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Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
Forward into battle see His banners go!
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
At the sign of triumph Satan's host doth flee;
On then, Christian soldiers, on to victory!
Hell's foundations quiver at the shout of praise;
Brothers lift your voices, loud your anthems raise.
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Like a mighty army moves the church of God;
Brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.
We are not divided, all one body we,
One in hope and doctrine, one in charity.
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
What the saints established that I hold for true.
What the saints believèd, that I believe too.
Long as earth endureth, men the faith will hold,
Kingdoms, nations, empires, in destruction rolled.
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Crowns and thrones may perish, kingdoms rise and wane,
But the church of Jesus constant will remain.
Gates of hell can never gainst that church prevail;
We have Christ's own promise, and that cannot fail.
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Onward then, ye people, join our happy throng,
Blend with ours your voices in the triumph song.
Glory, laud and honor unto Christ the King,
This through countless ages men and angels sing.
Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
If it takes forever, I will wait for you,
For a thousand summers, I will wait for you,
Till you're back beside me, Till I'm holding you,
Till Ihear you sigh...here in my arms.
Anywhere you wander, anywhere you do,
Ev'ry day, remember how I love you so,
In your heart believe what in my heart I know,
That forevermore, I will wiat for you.
The clock will tick away the hours, one by one,
then the time will come when all the waiting's done,
The time when you return and find me here, and run
Straight to my waiting arms.
If it takes forever, I will wait for you,
For a thousand summers, I will wait for you,
Till you're here beside me, till I'm touching you,
And forevermore, sharing your love.
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Recorded by Andy Williams and Steve Lawrence
Love theme from the 1964 motion picture
'The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg' starring Catherine Deneuve.
English Words by Norman Gimbel
Music by Michel Legrand
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
What now, my love, now that you've left me,
How can I live through another day,
Watching my dreams turn to ashes,
And my hopes into bits of clay.
Once I could see, once I could feel,
Now I am numb, I've become unreal,
I walk the night without a goal,
Stripped of my heart and my soul.
What now, my love, now that it's over,
I feel the world falling around me.
Here come the stars, tumbling around me,
There's the sky, where the sea should be.
What now, my love, now that you're gone,
I'd be a fool to go on and on.
No one would care, no one would cry,
If I should live, if I should live or die.
What now, my love, now there is nothing,
Only my last, my last good bye.
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Recorded by Sonny and Cher, Herb Alpert,
Tony Bennett, Robert Goulet and Frank Sinatra.
Written in 1962,
French lyrics by P. Delanoe,
English Lyrics by Carl Sigman
Music by Gilbert Becaud
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
I like lazy weather, I like lazy days,
Can't be blamed for having lazy ways.
Some old lazy river sleeps beside my door,
Whisp'ring to the sunlit shore.
Up a lazy river by the old mill run,
That lazy, lazy river in the noon-day sun.
Linger in the shad of a king old tree,
Throw away your troubles, dream a dream with me.
Up a lazy river where the robin's song
Awakes a bright new morning, we can loaf along.
Blue skies up above, ev'ry one's in love,
Up a lazy river, how happy you can be,
Up a lazy river with me!
Up a lazy river by the old mill run,
That lazy, lazy river in the noon-day sun.
Linger in the shad of a king old tree,
Throw away your troubles, dream a dream with me.
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Lyric by Sid Arodin
Music by Hoagy Carmichael
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Until the Real Thing Comes Along
I'd work for you, I'd slave for you,
I'd be a beggar or a knave for you.
If that isn't love, it will have to do,
Until the real thing comes along.
I'd gladly move the earth for you,
To prove my love, Dear, and it's worth to you.
If that isn't love, it will have to do,
Until the real thing comes along.
With all the words, Dear, at my command,
I just can't make you understand.
I'll always love you, Darling, come what may,
My heart is yours, what more can I say?
I'd sigh for you, I'd cry for you,
I'd tear the stars down from the sky for you.
If that isn't love, it wil have to do,
Until the real thing comes along.
I'd work for you, I'd slave for you,
I'd be a beggar or a knave for you.
If that isn't love, it will have to do,
Until the real thing comes along.
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Words and Music by Mann Holiner,
Alberta Nichols, Sammy Cahn,
Saul Chaplin, and L.E. Freeman
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
I bought you violets for your furs,
Ane it was Spring for awhile, remember.
I bought you violets for your furs,
And there was April in that December.
The snow drifted down on the flowers,
And melted where it lay.
The snow looked like dew on the blossoms,
As on a Summer day.
I bought you violets for your furs,
And there was blue in the Wintry sky.
You pinned the violets to your furs,
And gave a lift to the crowds passing by.
You smiled at me so sweetly,
Since then, one thought occurs,
That we fell in love completely,
The day that I bought you violets for your furs.
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By Tom Adair and Matt Dennis
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Vaya Con Dios
(May God Be With You)
Now the hacienda's dark, the town is sleeping,
Now the time has come to part, the time for weeping,
Vaya con dios, my Darling,
May God be with you, my Love.
Now the village mission bells are softly ringing,
If you listen with your heart, you'll hear them singing.
vaya con dios, my Darling,
May God be with you, my Love.
Wherever you may be, I'll be beside you,
Although you're many million dreams away.
Each night I'll say a pray'r, a pray'r to guide you,
To hasten ev'ry lonely hour of ev'ry lonely day.
Now the dawn is breaking through, a gray tomorrow,
But the memories we share are there to borrow.
vaya con dios, my Darling,
May God be with you, my Love.
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By Larry Russell, Inez James,
and Buddy Pepper
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Sometimes the world is a valley of heartaches and tears,
And in the hustle and bustle, no sunshine appears,
But you and I have our love always there to remind us,
There is a way we can leave all the shadows behind us.
(Penso che un sogno cosi non ritorni mai piu,)
(mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu,)
(poi d'improvviso venivo dal vento rapito,)
(e incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito,)
Volare, oh, oh!
Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Let's fly way up to the clouds,
Away from the madd'ning crowds.
(Volare, oh, oh!)
(Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh!)
(Nel blu, dipinto di blu,)
(felice di stare lassu,)
We can sing in th glow of a star that I know of,
Where lovers enjoy peace of mind.
Let us leave the confusion and all disillusion behind,
Just like birds of a feather, a rainbow, together, we'll find.
(E volavo, volavo, felice piu in alto)
(del sole ed ancora piu su,)
(mentre il mondo pian piano spariva lontano laggiu,)
(una musica dolce suonava soltanto per me,)
Volare, oh, oh!
Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh!
No wonder my happy heart sings,
Your love has given me wings.
(Volare, oh, oh!)
(Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh!)
(Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu,)
(felice di stare lassu,)
Volare, oh, oh!
Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh!
Let's fly way up to the clouds,
Away from the madd'ning crowds.
(Volare, oh, oh!)
(Cantare, oh, oh, oh, oh!)
(Nel blu, dipinto di blu,)
(felice di stare lassu,)
Your love has given me wings,
Your love has given me wings.
(Nel Blu, Dipinto Di Blu,)
(felice di stare lassu.)
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Music by Domenico Modugno
English Lyric by Mitchell Parish
Italian Lyric by D. Modugno & F. Migliacci
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
In Jamaica, calypso isle,
Ev'rybody dancing with a happy smile,
All but a young man along the pier,
He had a song to sing that was sad to hear.
'I must sail away, across the sea,
Leave the girl who only loves me.
Although I say 'Farewell Jamaica' today,
I know that I'll come back to her another day.'
I took a trip on a sailing ship,
And when I reached Jamaica, I made a stop.
I took a trip on a sailing ship,
And when I reached Jamaica, I made a stop.
But I'm sad to say, I'm on my way,
I won't be back for many a day.
My heart is down, my head is turning around,
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston Town!
A native West Indian folk song.
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Jean, Jean, Roses are red,
all the leaves have gone green,
And the clouds are so low,
You can touch them and so...
Come out to the meadow, Jean.
Jean, Jean, you're young and alive,
come out of your half-dreamed dream,
And run, if you will,
to the top of the hill,
Open your arms, Bonnie Jean.
Till the sheep in the valley come home my way,
till the stars fall around me and find me alone,
When the sun comes a singin',
I'll be waitin'.
Jean, Jean, the roses are red,
All the leaves have gone green,
And the hils are ablaze...
With the moon's yellow haze,
Come into my arms, Bonnie Jean.
Till the sheep in the valley come home my way,
till the stars fall around me and find me alone,
When the sun comes a singin',
I'll be waitin'.
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From the 20th Century-Fox Film
'The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie'
Words and Music by Rod McKuen
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Just a-wearyin' for you,
All the time a-feelin' blue,
wishin' for you, wonderin' when
You'll be comin' home again,
Restless, don't know what to do,
Just a-wearyin' for you.
Mornin' comes, the birds awake,
Used to sing so for your sake,
But there's sadness in the notes
That come trillin' from their throats,
Seem to feel your absence, too,
Just a-wearyin' for you.
Eve'nin' comes, I miss you more,
when the dark gloom's round the door,
Seems like you 'orter' be
There to open it for me.
Latch goes tinklin', thrills me through,
Sets me wearyin' for you.
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Words by Frank Stanton
Music by Carrie Jacobs-Bond
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Just friends,
Lovers no more,
Just friends,
But not like before.
To think of what we've been,
and not to kiss again,
Seems like pretending
It isn't the ending.
Two friends,
Drifting apart,
Two friends,
But one broken heart.
We loved, we laughed, we cried,
Then suddenly love died,
The story ends,
And we're just friends.
Just friends,
Lovers no more,
Just friends,
But not like before.
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Lyrics by Sam Lewis
Music by John Klenner
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Just in time,
I found you just in time,
Before you came my time
Was running low.
I was lost,
The losing dice were tossed,
My bridges all were crossed,
Nowhere to go.
Now you're here,
And now I know just where I'm going,
No more doubt or fear,
I've found my way.
For love came just in time,
You found me just in time,
And changed my lonely life
That lucky day!
Just in time,
I found you just in time,
Before you came my time
Was running low.
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From the Musical Production
'Bells Are Ringing'
Recorded by Tony Bennett
Words by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Music by Jule Styne
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Just one look, and I fell so Ha-ar-ard
In love with you.
Oh, oh, I found out how good it fe-ee-eels
To have your love.
Oh, Oh, say you will, will be mi-i-ine
Forever and always,
Oh, oh, just one look and I knew-ew-ew
That you were my only one.
Oh, I thought I was dreamin',
But I was wrong, Oh, yeah, yeah, ah,
but I'm gonna keep on schemin'
Til I can make you, make you my own.
So you see, I really ca-ar-are,
Without you, I'm nothin',
Oh, oh, just one look and I know-o-ow
I'll get you someday.
Oh, oh, just one look,
that's all it took,yeah!
Just one look,
That's all it took, wow!
Just one look,
That's all it took, yeah!
Just one look,
that's all it took, wow!
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Recorded by Doris Troy, The Hollies
and by Linda Ronstadt
Words and Music by
Doris Payne and Gregory Carroll
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Just one more chance,
To prove it's you alone I care for,
Each night I say a little prayer for...
Just one more chance.
Just one more night,
To taste the kisses that enchant me,
I'd want no others if you'd grant me...
Just one more chance.
I've learned the meaning of repentance,
Now you're the jury at my trial,
I know that I should serve my sentence,
Still I'm hoping all the while...
You'll give me...
Just one more word,
I said that I was glad to start out,
But now I'm back to cry my heart out...
For just one more chance.
Just one more chance,
To prove it's you alone I care for,
Each night I say a little prayer for...
Just one more chance.
Just one more night,
To taste the kisses that enchant me,
I'd want no others if you'd grant me...
Just one more chance.
I've learned the meaning of repentance,
Now you're the jury at my trial,
I know that I should serve my sentence,
Still I'm hoping all the while...
You'll give me...
Just one more word,
I said that I was glad to start out,
But now I'm back to cry my heart out...
For just one more chance.
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By Sam Coslow and Arthur Johnston
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
As Dorothy Parker once said
To her boyfriend 'Fare thee well,'
As Columbus announced
when he knew he was bounced,
'It was swell, Isabelle, swell!'
As Abelard said to Eloise,
'Don't forget to drop a line to me, please,'
As Juliet cried in 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.
Had we thought a bit, 'bout 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 goodbye, Dear, and amen,
Here's hoping we meet now and then,
It was great fun,
But it was just one of those things.
Had we thought a bit, 'bout 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.
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Words and Music by Cole Porter
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Just say I love her,
I've loved her from the start,
And tell her how I'm yearning
To say what's in my heart.
Just say I need her
As roses need the rain,
And tell her that without her
My dreams are all in vain.
If you should chance to meet her,
Any time, any place, anywhere,
Say I was a fool to leave her,
Tell her how much a fool can care.
And if she tells you
She's lonely now and then,
won't you just say I love her,
And want her back again.
Just say I love her,
I've loved her from the start,
And tell her how I'm yearning
To say what's in my heart.
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The original version is the Neapolitan song
'Dicitencello vuje' by Enzo Fusco and Rodolfo Falvo.
Recorded by Vic Damone, Eddie Fisher,
Frankie Avalon, Al Martino, Connie Francis,
Artie Shaw, Tony Bennett, and Nina Simone.
English lyric by Jack Val, Jimmy Dale,
Martin Kalmanoff, and Sam Ward
Original Italian Lyric by Enzo Fusco
Music by Rodolfo Falvo
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Just walking in the rain,
Getting soaking wet,
Torturing my heart,
By trying to forget.
Just walking in the rain,
So alone and blue,
All because my heart
Still remembers you.
People come to windows,
They always stare at me,
Shake their heads in sorrow,
Saying 'Who can that fool be?'
Just walking in the rain,
Thinking how we met,
Knowing things have changed,
Somehow I can't forget.
Just walking in the rain,
Getting soaking wet,
Torturing my heart,
By trying to forget.
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By Johnny Bragg and Robert S. Riley
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
(Corcovado)
(12 Bar Instrumental Introduction)
Quiet nights of quiet stars,
Quiet chords from my guitar
Floating on the silence
That surrounds us.
Quiet thoughts and quiet dreams,
Quiet walks by quiet streams,
And the window that looks out
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,
Quiet chords from my guitar
Floating on the silence
That surrounds us.
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Original Words and Music by
Antonio Carlos Jobim
English Words by Gene Lees
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Querida Mia
(I'll Always Love You)
The night is alive with tinkling guitars,
The wind softly sighs a serenade to the stars,
Querida mia, querida mia,
Listen to the story of my love!
Yo canto d'amor en esta cancion,
Porque tal amor ya' vi ve-en mi corazon,
Querida mia, querida mia,
Yo te quiero por eternidad!
Day after day I'll always love you,
Live just to say I'll always love you.
Dear one, your nearness is my treasure,
Dear one, your kiss is rich as wine.
Ya hay amor querida mia,
Lindo amor querida mia,
Suenos ya lucen en mis ojos,
Besos, me dan tal frenesi.
And it's mine, yes, it's mine, the wonder of you,
Yours, love is yours because I love you,
To you I give my heart so madly, madly beating,
With ev'ry beat repating 'I'll always love you so!'
Sin amor yo vivi, Sin alegria,
Me diste amor querida mia,
Y en mi felicidad bendigo cada dia
Porque querida mia, porque me das amor!
Day after day I'll always love you,
Live just to say I'll always love you.
Dear one, your nearness is my treasure,
Dear one, your kiss is rich as wine.
Ya hay amor querida mia,
Lindo amor querida mia,
Suenos ya lucen en mis ojos,
Besos, me dan tal frenesi.
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From the Paramount Motion Picture
'My Friend Irma Goes West'
Recorded by Dean Martin
Words and Music by
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart
Dear, when you smiled at me, I heard a melody,
It haunted me from the start,
Something inside of me started a symphony,
Zing! went the strings of my heart!
T'was like a breath of Spring, I heard a robin sing,
About a nest set apart,
All nature seemed to be in perfect harmony,
Zing! went the strings of my heart!
Your eyes made skies seem blue again,
What else could I do again,
But keep repeating through again,
'I lvoe you! I love you!'
I still recall the thrill, I guess I always will.
I hope t'will never depart.
Dear, with your lips to mine, a rhapsody divine,
Zing! went the strings of my heart!
Dear, when you smiled at me, I heard a melody,
It haunted me from the start,
Something inside of me started a symphony,
Zing! went the strings of my heart!
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Words and Music by James F. Hanley
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
The Zither Melody
It's the zither melody,
Ev'rywhere you go they play,
Very, very soon, this fascinating tune,
Steals your heart away.
Once you've heard this sweet refrain,
It will run around your brain,
For you can't resist
The zither medoly.
When the lights are soft and low,
Lovers sit with eyes aglow.
To this theme, they dream a dream,
All the while, they're swaying to and fro.
First it has you feeling sad,
Then dancing merrily,
Oh, you will love
The zither melody.
In a little cafe in Vienna,
there's a man who plays the zither,
Like you've never heard it played before,
He wrote a melody,
Strange notes and harmony you will adore.
Rhythm that makes you dance
With a feeling of real romance,
When you hear it played,
I know that you'll ask for more.
Maestro, play an encore,
You'd never dream that you could be
So haunted by a melody,
It's something that's completely new,
I'm warning you,
It simply thrills you through and through.
The zither melody is rare,
It really seems to fill the air,
It's with you all the time,
The theme song of Harry Lime. Yes!
It's the zither melody,
Ev'rywhere you go they play,
Very, very soon, this fascinating tune,
Steals your heart away.
Once you've heard this sweet refrain,
It will run around your brain,
For you can't resist
The zither melody.
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From Carol Reed's 1949 Production
'The Third Man'
Words by Michael Carr and Jack Golden
Music by Anton Caras
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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