Once In A While

Once In A While

music by Michael Edwards

lyric by Bud Green

Once in a while,will you try to give one little thought to me,

Though someone else may be nearer your heart?

Once in a while, will you dream of the moments I shared with you?

Moments before we two drifted apart.

In love's smoldering ember, one spark may remain.

If love still can remember, that spark may burn again.

I know that I'll be contented with yesterday's memory,

Knowing you think of me once in a while...

On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe

On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe

music by Harry Warren (above)

lyric by Johnny Mercer (top)

Do yuh hear that whistle down the line?

I figure that it's engine number forty-nine,

She's the only one that'll sound that way,

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, hey, Jim! Yuh better git the rig!

Ooh, ooh, ooh, she's got a list o' passengers that's pretty big.

And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel,

Cause lots o' them been travelin' for quite a spell,

All the way from Philadelphiay, on the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.

See the ol' smoke risin' 'round the bend,

I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend,

Folks around these parts get the time of day

From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.

Here she comes! Ooh, ooh, ooh

Hey Jim! Yuh better git the rig!

Ooh, ooh, ooh, she's got a list o' passengers that's pretty big.

And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel,

Cause lots o' them been travelin' for quite a spell,

All the way from Philadelphiay, on the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe.

On Green Dolphin Street

On Green Dolphin Street

music by Bronislau Kaper (above)

lyric by Ned Washington (top)

It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened.

A man, a maid, a kiss and then goodbye.

Romance was the theme and we were the players,

I never think of this without a sigh...

Lover, one lonely day, love came planning to stay.

Green Dolphin Street supplied the setting,

The setting for nights beyond forgetting.

And through these moments apart, mem'ries live in my heart.

When I recall the love I found on, I could kiss the ground

On Green Dolphin Street...

Ol' Man River

Ol' Man River

music by Jerome Kern (above)

lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (top)

Dere's an ol' man called de Mississippi;

Dat's de ol' man dat I'd like to be!

What does he care if de world's got troubles?

What does he care if de land ain't free?

Ol' Man River

Dat Ol' Man River, he mus' know sumpin' but don' say nuttin',

He jes' keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along.

He don' plant taters, he don' plant cotton,

An' dem dat plants 'em is soon forgotten,

But Ol' Man River, he jes' keeps rollin' along.

You an' me, we sweat an' strain, body all achin' an' racked wid pain--

Tote dat barge!

Lif' dat bale!

Git a little drunk, an' you land in jail...

Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin'; ah'm tired of livin' an' skeered of dyin',

But Ol' Man River, he jes' keeps rollin' along.

Colored folks work on de Mississippi,

Colored folks work while de white folks play,

Pullin' dem boats from de dawn to sunset, gittin' no rest till de Judgement Day--

Don' look up and don' look down--you don' dast make de white boss frown.

Bend your knees an' bow your head, an' pull dat rope until yo' dead.

Let me go 'way from de Mississippi, let me go 'way from de white man boss;

Show me dat stream called de river Jordan,

Dat's de ol' stream dat I long to cross.

Ol' Man River, dat Ol' Man River, he mus' know sumpin' but don' say nuttin',

He jes' keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along.

He don' plant taters, he don' plant cotton, an' dem dat plants 'em is soon forgotten,

But Ol' Man River, he jes' keeps rollin' along.

You an' me, we sweat an' strain, body all achin' an' racked with pain--

Tote dat barge!

Lif' dat bale!

Git a little drunk an' you land in jail...

Ah gits weary an' sick of tryin'; Ah'm tired of livin' and skeered of dyin',

But Ol' Man River, he jes' keeps rollin' along...

Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'

Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'

music by Richard Rodgers (left)

lyric by Oscar Hammerstein II (right)

There's a bright golden haze on the meadow,

There's a bright golden haze on the meadow.

The corn is as high as a elephant's eye,

And it looks like it's climbin' clear up to the sky.

Oh, what a beautiful mornin'!

Oh, what a beautiful day!

I got a beautiful feelin' ev'rythin's goin' my way.

All the cattle are standin' like statues, all the cattle are standin' like statues.

They don't turn their heads as they see me ride by,

But a little brown mav'rick is winkin' her eye.

Oh, what a beautiful mornin'!

Oh, what a beautiful day!

I got a beautiful feelin' ev'rythin's goin' my way.

All the sounds of the earth are like music--

All the sounds of the earth are like music.

The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree,

And a ol' weepin' willer is laughin' at me.

Oh, what a beautiful mornin'!

Oh, what a beautiful day!

I got a beautiful feelin' ev'rythin's goin' my way...

Oh, what a beautiful day!

Oh, Lady Be Good!

Oh, Lady Be Good!

music by George Gershwin (left)

lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)

Listen to my tale of woe, it's terribly sad, but true:

All dressed up, no place to go, each ev'ning I'm awf'ly blue.

I must win some winsome miss, can't go on like this.

I could blossom out, I know, with somebody just like you.

So...

Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good.

Oh, lady, be good to me!

I am so awf'ly misunderstood, so, lady, be good to me.

Oh, please have some pity--

I'm all alone in this big city.

I tell you...

I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood, so, lady, be good to me.

Auburn and brunette and blonde: I love 'em all, tall or small.

But somehow they don't grow fond;

They stagger but never fall.

Winter's gone, and now it's spring!

Love! Where is thy sting?

If somebody won't respond, I'm going to end it all.

So...

Oh, sweet and lovely lady, be good.

Oh lady, be good to me!

I am so awf'ly misunderstood, so, lady, be good to me.

This is tulip weather--

So let's put two and two together.

I tell you

I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,

So, lady, be good to me.