Indian Summer

Indian Summer
music by Victor Herbert (left)
lyric by Al Dubin (left at piano)

Summer, you old Indian summer,
You're the tear that comes afterJune-time's laughter.
You see so many dreams that don't come true,
Dreams we fashioned when summertime was new.

You are here to watch over some heart that is broken
By a word that somebody left unspoken.
You're the ghost of a romance in June going astray,
Fading too soon,

That's why I say, "Farewell to you, Indian summer."

In The Wee Small Hours

In The Wee Small Hours
music by David A. Mann
lyric by Bob Hilliard (left)

When the sun is high in the afternoon sky,

You can always find something to do.

But from dusk till dawn, as the clock ticks on,

Something happens to you...

In the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep,

You lie awake and think about the girl and never ever think of counting sheep.

When your lonely heart has learned its lesson,

You'd be hers, if only she would call,

In the wee small hours of the morning,

That's the time you miss her most of all...

In The Still Of The Night

In The Still Of The Night
music & lyric by Cole Porter

In the still of the night, as I gaze from my window
At the moon in its flight, my thoughts all stray to you.
In the still of the night, while the world is in slumber,
Oh, the times without number, darling, when I say to you,

"Do you love me as I love you? Are you my life-to-be, my dream come true?"
Or will this dream of mine fade out of sight
Like the moon growing dim on the rim of the hill in the chill, still of the night?
In the still of the night>

In the still of the night, while I'm drifting and dreaming,
In the still of the night, my thoughts all stray to you.
By the moon's yellow light, while the world is in slumber
Oh, the times without number, darling, when I say to you,
"Do you love me as I love you? Are you my life-to-be, my dream come true?"
Or will this dream fade out of sight
Like the moon growing dim on the rim of the hill in the chill, still of the night?
In the still of the night?

In The Mood

In The Mood
music by Joe Garland
lyric by Andy Razaf (left)

Who's the lovin' daddy with the beautiful eyes?
What a pair o' lips, I'd like to try 'em for size.
I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me."
Hope he tells me, "Maybe!" What a wing it will be.
So I said politely, "Darlin', may I intrude?"
He said, "Don't keep me waitin' when I'm in the mood."

First I held him lightly and we started to dance.
Then I held him tightly, what a dreamy romance,
And I said, "Hey, Baby, it's a quarter to three,
There's a mess of moonlight, won't you share it with me?"

"Well," he answered, "Baby, don'-cha know that it's rude
To keep my two lips waitin' when they're in the mood!"

In the mood, that's what he told me.
In the mood, and when he told me,
In the mood, my heart was skippin', it didn't take me long to say,
"I'm in the mood now!"

In the mood, for all his kissin'.
In the mood for his crazy lovin'.
In the mood was what I was missin',
It didn't take me long to say, "I'm in the mood now!"

In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening

In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
music by Hoagy Carmichael (far right)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (near right)

Sue wants a barbecue, Sam wants to boil a ham,

Grace votes for Bouillabaisse Stew.

Jake wants a weeny bake, steak and a layer cake, he'll get a tummy-ache too.

We'll rent a tent or tee-pee. Let the town crier cry.

And if it's R.S.V.P. this is what I'll reply;

In the cool, cool, cool of the evenin', tell 'em I'll be there.

In the cool, cool, cool of the evenin', better save a chair.

When the party's gettin' a glow on, 'n' singin' fills the air,

In the shank o' the night, when the doin's are right,

You can tell 'em I'll be there.

"Whee!" said the bumble bee, "Let's have a jubilee!"

"When?" said the prairie hen, "Soon?"

"Shore!" said the dinosauer.

"Where?" said the grizzly bear, "Under the light of the moon?"

"How 'bout ya, brother jack-ass?" Ev'ryone gaily cried,

"You comin' to the fracas?" Over his specs he sighed;

In the cool, cool, cool of the evenin', tell 'em I'll be there.

In the cool, cool, cool of the evenin', slick-um on my hair.

When the party's gettin' a glow on, 'n' singin' fills the air,

If I ain't in the clink, and there's sumpin' to drink,

You can tell 'em I'll be there.

In The Blue Of Evening

In The Blue Of Evening
music by Al D'Artega
lyric by Tom Adair

In the blue of evening, when you appear close to me, dear one,
There in the dusk we'll share a dream reverie.
In the blue of evening, while crickets call and stars are falling,
There 'neath the midnight sky, you'll come to me.

In the shadows of the night we'll stand, I'll touch your hand.
And then, softly as your lovely eyes entreat, our lips will meet again.

In the blue of evening, night winds above whisper I love you,
There will we find romance, in the blue of evening...

In My Solitude

In My Solitude
music by Duke Ellington (near left)
lyric by Irving Mills (far left) & Edgar DeLange (right)

In my solitude, you haunt me,
With reveries of days gone by.
In my solitude, you taunt me,
With memories that never die.

I 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 mad...

In my solitude, I'm praying, dear lord above,
Send back my love...

In My Arms

In My Arms
music by Ted Grouya
lyric by Frank Loesser

His cousin had sent him a sweater, and his sister wrote a letter,
But he wanted something much better, this boy who was sailing away.
For his buddies were there with their sweethearts,
All around him with their sweethearts;
Now, he'd never had any sweethearts, and over and over he'd say:

In my arms, in my arms, ain't I never gonna have a girl in my arms?
In my arms, in my arms, ain't I never gonna get a bundle of charms?
Comes the dawn, I'll be gone, I just gotta have a honey holdin' me tight.
You can keep your knittin' and purlin', if I'm gonna go to Berlin,
Gimme a girl in my arms tonight...

His grandma had sent him some candy, and as he chewed on the candy,
He said, "My morale is just dandy, and still there's a tear in my eye."
For his buddies were there with their sweethearts,
Kissing bye-bye with their sweethearts; now, he'd never had any sweethearts,
And over and over he'd cry:

In my arms, in my arms, ain't I never gonna have a girl in my arms?
In my arms, in my arms, ain't I never gona get a bundle of charms?
Comes the dawn, I'll be gone, and I thank you for the many letters you'll write---
As for something nice and cute and female, I'll never get it in the V-Mail,
Gimme a girl in my arms tonight...

In my arms, in my arms, ain't I never gonna have a girl in my arms?
In my arms, in my arms, ain't I never gonna get a bundle of charms?
Comes the dawn, I'll be gone, I'll be headin' for the very thick of the fight.
You can wine and dine and cigarette me, but if you really wanna get me,
Gimme a girl in my arms tonight...

In my arms, in my arms, ain't I never gonna have a girl in my arms?
In my arms, in my arms, ain;'t I never gonna get a bundle of charms?
Comes the dawn, I'll be gone, now does anybody wanna please treat me right?
You can keep your shavin' cream and lotion, if I'm a-gonna cross the ocean,
Give me a girl in my arms tonight...

In Love In Vain

In Love In Vain
music by Jerome Kern (left)
lyric by Leo Robin

Love can be a blessing, but also most depressing,
And I don't mind confessing that I feel mighty blue!

It's only human for anyone to want to be in love,
But who wants to be in love in vain?
At night you hang around the house and eat your heart out,
And cry your eyes out and wrack your brain.

You sit and wonder why anyone as wonderful as she/he
Should cause you such misery and pain.
I thought that I would be in heaven but I'm only up a tree,
'Cause it's just my luck to be in love in vain.

You sit and wonder why anyone as wonderful as she/he
Should cause you such misery and pain.
I thought that I'd have easy sailing but instead, I'm all at sea,
'Cause it's just my luck to be in love in vain...

In A Mellow Tone

In A Mellow Tone
music by Duke Ellington
lyric by Milt Gabler

In a mellow tone, feeling fancy free,
And I'm not alone, I've got company.
Everything's okay the livelong 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 a joy unknown, in a mellow tone...

In A Sentimental Mood

In A Sentimental Mood
music by Duke Ellington (left)
lyric by Irving Mills (right) & Mannie Kurtz

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 mine.
My heart's a lighter thing since you made this night a thing divine...

In a sentimental mood, I'm within a world so heavenly,
For I never dreamed that you'd be loving sentimental me...

Imagine My Frustration

Imagine My Frustration
music by Duke Ellington (top left) & Gerald Wilson (near left)
lyric by Billy Strayhorn (right)

I went down to the dance; such a clown by the wall;
Invited to dance by no one at all.
The couples look fine, so charming and gay,
But nobody wants to look over my way.

So overly sad; dissatisfied; I hurt so bad I almost cried.
Imagine my frustration with no invitation to dance.
I smiled to the crowd; too tall and alert.
So the band blues went loud, but next on a flirt a voice came to me:

"What's the thrill, my dear? You're sweet as can be, but how come you're here?"
They couldn't care less about your dress.
You're in a mess and in excess.

Imagine my frustration with no invitation to dance.
Imagine my frustration with no invitation.
Imagine my frustration with no invitation to dance.

Imagination

Imagination
music by Jimmy Van Heusen (left)
lyric by Johnny Burke (right)

Imagination is funny, it makes a cloudy day sunny,
Makes a bee think of honey, just as I think of you.
Imagination is crazy, your whole perspective gets hazy,
Starts you asking a daisy what to do? What to do?

Have you ever felt a gentle touch, and then a kiss, and then, and then,

Find it's only your imagination again?

Oh well,

Imagination is silly, you go around willy-nilly,

For example, I go around wanting you,

And yet I can't imagine that you want me too.

I'm Through With Love

I'm Through With Love
music by Matt Malneck & Joseph Livingston
lyric by Gus Kahn (left)

I have given you my true love, but you love a new love.
What am I supposed to do now? With you now, you're through now.
You'll be on your merry way, and there's only this to say:

I'm through with love, I'll never fall again.
Said adieu to love, don't ever call again,
For I must have you or no one,
And so I'm through with love.

I've locked my heart, I'll keep my feelings there.
I have stopped my heart with icy frigid air,
And I mean to care for no one,
Because I'm through with love.

Why did you lead me to think you could care?
You didn't need me, for you had your share
Of slaves around you, to hound you and swear
With deep emotion devotion to you.

Goodbye to spring and all it meant to me.
It can never bring the things that used to be,
For I must have you or no one,
And so I'm through with love...

I'm Shooting High

I'm Shooting High
music by Jimmy McHugh (left)
lyric by Ted Koehler (standing-left)

I'm shooting high, got my eye on a star in the sky,
Shooting high.
I'll never stop till I get to the top, tell you why,
Shouldn't I?

You know it's you I'm after, you're my lucky star.
I'm on a rainbow rafter, climbing up to where you are.

I'll have a time, it's a climb but I'll make it,
'Cause I'm shooting high...

I'm Old Fashioned

I'm Old Fashioned
music by Jerome Kern (near left)
lyric by Johnny Mercer (far left)

I am not such a clever one about the latest fads;
I admit I was never one adored by local lads;
Not that I ever try to be a saint, I'm the type that they classify as quaint.

I'm old fashioned, I love the moonlight, I love the old fashioned things.
The sound of rain upon a windo pane, the starry song that April sings.
This year's fancies are passing fancies, but sighing sighs, holding hands,
These my heart understands.
I'm old fashioned, but I don't mind it.
That's how I want to be as long as you agree to stay old fashioned with me.

I'm Making Believe

I'm Making Believe
music by James V. Monaco
lyric by Mack Gordon (left)

I'm making believe that you're in my arms,
Though I know you're so far away.
Making believe I'm talking to you,
Wish you could hear what I say.

And here in the gloom of my lonely room,
We're dancing like we used to do.
Making believe is just another way of dreaming,
so till my dreams come true,

I'll whisper, "Good night," turn out the light and kiss my pillow,
Making believe it's you...

I'm Just A Lucky So And So

I'm Just A Lucky So And So
music by Duke Ellington (left)
lyric by Mack David

When I walk down the street, seems everyone I meet gives me a friendly hello.
Guess I'm just a lucky so and so.
The birds in every tree all sing so merrily, they sing wherever I go.
I guess I'm just a lucky so and so.

Well, if you should ask me the amount in my bank account,
I must confess that I'm slipping;
But that don't bother me, 'cause confidentially, I've got a dream that's pippin'.

And when my day is through, each night I hurry to a love that's faithful I know.
I guess I'm just a lucky so and so...

I'm In The Mood For Love

I'm In The Mood For Love
music by Jimmy McHugh (left)
lyric by Dorothy Fields (right)

Lovely interlude,
Most romantic mood,
And your attitude is right, dear.
Sweetheart, you have me under a spell,
Now my dream is real,
That is why I feel such a strong appeal tonight, somehow.
All my reason takes flight, dear...

I'm in the mood for love, simply because you're near me.
Funny, but when you're near me, I'm in the mood for love.
Heaven is in your eyes, bright as the stars we're under.
Oh, is it any wonder, I'm in the mood for love.

Why stop to think of whether this little dream might fade?
We've put our hearts together, now we are one, I'm not afraid.

If there's a moon above, if it should rain, we'll let it,
But for tonight, forget it!
I'm in the mood for love...

I'm In Love Again

I'm In Love Again
music & lyric by Cole Porter

Why am I just as happy as a child?
Why am I like a racehorse running wild?
Why am I in a state of ecstasy?
The reason is 'cause something's happened to me...

I'm in love again and the spring is comin',
I'm in love again, hear my heart strings strummin',
I'm in love again, and the hymn I'm hummin'
Is the "Huddle Up, Cuddle Up Blues!"

I'm in love again, and I can' rise above it,
I'm in love again, and I love, love, love it:
I'm in love again, and I'm darn glad of it,
Good news!

Someone sad, had the awful luck to meet, someone bad,
But the kind of bad that's sweet.
No one knows what a glimpse of paradise,
Someone who's naughty showed to someone who's nice...

I'm in love again, and with glee I bubble.
I'm in love again, and the fun's just double.
I'm in love again.
If I got in trouble, I'll be cursin' one person I know.

I'm in love again, I'm a lovebird singin',
I'm in love again.
I'm a spring lamb springin',
I'm in love again, wedding bells are ringin',
Let's go...

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
music by Fred E. Ahlert (left)
lyric by Joseph Young

I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter,
And make believe it came from you.
I'm gonna write words oh, so sweet,
They're gonna knock me off my feet.
A lot of kisses on the bottom, I'll be glad I got 'em...

I'm gonna smile and say I hope you're feeling better,
And then I'll close with love the way that you do.
I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter,
And make believe it came from you...

I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life

I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life
music by Cy Coleman (left)
lyric by Joseph Allen McCarthy

I'm gonna laugh you right out of my life, laugh and forget this affair,
Guess I was foolish to care.
So I'm gonna dance you right out of my dreams, try to be carefree and gay,
I guess I'll learn to play the part.

'Cause when our friends begin that heartless rumor, I know I'll really need my sense of humor...

I'm gonna laugh you right out of my life, make it beautiful joke.
No one will know you broke my heart.
But if I find you and I really meant that last goodbye,
Then I'm gonna laugh so hard I'll cry...

I'm Glad There Is You

I'm Glad There Is You
music & lyric by Jimmy Dorsey (left) &
Paul Madeira Mertz

Said I, many times, love is an illusion, a feeling, result of confusion.
With knowing smile and blazing sigh, a cynical so-and-so was I.
I felt so sure, so positive, so utterly unchangingly certain.
But I never was aware of love and you.
And suddenly I realized there was love and you, and I...

In this world of ordinary people, extraordinary people,
I'm glad there is you.
In this world of over-rated pleasures, of underrated treasures,
I'm so glad there is you.

I live to love, I love to live with you beside me.
This role so new, I'll muddle through with you to guide me...

In this world where many many play at love,
And hardly any stay in love, I'm glad there is you.
More than ever, I'm glad there is you...

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
music by George Bassman
lyric by Ned Washington

Never thought I'd fall, but when I hear you call,
I'm getting sentimental over you.
Things you say and do just thrill me through and through,
I'm getting sentimental over you.

I thought I was happy, I could live without love,
Now I must admit, love is all that I'm thinging of.

Won't you please be kind and just make up your mind
That you'll be sweet and gentle, be gentle with me,
'Cause I'm getting sentimental over you...

I'm Confessin'

I'm Confessin'
music by Doc Daugherty & Ellis Reynolds
lyric by Al J. Neiburg

I'm confessin' that I love you, tell me do you love me too?
I'm confessin' that I need you, honest I do.
In your eyes I read such strange things, but your lips deny they are true.
Will your answer really change things, making me blue?

I'm afraid someday you'll leave me, saying, "Can't we still be friends?"
If you go you know you'll grieve me, all in life on you depends.

Am I guessing that you love me, dreaming dreams of you in vain?
I'm confessin' that I love you over again...

I'm Confessin'

I'm Confessin'
music by Doc Daugherty & Ellis Reynolds
lyric by Al J. Neiburg

I'm confessin' that I love you, tell me do you love me too?
I'm confessin' that I need you, honest I do.
In your eyes I read such strange things, but your lips deny they are true.
Will your answer really change things, making me blue?

I'm afraid someday you'll leave me, saying, "Can't we still be friends?"
If you go you know you'll grieve me, all in life on you depends.

Am I guessing that you love me, dreaming dreams of you in vain?
I'm confessin' that I love you over again...

I'm Beginning To See The Light

I'm Beginning To See The Light
music & lyric by Duke Ellington (left), Harry James (center), Johnny Hodges (upper right) & Don George

I never cared much for moonlit skies, I never cared much for fireflies,
But now that the stars are in your eyes, I'm beginning to see the light.
I never went in for afterglow, or candlelight on the misteltoe,
But now when you turn the lights down low---I'm beginning to see the light.

Used to ramble through the park--shadow boxing in the dark--
Then you came and caused a spark that's a four alarm fire now.

I never made love by lantern shine, I never saw rainbows in my wine,
But now that your lips are burning mine, I'm beginning to see the light...