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200 | Ella Fitzgerald | Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna set my heart at ease
Gonna make a sentimental journey
To renew old memories
Got my bag, got my reservation
Spent each dime I could afford
Like a child in wild anticipation
Long to hear that "All aboard"
Seven--that's the time we leave--at seven
I'll be waitin' up for ... | Sentimental Journey | 0.571 |
201 | Ella Fitzgerald | I tremble at your touch
I know I shouldn't
But that's the way it is
I want you oh-so much
I know I shouldn't
But that's the way it is
I can see so clearly
That we are worlds apart
But when you are near me
I can't see beyond my heart
I worship at your shrine
You said I shouldn't
But that's the way it i... | That's the Way It Is | 0.388 |
202 | Ella Fitzgerald | I saw you strolling by your solitary
Am I nosy? Very, very
I'd like to be a juicy huckleberry
What you're after is a gal
We're both in luck for introductions
Are not necessary
Mmm, would you like to take walk?
Mmm, do you think it's gonna rain?
Mmm, how about a sasparilla?
Gee, the moon is yeller
Sump'n goo... | Would You Like to Take a Walk? | 0.251 |
203 | Ella Fitzgerald | You won't be satisfied until you break my heart
You're never satisfied until the teardrops start
I tried to shower you with lovin' kisses
But all i ever get from you is naggin' & braggin',
My poor heart is raggin'
The way you toss my heart around's a cryin' shame
I'll bet you wouldn't like it if i did the same
... | You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart) | 0.515 |
204 | 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... | Autumn in New York | 0.154 |
205 | Ella Fitzgerald | Love makes me treat you the way that I do
Gee, baby, ain't I good to you
There's nothing too good for a girl, so true
Mama, ain't I good to you
Yes, I bought you furs for Christmas
And a diamond ring
A big Cadillac car and everything
Love makes me treat you the way I do
Gee, baby, ain't I good to you
Love makes me tr... | Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You | 0.514 |
206 | Ella Fitzgerald | Think of what you're losing
By constantly refusing to dance with me
You'd be the idol of France with me
And yet you stand there
And shake your foolish head dramatically
While I wait here so ecstatically
You just look and say emphatically
Not this season, yes that's the reason
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance,... | I Won't Dance | 0.699 |
207 | Ella Fitzgerald | 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 another
Won't help you forget him
And the way that you loved him
You're only... | Learnin' the Blues | 0.484 |
208 | Ella Fitzgerald | Things have come to a pretty pass
Our romance is growing flat
For you like this and the other
While I go for this and that
Goodness knows what the end will be
Oh I don't know where I'm at
It looks as if we two will never be one
Something must be done
You say either and I say either
You say neither and I say neither
E... | Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | 0.599 |
209 | Ella Fitzgerald | Savoy, the home of sweet romance
Savoy, it wins you at a glance
Savoy, gives happy feet a chance to dance
Your old form just like a clinging vine
Your lips so warm and sweet as wine
Your cheek so soft and close to mine, divine
How my heart is singing
While the band is swinging
Never tired of romping
And stomping with ... | Stompin' at the Savoy | 0.647 |
210 | Ella Fitzgerald | After one whole quart of brandy
Like a daisy, I'm awake
With no Bromo-Seltzer handy
I don't even shake
Men are not a new sensation
I've done pretty well I think
But this half-pint imitation
Put me on the blink
I'm wild again, beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewil... | Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered | 0.263 |
211 | Ella Fitzgerald | Music, play
Something dreamy for dancing
While we're here romancing
It's love's holiday
And love will be our guide
Close your eyes
When you open them, dear
I'll be right here by your side
So
Close your eyes
Rest your head on my shoulder and sleep
Close your eyes
And I will close mine
Clos... | Close Your Eyes | 0.271 |
212 | Ella Fitzgerald | Black cats creep across my path
Until I'm almost mad
I must have 'roused the devil's wrath
'Cause all my luck is bad
I make a date for golf and you can bet your life it rains
I try to give a party and the guy upstairs complains
I guess I'll go through life just catching colds and missin' trains
Everything happ... | Everything Happens to Me [*] | 0.255 |
213 | Ella Fitzgerald | 'Neath the stars, at bazaars
Often I've had to caress men
Five or ten, dollars then, I'd collect from all those yes-men
Don't be sad, I must add, that they meant no more than chess-men
Darling, can't you see?
'Twas for charity?
Though these lips have made slips, it was never really serious
Who'd have thought, ... | How Long Has This Been Going On? | 0.235 |
214 | Ella Fitzgerald | I've been listening to the sounds of the night
Waiting for you to come around and hold me tight
I've been wanting you right here by my side
I don't care what you've gotta do
Just get here in a rush
Every part of me aches for you
It keeps getting stronger; I hunger, I long for you touch
[Chorus]
Hurry home
... | Hurry Home | 0.0901 |
215 | Ella Fitzgerald | guess there's nothing to do
And nothing to say,
But simply go on my way
And call it a day.
I guess I'm ready to go
Right back on the shelf,
Because at last I've learned
Where you're concerned,
I've just been fooling myself.
I never had a chance,
I thought you cared for me,
But now I see I never had a cha... | I Never Had a Chance | 0.145 |
216 | Ella Fitzgerald | I took a trip on a train, and I thought about you
I passed a shadowy lane, and I thought about you
Two or three cars parked under the stars, a windin' stream
Moon shining down on some little town
And with each beam, the same old dream
And every stop that we made, oh I thought about you
And when I pulled down the ... | I Thought About You | 0.133 |
217 | Ella Fitzgerald | Like a ship at sea, I'm just lost in a fog
My mind is hazy, my thoughts are blue
Guess I'll always be kinda
Lost in a fog without you
[Chorus]
Waitin' night and day like a bump on a log
I'm goin' crazy; what can I do?
Help me find my way
'Cause I'm lost in a fog without you
It was sunny every day
The sky ... | Lost in a Fog [*] | 0.189 |
218 | 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 ... | More Than You Know | 0.0648 |
219 | Ella Fitzgerald | Love was blown away by the night wind
And the dream we shared fell apart
Now I'm all alone in the night wind
Wind that brought the blues to my heart
Yesterday my arms were around you
And your lips revealed you were mine
Then the angry wind came and found you
Came to end the moment divine
Oh the night wind s... | Night Wind | 0.204 |
220 | Ella Fitzgerald | What is so rare as a day in June?
'Till now we have never been told
The old question's answered by one that is new
What is so rare, dear, as you?
So rare, you're like the fragrance of blossoms fair
Sweet as a breath of air
Fresh with the morning dew
So rare You're like the sparkle of old champagne
Orchids in... | So Rare [*] | 0.088 |
221 | Ella Fitzgerald | You look at me and wonder
You look at me and doubt
Darling, your eyes are asking
"Will the flame burn out?"
No one is sure of sunshine
No one is sure of dawn
But I am sure
My love will live on and on
I'll be tired of you
When stars are tired of gleaming
When I am tired of dreaming
Then I'll be tired of y... | Then I'll Be Tired of You | 0.135 |
222 | Ella Fitzgerald | Oh, there's a lull in my life
It's just a void and empty space
When you are not in my embrace
Oh, there's a lull In my life
The moment that you go away
There is no night, there is no day
The clock stops ticking
The world stops turning
Everything stops but the flame in my heart
That keeps burning, burning
... | There's a Lull in My Life | 0.0478 |
223 | Ella Fitzgerald | I'm trying to explain to friends, dear
The reasons we two are apart
I know what to tell our friends, dear
But what can I tell my heart?
It's easy to say to strangers
That we played the game from the start
It's easy to lie to strangers
But what will I tell my heart?
When I smile to hide all the tears inside
... | What Will I Tell My Heart? | 0.12 |
224 | Ella Fitzgerald | What's new?
How is the world treating you?
You haven't changed a bit
Handsome as ever I must admit
What's new?
How did that romance come through?
We haven't met since then
Gee, but it's nice to see you again
What's new?
Probably I'm boring you
But seeing you is grand
And you were sweet to offer your hand... | What's New? | 0.249 |
225 | Ella Fitzgerald | All too soon
We had to part
The moment you had touched my heart
And with you went my dream
All too soon
All too sweet
Was our affair
And you put all the sweetness there
What a shame that it's gone
All too soon
I knew the strange delights
That only you in love could bring
And as I reached the heights
... | All Too Soon | 0.146 |
226 | Ella Fitzgerald | Driftin' Dreamin'
In an Azure mood,
Stardust gleamin'
Thru my solitude:
Here in my seclusion,
You're a blue illusion
While I'm in this Azure interlude.
I'm not wanted I'm so all alone;
Always haunted
By the dreams I own;
But, though Im tormented
I must be contented
Driftin' Dreamin'
In an Azure mood!
... | Azure | 0.322 |
227 | Ella Fitzgerald | While other lovers sing your praisesin phases deftly lyrical.
I'm a cat who's better at a scat songthat's satirical
In begging for your hand, sweet chick I hope you'll understand this lick.
My love to you I bring on account a you can sing
Bli-Blip Varthy Flam flam flam Hipideedleada Baaaaaaaaaaimp
My love for yo... | Bli-Blip | 0.688 |
228 | Ella Fitzgerald | I was a stranger in the city
Out of town were the people I knew
I had that feeling of self-pity
What to do, what to do, what to do?
The outlook was decidedly blue
But as I walked through the foggy streets alone
It turned out to be the luckiest day I've known
A foggy day, in London town
Had me low, had me do... | Chelsea Bridge | 0.184 |
229 | Ella Fitzgerald | Come on, wail
Wail, cotton tail
Benny Webster, come on and blow for me
That's cotton tail | Cotton Tail | 0.733 |
230 | Ella Fitzgerald | Someone told someone and someone told you
But they wouldn't hurt you, not much
Since everyone spread 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 l... | Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me | 0.199 |
231 | Ella Fitzgerald | Drop me off in Harlem
Any place in Harlem
There's someone waiting there
Who makes it seem like Heaven up in Harlem
I don't want your Dixie
You can keep your Dixie
There's no one down in Dixie
Who can take me 'way from my hot Harlem
Harlem has those southern skies,
They're in my baby's smile,
I idolize my... | Drop Me Off in Harlem | 0.72 |
232 | Ella Fitzgerald | You left me a horse from Texas,
A house with installments due,
A letter with lots of x-s
Everything but you.
You left me some beans from Boston,
A bicycle built for two,
A memory to get lost in,
Everything but you.
Each day was so gay and so daring,
I loved every breathtaking minute,
For how could I know ... | Everything But You | 0.501 |
233 | Ella Fitzgerald | My one and only,
What am I gonna do if you turn me down
When I'm so crazy over you?
I'd be so lonely
Where am I gonna go if you turn me down
Why blacken all my skies of blue?
I tell you, I'm not asking any miracle
It can be done, it can be done
I know a clergyman who will grow lyrical
And make us one, and ... | I Didn't Know About You | 0.158 |
234 | Ella Fitzgerald | 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 wth the hours
When he's near I'm fair and warmer
When he's gone I'm cloudy with showers
... | I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) | 0.114 |
235 | Ella Fitzgerald | I let a song go out of my heart
It was the sweetest melody
I know I lost heaven 'cause you were the song
Since you and I have drifted apart
Life doesn't mean a thing to me
Please come back, sweet music, I know I was wrong
Am I too late to make amends?
You know that we were meant to be more than just friends,... | I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart | 0.339 |
236 | Ella Fitzgerald | In a mellow tone
Feeling fancy free
And I'm not alone
I've got company
Everything's OK
The live long day
With this mellow song
I can't go wrong
In a mellow tone
That's the way to live
If you mope and groan
Something's gotta give
Just go your way
And laugh and play
There's joy unknown
In a mellow to... | In a Mellow Tone | 0.507 |
237 | Ella Fitzgerald | In a sentimental mood
I can see the stars come through my room
While your loving attitude
Is like a flame that lights the gloom
On the wings of every kiss
Drifts a melody so strange and sweet
In this sentimental bliss
You make my paradise complete
Rose petals seem to fall
It's all I could dream to call you min... | In a Sentimental Mood | 0.22 |
238 | Ella Fitzgerald | Want you to know I go for your squeezin'
Want you to know it really is pleasin'
Want you to know I ain't for no teasin'
Treat me sweet and gentle when you say goodnight
Just squeeze me but please don't tease me
I get sentimental when you hold me tight
Just squeeze me but please don't tease me
Missing you ... | Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) | 0.223 |
239 | Ella Fitzgerald | I am lost in meditation
And my reverie
Brings you back to me
For, in my imagination
Love has lingered on
As though you'd never gone
This is just a dream that can not last
When the magic of this mood has passed
So, I sit in meditation
Trying to pretend, this mood will never end
Lost in meditation
And my r... | Lost in Meditation | 0.196 |
240 | Ella Fitzgerald | Love you madly
Right or wrong
Sounds like a lyric of a song
But since it's so
I thought you oughta know
I love you, love you madly
Better fish are in the sea
Is not the theory for me
And that's for sure
Just like I said before
I love you, love you madly
If you could see the happy you and me
I dream abou... | Love You Madly | 0.597 |
241 | Ella Fitzgerald | You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
You ain't never been blue,
Till you've had that mood indigo.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
I always get that mood indigo,
Since my baby said goodbye.
And in the evenin' when the lights are low,
I'm so ... | Mood Indigo | 0.154 |
242 | Ella Fitzgerald | If you hear
A song in blue
Like a flower crying
For the dew
That was my heart serenading you
My prelude to a kiss
If you hear a song that grows
From my tender sentimental woes
That was my heart trying to compose
A prelude to a kiss
Though it's just a simple melody
With nothing fancy
Nothing much
You co... | Prelude to a Kiss | 0.196 |
243 | Ella Fitzgerald | Cigarette holder which wigs me
Over her shoulder she digs me
Out cattin' that satin doll
Baby, shall we go out skippin'?
Careful, amigo, you're flippin'
Speaks Latin that satin doll
She's nobody's fool so I'm playing it cool as can be
I'll give it a whirl but I ain't for no girl catching me
Swich-e-rooney
... | Satin Doll | 0.414 |
244 | Ella Fitzgerald | In my solitude
You haunt me
With dreadful ease
Of days gone by
In my solitude
You taunt me
With memories
That never die
I sit in my chair
And filled with despair
There's no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I'll soon go mad
In my solitude
I'm afraid
Dear Lord ... | Solitude | 0.143 |
245 | Ella Fitzgerald | Sophisticated lady tryin' to change my ways
Just because you're caught in your social maze
I think it's 'bout time that you realize
Your money and your power's got you mesmerized
Pretty lady, get back
Pretty lady, yea
Sophisticated lady put your blue jeans on
You're anybody's baby when your mama's gone
Educ... | Sophisticated Lady | 0.147 |
246 | Ella Fitzgerald | There's a song that's really jumping
And the fellas say it's Squatty Roo
And it's really dumping
La-de-doo | Squatty Roo | 0.74 |
247 | Ella Fitzgerald | You must take the "A" train
To go to Sugar Hill, way up in Harlem
If you miss the "A" train
You'll find you missed the quickest way to Harlem
Hurry, get on, now it's coming
Listen to those rails a-thrumming
All aboard, get on the "A" train
Soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem
You must take the "A" train... | Take the 'A' Train | 0.496 |
248 | Ella Fitzgerald | We'll have a blue room
A new room for two room
Where every day's a holiday
Because you're married to me.
Not like a ballroom
A small room, a hall room
Where I can smoke my pipe away
With your wee head upon my knee.
We will thrive on, keep alive on
Just nothing but kisses
With mister and missus
On little ... | The Blue Room | 0.671 |
249 | Ella Fitzgerald | The world is lyrical
Because a miracle
Has brought my lover to me
Though he's some other place, his face I see
At night I creep in bed
And never sleep in bed
But look above in the air
And to my greatest joy, my boy is there
It his prince who walks
Into my dreams and talks
He dances overhead
On the ceil... | Dancing on the Ceiling | 0.214 |
250 | Ella Fitzgerald | The sleepless nights, the daily fights
The quick toboggan, when you reach the heights
I miss the kisses, and I miss the bites
I wish I were in love again
The broken dates, the endless waits
The lovely loving, and the hateful hates
The conversation, with the flying plates
I wish I were in love again
No more ... | I Wish I Were in Love Again | 0.641 |
251 | Ella Fitzgerald | Once I laughed when I heard you saying
That I'd be playing solitaire
Uneasy in my easy chair
It never entered my mind
And once you told me I was mistaken
That I'd awaken with the sun
And ordered orange juice for one
It never entered my mind
You had what I lack, myself
Now I even have to scratch my back mys... | It Never Entered My Mind | 0.124 |
252 | Ella Fitzgerald | Johnny could only sing one note
And the note he sings was this
Ah!
Poor Johnny one-note
sang out with "gusto"
And just overlorded the place
Poor Johnny one-note
yelled willy nilly
Until he was bleu in the face
For holding one note was his ace
Couldn't hear the brass
Couldn't hear the drum
He was in a class
... | Johnny One Note | 0.854 |
253 | Ella Fitzgerald | When you were very young
The world was younger than you
As merry as a carousel
The circus tent was thrilling
With every star in the sky
Above the rings you loved so well
Now the young world has grown old
Gone is the silver and gold
Sit there, and count your fingers
What can you do?
Old girl you're throu... | Little Girl Blue | 0.182 |
254 | Ella Fitzgerald | Summer journeys to Niagara and to other places
Aggravate all our cares, we'll save our fares
I've a cozy little flat in what is known as old Manhattan
We'll settle down right here in town
We'll have Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island too
It's lovely going through the zoo
It's very fancy on old Delancy Stree... | Manhattan | 0.415 |
255 | Ella Fitzgerald | Spring 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 because nobody needs me
Spring is here! Why doesn't the breeze delight me?
Stars appear, why doesn't the night invite me?
Maybe it's because nobody loves me
Spring is here I... | Spring Is Here | 0.219 |
256 | Ella Fitzgerald | I've been married, and married, and often I've sighed
"I'm never a bridesmaid, I'm always a bride"
I never divorced them, I hadn't the heart
Yet remember these sweet words, "'till death do us part"
I married many men, a ton of them
Because I was untrue to none of them
Because I bumped off every one of them
T... | To Keep My Love Alive | 0.512 |
257 | Ella Fitzgerald | It seems we stood and talked like this, before
We looked at each other in the same way then
But I can't remember where or when
The clothes you're wearing are the clothes, you wore
The smile you are smiling you were smiling then
But I can't remember where or when
Some things that happened for the first time
S... | Where or When | 0.248 |
258 | Ella Fitzgerald | Though I know that we meet every night
And we couldn't have change since the last time,
To my joy and delight,
It's a new kind of love at first sight.
Though it's you and it's I all the time
Every meeting's marvelous pastime.
You're increasingly sweet,
So whenever we happened to met
I greet you
With a song ... | With a Song in My Heart | 0.271 |
259 | Ella Fitzgerald | Old Peter Minuet had nothing to lose when he bought the isle of Manhattan
For twenty-six dollars and a bottle of booze and they threw in the Bronx and Staten
Pete thought that he had the best of the bargin but the poor red man just grinned,
And he grunted "ugh!" meaning okay in his jargon for he knew poor Pete was s... | Give It Back to the Indians | 0.693 |
260 | Ella Fitzgerald | Here in my arms it's adorable!
It's deplorable
That you were never there.
When little lips are so kissable
It's permissible
For me to ask my share.
Next to my heart it is ever so lonely.
I'm holding only air.
While here in my arms it's adorable!
It's deplorable
That you were never there. | Here in My Arms | 0.562 |
261 | Ella Fitzgerald | A B CD E F G
I never learned to spell,
At least not well.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
I never learned to count,
A great amount.
But my busy mind is burning to use what learning I`ve got,
I won`t waste any time,
I`ll strike while the iron is hot.
If they asked me, I could write a book
About the way you walk, and whisp... | I Could Write a Book | 0.181 |
262 | Ella Fitzgerald | Once I was young --
Yesterday, perhaps --
Danced with Jim and Paul
And kissed some other chaps.
Once I was young,
But never was naive.
I thought I had a trick or two
Up my imaginary sleeve.
And now I know I was naive.
I didn't know what time it was
Then I met you.
Oh, what a lovely time it was,
How su... | I Didn't Know What Time It Was | 0.235 |
263 | Ella Fitzgerald | Wait till you see him
See how he looks
Wait till you hear him laugh.
Painters of paintings
Writers of books
Never could tell the half.
Wait till you feel
The warmth of his glance,
Pensive and sweet and wise.
All of it lovely
All of it thrilling
I'll never be willing to free him.
When you see him
Yo... | Lover | 0.237 |
264 | Ella Fitzgerald | I laughed at sweethearts I met at schools
All indiscreet hearts Seemed romantic fools
A house in Iceland was my heart`s domain
I saw your eyes, now castles rise in Spain!
I took one look at you, that`s all I meant to do
And then my heart stood still,
My feet could step and walk, my lips could move and talk
And... | My Heart Stood Still | 0.208 |
265 | Ella Fitzgerald | My romance doesn't have to have a moon in the sky
My romance doesn't need a blue lagoon standing by
No month of may, no twinkling stars
No hide away, no softly guitars
My romance doesn't need a castle rising in spain
Nor a dance to a constantly surprising refrain
Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams c... | My Romance | 0.143 |
266 | Ella Fitzgerald | I work at the Palace ballroom, but gee that palace is cheap
When I get back to my chilly hall room, I'm much too tired to sleep
I'm one of those lady teachers, a beautiful hostess you know
One that the palace features, at exactly a dime a throw.
Ten cents a dance, that's what they pay me
Gosh how they weigh me d... | Ten Cents a Dance | 0.192 |
267 | Ella Fitzgerald | Wait 'til you see him
See how he looks
Wait 'til you hear him laugh.
Painters of paintings
Writers of books
Never could tell the half.
Wait 'til you feel
The warmth of his glance,
Pensive and sweet and wise.
All of it lovely
All of it thrilling
I`ll never be willing to free him.
When you see him
Yo... | Wait Till You See Her | 0.242 |
268 | Ella Fitzgerald | I was a stranger in the city
Out of town were the people i knew
I had that feeling of self-pity
What to do, what to do, what to do
The outlook was decidedly blue
But as i walked through the foggy streets alone
It turned out to be the luckiest day i've known
A foggy day, in London town
Had me low, had me dow... | A Foggy Day [#][*] | 0.443 |
269 | Ella Fitzgerald | Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid.
It's not a joke, kid, it's a curse.
My luck is changing, it's gotten from
simply rotten to something worse
Who knows, some day I will win too.
I'll begin to reach my prime.
Now though I see what our end is,
All I can spend is just my time.
I can't give you anything bu... | I Can't Give You Anything But Love [#] | 0.162 |
270 | Ella Fitzgerald | I loves you, Porgy
Don't let him take me
Don't let him handle me
And drive me mad
If you can keep me
I wanna stay here with you forever
And I'll be glad
Yes, I loves you, Porgy
Don't let him take me
Don't let him handle me
With his hot hands
If you can keep me
I wants to stay here with you forever
I've g... | I Loves You, Porgy [#] | 0.12 |
271 | Ella Fitzgerald | It's the wrong time, and the wrong place
Though your face is charming, it's the wrong face
It's not her face, but such a charming face
That it's all right with me
It's the wrong song, in the wrong style
Though your smile is lovely, it's the wrong smile
It's not her smile, but such a lovely smile
That it's all ... | It's All Right with Me [#] | 0.774 |
272 | 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... | Just One of Those Things [#] | 0.508 |
273 | 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 (Coward)
But social circles spin too fast for me
My "hobohemia" is t... | The Lady Is a Tramp [#][*] | 0.529 |
274 | Ella Fitzgerald | Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice, warmer than the summer night
The clouds were like an alabaster palace rising to a snowy height.
Each star it's own aurora borealis, suddenly you held me tight,
I could see the midnight sun.
I can't explain the silver rain that found me--or was that a moonlight veil?
Th... | Midnight Sun [#] | 0.0954 |
275 | Ella Fitzgerald | Savoy, the home of sweet romance,
Savoy, it wins you with a glance,
Savoy, gives happy feet a chance to dance.
Your old form just like a clinging vine,
Your lips so warm and sweet as wine,
Your cheek so soft and close to mine, divine.
How my heart is singing,
While the band is swinging,
I'm never tired of rom... | Stompin' at the Savoy [#] | 0.647 |
276 | Ella Fitzgerald | Oh! Will you never let me be?
Oh! Will you never set me free?
The ties that bound us
Are still around us
There's no escape that I can see
And still those little things remain
That bring me happiness or pain
A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces
An airline ticket to romantic places
And still my heart has... | These Foolish Things [#] | 0.167 |
277 | Ella Fitzgerald | I saw a blind man,
He was a kind man,
Helping a fellow along,
One could not see,
One could not walk,
But they both were humming this song;
When you're smiling, When you're smiling,
The whole world smiles with you,
When you're laughing, When you're laughing,
The sun comes shining through,
But when you're c... | When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) [#][*] | 0.8 |
278 | Ella Fitzgerald | Once there was a kiss,
A kiss made of gold,
Made of lover's gold
Because the kiss was true.
Once there was a fool
Who shared this lover's gold,
But, just like a fool,
Its worth she never knew!
Now she walks alone and broken hearted,
For you've heard it told,
A fool and his gold
Are soon parted!
Saddes... | Lover's Gold | 0.221 |
279 | Ella Fitzgerald | Bess, you is my woman now
You is, you is
And you must laugh and sing and dance
For two instead of one
Want no wrinkle on yo' brow
Nohow
Because the sorrow of the past is all done, done
Oh, Bess, my Bess
Porgy, I's yo' woman now
I is, I is
And I ain't never goin' nowhere 'less you shares the fun
There's no ... | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | 0.0785 |
280 | Ella Fitzgerald | Boss, dat bird mean trouble
Once de buzzard fold his wing an' light over yo' house,
All yo' happiness done dead
Buzzard keep on flyin' over, take along yo' shadow
Ain' nobody dead dis mornin'
Livin's jus' begun
Two is strong where one is feeble
Man an' woman livin', workin',
Sharin' grief an' sharin' laught... | Buzzard Song | 0.255 |
281 | Ella Fitzgerald | I wants to stay here,
But I ain`t worthy.
You is too decent to understan`.
For when I see him he hypnotize me.
When he take hold of me with his hot hand.
Someday I know he`s coming back to call me.
He`s goin` to handle me an` hold me so.
It`s goin` to be like dyin`, Porgy, deep inside me -
But when he calls, I ... | I Wants To Stay Here | 0.197 |
282 | Ella Fitzgerald | [Sportin' Life]
It ain't necessarily so,
[All]
It ain't necessarily so.
[Sportin' Life:]
De t'ings dat yo li'ble
To read in de Bible -
It ain't necessarily so.
Lil' David was small, but oh my!
[All]
Lil' David was small, but oh my!
Sportin' Life:
He fought Big Goliath
Who lay down and dieth -
Lil' Dav... | It Ain't Necessarily So | 0.254 |
283 | Ella Fitzgerald | My man's gone now
Ain't no use a listenin'
For his tired footsteps
Climbin' up the stairs
Old man sorrow's
Come to keep me company
Whisperin' beside me
When I say my prayers
When I say my prayers
He come aroud
He come up, he come around
Ain't that I mind workin'
Workin' means travelers
Journeyin' togheter
... | My Man's Gone Now | 0.0532 |
284 | Ella Fitzgerald | Porgy and all
I'm on my way to a heav'nly land
I'll ride that long, long road
If You are there to guide my hand
Oh Lawd, I'm on my way
I'm on my way to a heav'nly land
Oh Lawd, it's a long, long way, but
You'll be there to take my hand | Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way | 0.501 |
285 | Ella Fitzgerald | Serena: (kneeling)
Oh, doctor Jesus, who done trouble de water in de Sea of Gallerie.
Porgy: Amen!
Serena: And likewise who done cas' de devil out of de afflicted time
an' time again.
Porgy: Time an' time again.
Peter: Oh, my Jesus!
Serena: Oh, doctor Jesus, what make you ain' lay yo' han' on dis po'
... | Oh, Doctor Jesus | 0.208 |
286 | Ella Fitzgerald | That's the thing, ain' it? An' membuh there's.
Where that come from. Listen: There's a boat dat's
Leavin' soon for New York. Come wid me, dat's where
We belong, sister.
You an' me kin live dat high life in New York.
Come wid me, dere you can't go wrong, sister.
I'll buy you de swellest mansion
Up on upper Fi't... | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York | 0.63 |
287 | Ella Fitzgerald | Oh... What you want wid Bess?
She's gettin' ole now;
Take a fine young gal
For to satisfy Crown.
Look at this chest
An' look at these arms you got.
You know how it always been with me,
These five years I been yo' woman,
You could kick me in the street,
Then when you wanted me back,
You could whistle, an' ... | What You Want Wid Bess? | 0.467 |
288 | Ella Fitzgerald | (To Clara)
What, that chile ain`t asleep yet? Give him to me.
I`ll fix him for you.
(Jake takes the baby from Clara)
Lissen to yo` daddy warn you,
`Fore you start a-travelling,
Woman may born you, love you and mourn you,
But a woman is a sometime thing,
Yes, a woman is a sometime thing.
Oh, a woman is a so... | A Woman Is A Sometime Thing | 0.549 |
289 | Ella Fitzgerald | Porgy and all
I'm on my way to a heav'nly land
I'll ride that long, long road
If You are there to guide my hand
Oh Lawd, I'm on my way
I'm on my way to a heav'nly land
Oh Lawd, it's a long, long way, but
You'll be there to take my hand | Oh, Lawd, I'm On My Way | 0.501 |
290 | Ella Fitzgerald | First you say you do
And then you don't
And then you say you will
And then you won't
You're undecided now
So what are you gonna do?
Now you want to play
And then it's no
And when you say you'll stay
That's when you go
You're undecided now
So what are you gonna do?
I've been sitting on a fence
And it does... | Undecided [*] | 0.964 |
291 | Ella Fitzgerald | Come on and hear (2x), alexander's ragtime band,
Come on and hear (2x), it's the best band in the land!
They can play a bugle call like you never heard before,
So natural that you want to go to war--
That's just the bestest band what am, honey lamb!
Come on along (2x), let me take you by the hand
Up to the man (2x), wh... | Alexander's Ragtime Band | 0.77 |
292 | 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
A... | All by Myself | 0.488 |
293 | Ella Fitzgerald | Get thee behind me, Satan
I want to resist
But the moon is low and I can't say "no"
Get thee behind me
Get thee behind me, Satan
I mustn't be kissed
But the moon is low and I may let go
Get thee behind me
Someone I'm mad about
Is waiting in the night for me
Someone that I mustn't see
Satan, get thee behi... | Get Thee Behind Me Satan | 0.14 |
294 | Ella Fitzgerald | It's over, all over
And soon somebody else will make a fuss about you
But how about me?
It's over, all over
And soon somebody else will tell his friends about you
But how about me?
You'll find somebody new
But what am I to do?
I'll still remember you
When you have forgotten
And maybe, a baby
Will climb... | How About Me? | 0.212 |
295 | Ella Fitzgerald | How can I tell you what is in my heart?
How can I measure each and every part?
How can I tell you how much I love you?
How can I measure just how much I do?
How much do I love you?
I'll tell you no lie
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?
How many times a day do I think of you?
How many rose... | How Deep Is the Ocean? | 0.154 |
296 | Ella Fitzgerald | Strange
How a dreary world can suddenly change
To a world as bright as the evening star
Queer
What a difference when your vision is clear
And you see things as they really are
I used to be color-blind
But I met you and now I find
There's green in the grass
There's gold in the moon
There's blue in the skies
... | I Used to Be Color Blind | 0.513 |
297 | Ella Fitzgerald | Every time
I see a puppy upon a summer's day
A puppy dog at play
My heart is filled with envy
That's because
My heart is yearning to pass the time away
Like that pup
'cause I'm all fed up
And tho' it's wrong to be
I long to be
[Chorus:]
Lazy
I want to be lazy
I want to be out in the sun
With no work to ... | Lazy | 0.492 |
298 | Ella Fitzgerald | As you listen to the band don't you get a bubble?
As you listen to them play don't you get a glow?
If you step out on the floor
You'll forget your trouble
If you go into your dance
You'll forget your woe
So
Come
Get together
Let the dance floor feel your leather
Step as lightly as a feather
Let yourself ... | Let Yourself Go | 0.689 |
299 | Ella Fitzgerald | There may be trouble ahead
But while there's music and moonlight (moonlight and music) and love and romance
Let's face the music and dance
Before the fiddlers have fled
Before they ask us to pay the bill, and while we still have that chance
Let's face the music and dance
Soon, we'll be without the moon
Hummi... | Let's Face the Music and Dance | 0.37 |
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