The Best Things in Life Are Free
The moon belongs to everyone.
I'm wild again, beguiled again,
Oh, how do I know?
Blue Moon,
I found my thrill,
Life's dreary for me,
Tell me, tell me, tell me,
Born free,
We'll always be bosom buddies,
I walk along the street of sorrow,
The moment I saw him smile,
If the hands of time
Broken hearted melody,
Once I built a railroad, made it run,
Spoken Introduction:
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The best things in life are free.
The stars belong to everyone.
They gleam there for you and me.
The flowers in Spring, the robins that sing,
The sunbeams that shine, they're yours, they're mine!
And love can come to everyone.
The best things in life are free.
The moon belongs to everyone.
The best things in life are free.
The stars belong to everyone.
They gleam there for you and me.
The best things in life are free!
By B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown,
and Ray Henderson
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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A wimpering, simpering child again,
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered...
Am I.
I couldn't sleep, I wouldn't sleep,
Love came, and it told me I shouldn't sleep,
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered...
Am I.
Lost my heart, but what of it?
She is cold, I agree.
She might laugh, but I love it,
Although the laugh's on me.
I'll sing to her, bring Spring to her,
And long for the day when I'll cling to her,
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered...
Am I.....
I'm wild again, beguiled again,
A wimpering, simpering child again,
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered...
Am I.
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyric by Lorenz Hart
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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(Oh, how does he know?)
Oh, how do I know?
(Oh, how does he know?)
This is how I know:
Have faith, hope, and charity.
That's the way to live successfully.
How do I know?
The Bible tells me so.
Do good to your enemies,
And the blessed Lord you'll surely please.
How do I know?
The Bible tells me so.
Don't worry 'bout tomorrow.
Just be real good today.
The Lord is right beside you.
He'll guide you all the way.
Have faith, hope, and charity,
That's the way to live successfully.
How do I know?
The Bible tells me so.
Have faith, hope, and charity.
That's the way to live successfully.
How do I know?
The Bible tells me so.
How do I know?
The Bible tells me so!
By Dale Evans
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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You saw me standing alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.
Blue Moon,
You knew just what I was there for,
You heard me saying a pray'r for...
Someone I really could care for.
And then there suddenly appeared before me,
The only one my arms will ever hold.
I heard somebody whisper 'Please adore me'
And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold!
Blue Moon!
Now I'm no longer alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a care of my own.
Blue Moon,
You saw me standing alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.
Words by Lorenz Hart
Music by Richard Rodgers
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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On Blueberry HIll,
On Blueberry HIll,
When I found you.
The moon stood still,
On Blueberry Hill,
And lingered until
My dreams came true.
The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody,
But all of the vows we made
Were never to be.
Tho' we're apart,
You're part of me still,
For you were my thrill
On Blueberry HIll.
I found my thrill,
On Blueberry HIll,
On Blueberry HIll,
When I found you.
Words and Music by
Al Lewis, Larry Stock
and Vincent Rose
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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Days seem to be as long as years.
I look for the sun,
But I see none through my tears.
Your heart must be a stone,
To leave me here all alone,
When you could make life worth living
By simply taking what I'm set on giving.
My heart is sad and lonely,
For you I sigh, for you, Dear, only.
Why haven't you seen it?
I'm all for you, body and soul!
I spend my days in longing,
And wond'ring why it's me you're wronging.
I tell you I mean it,
I'm all for you, body and soul!
I can't believe it. It's hard to conceive it,
That you'd turn away romance.
Are you pretending, it looks like the ending,
Unless I could have one more chance to prove, Dear.
My life, a wreck you're making.
You know I'm yours for just the taking.
I'd gladly surrender
Myself to you, body and soul!
My heart is sad and lonely,
For you I sigh, for you, Dear, only.
Why haven't you seen it?
I'm all for you, body and soul!
Words by Edward Heyman,
Robert Sour, and Frank Eyton
Music by Johnny Green
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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The Book of Love
Oh, who wrote the book of love?
I've got to know the answer,
Was it someone from above?
I wonder, wonder who? Who?
Who wrote the book of love?
I love you, Darling.
Baby, you know I do,
But I've got to see this book of love,
Find out why it's true.
I wonder, wonder who? Who?
Who wrote the book of love?
Chapter One says to love her,
To love her with all your heart.
Chapter Two you tell her you're never,
Never, never, never, never gonna part.
Chapter Three, remember
The meaning of romance.
In Chapter Four you break up,
But you give her just one more chance.
Oh, I wonder, wonder who? Who?
Who wrote the book of Love?
Baby, Baby, Baby,
I love you, yes, I do.
Well, it says so in this book of love,
Ours is the one that's true.
I wonder, wonder who? Who?
Who wrote the book of love?
Tell me, tell me, tell me,
Oh, who wrote the book of love?
I've got to know the answer,
Was it someone from above?
I wonder, wonder who? Who?
Who wrote the book of love?
I wonder who?
Who wrote the book of love?
Words and Music by Warren Davis,
George Malone, and Charles Patrick
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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As free as the wind blows,
As free as the grass grows,
Born free to follow your heart.
Live free,
And beauty surrounds you.
The world still astounds you,
Each time you look at a star.
Stay free,
Where no walls divide you.
You're free as a roaring tide
So there's no need to hide.
Born free,
And life is worth living,
But only worth living
'Cause you're born free!
Born free,
As free as the wind blows,
As free as the grass grows,
Born free to follow your heart.
Live free,
And beauty surrounds you.
The world still astounds you,
Each time you look at a star.
Stay free,
Where no walls divide you.
You're free as a roaring tide
So there's no need to hide.
Born free,
And life is worth living,
But only worth living
'Cause you're born free!
Title Song of the
Columbia Pictures Presentation
'Born Free'
Lyric by Don Black
Music by John Barry
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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friends, sisters and pals,
We'll always be bosom buddies,
if life should reject you,
There's me to protect you.
If I say that your tongue is vicious,
If I call you uncouth,
It's simply that who else but a bosom buddy
Will sit down and tell you the truth?
Tho' now and again I'm aware that
My candid opinion may sting,
Tho' often my frank observation might scald,
I've been meaning to tell you for years
You should keep your hair natural like mine.
If I kept my hair natural like yours,
I'd be bald!
But Darling, we'll always be dear companions,
my crony, my mate,
We'll always be harmonizing,
Orphan Annie and Sandy,
Like Amos and Andy.
If I say that your sense of style's
As far off as your youth,
It's simply that who else but a bosom buddy
Will tell you the whole stinkin' truth?
Each time that a critic has written
'Your voice is the voice of a frog!'
Straight to your side to defend you I rush.
You know that I'm there ev'ry time
That the world makes an unkind remark.
When they say, 'Vera Charles is the world's greatest lush!'
It hurts me.
I feel it's my duty to tell you
It's time to adjust to your age.
You try to be 'Peg O' My Heart,'
When you're 'Lady MacBeth.'
Exactly how old are you, Vera? The truth!
(Well, how old do you think?)
I'd say somewhere in between forty and death!
But Sweetie, I'll always be Alice Toklas,
If you'll be Gertrude Stein,
And tho' I'll admit I've dished you.
I've gossiped and gloated,
But I'm so devoted.
And if I say that sex and guts
Made you into a star.
It's simply that who else but a bosom buddy
Will tell you how rotten you are!
Just turn to your bosom buddy,
For aid and affection,
for help and direction,
For loyalty, love and forsooth.
Remember that who else but a bosom buddy
Will sit down and level
And give you the devil,
Will sit down and tell you the truth!
From the Musical Production, 'Mame'
Music and Lyric by Jerry Herman
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
The boulevard of broken dreams,
Where Gigolo and Gigolette can take a kiss without regret,
So they forget their broken dreams.
You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow,
When you behold your shattered schemes,
And Gigolo and Gigolette wake up to find their eyes are wet,
With tears that tell of broken dreams.
Here is where you'll always find me,
Always walking up and down,
But I left my soul behind me,
In an old Cathedral town.
The joy that you find here you borrow,
You cannot keep it long, it seems,
But Gigolo and Gigolette still sing a song and dance
Along the boulevard of broken dreams.
Here is where you'll always find me,
Always walking up and down,
But I left my soul behind me,
In an old Cathedral town.
Lyrics by Al Dubin
Music by Harry Warren
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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The Boy Next Door
I knew he was just my style.
My only regret is we've never met,
For I dream of him all the while.
But he doesn't know I exist,
No matter how I may persist.
So it's clear to me there's no hope for me,
Though I live at Fifty-one, thirty-five Kensington Avenue,
And he lives at Fifty-one, thirty-three.
How can I ignore the boy next door?
I love him more than I can say.
Doesn't try to please me, doesn't even tease me,
And he never sees me glance his way.
And though I'm heart-sore, the boy next door
Affection for me won't display.
I just adore him, so I can't ignore him,
The boy next door.
How can I ignore the boy next door?
I love him more than I can say.
Doesn't try to please me, doesn't even tease me,
And he never sees me glance his way.
And though I'm heart-sore, the boy next door
Affection for me won't display.
I just adore him, so I can't ignore him,
The boy next door.
From the MGM Motion Picture
'Meet Me In St. Louis'
Words and Music by
Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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Were hands that I could hold,
I'd keep them warm, and in my hands,
They'd not turn cold!
Hand in hand we'd choose
The moments that should last.
The lovely moments that should have
No future and no past!
The Summer from the top of a swing,
The comfort and the sound of a lullaby.
The innocence of leaves in the Spring,
But most of all the moment when love first touched me!
All the happy days would
Never learn to fly,
Until the hands of time
would choose to wave good-bye!
The innocence of leaves
In the Spring,
But most of all the moment when
Love first touched me!
All the happy days would
Never learn to fly,
Until the hands of time
Would choose to wave good-bye!
From The Screen Gems
T.V. Production
'Brian’s Song'
Music by Michel LeGrand
lyrics by Marilyn and Alan Bergman
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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Once you were our song of love.
Now you just keep taunting me!
With the memory of her tender love.
Broken hearted melody,
Must you keep reminding me,
Of the lips I long to kiss
And the love I miss,
Since she went away,
Night and day they play that.
Broken hearted melody,
That she used to sing to me,
When our love was young and bright,
As she held me tight
Suddenly I found I was heaven bound.
Oh, broken hearted melody,
Once you were our song of love.
Now you just keep taunting me!
With the memory of her tender love.
Broken hearted melody,
Won't you bring her back to me?
Sing to her until she yearns,
For when she returns,
No more will you be a broken hearted melody!
Ooooooooooooooooooooooo,
Ooooooooooooooooooooooo.......
Words by Hal David
Music by Sherman Edwards
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad, now it's done.
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a tower to the sun,
Brick and rivet, and lime.
Once I built a tower, now it's done.
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits, gee, we looked swell,
Full of that yankee doodle de-dum,
Half a million boots went sloggin' through hell,
I was the kid with the drum.
Say, don't you remember, they called me 'Al',
It was 'Al' all the time.
Say, don't you remember, I'm your pal!
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a railroad, made it run,
Made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad, now it's done.
Brother, can you spare a dime?
Words by E.Y. Harburg
Music by Jay Gorney
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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All Music above is from:
The Midi Site
Copyright © by Mickey McBride
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While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free,
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer.
Song:
God bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her,
Through the night with the light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
to the oceans, wide with hope,
God bless America,
My home sweet home.
God bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her,
Through the night with the light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
to the oceans, wide with hope,
God bless America,
My home sweet home.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
to the oceans, wide with hope,
God bless America,
My home sweet home.
God bless America,
My home sweet home.
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Artist: Kate Smith
Author: Irving Berlin,
1918; revised 1938