Blues

Ella Fitzgerald

You are the sunshine of my life That's why I'll always be around You are the apple of my eye Forever you'll stay in my heart I feel like this is the beginning Though I've loved you for a million years And if I thought our love was ending I'd find myself drowning in my own tears You are the sunshine of my life That's why I'll always stay around You are the apple of my eye Forever you'll stay in my heart You must have known that I was lonely Because you came to my rescue And I know that this must be heaven How could so much love be inside of you? You are the sunshine of my life, yeah That's why I'll always stay around You are the apple of my eye Forever you'll stay in my heart Love has joined us Love has joined us Let's think sweet love

You Are the Sunshine of My Life

Ella Fitzgerald

Though with joy I should be reeling That at last you came my way, There's no further use concealing That I'm feeling far from gay, For the rare allure about you Makes me all the plainer see How inane, how vain, how empty life without you would be. After you, who Could supply my sky of blue? After you, who Could I love? After you, why Should I take the time to try, For who else could qualify After you, who? Hold my hand and swear You'll never cease to care, For without you there what could I do? I could search years But who else could change my tears Into laughter after you?

After You

Ella Fitzgerald

When love comes in and take you for a spin Oo la la la, c'est magnifique When every night your loved one holds you tight Oo la la la, c'est magnifique But when, one day, your loved one drifts away Oo la la la, it's so tragique But when, once more, she whispers, "Je t'a dore" C'est magnifique

C'est Magnifique

Ella Fitzgerald

When day is gone and night comes on Until the dawn what do I do? I clasp your hand and wander through slumber land Dream dancing with you We dance between a sky serene And fields of green sparkling with dew It's joy sublime whenever I spend my time Dream dancing with you Dream dancing Oh, what a lucky windfall Touching you, clutching you All the night through So say you love me, dear And let me make my career Dream dancing, dream dancing with you When day is gone and night comes on Until the dawn what do I do? I clasp your hand and wander through slumber land Dream dancing with you We dance between a sky serene And fields of green sparkling with dew It's joy sublime whenever I spend my time Dream dancing with you Dream dancing Oh, what a lucky windfall Holding you, clutching you All the night through So say you love me, dear And let me make my career Dream dancing, dream dancing With you, with you, with you

Dream Dancing

Ella Fitzgerald

Without love, I am half human Without love, I'm more machine Without love, there's nothing doin' I will die without love Without love I am an island All by myself in a heartbreak sea Without love there's no denying I am dying without love Oh there is nowhere I can run And there is no hiding place Sticking out like a sore thumb By the gloomy look upon my face Without love I'm incomplete Without love, I am not whole Without love, I'm barely on my feet I am dying without love Oh there is nowhere I can run And there is no hiding place Sticking out like a sore thumb By the gloomy look upon my face Without love I'm incomplete Without love, I am not whole Without love, I'm barely on my feet I am dying without love I am dying without love Oh yes I'm dying without love

Without Love

Ella Fitzgerald

We meet and the angels sing The angels sing the sweetest song I've ever heard You speak and the angels sing Or am I reading music into every word? Suddenly the setting is strange I can see water and moonlight beaming Silver waves that break on some undiscovered shore Then suddenly I see it all change Long winter nights with the candles gleaming Through it all your face that I adore You smile and the angels sing And though it's just a gentle murmur at the start We kiss and the angels sing And leave their music ringing in my heart

And the Angels Sing

Ella Fitzgerald

Everything is set, skies are blue, Can't believe it yet, but it's true, I'll give you just one guess, My sweet Lorraine said "yes" Waiting for the time, soon to be, When the bells will chime merrily, (I'm so happy,) when it's raining I don't miss the sun, For it's in my sweeties smile, Just think that I'm the lucky one Who will lend her down the aisle Each night I pray That nobody steals her heart away, Just can't wait until that happy day, When I marry sweet Lorraine Everything is set, skies are blue, Can't believe it yet, but it's true, I'll give you just one guess, My sweet Lorraine said "yes" Waiting for the time, soon to be, When the bells will chime merrily, (I'm so happy,) when it's raining I don't miss the sun, For it's in my sweeties smile, Just think that I'm the lucky one Who will lend her down the aisle Each night I pray That nobody steals her heart away, Just can't wait until that happy day, When I marry sweet Lorraine

Sweet Lorraine

Ella Fitzgerald

Did you say that I've got a lot to learn? Well, don't think I'm trying not to learn Since this is the perfect spot to learn Teach me tonight Starting with the A-B-C of it Getting right down to the X-Y-Z of it Help me solve the mystery of it Teach me tonight The sky's a blackboard high above you And if a shooting star goes by I'll use that star to write, "I love you" A thousand times across the sky One thing isn't very clear, my love Teachers shouldn't stand so near, my love Graduation's almost here, my love You'd better teach me tonight I've played loves scenes in a flick or two And I've also met a chick or two But I still can learn a trick or two Hey, teach me tonight I who thought I knew the score of it Kind of think I should know much more of it Off the wall, the bed, the floor of it Hey, teach me tonight The midnight hours come slowly creeping When there's no one there but you There must be more to life than sleeping Single in a bed for two What I need most is post graduate What I feel is hard to articulate If you want me to matriculate You'd better teach me tonight What do you get for lessons? Teach me, come on and teach me Teach me tonight

Teach Me Tonight

Ella Fitzgerald

Make me rainbows Make me spring in the snow Make me beautiful music wherever I go Make me unwind, leave behind rhyme or reason Make me a room where I'll bloom out of season Make me sunsets, paint our names in the sky Let your arms be my wings and together we'll fly Don't let me fall till I'm all I can be Make me some rainbows Star-spangled rainbows Please make those rainbows for me Make me unwind, leave behind rhyme or reason Make me a room where I'll bloom out of season Make me sunsets, paint our names in the sky Let your arms be my wings and together we'll fly Don't let me fall till I'm all I can be Make me some rainbows Star-spangled rainbows Please make some rainbows for me Make those rainbows Star-spangled rainbows Please make some rainbows for me Make some rainbows Star-spangled rainbows Please make some rainbows for me

Make Me Rainbows

Ella Fitzgerald

Please, don't talk about me when I'm gone Oh, honey, though our friendship ceases from now on And, listen, if you can't say anything real nice It's better not to talk at all is my advice We're parting--you go your way, I'll go mine It's best that we do Here's a kiss; I hope that this brings lots of luck to you Oh, makes no difference how I carry on Remember, please, don't talk about me when I'm gone We're parting--you go your way, I'll go mine It's best that we do Here's a kiss; I hope that this brings lots of luck to you Makes no difference how I carry on Remember, please, don't talk about me Please, don't talk about me Please, don't talk about me when I'm gone

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

Ella Fitzgerald

Some other spring I'll try to love Now I still cling To faded blossoms Fresh from worn Left crushed and torn Like the love affair I mourn Some other spring When twilight falls Will the night bring Another to me? Not your kind But let me find It's not true that love is blind Sunshine's around me But deep in my heart it's cold as ice Love, once you've found me But can that story unfold twice? Some other spring Will my heart awake? Stirring to sing Love's magic music Then forget the old duet Love in some other spring? Spring?

Some Other Spring

Ella Fitzgerald

What can I say to you, Bonita, what magic word would capture you Like a soft salacious mist you are, Bonita, you fly away when love is new What do you ask of me, Bonita, what part do you want me to play, Shall I be the clown for you, Bonita, I will be anything you say. Bonita, don't run away, Bonita. Bonita, don't be afraid to fall in love with me, I love you, I tell you, I love you, I love you, Bonita. If you love me, life would be beautiful, Bonita. I love you, I tell you, I love you, I love you. If you love me, life would be beautiful, Bonita.

Bonita

Ella Fitzgerald

Sky, so vast is the sky, with far away clouds just wandering by Where do they go? Oh, I don't know, don't know Wind that speaks to the leaves, telling stories that no one believes Stories of love belong to you and to me Oh, Dindi, if I only had words I would say all the beautiful Things that I see when you're with me, oh, my Dindi Oh, Dindi, like the song of the wind in the trees, that's how my heart is Singing Dindi, happy Dindi, when you're with me I love you more each day; yes, I do; yes, I do I'd let you go away if you take me with you Don't you know, Dindi, I'd be running and searching for you Like a river that can't find the sea That would be me without you, my Dindi Can't find the sea That would be me without you, Dindi Like a river that can't find the sea That would be me without you, my Dindi

Dindi

Ella Fitzgerald

Tall and tan and young and lovely The girl from Ipanema goes walking And when she passes, each one she passes goes - ah When she walks, she's like a samba That swings so cool and sways so gentle That when she passes, each one she passes goes - ah (Ooh) But he watch her so sadly How can he tell her he loves her Yes I would give my heart gladly But each day, that she walks to the sea She looks straight ahead, not at he Tall, (and) tan, (and) young, (and) lovely The girl from Ipanema goes walking And when she passes, he smile - but she doesn't see (Doesn't see) (She just doesn't see, she never sees him)

The Girl from Ipanema

Ella Fitzgerald

How insensitive I must have seemed When she told me that he loved me How unmoved and cold I must have seemed When she told me so sincerely Why she must have asked Did I just turn and stare in icy silence? What was I to say? What can you say when a love affair is over? Now she's gone away And I'm alone with the memory of her last look Vague and drawn and sad I see it still All her heartbreak in that last look Why she must have asked Did I just stare in icy silence? What was I to do? What can one do when a love affair is over?

How Insensitive (Insensatez)

Ella Fitzgerald

Quiet nights of quiet stars, quiet chords from my guitar Floating on the silence that surrounds us. Quiet thoughts and dreams, quiet walks by quiet streams, And a window on the mountains and the sea - how lovely! This is where I want to be, here, with you so close to me Until the final flicker of life's ember. I, who was lost and lonely, believing life was only A bitter, tragic joke have found with you The meaning of existence, oh, my love.

Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)

Ella Fitzgerald

Sad is to live in solitude Far from your tranquil altitude Sad is to know that no one ever can live on a dream That never can be, will never be Dreamer awake, wake up and see Your beauty is an aeroplane So high my heart can't bear the strain A heart that stops when you pass by Only to cause me pain Sad is to live in solitude

Triste

Ella Fitzgerald

Somebody loves me I wonder who I wonder who she can be; Somebody loves me I wish I knew, Who can she be worries me For every girl who passes me I shout, hey! maybe, You were meant to be my loving baby; Somebody loves me I wonder who, Maybe it's you.

Somebody Loves Me

Ella Fitzgerald

At last, my love has come along my lonely days are over, and life is like a song At last,the skies above are blue My heart was wrapped in clover Every since the night I looked at you And I found a dream that I could speak to A dream to call my own I found a thrill to press my cheek to A thrill I'd never known When you smiled, and then the spell was cast And here we are in Heaven, I found my love at last I found a dream that I could speak to, A dream to call my own I found a thrill to press my cheek to A thrill like I had never known You smiled, when you smiled at me that was how the spell was cast And here we are in Heaven I found my love at last

At Last

Ella Fitzgerald

The boys watch the girls while the girls watch the boys who watch the girls go by Eye to eye, they solemnly convene to make the scene Which is the name of the game, watch a guy watch a dame on any street in town Up and down and over and across, romance is boss Guys talk "girl talk", it happens everywhere Eyes watch girls walk with tender lovin' care It's keepin' track of the fact watching them watching back That makes the world go 'round "What's that sound?" each time you hear a loud collective sigh They're making music to watch girls by Guys talk "girl talk", it happens everywhere Eyes watch girls walk with tender lovin' care It's keepin' track of the fact watching them watching back That makes the world go 'round "What's that sound?" each time you hear a loud collective sigh They're making music to watch girls by The boys watch the girls while the girls watch the boys who watch the girls go by Eye to eye, they solemnly convene to make the scene

Girl Talk

Ella Fitzgerald

I may be wrong, but I think you're wonderful I may be wrong, but I think you're swell I like your style; say, I think it's marvelous I'm always wrong, so how can I tell? Deuces to me are all aces Life is to me just a bore Faces are all open spaces You might be John Barrymore You came along; say, I think you're wonderful I think you're grand, but I may be wrong I may be wrong, but I think you're wonderful I may be wrong, but I think you're swell I like your style; say, I really think it's marvelous I'm always wrong, so how can I tell? Deuces to me are all aces Life is to me just a bore Faces are all open spaces You might be John Barrymore You came along; say, I think you're wonderful I think you're grand, but I may be wrong You said that Edison would never make that light You laughed at Mr. Franklin with his key and light The point of the song is I'm always wrong But with you, baby, I'm oh-so right

I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)

Ella Fitzgerald

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 I feel wherever I go That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here and always too soon Time is so old and love so brief Love is pure gold and time a thief We're late, darling, we're late The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon I wait, darling, I wait Will you speak low to me? Speak love to me and soon Time is so old and love so brief Love is pure gold and time a thief We're late, darling, we're late The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon I wait, darling, I wait Will you speak low to me? Speak love to me and soon Speak low

Speak Low

Ella Fitzgerald

I feel the autumn breeze; it steals cross my pillow As soft as a will-o'-the-wisp and in its song There is sadness because there's no you The lonely autumn trees, how softly they're sighing 'Cause summer is dying; they know that in my heart There's no gladness because there's no you The park that we walked in, the garden we talked in How lonesome they seem in the fall The stormy clouds hover and falling leaves cover Our favorite nook in the wall In spring we'll meet again; we'll kiss and recapture The summertime rapture we knew and from that day Never more will I say, "There's no you" The stormy clouds hover and falling leaves cover Our favorite nook in the wall In spring we'll meet again; we'll kiss and recapture The summertime rapture we knew and from that day Never more will I say, "There's no you"

There's No You

Ella Fitzgerald

The thrill is gone The thrill is gone away The thrill is gone, baby The thrill is gone away You know you done me wrong, baby And you'll be sorry someday The thrill is gone It's gone away from me The thrill is gone, baby The thrill is gone away from me Although, I'll still live on But so lonely I'll be The thrill is gone It's gone away for good The thrill is gone, baby It's gone away for good Someday I know I'll be open-armed, baby Just like I know a good man should You know I'm free, free now, baby I'm free from your spell Oh, I'm free, free, free now I'm free from your spell And now that it's all over All I can do is wish you well

The Thrill Is Gone [Medley]

Ella Fitzgerald

Out of the tree of life I just picked me a plum You came along and everything's startin' to hum Still, it's a real good bet, the best is yet to come Best is yet to come and babe, won't that be fine? You think you've seen the sun, but you ain't seen it shine Wait till the warm-up's underway Wait till our lips have met And wait till you see that sunshine day You ain't seen nothin' yet The best is yet to come and babe, won't it be fine? Best is yet to come, come the day you're mine Come the day you're mine I'm gonna teach you to fly We've only tasted the wine We're gonna drain the cup dry Wait till your charms are right for these arms to surround You think you've flown before, but baby, you ain't left the ground Wait till you're locked in my embrace Wait till I draw you near Wait till you see that sunshine place Ain't nothin' like it here The best is yet to come and babe, won't it be fine? The best is yet to come, come the day you're mine Come the day you're mine And you're gonna be mine

The Best Is Yet to Come

Ella Fitzgerald

Woo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo When the deep purple falls Over sleepy garden walls And the stars begin to twinkle in the night In the mist of a memory You wander all back to me Breathing my name with a sigh In the still of the night Once again I hold you tight Tho' you're gone your love lives on when light beams And as long as my heart will beat Sweet lover, we'll always meet Here in my deep purple dreams When the deep purple falls Over sleepy garden walls And the stars begin to twinkle In the night In the mist of a memory You wander all back to me Breathing my name with a sigh In the still of the night Once again I hold you tight Tho' you're gone your love lives on when moonlight beams And as long as my heart will beat Sweet lover, we'll always meet Here in my deep purple dreams And as long as my heart will beat Sweet lover, we'll always meet Here in my deep purple dreams Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo, Wo-o-oo-wo-wo

Deep Purple

Ella Fitzgerald

Them that's got shall have Them that's not shall lose So the Bible said and it still is news Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own Yes, the strong gets more While the weak ones fade Empty pockets don't ever make the grade Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own Money--you've got lots of friends Crowding 'round the door When you're gone, spending ends They don't come no more Rich relations give Crust of bread and such You can help yourself But don't take too much Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own That's got his own Mama may have, Papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own That's got his own He just worry 'bout nothin' 'Cause he's got his own Yes, he's got his own

God Bless the Child

Ella Fitzgerald

Time and again I've longed for adventure, Something to make my heart beat the faster. What did I long for? I never really knew. Finding your love I've found my adventure, Touching your hand, my heart beats the faster, All that I want in all of this world is you. You are the promised kiss of springtime That makes the lonely winter seem long. You are the breathless hush of evening That trembles on the brink of a lovely song. You are the angel glow that lights a star, The dearest things I know are what you are. Some day my happy arms will hold you, And some day I'll know that moment divine, When all the things you are, are mine!

All the Things You Are

Ella Fitzgerald

Got a little rhythm, a rhythm, a rhythm That pit a pats through my brain So darn persistent The day isn't distant When it'll drive me insane Comes in the morning Without any warning And hangs around me all day I'll have to sneak up to it Someday, and speak up to it I hope it listens when I say Fascinating rhythm You've got me on the go Fascinating rhythm I'm all a quiver What a mess you're making The neighbors want to know Why I'm always shaking Just like a fliver Each morning I get up with the sun Start a hopping Never stopping To find at night no work has been done I know that Once it didn't matter But now you're doing wrong When you start to patter I'm so unhappy Won't you take a day off Decide to run along Somewhere far away off And make it snappy Oh, how I long to be the girl I used to be Fascinating rhythm Oh won't you stop picking on me I know that Once it didn't matter But now you're doing wrong When you start to patter I'm so unhappy Won't you take a day off Decide to run along Somewhere far away off And make it snappy Oh, how I long to be the girl I used to be Fascinating rhythm Fascinating rhythm Won't you stop picking on me

Fascinating Rhythm

Ella Fitzgerald

It happened I felt it happened I was awake I wasn't blind I didn't think I felt it happened Now I believe in matter over mind. And now you see we mustn't wait The nearest moment that we marry is too late! Have you met Miss Jones Someone said as we shook hands She was just Miss Jones to me Then I said Miss Jones You're a girl who understand I'm a boy who must be free. And all at once I lost my breath And all at once was scared to death And all at once I hold the eatrh and sky! Now I met Miss Jones And we'll keep on meeting till we die Miss Jones and I

Have You Met Miss Jones?

Ella Fitzgerald

I've wined and dined on Mulligan Stew, and never wished for Turkey As I hitched and hiked and grifted too, from Maine to Albuquerque Alas, I missed the Beaux Arts Ball, and what is twice as sad I was never at a party where they honored Noel Ca-ad But social circles spin too fast for me My "hobohemia" is the place to be I get too hungry, for dinner at eight I like the theater, but never come late I never bother, with people I hate That's why the lady is a tramp I don't like crap games, with barons and earls Won't go to Harlem, in ermine and pearls Won't dish the dirt, with the rest of the girls That's why the lady is a tramp I like the free, fresh wind in my hair Life without care I'm broke, it's OK Hate California, it's cold and it's damp That's why the lady is a tramp I go to Coney, the beach is divine I go to ballgames, the bleachers are fine I follow Winchell, and read every line That's why the lady is a tramp I like a prizefight, that isn't a fake I love the rowing, on Central Park lake I go to Opera and stay wide awake That's why the lady is a tramp I like the green grass under my shoes What can I lose, I'm flat, that's that I'm alone when I lower my lamp That's why the lady is a tramp

The Lady Is a Tramp

Ella Fitzgerald

Laura is the face in the misty lights Footsteps that you hear down the hall The laugh that floats on a summer night That you can never quite recall And you see Laura on the train that is passing through Those eyes how familiar they seem She gave your very first kiss to you That was Laura but she's only a dream And you see Laura on the train that is passing through Those eyes how familiar they seem She gave your very first kiss to you That was Laura but she's only a dream

Laura

Ella Fitzgerald

Behold the way our fine feathered friend, His virtue doth parade Thou knowest not, my dim-witted friend The picture thou hast made Thy vacant brow, and thy tousled hair Conceal thy good intent Thou noble upright truthful sincere, And slightly dopey gent You're my funny valentine, Sweet comic valentine, You make me smile with my heart. Your looks are laughable, un-photographable, Yet, you're my favorite work of art. Is your figure less than Greek? Is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak, are you smart? But, don't change a hair for me. Not if you care for me. Stay little valentine, stay! Each day is Valentine's Day Is your figure less than Greek? Is your mouth a little weak? When you open it to speak, are you smart? But, don't change a hair for me. Not if you care for me. Stay little valentine, stay! Each day is Valentine's Day

My Funny Valentine

Ella Fitzgerald

The man who only lives for making money Lives a life that isn't necessarily sunny Likewise the man who works for fame There's no guarantee That time won't erase his name The fact is, the only work That really brings enjoyment Is the kind that is for girl and boy meant Fall in love, you won't regret it That's the best work of all, if you can get it Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky Nice work if you can get it And you can get it if you try Strolling with the one girl Sighing sigh after sigh Nice work if you can get it And you can get it if you try Just imagine someone Waiting at the cottage door Where two hearts become one Who could ask for anything more Loving one who loves you And then taking that vow Nice work if you can get it And if you get it, won't you tell me how Just imagine someone Waiting at the cottage door Where two hearts become one Who could ask for anything more Loving one who loves you And then taking that vow Nice work if you can get it And if you get it, won't you tell me how

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Ella Fitzgerald

Listen to my tale of woe It's terribly sad but true All dressed up, no place to go Each evening I'm awfully blue I must win some handsome guy Can't go on like this I could blossom out I know With somebody just like you, so Oh, sweet and lovely Lady be good Oh lady be good to me I am so awfully misunderstood So lady be good, to me Oh, please have some pity I'm all alone in this big city I tell you I'm just A lonesome babe in the wood So lady be good to me Oh, please have some pity I'm all alone in this big city I tell you I'm just A lonesome babe in the wood So lady be good to me Oh, lady be good to me

Oh, Lady Be Good

Ella Fitzgerald

Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me where my love can be? Is there a meadow in the mist Where someone's waiting to be kissed? Skylark Have you seen a valley green with spring? Where my heart can go a journeying Over the shadows and the rain To a blossom covered lane And in your lonely flight Haven't you heard the music in the night? Wonderful music, faint as a will o' the wisp Crazy as a loon, sad as a gypsy serenading the moon Oh skylark I don't know if you can find these things But my heart is riding on your wings So if you see them anywhere Won't you lead me there? Oh skylark I don't know if you can find these things But my heart is riding on your wings So if you see them anywhere Won't you lead me there?

Skylark

Ella Fitzgerald

Yesterdays Yesterdays Days I knew as happy sweet Sequestered days Olden days Golden days Days of mad romance and love Then gay youth was mine And truth was mine Joyous free and flaming life Forsooth was mine Sad am I Glad am I For today I'm dreaming of Of yesterdays Then gay youth was mine The truth was mine Sad am I Glad am I For today I'm dreaming of Of yesterdays

Yesterdays

Ella Fitzgerald

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 All by myself in the morning All by myself in the night I sit alone with a table and a 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

By Myself

Ella Fitzgerald

I want a little girl to love a lot I'd give her everything that I've got For a little girl who'd fall in love with me I want a little girl; she may not look Like the kind in a picture book But if she can cook, she'll suit me to a T She don't have to wave her hair Or dress in fancy clothes And I wouldn't even care if she don't wear silken hose I want a little girl to call my own There must be someone that's all alone Just a little girl who'd fall in love with me Just a little girl who'd fall in love with me Just a little girl who'd suit me to a T She don't have to wave her hair Or dress in fancy clothes And I wouldn't even care if she don't wear silken hose I need a little girl, that certain kind The kind you read about but never find Just a little girl who'd fall in love with me Just a little girl who'd fall in love with me

I Want a Little Girl

Ella Fitzgerald

My ship has sails that are made of silk The decks are trimmed with gold And of jam and spice there's a paradise in the hold My ship's aglow with a million pearls And rubies fill each bin The sun sits high in a sapphire sky when my ship comes in I can wait the years Till it appears One fine day one spring But the pearls and such They won't mean much if there's missing just one thing I do not care if that day arrives That dream need never be If the ship I sing doesn't also bring My own true love to me If the ship I sing doesn't also bring my own true love to me

My Ship

Ella Fitzgerald

I need your love so badly, I love you, oh, so madly But I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you! I thought at last I'd found you, but other lovers surround you And "I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you!" If you'd surrender just for a tender kiss or two You might discover, that I'm the lover meant for you And I'd be true, but what's the good of scheming I know I must be dreaming

(I Don't Stand) a Ghost of a Chance With You

Ella Fitzgerald

When the only sound in the empty street, Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet That belong to a lonesome cop I open shop. When the moon so long has been gazing down On the wayward ways of this wayward town. That her smile becomes a smirk, I go to work. Love for sale, Appetizing young love for sale. Love that`s fresh and still unspoiled, Love that`s only slightly soiled, Love for sale. Who will buy? Who would like to sample my supply? Who`s prepared to pay the price, For a trip to paradise? Love for sale Let the poets pipe of love in their childish way, I know every type of love Better far than they. If you want the thrill of love, I`ve been through the mill of love; Old love, new love Every love but true love Love for sale. Appetising young love for sale. If you want to buy my wares. Follow me and climb the stairs Love for sale. Love for sale.

Love for Sale [Take 1, Alternate] [Alternate Take][#][*]

Ella Fitzgerald

It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A man, a maid, a kiss, and then goodbye Romance was the theme And we were the players I never think of this without a sigh Lover, one lovely day Love came, planning to stay Green Dolphin Street supplied the setting The setting for nights beyond forgetting And through these moments apart memories live in my heart When I recall the love I found on I could kiss the ground on Green Dolphin Street Lover, one lovely day Love came, planning to stay Green Dolphin Street supplied the setting The setting for nights beyond forgetting And through these moments apart memories live in my heart When I recall the love I found on On Green Dolphin Street

On Green Dolphin Street

Ella Fitzgerald

Any old time you want me I am yours for the asking, darling Any old time you need me I'll be there with love that's lasting, darling All through the years we'll stand together Sharing the tears and stormy weather And the sunshine will be yours and mine Any old time you're blue You'll have our love to chase away the blues And any old thing you do I'll see you through So just remember that I am waiting, dear If ever you want me, I'll be near Any old time and any place where you may be

Any Old Time

Ella Fitzgerald

My man don't love me Treats me oh-so mean My man he don't love me Treats me awful mean He's the lowest man That I've ever seen He wears high-trimmed pants Stripes are really yellow He wears high-trimmed pants Stripes are really yellow But when he starts in to love me He's so fine and mellow Love will make you drink and gamble Make you stay out all night long Make you stay out all night long Love will make you drink and gamble Make you stay out all night long Make you stay out all night long Love will make you do things That you know is wrong But if you treat me right, baby I'll stay home everyday Just treat me right, baby I'll stay home night and day But you're so mean to me, baby I know you're gonna drive me away Love is just like the faucet It turns off and on Love is just like the faucet It turns off and on Sometimes when you think it's on, baby It has turned off and gone

Fine and Mellow

Ella Fitzgerald

You made me leave my happy home You took my love and now you're gone Since I fell for you Love brings such misery and pain I guess I'll never be the same Since I fell for you Oh, it's too bad; oh, it's so sad I'm in love with you You love me, then you snub me But what can I do? I'm so in love with you Oh, I guess I'll never see the light I get the blues 'bout every night Since I fell for you Well, it's too bad; oh, it's so sad That I'm in love with you Oh, you love me, then you snub me Oh, but what can I do I'm so in love with you Oh, I guess I'll never see the light I get the blues 'bout every night Since I fell for you Since I fell for you

Since I Fell for You

Ella Fitzgerald

You go to my head and you linger like a haunting refrain And I find you spinning 'round in my Brain Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne You go to my head like a sip of sparkling Burgundy brew And I find the very mention of you Like the kicker in a julep or two The thrill of the thought that You might give a thought to my plea Cast a spell over me Still I say to myself get a hold of Yourself Can't you see that it never can be You go to my head with a smile that makes my temperature Rise Like a summer with a thousand Julies You intoxicate my soul with your eyes Though I'm certain That this heart of mine Hasn't a ghost of a chance in this crazy romance You go to my head You go to

You Go to My Head

Ella Fitzgerald

We're sitting out here on the runway Waiting for the plane to leave And the captain says, "There'll be a short delay Bear with me, please" They gave us the usual hassle "You can't take those guitars on board" But the boys in the band just smiled Heard it all before And as they're starting to serve champagne To the folks at the front of the plane I can hear the engines roaring We're on our way And we are flying home I feel the freedom in my soul Flying home at last Flying home I've got the freedom in my soul And it's four in the morning My world is calling Speeding through the universe tonight The movie reminds of my lady As she waits, "Where are those guys?" Yes, it's nice to see old Butch and Sundance in the sky And now the sun is beginning to rise It's like looking down on Paradise There's a ball of fire that's burning Giving life And we are flying home I feel the freedom in my soul Flying home at last Flying home I've got the freedom in my soul And it's four in the morning My world is calling Speeding through the universe tonight

Flying Home

Ella Fitzgerald

Give me something gentle Make it sentimental Whatever you could suggest I'll take robbin's nest Make it sweet and tender So I must surrender You know I'd like nothing but the best So I'll take robbin's nest For when I get that feeling Goin' 'round and 'round Something brings me down Way down, way down Give me something sweet and gentle Make it sentimental Whatever you could suggest I'll take robbin's nest When I get that feeling Goin' 'round and 'round Something brings me down Way down, way down Give me something sweet and gentle Make it sentimental Whatever you could suggest I'll take robbin's nest

Robbins Nest

Ella Fitzgerald

Choppity chop chop, chop chopsticks Choppity chop chop, chop till six Choppity chop chop, chops the thing When Charlie Chingee make his sing song swing Charlie Ching Make his sing song swing With a tingaling On the ding dong ding With a tingaling on the ding dong ding Make plenty sing song swing Choppity chop chop, chop chopsticks Choppity chop chop, chop till six Choppity chop chop, chops the thing When Charlie Chingee make his sing song swing Foo Yung Foo Make doodle-doo With a toot or two On the flute bamboo And the doodle-doo and the tingaling Make plenty sing song swing Choppity chop chop, chop chopsticks Choppity chop chop, chop till six Choppity chop chop, chops the thing When Charlie Chingee make his sing song swing And a tingaling on the ding dong ding Make plenty sing song swing Chop chop choppity, chop chopsticks Chop chop choppity, chop till six Choppity chop chop, chops the thing When Charlie Chingee make his sing song swing Choppa choppa choppity, chop chopsticks Choppity choppity, chop till six Choppity chop chop, chops the thing When Charlie Chingee make his swing

Sing Song Swing

Ella Fitzgerald

Love here in the starlit hour Oh, heaven is in your eyes While the wind is sobbing Underneath the stars Both our hearts are throbbing Like two guitars Love here in the starlit hour Night whispering lullabies Let me dream forever Underneath the silvery skies Will it be just as sweet again The glamor, the glory that we know? Will I find when we meet again The glamor, the glory?s still a glow? But tonight, let us forget tomorrow Here under the midnight blue Love will bloom and flower In the starlit hour with you

The Starlit Hour

Ella Fitzgerald

I'd like to get away, Junior Somewhere alone with you It could be oh, so gay, Junior You need a laugh or two A certain place I know, Frankie Where funny people can have fun That's where the two will go, Darling Before you can count up One, two, three. For There's a small hotel With a wishing well I wish that we were there together There's a bridal suite One room bright and neat Complete for us to share together Looking through the window You can see a distant steeple Not a sign of people, who wants people? When the steeple bell says, "Good night, sleep well," We'll thank the small hotel together We'll creep into our little shell And we will thank the small hotel together

There's a Small Hotel

Ella Fitzgerald

Thou swell, thou witty, thou sweet, thou grand Wouldst kiss me pretty? wouldst hold my hand? Both thine eyes are cute too, what they do to me Hear me holler, i choose a sweet Lollapaloosa in thee I'd feel so rich in a hut for two Two rooms and kitchen I'm sure would do Give me just a plot of, not a lot of land And thou swell, thou witty, thou grand

Thou Swell

Ella Fitzgerald

I'm in love with you And all that jazz You're my dream come true And all that jazz Baby, you're too much You've got the skin I love to touch The skin I love to touch too much, mmm And all that jazz You have got the lips that suit my taste And your fingertips can't be replaced Oh, baby, what you've got, nobody has And I've got you And all that jazz (Improvisation) I said I'm in love with you And all that jazz You're my dream come true And all that jazz Baby, you're too much You've got the skin I love to touch The skin I love to touch too much, mmm And all that jazz You have got the lips that suit my taste And your fingertips can't be replaced Oh, baby, what you've got, nobody has And I've got you And all that jazz

All That Jazz

Ella Fitzgerald

[Chorus] Can't you see What love and romance have done to me? I'm not the same as I used to be This is my last affair Tragedy Just seems to be the end of me My happiness is misery This is my last affair Right from the start you took my love Tore my heart apart Now there's nothing new to look forward to My dreams won't come true So I'll make a vow No more to love's shrine will I bow I've crossed my heart and I'll seal it now This is my last affair [Chorus] I say, tragedy Just seems to be the end of me My happiness is misery This is my last affair Right from the start you took my love Tore my heart apart Now there's nothing new to look forward to My dreams won't come true So I'll make a vow No more to love's shrine will I bow I've crossed my heart and I'll seal it now This is my last affair This is my last affair

My Last Affair

Ella Fitzgerald

Its not the pale moon that excites me That thrills and delights me, oh no Its just the nearness of you It isn't your sweet conversation That brings this sensation, oh no Its just the nearness of you When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to me All my wildest dreams come true I need no soft lights To enchant me If you'll only grant me the right To hold you ever so tight And to feel in the night the

The Nearness of You [*]

Ella Fitzgerald

It's that old devil called love again Gets behind me and keeps giving me that shove again Putting rain in my eyes, tears in my dreams And rocks in my heart It's that sly old sun of a gun again He keeps telling me that I'm the lucky one again But I still have that rain, still have those tears And those rocks in my heart Suppose I didn't stay, ran away, wouldn't play The devil, what a potion he would brew? He'd follow me around, build me up, tear me down Till I'd be so bewildered I wouldn't know what to do Might as well give up that fight again I know darn well he'll convince me that he's right again When he sings that sorry song, I'm just gonna tag along With that old devil called love He'd follow me around, build me up, tear me down Till I'd be so bewildered I wouldn't know what to do With that old devil called love With that old devil called love

That Old Devil Called Love

Ella Fitzgerald

What good is the scheming, the planning and dreaming That comes with each new love affair The dreams that we cherish so often might perish And leaves you with castles in air When you're alone, who cares for starlit skies? When you're alone, the magic moonlight dies At break of dawn there is no sunrise When your lover has gone What lonely hours the evening shadows bring What lonely hours with memories lingering Like faded flowers, life can't mean anything When your lover has gone

When Your Lover Has Gone

Ella Fitzgerald

You turned the tables on me And now I'm falling for you; You turned the tables on me I can't believe that it's true I always thought when you brought The lovely present you bought Why hadn't you brought me more, But now if you'd come I'd welcome anything From the five and ten cent store, You used to call me the top You put me up on a throne You let me fall with a drop And now I'm out on my own. But after thinking it over and over, I got what was coming to me Just like the sting of a bee You turned the tables on me.

You Turned the Tables on Me

Ella Fitzgerald

The day is my enemy, the night my friend For I'm always so alone 'Till the day draws to an end But when the sun goes down And the moon comes through To the monotone of the evening's drone I'm all alone with you All through the night I delight in your love All through the night You're so close to me All through the night From a height far above You and your love brings me ecstasy When dawn comes to waken me You're never there at all I know you've forsaken me 'Till the shadows fall But then once again I can dream I've the right To be close to you All through the night

All Through the Night

Ella Fitzgerald

If a custom tailored vet Asks me out for something wet When the vet begins to pet, I cry, Hooray! But I'm always true to you, Darlin', in my fashion Yes, I'm always true to you, Darlin', in my way I've been asked to have a meal By a big tycoon in steel If the meal includes a deal, accept I may But I'm always true to you, Darlin', in my fashion Yes, I'm always true to you, Darlin', in my way There's an oil man known as Tex Who is keen to give me checks And his checks, I fear, means that Tex is here to stay But I'm always true to you, Darlin', in my fashion Yes, I'm always true to you, Darlin', in my way From Ohio, Mister Thorn Calls me up from night till morn Mister Thorn once cornered corn and that ain't hay But I'm always true to you, Darlin', in my fashion Yes, I'm always true to you, Darlin', in my way From Milwaukee, Mister Fritz Often dines me at the Ritz Mister Fritz invented Schlitz and Schlitz must pay But I'm always true to you, Darlin', in my fashion Yes, I'm always true to you, Darlin', in my way Mister Harris Plutocrat Wants to give my cheek a pat If the Harris pat means a Paris hat, pay, pay But I'm always true to you, Darlin', in my fashion Yes, I'm always true to you, Darlin', in my way

Always True to You in My Fashion

Ella Fitzgerald

Times have changed And we've often rewound the clock Since the Puritans got a shock When 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 stockings Was looked on as something shocking Now, heaven knows Anything goes Good authors too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose Anything goes The world has gone mad today And good's bad today And black's white today And day's night today When most guys today That women prize today Are just silly gigolos So though I'm not a great romancer I know that I'm bound to answer When you propose Anything goes The world has gone mad today And good's bad today And black's white today And day's night today When most guys today That women prize today Are just silly gigolos So though I'm not a great romancer I know that I'm bound to answer When you propose Anything goes Anything goes

Anything Goes

Ella Fitzgerald

When they begin the beguine It brings back the sound of music so tender It brings back a night of tropical splendor It brings back a memory ever green I`m with you once more, under the stars And down by the shore, an orchestra`s playing And even the palms seem to be swaying When they begin the beguine To live it again is past all endeavor Except when that tune clutches my heart And there we are, swearing to love forever And promising never, never to part What moments divine, what rapture serene 'Till clouds came along to disperse the joys we had tasted And now when I hear people curse the chance that was wasted I know but too well what they mean So don`t let them begin the beguine Let the love that was once a fire remain an ember Let it sleep like the dead desire I only remember When they begin the beguine Oh yes, let them begin the beguine, make them play 'Till the stars that were there before return above you 'Till you whisper to me once more, darling, I love you And we suddenly know What heaven we`re in When they begin the beguine When they begin the beguine

Begin the Beguine

Ella Fitzgerald

From this moment on, you for me dear Only two for tea dear, from this moment on From this happy day, no more blue songs Only whoop-dee-doo songs, from this moment on For you've got the love I need so much Got the skin I love to touch Got the arms to hold me tight Got the sweet lips to kiss me goodnight From this moment on, you and I, babe We'll be ridin' high, babe Every care is gone, from this moment on From this happy day, no more blue songs Only whoop-dee-doo songs, from this moment on For you've got the love I need so much Got the skin I love to touch Got the arms to hold me tight Got the sweet lips to kiss me goodnight From this moment on, you and I, babe We'll be ridin' high, babe Every care is gone, from this moment on

From This Moment On

Ella Fitzgerald

Get out of town Before it's too late, my love Get out of town Be good to me, please Why wish me harm? Why not retire to a farm? And be contented to charm The birds off the trees Just disappear I care for you much too much And when you're near, close to me, dear We touch too much The thrill when we meet is so bittersweet That darling, it's getting me down So on your mark, get set Get out of town Just disappear I care for you much too much And when you're near, close to me, dear We touch too much The thrill when we meet is so bittersweet That darling, it's getting me down So on your mark, get set Get out of town

Get Out of Town

Ella Fitzgerald

I am dejected, I am depressed Yet resurrected and sailing the crest Why this elation, mixed with deflation? What explanation, I am in love Such conflicting questions rise Around in my brain Should I order cynanide or order champagne? Oh, what is this sudden jolt? I feel like a frightened colt Just hit by a thunderbolt, I am in love I knew the odds were against me before I had no flair for flaming desire But since the gods gave me you to adore I may lose but I refuse to fight the fire So come and enlighten my days and never depart You only can brighten the blaze that burns in my heart For I am wildly in love with you And so in need of a stampede of love I knew the odds were against me before I had no flair for flaming desire But since the gods gave me you to adore I may lose but I refuse to fight the fire So come and enlighten my days and never depart You only can brighten the blaze that burns in my heart For I am wildly in love with you And so in need of a stampede of love And so in need of a stampede of love

I Am in Love

Ella Fitzgerald

In the still of the night As I gaze from of my window At the moon in its flight My thoughts all stray to you In the still of the night While the world lies in slumber Oh, the times without number Darling, when I say to you Do you love me As I love you? Are you my life to be My dream come true? Or will this dream of mine Fade out of sight? Like the moon growing dim On the rim of the hill In the chill, still of the night In the still of the night

In the Still of the Night

Ella Fitzgerald

As Dorothy Parker once said To her boyfriend, "fare thee well" As Columbus announced, when he knew he was bounced "It was swell, Isabel, swell" As Abelard said to Eloise "Don't forget to drop a line to me, please" As Juliet cried, in her Romeo's ear "Romeo, why not face the fact, my dear" It was just one of those things Just one of those crazy flings One of those bells that now and then rings Just one of those things It was just one of those nights Just one of those fabulous flights A trip to the moon on gossamer wings Just one of those things If we'd thought a bit, of the end of it When we started painting the town We'd have been aware that our love affair It was too hot, not to cool down So good-bye, dear, and amen Here's hoping we meet now and then It was great fun But it was just one of those things If we'd thought a bit, of the end of it When we started painting the town We'd have been aware that our love affair Was too hot, not to cool down So good-bye, dear, and amen Here's hoping we meet now and then It was great fun But it was just one of those things Just one of those things

Just One of Those Things

Ella Fitzgerald

Birds do it, bees do it Even educated fleas do it Let's do it, let's fall in love In Spain, the best upper sets do it Lithuanians and Letts do it Let's do it, let's fall in love The Dutch in old Amsterdam do it Not to mention the Finns Folks in Siam do it, think of Siamese twins Some Argentines without means do it People say in Boston even beans do it Let's do it, let's fall in love Romantic sponges, they say, do it Oysters down in oyster bay do it Let's do it, let's fall in love Cold cape cod clams 'gainst their wish do it Even lazy jellyfish do it Let's do it, let's fall in love Electric eels, I might add, do it Though it shocks 'em I know Why ask if shad do it? Waiter, bring me shad roe In shallow shoals English soles do it Goldfish in the privacy of bowls do it Let's do it, let's fall in love

Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)

Ella Fitzgerald

Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today Madam Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today She is sorry to be delayed But last evening down in Lover's Lane she strays Madam Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today When she woke up and found that her dream of love was gone Madam She ran to the man who had led her so far astray And from under her velvet gown She drew a gun and shot her love down Madam Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today When the mob came and got her and dragged her from the jail Madam They strung her upon the old willow across the way And the moment before she died She lifted up her lovely head and cried Madam Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today

Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)

Ella Fitzgerald

It's too darn hot It's too darn hot I'd like to sup with my baby tonight Refill the cup with my baby tonight I'd like to sup with my baby tonight Refill the cup with my baby tonight But I ain't up to my baby tonight 'Cause it's too darn hot It's too darn hot It's too darn hot I'd like to coo with my baby tonight And pitch the woo with my baby tonight I'd like to coo with my baby tonight And pitch the woo with my baby tonight But brother, you fight my baby tonight 'Cause it's too darn hot According to the Kinsey Report, ev'ry average man you know Much prefers his lovey-dovey to court When the temperature is low But when the thermometer goes 'way up And the weather is sizzling hot Mister, pants for romance is not 'Cause it's too, too, too darn hot It's too darn hot It's too, too darn hot I'd like to coo with my baby tonight And pitch the woo with my baby tonight I'd like to coo with my baby tonight And pitch the woo with my baby tonight But brother, you fight my baby tonight 'Cause it's too darn hot According to the Kinsey Report, ev'ry average man you know Much prefers his lovey-dovey to court When the temperature is low But when the thermometer goes 'way up And the weather is sizzling hot Mr. Gob for his squab A marine for his queen A G.I. for his cutie-pie is not 'Cause it's too, too, too darn hot It's too darn hot It's too darn hot It's too darn hot It's too darn hot It's too darn hot

Too Darn Hot

Ella Fitzgerald

A fine romance, with no kisses A fine romance, my friend this is We should be like a couple of hot tomatoes But you're as cold as yesterday's mashed potatoes A fine romance, you won't nestle A fine romance, you won't wrestle I might as well play bridge With my old maid aunt I haven't got a chance This is a fine romance A fine romance, my good fellow You take romance, I'll take jello You're calmer than the seals In the arctic ocean At least they flap their fins To express emotion A fine romance with no quarrels With no insults and all morals I've never mussed the crease In your blue serge pants I never get the chance This is a fine romance

A Fine Romance [*]

Ella Fitzgerald

How long, baby how long, Has that evening train been gone? How long, how how long, baby how long? Went to the station, didn't see no train. Down in my heart, I have an aching pain. How long, how how long, baby how long? I feel disgusted, I feel so bad Thinking 'bout the good time that I once have had. How long, how how long, baby how long? I could see the green grass growing on the hill; I ain't seen no greenback on a dollar bill. How long, how how long, baby how long? You're gonna be sorry, you'll feel so blue. When you want me, baby, I declare I won't want you. How long, how how long, baby how long? Don't have no money for to ride the train. I would ride the rods, baby, to be with you again. How long, how how long, baby how long? How long, baby how long Must I keep my, my watch in pawn? How long, how how long, baby how long?

How Long, How Long Blues

Ella Fitzgerald

Days can be sunny with never a sigh Don't need what money can buy Birds in the trees sing their dayful of songs Why shouldn't we sing along I'm chipper all the day Happy with my lot How do I get that way Look at what I've got I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man Who could ask for anything more I've got daisies in green pastures I've got my man Who could ask for anything more Old man trouble I don't mind him You won't find him 'round my door I've got starlight I've got sweet dreams I've got my man Who could ask for anything more Ba ba da da da ah Old man trouble, I don't mind him You won't find him 'round my door I've got starlight I've got sweet dreams I've got my man Who could ask for anything more I've got rhythm, I've got music I've got daisies in green pastures I've got starlight I've got sweet dreams I've got my man Who could ask for anything more

I Got Rhythm [*]

Ella Fitzgerald

Every time I look down on this timeless town Whether blue or gray be her skies Whether loud be her cheers or whether soft be her tears More and more do I realize that I love Paris in the springtime I love Paris in the fall I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles I love Paris every moment Every moment of the year I love Paris Why, oh, why do I love Paris? Because my love is near I love Paris in the springtime I love Paris in the fall I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles I love Paris every moment Every moment of the year I love Paris Why, oh, why do I love Paris? Because my love is near

I Love Paris [*]

Ella Fitzgerald

Walked with no one and talked with no one And I had nothing but shadows Then one morning you passed And I brightened at last Now I greet the day and complete the day With the sun in my heart All my worry blew away When you taught me how to say 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 to walk in the shade With those blues on parade But I'm not afraid This Rover crossed over If I never have a cent I'd be rich as Rockefeller Gold dust at my feet On the sunny side of the street Grab your street

On the Sunny Side of the Street

Ella Fitzgerald

See see rider See what you have done, Lord, Lord, Lord Made me love you, now your gal has come You made me love you, now your gal has come I'm goin' away, baby, I won't be back till fall, Lord, Lord, Lord Goin' away, baby, won't be back till fall If I find me a good man, won't be back at all I'm gonna buy me a pistol, just as long as I am tall, Lord, Lord, Lord Shoot my man, and catch a cannonball If he won't have me, he won't have no gal at all See See Rider, where did you stay last night? Lord, Lord, Lord Your shoes ain't buttoned and your clothes don't fit you right You didn't come home till the sun was shining bright

See See Rider [*]

Ella Fitzgerald

No gal made has got a shade on sweet Georgia brown Two left feet but oh-so neat has sweet Georgia brown They all sigh and want to die for sweet Georgia brown I'll tell you why; you know I don't lie much It's been said she knocks 'em dead when she lands in town Since she came, why it's a shame how she coos 'em down Fellers she can't get are fellers she ain't met Georgia claimed her, Georgia named her Sweet Georgia brown

Sweet Georgia Brown

Ella Fitzgerald

Gather 'round me, everybody Gather 'round me while I preach some Feel a sermon comin' on me The topic will be sin And that's what I'm agin If you want to hear my story Then settle back and just sit tight While I start reviewing The attitude of doing right You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with mister inbetween You got to spread joy up to the maximum Bring gloom down to the minimum Have faith, or pandemonium Liable to walk upon the scene To illustrate my last remark Jonah in the whale Noah in the ark, What did they do Just when everything looked so dark? Man, they said, we better Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with mister inbetween Don't, don't mess with mister inbetween To illustrate my last remark Jonah in a whale Noah in the ark, What did they do Just when everything looked so dark? Man, they said, we better Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative Latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with mister inbetween No don't mess with mister inbetween

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

Ella Fitzgerald

It`s the wonder of the world, It`s a rocket to the moon It gets you high, it gets you low, but once you get that glow... Here`s to my best romance, Here`s to my worst romance Here`s to my first romance - ages ago Here`s to the boys I've kissed, and to complete the list Here`s to the boys who said "No!" Love, love, hooray for love Who was ever too blase for love Make this the night for love If we have to fight, let`s fight for love Some sigh and cry for love Ah, but in Pa-ree they die for love Some waste away for love Just the same - hooray for love! It`s the rocket to the moon, with a touch of "Clare de Lune" It gets you high, it gets you low, but once you get that glow... Some trust to fate for love, Others have to take off weight for love Some go berserk for love Loafers even go to work for love Sad songs are sobbed for love People have their noses bobbed for love Some say we pay for love Just the same - hooray for love!

Hooray for Love

Ella Fitzgerald

Blow ill wind, blow away, find my love today You're blowin' me no good, no good Go ill wind, go away, skies are oh, so gray Around my neighborhood and that's no good You're only misleadin' the sunshine I'm needin' Ain't that a shame It's so hard to keep up with troubles that creep up From out of nowhere, when loves to blame So ill wind, blow away, find my love today You're blowin' me no good, no good, no good

Ill Wind

Ella Fitzgerald

We might have been meant for each other To be or not to be--let our hearts discover I have a feeling; it's a feeling I'm concealing; I don't know why It's just a mental, incidental, sentimental alibi But I adore you, so strong for you Why go on stalling? I am falling; love is calling; why be shy? Let's fall in love Why shouldn't we fall in love? Our hearts are made of it; let's take a chance Why be afraid of it? Let's close our eyes And make our own paradise Little we know of it; still, we can try To make a go of it We might have been meant for each other To be or not to be--let our hearts discover Let's fall in love Why shouldn't we fall in love? Now is the time for it, while we are young Let's fall in love

Let's Fall in Love

Ella Fitzgerald

I never traveled further north than old Van Courtland park And never further south than the aquarium I've seen the charm of Jersey City, but first let me remark I saw it from the Empire State Solarium But we've been putting nickels in the postal savings bank And when those nickels pile up, we can toddle off in swank And I don't mean an ordinary cook's tour I mean a cabin deluxe tour Someday we'll go places New lands and new faces The day we quit punching the clock The future looks pleasant But at present Let's take a walk around the block You're just the companion I want at Grand Canyon For throwing old blades down the rock The money we have`ll go for travel Meantime, let's walk around the block Gangway, we'll begin When our, ship comes in I'll sit on your lap All over the map To London in may time To Venice in play time To Paris in time for a frock To Boston in bean time Darling, meantime Let's take a walk around the block In winter at Christmas We'll visit the isthmus And see how they lock up a lock And then in Caracas, on a jackass We'll take a ride around the block We'll keep to our promise To visit St. Thomas And then at Jamaica we'll dock The prospect is thrilling Still I am willing Just now to walk around the block Onward, to Cathay Then to Mandalay Boom on to Bangkok P'are'aps Vladivostok We'll send the folks cables Accumulate labels Buy souvenirs till we're in hock But since we are flat in old Manhattan Let's take a walk around the block

Let's Take a Walk Around the Block

Ella Fitzgerald

Go on and sing my heart You know it's spring my heart So why not show it? Pretend you're glad my heart Although you're sad my heart He mustn't know it Remember, love is not an easy game No two hearts ever beat quite the same Go on and dance my heart Our only chance my heart Is to forget it Should you despair my heart He'll know we care my heart And we'll regret it If it's to be, we soon shall see And if it's not to be, No power on earth can make it so Pretend it's spring my heart Go on and sing my heart For if you sing, he'll never know (bridge) Go on and dance my heart Our only chance my heart Is to forget it Should you despair my heart He'll know we care my heart And we'll regret it If it's to be, we soon shall see And if it's not to be, No power on earth can make it so Pretend it's spring my heart Go on and sing my heart For if you sing, he'll never know

Sing My Heart [*]

Ella Fitzgerald

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps rainin' all the time Life is bare--gloom and mis'ry everywhere Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps rainin' all of the time, the time Keeps rainin' all of the time When he went away, the blues came in and met me If he stays away, old rockin' chair's gonna get me All I do is pray the Lord above gonna let me Walk in the sun once more Can't go on--all I had in life is gone Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps rainin' all of the time, the time Keeps rainin' all of the time Can't go on--all I had in life is gone Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps rainin' all the time, the time Keeps rainin' all the time

Stormy Weather

Ella Fitzgerald

Somewhere, someday We'll be close together, wait and see Oh by the way This time the dream's on me You take my hand And you look at me adoringly But as things stand This time the dream's on me It would be fun To be certain that I'm the one To know that I, at least, supply the shoulder you cry upon To see you through Till you're everything you want to be It can't be true, but This time the dream's on me It would be fun To be certain that I'm the one To know that I, at least, supply the shoulder you cry upon To see you through Till you're everything you want to be It can't be true, but This time the dream's on me

This Time the Dream's on Me

Ella Fitzgerald

I'm gonna love you, like nobody's loved you Come rain or come shine High as a mountain, deep as a river Come rain or come shine I guess when you met me It was just one of those things But don't you ever bet me 'Cause I'm gonna be true if you let me You're gonna love me, like nobody's loved me Come rain or come shine We'll be happy together, unhappy together Now won't that be just fine The days may be cloudy or sunny We're in or out of the money But I'm with you always I'm with you rain or shine

Come Rain or Come Shine

Ella Fitzgerald

Once there was a wicked witch in the lovely land of Oz And a wickeder, wickeder, wickeder witch there never, never was She filled the folks in Munchkin land with terror and with dread 'Till one fine day from Kansas way a cyclone caught a house That brought the wicked, wicked witch her doom As she was flying on her broom For the house fell on her head and the coroner pronounced her dead And thru the town the joyous news was spread Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead Wake up, you sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed Wake up, the wicked witch is dead! She's gone where the goblins go below, below, below, yo ho Let's open up and sing, and ring the bells out Ding-dong! the merry-o sing it high, sing it low Let them know the wicked witch is dead Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead Wake up, you sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed Wake up, the wicked witch is dead! She's gone where the goblins go below, below, below, yo ho Let's open up and sing, and ring the bells out Ding-dong! the merry-o sing it high, sing it low Let them know the wicked witch is dead

Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead [*]

Ella Fitzgerald

Pack up your troubles and just get happy Ya better chase all your cares away Sing Hallelujah, c'mon get happy Get ready for the judgment day The sun is shinin', c'mon get happy The Lord is waiting to take your hand Shout Hallelujah, c'mon get happy We're goin' to the Promised Land We're headin' 'cross the river Gonna wash our sins in the tide It's all so peaceful On the other side Forget your troubles and just get happy Ya better chase all your cares away Sing Hallelujah, c'mon get happy Get ready for the judgment day The sun is shinin', c'mon get happy The Lord is waiting to take your hand Shout Hallelujah, c'mon get happy We're goin' to the Promised Land We're headin' 'cross the river Wash our sins away in the tide It's all so peaceful On the other side We're headin' 'cross the river Wash our sins away in the tide It's all so peaceful On the other side Forget your troubles and just get happy Ya better chase your cares away!! Sing Hallelujah, c'mon get happy Get ready for the judgment day

Get Happy

Ella Fitzgerald

It seem like happiness is jus' a thing called Joe He got a smile that make the lilac want to grow He got a way that make the angels heave a sigh When they know little Joe's passing by Sometime the cabin gloomy and the table bare Soon he kiss me and it's Christmas everywhere Trouble fly away and life is easy go Does he love me good? That's all I has to know Seem like happiness is jus' a thing called Joe Seem like happiness is jus' a thing called Joe Little Joe, little Joe, little Joe

Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe

Ella Fitzgerald

I gotta right to sing the blues I gotta right to feel low-down I gotta right to hang around Down around the river A certain gal in this old town Keeps draggin' my poor (old) heart around All I see, for me is - misery I gotta right to sing the blues I gotta right to moan and sigh I gotta right to sit and cry Down around the river I know the deep blue sea Will soon be callin' me It must be love - say what you choose I gotta right to sing the blues

I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues

Ella Fitzgerald

It was written in the stars What was written in the stars shall be It was written in the skies That the heart and not the eyes shall see And so whether it bring joy Whether it bring woe It shall be done Now suddenly I know You are the one Here as in a daydream By my side you stand Here with my tomorrows In your hands It was written high above That I have to have your love Or I'll never be free And cloudy though the day be Crazy though I may be What the stars foretold shall be Here as in a daydream By my side you stand Here with my tomorrows In your hands It was written high above That I have to have your love Or I'll never be free And cloudy though the day be Crazy though I may be What the stars foretold shall be And so shall it be

It Was Written in the Stars

Ella Fitzgerald

The night is bitter, The stars have lost their glitter, The winds grow colder, And suddenly you`re older And all because of The man that got away. No more his eager call, The writing`s on the wall, The dreams you dreamed have all Gone astray. The man that won you Has run off and undone you. That great beginning Has seen it`s final inning, Don`t know what happened It`s all a crazy game. No more that all-time thrill For you`ve been through the mill, And never a new love will Be the same. Good riddance, good-bye. Every trick of his you`re on to - But fools will be fools and where`s he gone to? The road gets rougher, It`s lonelier and tougher. With hope you burn up, Tomorrow he may turn up. There`s just no letup The livelong night and day. Ever since this world began There is nothing sadder than A one-man woman Looking for the man that got away . . . The road gets rougher, It`s lonelier and tougher. With hope you burn up, Tomorrow he may turn up. There`s just no letup The livelong night and day. Ever since this world began There is nothing sadder than A one-man woman Looking for the man The man that got away . . . The man that got away . . .

The Man That Got Away