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The Last Dance
It only happens when I'm with you,
I can't keep track of time with you.
It's eight o'clock, the dancing's just begun,
Then presto! It's 'way past one!
It's the last dance,
We've come to the last dance,
They're dimming the lights down,
They're hoping we'll go.
It's obvious, they're aware of us,
The pair of us alone on the floor,
Still I want to hold you like this
Forever more.
It's the last song,
They're playing the last song.
The orchestra's yawning,
They're sleepy, I know.
They're wondering just when will we leave,
But 'til we leave, keep holding me tight,
Through the last dance,
Each beat of the last dance,
And save me the first dance
In your dreams tonight!
It's the last dance,
We've come to the last dance,
They're dimming the lights down,
They're hoping we'll go.
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Words by Sammy Cahn
Music by James Van Heusen
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
The tables are empty,
the dance floor's deserted,
You play the same love song,
it's the tenth time you've heard it.
That's the beginning,
just one of the clues,
You've had your first lesson
in learnin' the blues.
The cigarettes you light,
one after the other,
Won't help you forget her,
or the way that you love her.
You're only burnin' a torch
you can't lose,
But you're on the right track
for learnin' the blues.
When you're out in a crowd,
The blues will taunt you constantly,
When you're at home alone,
Those blues will haunt your memory.
The nights when you don't sleep,
the whole night you're cryin',
But you can't forget her,
soon you even stop tryin'.
You walk the floor,
and you wear out your shoes,
When you feel your heart break,
you're learnin' the blues.
When you're out in a crowd,
The blues will taunt you constantly,
When you're at home alone,
Those blues will haunt your memory.
The nights when you don't sleep,
the whole night you're cryin',
But you can't forget her,
soon you even stop tryin'.
You walk the floor,
and you wear out your shoes,
When you feel your heart break,
you're learnin' the blues.
You're learnin' the blues.
You're learnin' the blues.
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Words and Music by
Dolores “Vicki” Silvers
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Oh, let me go, let me go,
Let me go, Lover.
Let me be, set me free
From your spell.
You made me weep, cut me deep,
I can't sleep, Lover.
I was cursed from the first
Day I fell.
You don't want me, but you want me
To go on wanting you.
How I pray that you will say
That we're through.
Please turn me loose, what's the use,
Let me go, Lover.
Let me go! Let me go!
Let me go!
Oh, let me go, let me go,
Let me go, Lover.
Let me be, set me free
From your spell.
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Words and Music by Jenny Lou Carson
Additional Lyrics by Al Hill
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Let's take a boat to Bermuda,
Let's take a plane to Saint Paul.
Let's take a kayak to Quincy or Nyack,
Let's get away from it all.
Let's take a trip in a trailer,
No need to come back at all.
Let's take a powder to Boston for chowder,
Let's get away from it all.
We'll travel 'round from town to town,
We'll visit ev'ry State.
I'll repeat 'I love you, Sweet!'
In all the forty-eight.
Let's go again to Niag'ra,
This time we'll look at the 'Fall.'
Let's leave our hut, Dear,
come out of our rut, Dear,
Let's get away from it all.
Let's take a boat to Bermuda,
Let's take a plane to Saint Paul.
Let's take a kayak to Quincy or Nyack,
Let's get away from it all.
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Lyric by Tom Adair
Music by Matt Dennis
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Wee....... Ooh - wimoweh,
Wee....... Ooh - wimoweh,
Wimoweh, O-wimoweh, O-wimoweh, O-wimoweh,
O-wimoweh, O-wimoweh, O-wimoweh, O-wimoweh,
O-wimoweh, O-wimoweh, O-wimoweh, O-wimoweh,
O-wimoweh, O-wimoweh, O-wimoweh, O-wimoweh,
In the jungle, the mighty jungle,
The lion sleeps tonight.
In the jungle, the quiet jungle,
The lion sleeps tonight
Wee....... Ooh - wimoweh
Near the village, the peaceful village,
The lion sleeps tonight.
Near the village, the quiet village,
The lion sleeps tonight.
Wee....... Ooh - wimoweh
Hush, my Darling, don't fear, my Darling,
The lion sleeps tonight.
Hush, my Darling, don't fear, my Darling,
The lion sleeps tonight.
Whuh....... whuh....... whuh...... wimoweh........
Wee....... Ooh - wimoweh
Wee....... Ooh - wimoweh
Wee....... Ooh - wimoweh
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Based on the Zulu folk song 'Mbube'
Featured in Disney’s 'The Lion King'
Lyrics and Revised Music by
George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti,
and Luigi Creatore
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
(12 Bar Instrumental Introduction)
Great big houses with great big rooms
Were not fashioned for brides and grooms.
A little place is where we should be.
Great big troubles and great big cares
Come from houses with marble stairs.
A little place for you and for me.
Just a little room or two can more than do
A little man and wife,
That's if they're contented with
The little things in life.
Living on a larger scale would soon entail
A lot of care and strife.
We could be so happy with
The little things in life.
A little rain, a little sun,
A little work, a little fun.
A little time for loving
When the day is done.
Ane a little thing that cries for lullabies
Could make a man and wife,
Tell the world how much they love
The little things in life.
Just a little room or two can more than do
A little man and wife,
That's if they're contented with
The little things in life.
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Words and Music by Irving Berlin
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Tell her you care each time you speak,
Make it her birthday each day of the week.
Bring her nice things, sugar n' spice things,
Roses and lollipops and lollipops and roses.
One day she'll smile, next day she'll cry,
Minute to minute, you'll never know why.
Coax her, pet her, better yet... get her
Roses and lollipops and lollipops and roses.
We try acting grownup,
But, as a rule,
We're all little children,
Fresh from school.
So carry her books, that's how it starts,
Fourteen or forty, they're kids in their hearts.
Keep them handy, flowers and candy,
Roses and lollipops and lollipops and roses.
(Instrumental Chorus - Strings)
So carry her books, that's how it starts,
Fourteen or forty, they're kids in their hearts.
Keep them handy, flowers and candy,
Roses and lollipops and lollipops and roses.
Tell her you care each time you speak,
Make it her birthday each day of the week.
Bring her nice things, sugar n' spice things,
Roses and lollipops and lollipops and roses.
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A 1961 Grammy Award Winner for Jack Jones
By Tony Velona
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
As I wash my dishes,
I'll be following your plan,
Till I see the brightness
in ev'ry pot and pan.
I am sure your point of view
Will ease the daily grind.
So I'll keep repeating in my mind:
Look for the silver lining
When e'er a cloud appears in the blue.
Remember somewhere the sun in shining
And so the right thing to do
Is make it shine for you.
A heart, full of joy and gladness,
Will always banish sandness and strife.
So, always look for the silver lining
And try to find the sunny side of life.
Look for the silver lining
When e'er a cloud appears in the blue.
Remember somewhere the sun in shining
And so the right thing to do
Is make it shine for you.
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Words by Buddy DeSylva
Music by Jerome Kern
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
The Look of Love
The look of love is in your eyes,
A look your smile can't disguise.
The look of love,
it's saying so much more
Than just words could ever say,
And what my heart has heard,
Well, it takes my breath away.
I can hardly wait to hold you,
Feel my arms around you,
How long I have waited,
Waited just to love you,
Now that I have found you.
You've got the look of love,
It's on your face,
A look that time can't erase.
Be mine tonight,
Let this be just the start
Of so many nights like this.
Let's take a lover's vow
And then seal it with a kiss.
I can hardly wait to hold you,
Feel my arms around you,
How long I have waited,
Waited just to love you,
Now that I have found you.
Don't ever go,
Don't ever go,
I love you so!
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From the Columbia Motion Picture
'Casino Royale'
Lyric by Hal David
Music by Burt Bacharach
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
The Lord's Prayer
Our Father, Who art in Heaven,
Hallow it be Thy name,
They Kingdom come, Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day
Our daily bread,
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil,
For Thine is the Kingdom,
And the power, and the glory,
Forever, Amen
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A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Before Lord God made the sea and the land,
He held all the stars in the palm of His hand,
And they ran through His fingers like grains of sand,
And one little star fell alone.
Then the Lord God hunted through the wide night air,
For the little dark star on the wind down there,
And He stated and promised He'd take special care
So it wouldn't get lost again.
Now a man don't mind if the stars grow dim,
And the clouds blow over and darken him,
So long as the Lord God's watching over them,
Keeping track how it all goes on.
But I've been walking through the night and the day,
Till my eyes get weary and my head turns gray,
And sometimes it seems maybe God's gone away,
Forgetting the promise that we heard Him say.
And we're lost out here in the stars,
Little stars, big stars, blowing through the night,
And we're lost out here in the stars,
Little stars, big stars, blowing through the night.
And we're lost out here in the stars.
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From the Musical 'Lost in the Stars'
Words by Maxwell Anderson
Music by Kurt Weill
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Love Me With All of Your Heart
(Cuando Calienta El Sol)
Love me with all of your heart,
That's all I want, Dear.
Love me with all of your heart or not at all,
Just promise me this:
That you'll give me all your kisses,
Ev'ry Winter, ev'ry Summer, ev'ry Fall.
Cuando calienta el sol aquí en la playa,
Siento tu cuerpo vibrar cerca de mi,
Es tu palpitar, es tu cara, es tu pelo,
Son tus besos, me estremezco, oh, oh, oh!
When we are far apart or when you're near me,
Love me with all of your heart as I love you.
Don't igve me your love for a moment, or an hour,
Love me always as you loved me from the start.
With ev'ry beat of your heart.
Cuando calienta el sol aquí en la playa,
Siento tu cuerpo vibrar cerca de mi,
Es tu palpitar, tu recuerdo, mi locura,
Mi delirio, mi estremezco, oh, oh, oh!
Cuando calienta el sol.
Love me with all of your heart,
That's all I want, Dear.
Love me with all of your heart or not at all,
Just promise me this:
That you'll give me all your kisses,
Ev'ry Winter, ev'ry Summer, ev'ry Fall.
Cuando calienta el sol aquí en la playa,
Siento tu cuerpo vibrar cerca de mi,
Es tu palpitar, es tu cara, es tu pelo,
Son tus besos, me estremezco, oh, oh, oh!
When we are far apart or when you're near me,
Love me with all of your heart as I love you.
Don't igve me your love for a moment, or an hour,
Love me always as you loved me from the start.
With ev'ry beat of your heart,
With ev'ry beat of your heart,
With ev'ry beat of your heart.
Cuando calienta el sol aquí en la playa,
Siento tu cuerpo vibrar cerca de mi,
Es tu palpitar, tu recuerdo, mi locura,
Mi delirio, mi estremezco, oh, oh, oh!
Cuando calienta el sol,
Cuando calienta el sol,
Cuando calienta el sol.
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Original Words and Music by
Carlos and Mario Rigual and Carlos Martinoli
English Words by Sunny Skylar
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Love walked right in
And drove the shadows away,
Love walked right in
And brought my sunniest day.
One magic moment
And my heart seemed to know
That love said 'Hello'
Though not a word was spoken.
One look and I forgot
The gloom of the past.
One look and I had found
My future at last.
One look and I had found
A world completely new,
When love walked in with you.
Love walked right in
And drove the shadows away,
Love walked right in
And brought my sunniest day.
One magic moment
And my heart seemed to know
That love said 'Hello'
Though not a word was spoken.
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Lyric by Ira Gershwin
Music by George Gershwin
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
I have been a rover,
I have walked alone.
Hiked a hundred highways,
Never found a home.
Still in all, I'm happy,
The reason is, you see,
Once in a while, along the way,
Love's been good to me!
There was a girl in Denver,
Before the Summer storm,
Oh, her arms were tender!
Oh, her arms were warm!
And she could smile away the thunder,
Kiss away the rain,
And even though she's gone away,
You won't hear me complain.
I have been a rover,
I have walked alone.
Hiked a hundred highways,
Never found a home.
Still in all, I'm happy,
The reason is, you see,
Once in a while, along the way,
Love's been good to me!
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Words and Music by Rod McKuen
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Lover, when I'm near you,
And I hear you speak my name,
Softly, in my heart,
You breathe a flame.
Lover, when we're dancing,
Keep on glancing in my eyes,
Till love's own entrancing
Music dies.
All of my future is in you,
You're every plan I design,
Promise you'll always continue...
To be Mine......
Lover, please be tender,
When you're tender, fears depart,
Lover, I surrender......
To my heart!
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Lyric by Lorenz Hart
Music by Richard Rodgers
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
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