Don't Take Your Love From Me

Don't Take Your Love From Me
music & lyric by Henry Nemo

Tear a star from out the sky and the sky feels blue.
Tear a petal from a rose and the rose weeps too.
Take your heart away from mine and mine will surely break.
My life is yours to make so please keep the spark awake...

Would you take the wings from birds so that they can't fly?
Would you take the ocean's roar and leave just a sigh?
All this your heart won't let you do, this is what I beg of you,
Don't take your love from me...

Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree

Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
music by Sam H. Stept
lyric by Lew Brown (center-left) & Charles Tobias

I wrote my mother, I wrote my father and now I'm writing you.
I'm sure of mother, I'm sure of father and now I want to be sure,
Very sure of you...

Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me,
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me, no, no, no,
Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me,
Till I come marchin' home...

Don't go walkin' down lover's lane with anyone else but me,
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me, no, no, no,
Don't go walkin' down lover's lane with anyone else but me,
Till I come marchin' home...

I just got word from a guy who heard from the guy next door to me,
The girl he met just loves to pet and it fits you to a tee, so
Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me,
Till I come marchin' home.

Don't give out with those lips of yours to anyone else but me, anyone else but me,
Anyone else but me, no, no, no,
Watch those girls on foreign shores, you'll have to report to me
When you come marchin' home.

Don't hold anyone on your knee, you better be true to me,
You better be true to me, you better be true to me.
Don't hold anyone on your knee, you're getting the third degree
When you come marchin' home.

You're on your own where there is no phone and I can't keep tabs on you.
Be fair to me, I'll guarantee this is one thing that I'll do,
I won't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but you,
Till you come marchin' home...

Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me.
I know the apple tree is reserved for you and me
And I'll be true till you come marchin' home...

Don't Make A Beggar Of Me

Don't Make A Beggar Of Me
music & lyric by Al Sherman

Don't make me beg for your kisses, beg for your tender embrace.
I want your love not your sympathy;
Please don't make a beggar of me.

Since I looked in your direction, your tenderness is all I seem to crave,
But when I look for your affection, you smile, my dear,
And tell me to behave.

Don't make me beg for your kisses, beg for your tender embrace.
I want your love not your sympathy;
Please don't make a beggar of me.

While I sigh and keep confessing the love I have for you will never die.
Somehow, you always keep me guessing
And wondering how long I'll have to cry.

Don't make me beg for your kisses, beg for your tender embrace.
I want your love not your sympathy;
Please don't make a beggar of me.

Don't Like Goodbyes

Don't Like Goodbyes
music by Harold Arlen (left)
lyric by Truman Capote (right)

Don't like goodbyes, tears or sighs.
I'm not too good at leavin' time.
I got no taste for grievin' time.
No, no, not me.

You've been my near one's, always my dear one's.
I never thought that I would find another love,
A diff'rent kind, but it came to be.

Well, if you think I'm telling you lies,
Go try your luck and look into his eyes.
But remember, you must remember he's mine,
And my world overhead has a clear new shine.

Don't want to leave you, sorry to grieve you,
It's trav'lin' time and I must move on.
Found the man to lean upon, and if I could arrange it,
Oh, would I care to change it,
Not me!

Have I found the answer?
Yes, he's the only answer.
Guess. I won't have to guide him,
Jes, walk beside him, can't you see it clearly that I love him dearly.

Well, if you think I'm telling you lies, go try your luck and look into his eyes.
But remember, you must remember he's mine.
And my world overhead has a clear new shine...

Don't want to leave you, sorry to grieve you.
It's trav'lin' time and I must move on.
Found the gal to lean upon and if I could arrange it,
Would I care to change it?
Not me!

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Don't Get Around Much Anymore
music by Duke Ellington (left)
lyric by Bob Russell

When I'm not playing solitaire I take a book down from the shelf,
And what with programs on the air, I keep pretty much to myself...

Missed the Saturday dance; heard they crowded the floor.
Couldn't bear it without you, don't get around much anymore.
Thought I'd visit the club; got as far as the door.
They'd have asked me about you, don't get around much anymore.

Darling, I guess my mind's more at ease
But nevertheless, why stir up memories?

Been invited on dates; might have gone but what for?
Awfully different without you,
Don't get around much anymore...

Don't Forget Tonight,Tomorrow

Don't Forget Tonight, Tomorrow
music by Leo "Ukie" Sherin (Crosby on left, Sherin on right)
lyric by Jay Milton

Don't forget tonight, tomorrow though we may be far apart.
If you forget tonight, tomorrow, you'll leave me with a broken heart.
Are your kisses only mine tomorrow,
Say you love me and you will be true,
And don't forget tonight, tomorrow.
Don't forget that I'm in love with you...

Don't Fence Me In

Don't Fence Me In
music & lyric by Cole Porter

Wild Cat Kelly, looking mighty pale,

Was standing by the sheriff's side,

And when the sheriff said, "I'm sending you to jail,"

Wild Cat raised his head and cried:

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above,

Don't fence me in.

Let me ride through the wide-open country that I love,

Don't fence me in.

Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze and listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees,

Send me off forever but I ask you please,

Don't fence me in.

Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle underneath the western skies.

On my cayuse, let me wander over yonder till I see the mountains rise.

I want to ride to the ridge where the West commences,

Gaze at the moon till I lose my senses,

Can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences,

Don't fence me in...

Wild Cat Kelly, back again in town,

Was sitting by his sweetheart's side,

And when his sweetheart said, "Come on, let's settle down,"

Wild Cat raised his head and cried:

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above,

Don't fence me in.

Let me ride through the wide-open country that I love,

Don't fence me in.

Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze,

Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees,

Send me off forever but I ask you please,

Don't fence me in...

Don't Explain

Don't Explain
music & lyric by Arthur Herzog, Jr.
& Billie Holiday

Hush now, don't explain.
Just say you'll remain.
I'm glad you're back;
Don't explain.

Quiet, don't explain.
What is there to gain?
Skip that lipstick;
Don't explain.

You know that I love you and what endures,
All my thoughts of you for I'm so completely yours...

Cry to hear folks chatter,
And I know you cheat,
Right or wrong don't matter
When you're with me, sweet.

Hush now, don't explain.
You're my joy and pain.
My life's yours, love;
Don't explain...

Don't Ever Leave Me

Don't Ever Leave Me
music by Jerome Kern (at piano)
lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (left)

I was created for one man alone; it wasn't easy to find.
Now that I found him, I wonder just how I could have lived right up to now;
Now that I am something completed by you, I am no one, just part of two...

Don't ever leave me, now that you're here!
Here is where you belong.
Ev'rything seems so right when you're near, when you're away it's all wrong.

I'm so dependent when I need comfort I always run to you.

Don't ever leave me!
'Cause if you do, I'll have no one to run to...

Don't Cry, Joe

Don't Cry, Joe
music & lyric by Joe Marsala

Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go.

Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go.

You got to realize this is the wind-up,

You're gonna feel much better once you make your mind up.

Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go.

So you lost your gal, it's happened many times before.

So you sit and mope like a dope, what's that good for?

Get a hold of yourself, forget her, you lived long before you met her.

There's lots of other girls, so I say...

Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go.

You got to realize this is the wind-up,

You'll feel much better once you made your mind up.

Don't cry, Joe, let her go, ler her go, let her go.

Take a look around and see just what you're missing,

You'll soon forget your troubles, Joe, if you'd only listen.

So, don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go...

Don't Cry Baby

Don't Cry Baby
music by James P. Johnson & Saul Bernie
lyric by Stella Unger

Don't cry, don't cry baby.
Don't cry, dry your eyes and let's be sweethearts again.

You know I didn't mean to treat you so mean.
Sweetheart, let';s try it over again.

Don't cry, don't cry baby.
Don't cry baby, dry your eyes and let's be sweethearts again.

You know I didn't mean to treat you so mean.
C'mon swwetheart and let's try it over again...

Don't Blame Me

Don't Blame Me
music by Jimmy McHugh (left)
lyric by Dorothy Fields (right)

Don't blame me for falling in love with you.
I'm under your spell so how can I help it;
Don't blame me.

Can't you see when you do the things you do,
If I can't conceal the thrill that I'm feeling,
Don't blame me.

I can't help it if that doggone moon above makes me need someone like you to love...

Blame your kiss, as sweet as a kiss can be,
And blame all your charms that melt in my arms,
But don't blame me.

Blame your kiss, as sweet as a kiss can be,
And blame all your charms that melt in my arms,
But don't blame me...

Don't Be That Way

Don't Be That Way
music by Benny Goodman & Edgar Sampson
lyric by Mitchell Parish

April skies are in your eyes but darling, don't be blue.

Don't cry, oh, honey, please don't be that way.
Clouds in the sky should never make you feel that way.
The rain will bring the violets of May;
Tears are in vain so honey please don't be that way.

As long as we see it through, you'll have me and I'll have you...

Sweetheart, tomorrow is another day.
Don't break my heart, oh, honey, please don't be that way.

Don't cry, oh, honey, please don't be that way.
Clouds in the sky should never make you feel that way.
The rain will bring the violets of May,
Tears are in vain so, honey, please don't be that way.

As long as we see it through, you'll have me and I'll have you...

Sweetheart, tomorrow is another day.
Don't break my heart, oh, honey, please don't be that way...

Don'cha Go 'Way Mad

Don'cha Go 'Way Mad
music by Jimmy Mundy & Illinois Jacquet
lyric by Al Stillman

I must confess what you say is true,
I had a rendezvous with somebody new.
That's the only one I ever had;
Baby, baby don'cha go 'way mad.

Cheatin' shows and it never goes;
You got a reason to be mad I suppose.
But she only was a passin' fad;
Baby, baby, don'cha go 'way mad.

Her kind's a dime a dozen and that's not the kind I want.
Who'd ever dream your cousin would wander into that restaurant?

I understand that you feel upset;
Whaddya say that you forgive and forget?
Come on and kiss me just to show you're glad;
Baby, baby, don'cha go 'way mad.

Her kind's a dime a dozen; I should have passed her by.
Who'd ever dream your cousin would come along and give us the eye?

I understand that you feel upset;
Whaddya say that you forgive and forget?
Come on and kiss me just to show you're glad.
Baby, baby don'cha go 'way mad...

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans

Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
music by Louis Alter
lyric by Edgar DeLange

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans and miss it each night and day?
I know I'm not wrong, this feeling's getting stronger the longer I stay away.
Miss them moss covered vines, the tall sugar pines where mockin' birds used to sing,
And I'd like to see that lazy Mississippi hurryin' into spring.

The moonlight on the bayou, a Creole tune that fills the air.
I dream about magnolias in bloom and I'm wishin' I was there...

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans when that's where you left your heart?
And there's one thing more, I miss the one I care for more than I miss New Orleans.

The moonlight on the bayou, a Creole tune fills the air.
I dream about magnolias in bloom and I'm wishin' I was there...

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans when that's where you left your heart?
And there's one thing more, I miss the one that I care for more than I miss New Orleans...

Do It The Hard Way

Do It The Hard Way
music by Richard Rodgers (left)
lyric by Lorenz Hart (right)

Fred Astaire once worked so hard he often lost his breath,
And now he taps all other chaps to death.
Working hard did not retard the young Cab Calloway.
Now hear him blow his vo-de-o-do today...

Do it the hard way and it's easy sailing.
Do it the hard way and it's hard to lose.
Only the soft way has a chance of failing;
You have to choose.

I took the hard way when I tried to get you;
You took the soft way when you said, "We'll see."
Darling, now I'll let you do it the hard way
Now that you want me...

Do, Do, Do

Do, Do, Do
music by George Gershwin (left)
lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)

I remember the bliss of that wonderful kiss.
I know that a boy could never have more joy from any little miss.

I remember it quite; 'twas a wonderful night.

Oh, how I'd adore it if you would encore it.
Oh---

Do, do, do what you've done before, Baby.
Do, do, do what I do, do do adore, Baby.
Let's try again, sigh again, fly to heaven.
Baby, see it's A B C---I love you and you love me.
I know, know, know what a beau, beau, beau should do, Baby;
So don't, don't, don't say it won't, won't, won't come true, Baby.
My heart begins to hum---dum de dum de dum-dum-dum,
So do, do, do, what you've done, done, done before.

Sweets we've tasted before cannot stand an encore.
You know that a miss who always gives a kiss would soon become a bore.

I can't see that at all; true love never should pall.

I was only teasing; what you did was pleasing.
Oh---

Do, do, do what you've done, done, done before, Baby.
Do, do, do what I do, do, do adore, Baby.
Let's try again, sigh again, fly to heaven again.
Baby, see it's A B C---I love you and you love me.

You dear, dear, dear little dear, dear, dear, come here, snappy!
And see, see, see little me, me, me make you happy.

My heart begins to sigh---di de di de di-di-di.

So do, do, do what you've done, done, done before...

Dinner For One Please, James

Dinner For One Please, James
music & lyric by Michael Carr

Dinner for one please, James, Madame will not be dining.
Yes, you may bring the wine in;
Love plays such funny games.

Dinner for one please, James, close Madame's room, we've parted.
Please don't look so downhearted;
Love plays such funny games.

Seems my best friend told her of another, I had no chance to deny.
You know there has never been another;
Someday she'll find out the lie.

Maybe she's not to blame; leave me with silent hours.
No, don't move her favorite flowers,
Dinner for one please, James.

Maybe she's not to blame; leave me with silent hours.
No, don't move her favorite flowers,
Dinner for one please, James...

Dinah

Dinah
music by Harry Akst
lyric by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young

Dinah, is there anyone finer in the state of Carolina?
If there is and you know 'er show 'er to me.
Dinah, with her Dixie eyes blazin',
How I love to sit and gaze in to the eyes of Dinah Lee.

Ev'ry night, why do I shake with fright,
Because my Dinah might change her mind about me.
Dinah, if she wandered to China,
I would hop an ocean liner just to be with Dinah Lee...

Detour Ahead

Detour Ahead
music & lyric by Johnny Frigo,
Lou Carter & Herb Ellis

Smooth road, clear day, but why am I the only one travelin' this way?
How strange the road you love should be so easy.
Can there be a detour ahead?

Wake up, slow down before you crash and break your heart, gullible clown...

You fool, you're headin' in the wrong direction.
Can't you see the detour ahead?

The further you travel, the harder to unravel the way he spins around you.
Turn back while there is time;
Can't you see the danger sign?
Soft shoulders surround you.

Smooth road, clear night; oh, lucky me, that suddenly I saw the light.
I'm turning back away from all this trouble.
Smooth road, smooth road,
No detour ahead...

Do I Love You?

Do I Love You?
music & lyric by Cole Porter

After that sweet summer afternoon
When for the first time I saw you appear,
Dreaming of you, I composed a tune,
So will you listen to it, dear?

Do I love you, do I?
Doesn't one and one make two?
Do I love you, do I?
Does July need a sky of blue?

Would I miss you, would I, if you ever should go away?
If the sun should desert the day, what would life be?

Will I leave you never?
Could the ocean leave the shore?
Will I worship you forever?
Isn't heaven forevermore?

Do I love you, do I?
Oh, my dear, it's so easy to see,
Don't you know I do, don't I show you I do?
Just as you love me...

Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me

Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
music by Duke Ellington
lyric by Bob Russell

Someone told someone and someone told you
But they wouldn't hurt you, not much.
Since everyone 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 shoiuld 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 memory and other arms may hold a thrill;
But please do nothing till you hear it from me and you never will.

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 memory and other arms may hold a thrill;
But please do nothin' till you hear it from me and you never will.
Some kiss may cloud my memory; but please do nothin' till you hear it from me
And you never will...

Deep Purple

Deep Purple
music by Peter DeRose (near left in photo)
lyric by Mitchell Parish (right)

When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls
And the stars begin to flicker in the sky,
Through the mist of a memory you wander back to me,
Breathing my name with a sigh.

In the still of the night once again I hold you tight,
Though you're gone your love lives on when moonlight beams,
And as long as my heart will beat, lover, we'll always meet
Here in my deep purple dreams...

(if you'd like to ID the quintet of composers in the photo: from left to right, Peter DeRose, Jean Schwartz, J. Fred Coots, Charles Tobias and Jack Lawrence...all members of The Songwriters Hall Of Fame)

Deep Night

Deep Night
music by Charles Henderson
lyric by Rudy Vallee

Deep night, stars in the sky above,
Moonlight, lighting our place of love.
Night winds seem to have gone to rest,
Two eyes brightly with love are gleaming.

Come to my arms, my darling, my sweetheart, my own.
Vow that you'll love me always, be mine alone...

Deep night, whispering trees above,
Kind night, bringing you nearer,
Dearer and dearer.
Deep night, deep in the arms of love...

Come to my arms, my darling, my sweetheart, my own.
Vow that you'll love me always and be mine alone...

Deep night, whispering trees above,
Kind night, bringing you nearer, dearer and dearer.
Deep night, deep in the arms of love...

Deep In The Heart Of Texas

Deep In The Heat Of Texas
music by Don Swander
lyric by June Hershey

The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas.
The prairie sky is wide and high, deep in the heart of Texas.
The sage in bloom is like perfume, deep in the heart of Texas.
Reminds me of the one I love, deep in the heart of Texas.

The coboys cry ki-yippi-yi, deep in the heart of Texas.
The rabbits rush around the brush, deep in the heart of Texas.
The coyotes wail along the trail, deep in the heart of Texas.
The doggies bawl and bawl and bawl, deep in the heart of Texas...

Deep In A Dream

Deep In A Dream
music by Jimmy Van Heusen (left)
lyric by Edgar DeLange (top right)

I dim all the lights and I sink in my chair,
The smoke from my cigarette climbs through the air.
The walls in my room fade away in the gloom
And I'm deep in a dream of you...

Smoke makes a stairway for you to descend,
You come to my arms, may this bliss never end.
We'll love and move just like we used to do
And I'm deep in a dream of you...

And from the ceiling sweet music comes stealing; we glide through a lover's refrain.
You're so appealing and I'm soon revealing my love for you over again...

A cigarette burns me; I wake with a start,
My hand doesn't hurt but there's pain in my heart.
Awake or asleep every memory I'll keep
Deep in a dream of you...

'Deed I Do

'Deed I Do
music by Fred Rose (left)
lyric by Walter Hirsch

I was oh, so blue till you came along,
Just to make my life a wonderful song.
You brought sunshine just to brighten my loneliness.
Is it any wonder in my happiness,
I confess...

Do I want you?
Oh, my, do I?
Honey, 'deed I do.

Do I need you?
Oh, my, do I?
Honey, 'deed I do.

I'm glad that I'm the one who found you.
That's why I'm always hangin' 'round you.

Do I love you?
Oh, my, do I?
Honey, 'deed I do!

There are lots of others that I have met,
Those you meet today, tomorrow forget.
You're the only one who ever could stand the test.
That's the reason why I chose you from the rest;
You're the best...

Do I want you?
Oh, my, do I?
Honey, 'deed I do.

Do I need you?
Oh, my, do I?
Honey, 'deed I do.

I'm glad that I'm the one who found you.
That's why I'm always hangin' 'round you.

Do I love you?
Oh, my, do I?
Honey, 'deed I do...

Dearly Beloved

Dearly Beloved
music by Jerome Kern (left)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (right)

Tell me that it's true, tell me you agree,
I was meant for you, you were meant for me.

Dearly beloved, how clearly I see,
Somewhere in heaven you were fashioned for me,
Angel eyes knew you, angel voices led me to you;

Nothing could save me, fate gave me a sign;
I know that I'll be yours come shower or sjhine;
So I say merely,
Dearly beloved be mine.

Days Of Wine And Roses

Days Of Wine And Roses
music by Henry Mancini (left)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (right)

The days of winre and roses laugh and run away like a child at play,
Through the meadowland toward a closing door,
A door marked "Nevermore," that wasn't there before.

The lonely night discloses just a passing breeze filled with memories
Of the golden smile that introduced me to
The days of wine and roses and you.