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let me cry Let me sigh when I'm blue
Let me go away from this lonely town, Won't be long till my sun will be blue, Cos I know I'm on my last go round. All the love I could steal, beg or borrow, Wouldn't heal all the pain in my soul. What is love? Only a prelude to sorrow, With a heartbreak ahead for your goal, Here I go - Now you know why I'm leaving. Got the blues. What can I lose? Goodbye! What is love? Only a prelude to sorrow, With a heartbreak ahead for your goal, Here I go - Now you know why I'm leaving. I got the blues. What can I lose? Goodbye! |
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| 2:32 | 
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| 2:31 |
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(1959) George Bassman, Chayefsky
Only the lonely love, only the sad of soul, Wake and begin their day in the middle of the night, To breakfast on their pride, burnt joys and tears just dried To breakfast with the moon in the middle of the night. Then to count once more my miserly store of your kisses In this darkness restored, To grasp your absent grace in desperate embrace, To make your false heart true, in the middle of the night oh oh oh Then to count once more my miserly store of your kisses In this darkness restored, To grasp your absent grace in desperate embrace, To make your false heart true, in the middle of the night . |
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| 3:14 |
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Willow weep for me, willow weep for me, Bend your branches green along the stream that runs to sea, Listen to my plea, listen willow weep for me, Gone my lover's dream, lovely summer dream, Gone and left me here to weep my tears into the stream, Sad as I can be - Hear me willow and weep for me.Whisper to the wind to say that love has sinned To leave my heart aching and making this moan, Murmur to the night to hide her starry light, So none will find me sighing and crying all alone, Weeping willow tree, weep in sympathy, Bend your branches down along the ground and cover me, When the shadows fall, bend oh willow and weep for me.To leave my heart aching and making this moan, So none will find me sighing and crying all alone, Weeping willow tree, weep in sympathy, Bend your branches down along the ground and cover me, When the shadows fall, bend oh willow, Bend oh willow and weep for me. |
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| 3:29 |
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Carl Nutter, Renee Borek, King Guion
Since you've gone I spend each lonely night, Dealing out the cards from left to right, And the King of Hearts is there to remind me That I'm all alone playing solitaire. Love was just another game for two, I see now that's all it meant to you, And my heart got lost somewhere in the shuffle, So I'm all alone playing solitaire In each romance there's an element of chance, A gamble to win or to lose, You play to win, then you find you're playing in a game with no rules, Just made for fools. Now, the Joker has a laugh on me, 'Cause I played my hand so carelessly, And until you wanna share that old feeling, I'll be dealing time away with solitaire. And until you want to share that old feeling, I'll be dealing time away, dealing time away with solitaire. |
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| 3:33 |
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Black is the color of my true loves hair
His face so soft and wondrous fair The purest eyes And the strongest hands I love the ground on where he stands I love the ground on where he standsBlack is the color of my true loves hair Of my true loves hair Of my true loves hairOh I love my lover And where he goes Yes, I love the ground on where he goes And still I hope That the time will come When he and I will be as one When he and I will be as oneSo black is the color of my true loves hair Black is the color of my true loves hair Black is the color of my true loves hair |
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| 3:14 |
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Dorothy Fields, Jimmy MacHugh
I know why I waited Know why I've been blue I've been waiting each day For someone exactly like you Why should I spend some money On a show or two When nobody sings these love songs Exactly like you You make me feel so grand I wanna give this world to you You make me understand These foolish little dreams I'm dreaming And schemes I'm scheming Now I know why my mama She taught me to be true She knew just around the corner Was somebody like you You make me feel so grand I wanna give this world to you Baby you make me understand These foolish little dreams I'm dreaming And schemes I'm scheming Now I know why my mama She taught me to be true She knew just around the corner Yes she knew just around the corner Was somebody like you |
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| 3:02 |
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The other woman finds time to manicure her nails,
The other woman is perfect where her rival fails. And she's never seen with pin curls in her hair - anywhere. The other woman enchants her clothes with French perfume. The other woman keeps fresh cut flowers in each room. There are never toys scattered anywhere... And when her old man comes to call, He'll find her waiting like a lonesome queen. 'cause when she's by his side it's such a change from her old routine. But... The other woman will always cry herself to sleep. The other woman will never have his love to keep. And, as years go by... The other woman will spend her real life alone. |
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| 5:50 |
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I don't want him you can have him He's not worth fighting for Besides there's plenty more where he came from I don't want him you can have him I'm giving him the sack And he can go right back where he came from I'm afraid I never loved him Sweetie he'd be better off with you I could never make him happyAll I ever wanted to do was Run my fingers through his curly locks Mend his underwear and darn his socks Fetch his slippers and remove his shoes Wipe his glasses when he's read the news Rub his forehead with a gentle touch Mornings after when he's had a little too much Kiss him gently when he cuddles near And give him babies one for every yearSo you see that I don't want him you can have him You can have him cos I don't want him Because he's not the man for me Then I'd close the window while he soundly slept Then I'd raid the icebox where the food is kept I'd fix the breakfast that would please him most Eggs and coffee some apricot juice and some buttered toast Oh oh then I'd go out and buy the papers And when they've been read spend the balance of the day in bedSo you see that I don't want him you can have him You can have him cos I don't want him because he's not my man I don't want him you can have him You can have him I don't want him You can have him I don't want him Cos he's not the man for me |
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| 2:53 |
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Traditional
If it hadn't been for cotton-eye joe I'd been married long time ago Where did you come from. Where did you go? Where did you come from cotton-eye joe? (repeat) He came to town like a midwinter storm He rode through the fields so Handsome and strong His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun But all he had come for was having some fun (repeat intro) He brought disaster wherever he went The hearts of the girls was to hell broken sent They all ran away so nobody would know And left only men cause of cotton-eye joe (repeat intro) |
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| 3:31 |
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My man he don't love me he treats me oh so mean My man he don't love me he treats me oh so mean He's the meanest man that I've ever seeMy baby wears high peg pants stripes are really yellow Baby wears high peg pants stripes area really yellow When he starts into love me he's so fine and mellowLove will make you drink and gamble make you stay out all night long Love will make you drink and gamble make you stay out all night long Love will make you do things that you know is wrongDo right baby if you stay home every day I'll do right baby if you stay home every day You're so mean and evil I know you're gonna drive me awayWhy did he leave me why did he have to go Why did he leave me why did he have to go Went off and left me baby I loved him soI'll be a good wife to you if it means anything to you I'll stay home every night and I'll love you And kiss you every night and one of these days If you're good to me honey one of these day If God is good to me I'll bring you a little burnyCome back to me baby try me one more time Cos without your loving I swear I'm gonna lose my mind |
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| 2:41 |
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Well once I lived the life of a millionaire
Spending my money, I didn't care Takin' my friends out for a mighty good time Buyin' boot leg liquor, champagne and wine Then I began to fall so low Couldn't find me no friends Had no place to go If I ever get my hands on a dollar again I'm gonna hold on to it, till the eagle grinsI said nobody knows you When you're down and out In your pocket, you ain't got one penny And your friends, you didn't have any Just as soon as you get up on your feet again Here they all come, they say that they're your long-lost friend Oh lord without a doubt Nobody wants you Nobody needs you Nobody wants you When you're down and outI sayNobody wants you Nobody needs you Nobody wants you when you're down and out |
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| 13. |
| 5:41 |
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| 14. |
| 5:11 |
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| 15. |
| 4:32 |
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| 16. |
| 4:09 |
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Norman curtis, oscar brown jr
Rags old iron rags old iron All he was buying was just rags and old iron I heard that old rag man now making his rounds He came right to my alley lord with sorrowful sounds Crying rags old iron and pulling his cart Ask him how much he'd give me for my broken heart Rags old iron rags old iron All he was buying was just rags and old iron So I asked that old rag man how much he would pay For a heart that was broken baby when you went away For a burnt out old love light that no longer beams And a couple of slightly used second hand dreams Rags old iron rags old iron All he was buying was just rags and old iron For those big empty promises you used to make For those memories of you that are no longer sweet I wish he could haul them off down the street Rags old iron rags old iron All he was buying was just rags and old iron When love doesn't last tell me what is it worth It was once mama's most precious possession on earth When I asked that old rag man if he'd like to buy He just shook his head and continued to cry Rags old iron rags old iron All he was buying was just rags and old iron Rags old iron rags old iron Rags old iron rags old iron rags old iron |
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| 3:40 |
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Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham, Sammy Gallop
No good man Loving on a no good plan never treats me as he should And that ain't good he's always bringing me down He's no saint Heaven knows taht's what he ain't Spends his money foolishly and not on me I'm the one who gets the run around I ought to hate him but still I love him so Cos I require love that's made of fire And in his arms I find always get that kind No good man Ever since the world began tere's been other folks like me Born to be in love with a no good man I ought to hate him but still I love him so Cos you see I require love that's made of fire And in his arms I find always get that kind No good man Ever since the world began tere's been other folks like me Born to be in love with a no good man |
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| 3:07 |
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stay away from me
cause i'm in my sin stay away from me cause i'm in my sin if this joint is raided somebody get me my gin don't try me nobody cause you will never win don't try me nobody cause you will never win i'll fight the army and navy somebody give me my gin i don't want no clothes i don't want no bed i don't want no clothes yeah want no bed want no pork chops and greens just give me gin instead stay away from me cause i'm in my sin stay away from me yeah cause i'm in my sin joint is raided i don't care! give me my gin! i'm in my sin joint is raided lets go home so i can get me my gin |
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| 19. |
| 2:36 |
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Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang Breaking rocks and serving my time Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang Because they done convicted me of crime Hold it steady right there while I hit it well reckon that ought to get it been working and working but I still got so terribly far to go I commited crime Lord I needed Crime of being hungry and poor I left the grocery store man bleeding (breathing?) When they caught me robbing his store Hold it steady right there while I hit it Well reckon that ought to get it been working and working but I still got so terribly far to go I heard the judge say five years On chain-gang you gonna go I heard the judge say five years labor I heard my old man scream "Lordy, no!" Hold it right there while I hit it well reckon that ought to get it been working and working but I still got so terribly far to go Gonna see my sweet honey bee Gonna break this chain off to run Gonna lay down somewhere shady Lord I sure am hot in the sun Hold it right there while I hit it well reckon that ought to get it been workin' and workin' been workin' and slavin' an' workin' and workin' but I still got so terribly far to go |
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| 3:50 |
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Eve and Adam had a garden everything was great Till one day a boy says pardon Miss my name is snake See that apple over yonder if you'll take a bite You and Adam both are bound to have some fun tonight Go on and eat forbidden fruit It's mighty sweet forbidden fruit It's quite a treat forbidden fruit Go ahead and taste it you don't wanna waste itThe Lord had said in the beginning everything is free Except that apple that leads to sinning so let that apple be But Eve got tempted so she tried it and as all chicks do Teaser her man till he decided he'd just try some too Go on and eat forbidden fruit It's mighty sweet forbidden fruit It's quite a treat forbidden fruit Go ahead and bite it I bet you'd be delightedI hate to tell you all what followed the Lord was most upset Saw them making love and hollered what have you to add And when they made a full confession the Lord said hm I see I guess I'll have to teach you a lesson about not minding me Go on and eat forbidden fruit It's mighty sweet forbidden fruit It's quite a treat forbidden fruit You're all indebted now you gonna get itThe Lord made Eve Adam's madam have his kids and all Placed some labour laws on Adam and he made the snake to fall Ever since the days of Eden folks been sinful my Nowadays they're even eating apples in their pie Go on and eat forbidden fruit It's mighty sweet forbidden fruit It's quite a treat forbidden fruit Go ahead and taste it you don't wanna waste it Oh go ahead and bite it I bet you'd be delighted You always did it now you'll gonna get it Forbidden fruit |
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| 2:15 |
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Now every woman is entitled to one mistake
The Lord knows I've made one But baby forgive me half a chance I wanna make it up to you Come on back Jack hey Jack come on come on back Come on back Jack hey Jack come on come on back Who's calling me oh who's calling me Come on back Jack hey Jack come on come on back When I told you I was through And I told you To move on I didn't know I'd miss you so But baby I was wrong Those nights without your love They ain't worth thinking of haha Come on back Jack hey Jack come on come on back Come on back Jack hey Jack come on come on back Oh woman save your breath Little woman save your breath Come on back Jack hey Jack come on come on back When you told me you was through And you told me to move on I found a sweeter love than you And it didn't take me long No now baby please don't you do that to me I need your crazy kisses so to rock me tenderly Those nights without your love They ain't worth thinking of haha Come on back Jack hey Jack come on come on back Come on back Jack hey Jack come on come on back I'm never coming back ain't never coming back Come on back Jack hey Jack come on come on back Now I'm pleading with you baby What you got to say about it I ain't coming honey Now please I'll apologize I admit I was wrong I'll help you all I can But ain't coming remember I told you I'd get on my feet again Now wait a minute Jack I'll help you I told you I was sorry Baby I done found someone else |
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| 4:57 |
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Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
He was too good to me how can I get along now So close he stood to me Everything is all messed up and wrong now My baby would have brought me the sun Cos making me smile that was his fun When I was mean to him he didn't say go away now You see I was his queen to him Who's gonna make me gay now It's only natural that I'm blue Cos my baby was too good to be true I said he was too good to me how am I ever get along now So close he stood to me Everything's all messed up and wrong now He would have brought me the sun and the moon Cos anytime I left him it was too soon When I was mean to him he didn't say go away now I was his queen to him who's gonna make me gay now It's only natural said it's only natural that I'm so blue He was too good to be true |
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| 4:35 |
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There is a house in New Orleans Call it the Rising Sun And it's been the ruin Of many a poor girl And me, oh Lord, I'm oneIf I'd listened what my mama said Be at home today Bein' so young And foolish, my Lord Let a gambler lead me astrayMy mother was a tailor Sews new blue jeans My sweetheart's is a drunkarad, Lord Drinks down in New OrleansGo tell my baby sister Never do what I have done Shun that house in New Orleans They call it the Rising SunGoin' back to New Orleans Race is almost run Goin' back to spend my life Beneath, beneath, beneath, oh Lord Beneath, oh now Beneath the rising, rising sun Now, nowYou come on bye |
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| 5:48 |
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Oscar Brown jr
Brown Baby Brown Baby As you grow up I want you to drink from the plenty cup I want you to stand up tall and proud And I want you to speak up clear and loud Brown Baby Brown Baby Brown Baby As years go by I want you to go with your head up high I want you to live by the justice code And I want you to walk down freedom's road You little Brown Baby Lie away sleeping lie away safe in my arms Till your daddy and you mama protect you ?nd keep you safe from harm Brown Baby It makes me glad you gonna have things that I never had When out of men's heart all hate is hurled Sweetie you gonna live in a better world Brown Baby Brown Baby Brown Baby |
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| 2:53 |
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Children go where I send you, How shall I send you? I'm gonna send you one by one, One for the little biddy baby, was born, born, born in Bethlehem.Children go where I send you, How shall I send you? I'm gonna send you two by two, Two for Paul and Silas, One for the little biddy baby, was born, born, born in Bethlehem.Children go where I send you, How shall I send you? I'm gonna send you four by four, Four for the poor that stood at the door, Three for the Hebrew children, Two for Paul and Silas, One for the little biddy baby, was born, born, born in Bethlehem.Children go where I send you, How shall I send you? I'm gonna send you six by six, Six for the six that couldn't get fixed, Five for the gospel preacher, Four for the poor that stood at the door, Three for the Hebrew children, Two for Paul and Silas, One for the little biddy baby, was born, born, born in Bethlehem.Children go where I send you, How shall I send you? I'm gonna send you eight by eight, Eight for the eight that stood at the gate, Seven for the seven came down from heaven, Six for the six that couldn't get fixed, Five for the gospel preacher, Four for the poor that stood at the door, Three for the Hebrew children, Two for Paul and Silas, One for the little biddy baby, one for the little biddy baby, One for the little biddy baby. He was born, born,...... He was born in Bethlehem. |
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| 2:48 |
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(1943) duke ellington, bob russell
Do nothin' till you hear from me Pay no attention to what's said Why people tear the seam of anyone's dream is over my head Do nothin' till you hear from me At least consider our romance If you should take the word of others you've heard Don't you know, I haven't a chance True I've been seen with somebody new But does that mean that I'm been untrue? When we're apart the words in my heart reveal how I feel about you Some kiss may cloud my memory And others arms may hold a thrill But please do nothin' till you hear from me And baby you never will Original lyric Someone told someone and someone told you But they wouldn't hurt you, not much Sine ev'ry one spreads the story With his own little personal touch Do nothin' till you hear from me Pay no attention to what's said Why people tear the seam of anyone's dream is over my head Do nothin' till you hear from me At least consider our romance If you should take the word of others you've heard I haven't a chance True I've been seen with someone new But does that mean that I'm untrue? When we're apart the words in my heart reveal how I feel about you Some kiss may cloud my memroy And others arms may hold a thrill But please do nothin' till you hear from me And you never will |
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| 4:05 |
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My baby ever treats me sweet and gentle the way he should; I got it bad and that ain't good!My poor heart is sentimental not made of wood I got it bad and that ain't good! But when the weekend's over and Monday rolls aroun' I end up like I start out just cryin' my heart out He don't love me like I love him nobody could I got it bad and that ain't good!Like alonely weeping willow lost in the wood I got it bad and that ain't good! And the things I tell my pillow no woman should I got it bad and that ain't good! Tho folks with good intentions tell me to save my tears I'm glad I'm mad about him I can't live without him Lord above me make him love me the way he should I got it bad and that ain't good! The poets say that all who love are blind But I'm in love and I know what time it is! The Good Book says "Go seek and ye shall find" Well, I have sought and my what a climb it is! My life is just like the weather It changes with the hours When he's near I'm fair and warmer When he's gone I'm cloudy with showers; in emotion, like the ocean it's either sink or swim When a woman loves a man like I love him. Never treats me sweet and gentle the way he should; I got it bad and that ain't good!My poor heart is sentimental not made of wood I got it bad and that ain't good! But when the weekend's over and Monday rolls aroun' I end up like I start out just cryin' my heart out He don't love me like I love him nobody could I got it bad and that ain't good!Like alonely weeping willow lost in the wood I got it bad and that ain't good! And the things I tell my pillow no woman should I got it bad and that ain't good! Tho folks with good intentions tell me to save my tears I'm glad I'm mad about him I can't live without him Lord above me make him love me the way he should I got it bad and that ain't good! |
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| 2:28 |
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(1956) billy strayhorn, duke ellington
Buddy bolden tune up Blowing horn was his game Born with a silver trumpet in his mouth He played the horn before he talked Born on the after beat He patted his foot before walked When buddy bolden tuned up you could hear him clean Clean across the river clean across the river He woke up the working people and kept the easy living Call on buddy bolden call him buddy bolden Watch it he's calling his flock now He's calling his flock now here they come Call him buddy bolden he's calling his flock now Here they come here they come Come on buddy bolden here they come |
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| 3:42 |
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In my solitude you haunt me With reveries of days gone by In my solitude you taunt me With memories that never dieI sit in my chair Filled with despair Nobody could be so sad With gloom ev'rywhere I sit and I stare I know that I'll soon go madIn my solitude I'm praying Dear Lord above Send back my loveIn my solitude you haunt me With reveries of days gone by In my solitude you taunt me With memories that never dieI sit in my chair I'm filled with despair There's no one could be so sad With gloom ev'rywhere I sit and I stare I know that I'll soon go madIn my solitude I'm praying Dear Lord above Send back my love |
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Way down at Mister Joe's Cafe
They're takin' someone far away And if you hear a song today It's a sad tune that you'll be playin': She's leavin' and folks are feelin' so low They're grievin' and they're consolin' poor Joe Gonna miss her song Gonna miss her smile She'll be travlin' alone down That last long mile They're sighin' With all thei trouble and woes They're Cryin' 'cause they all loved The gal from Joe's. |
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| 3:54 |
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Herbert Sacker, Nina Simone
Why you wanna fly Blackbird you ain't ever gonna fly No place big enough for holding all the tears you're gonna cry Cos your mama's name was lonely and your daddy's name was pain And they call you little sorrow cos you'll never love again So why you wanna fly Blackbird you ain't ever gonna fly You ain't got no one to hold you you ain't got no one to care If you'd only understand dear nobody wants you anywhere So why you wanna fly Blackbird you ain't ever gonna fly |
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| 3:29 |
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Nina Simone
If you knew how I missed you You would not stay away today Don't you know I need you Stay here my dear with me I need you here my darling Together for a day a day Together never parting Just you just me my love I can't go on without you Your love is all I'm living for I love all things about you Your heart your soul my love I need you here beside me Forever and a day a day I know whatever betides me I love you I love you I do |
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| 3:28 |
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| 34. |
| 5:42 |
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Sebastian Mure
When I was a young girl I used to see pleasure When I was a young girl I used to drink ale Right out of the ale house and into the jail house Right out of the bar room and down to my grave Come mama come papa sit you beside me Come mama come papa and pity my case My poor heart is aching my heart it is breaking My body salve-aided and I'm bound to die Go send for the preacher to come and pray for me Go send for the doctor to heal up my My poor heart is aching my heart it is breaking My body salve-aided and hell is my home I want three young ladies to bear up my coffin I want three young ladies to take me along I want them to carry a bunch of wild roses To put on my body as I pass along One morning one morning in May One morning one morning in May I spy this young lady all clad in white linnen All clad in white linnen cold as a clay When I was a young girl I used to see pleasure When I was a young girl I used to drink ale Right out of the bar room Right out of the ale house and into the jail house Right out of the bar room down to my grave |
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| 4:25 |
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| 5:28 |
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| 37. |
| 2:38 |
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Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Sprinh is here Why doesn't my heart go dancing Spring is here Why isn't the waltz entrancing No desire no ambition leads me Maybe it's becaus nobody needs me Spring is here Why doesn't the breeze delight me Stars appear Why doesn't the night invite me But maybe it's because nobody loves me Spring is here I hear Somebody told me spring is here |
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| 2:36 |
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Sammy Lerner, Frederick Hollander
Falling in love again I never wanted to What am I to do I can't help it Love has always been my game play it how I may I was made that way I can't help it Men cluster to me like moths around a flame And if their wings burn I know I'm not to blame Falling in love again I never wanted to What am I to do I can't help it Men cluster to me like moths around a flame And if their wings burn I know I'm not to blame Falling in love again I never wanted to What am I to do I can't help it |
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| 2:23 |
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Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes
I can only give you country walks in spring time The hand to hold when leaves begin to fall And the lover's burning lights were born on the winter nights That's all that's all There are those I know who have told you They could give you the whole round world for a toy All I have are my arms to enfold you And a love time can never destroy destroy So if you're wondering what I'm asking in return dear You'll be so surprised to know my demands are very small Just say it's me that you adore for now nad evermore That's all that's all |
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| 3:21 |
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