My One And Only Love

My One And Only Love

music by Guy B. Wood

lyric by Robert Mellin

The very thought of you makes my heart sing,

Like an April breeze on the wings of spring,

And you appear in all your splendor,

My one and only love.

The shadows fall and spread their mystic charms,

In the hush of night while you're in my arms,

I feel your lips so warm and tender,

My one and only love...

The touch of your hand is like magic, a magic that I've never known,

The blush on your cheek whenever we speak tells me that you are my own...

You fill my eager heart with such desire, every kiss you give sets my soul on fire.

I give myself in sweet surrender,

My one and only love...

My One And Only

My One And Only

music by George Gershwin (left)

lyric by Ira Gershwin (right)

To show affection in your direction, you know I'm fit and able.

I more than merely love you sincerely; my cards are on the table.

There must be lots of other men you hypnotize.

All of a sudden, I've begun to realize--as follows:

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 miracles;

It can be done! It can be done!

I know a clergyman who will grow lyrical--and make us one! And make us one!

So, my one and only--there isn't a reason why you should turn me down,

When I'm so crazy over you...

It's time you woke up--it's time you spoke up--

My praise you've never chanted.

Though we're not strangers, you see the dangers of taking me for granted.

And if you cared, you should have told me long ago;

Dear, otherwise how in the world was I to know?

Well, listen:

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 miracles; it can be done! It can be done!

I know a clergyman who will grow lyrical--and make us one! And make us one!

So, my one and only--there isn't a reason why you should turn me down,

When I'm so crazy over you...

My Melancholy Baby

My Melancholy Baby

music by Ernie Burnett

lyric by George A. Norton

Come to me my melancholy baby, cuddle up and don't be blue.

All your fears are foolish fancies, maybe,

You know, honey, I'm in love with you.

Every cloud must have a silver lining, just wait until the sun shines through.

Smile my honey dear while I kiss away each tear,

Or else I shall be melancholy too...

My Heart Tells Me

My Heart Tells Me

music by Harry Warren (above)

lyric by Mack Gordon (top)

Sometimes I feel so very certain that you care,

And there are times I feel we don't belong;

The more I fall for you the more I must beware,

So, how am I to know if I am right or I am wrong,

For...

My heart tells me this is just a fling,

Yet, you say our love means ev'rything.

Do you mean what you are saying, or is this a little game you're playing?

My heart tells me I will cry again, lips that kiss like yours could lie again,

If I'm fool enough to see this through, will I be sorry if I do?

Should I believe my heart or you?

My Heart Stood Still

My Heart Stood Still

music by Richard Rodgers (left)

lyric by Lorenz Hart (right)

I laughed at sweethearts I met at schools;

All indiscreet hearts seemed romantic fools.

(The boys at Harrow would always say that Cupid's arrow couldn't fly my way.)

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 had to do,

And then my heart stood still!

My feet could step and walk, my lips could move and talk,

And yet my heart stood still!

Though not a single word was spoken, I could tell you knew.

That unfelt clasp of hands told me so well you knew.

I never lived at all until the thrill of that moment when my heart stood still.

Through all my school days I hated boys;

(In Heathfield school days I hated boys.)

Those April fool days brought me loveless joys.

I read my Pluto, love I thought a sin,

But since your kiss I'm reading Missus Glynn!

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 yet my heart stood still!

Though not a single word was spoken, I could tell you knew.

That unfelt clasp of hands told me so well you knew.

I never lived at all until the thrill of that moment when my heart stood stil...

My Heart Is So Full Of You

My Heart Is So Full Of You

music and lyric by Frank Loesser

My heart he's so full of you, so full of you,

He's got no room for anyt'ing more in dere.

Rosabella, you make me a man

Crazy on fire!

Crazy wit' love!

Crazy wit' love!

Ah, sono contento, sono contento!

Tu mi stai a cuor!

My heart is so full of you, so full of you, there is no room for anything more.

What other wish can I wish?

What other plan can I plan?

What other dream can I dream?

And what for? Whatever for?

When my heart is so full of you, so full of you,

There is (He's got) no room, no room in my heart for anything more...

My Heart Belongs To Daddy

music and lyric by Cole Porter

I used to fall in love with all those boys who maul refined ladies.

But now I tell each young gazelle to go to hell--I mean, Hades,

For since I've come to care for such a sweet millionaire...

While tearing off a game of golf I may make a play for the caddy.

But when I do I don't follow through 'cause my heart belongs to Daddy.

If I invite a boy, some night, to dine on my fine finnan haddie,

I just adore his asking for more, but my heart belongs to Daddy.

Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy, so I simply couldn't be bad.

Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy, Da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da, dad!

So I want to warn you laddie, tho' I know you're perfectly swell,

That my heart belongs to Daddy 'cause my Daddy, he treats me so well.

He treats it and treats it, and then he repeats it,

Yes, Daddy, he treats it so well.

Saint Patrick's Day, although I may be seen wearing green with a paddy,

I'm always sharp when playing the harp, 'cause my heart belongs to Daddy.

Though other dames at football games may long for a strong undergraddy,

I never dream of making the team 'cause my heart belongs to Daddy.

Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy, so I simply couldn't be bad.

Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy, da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da, dad!

So I want to warn you, laddie, tho' I simply hate to be frank,

That I can't be mean to Daddy 'cause my Da-da-da-daddy might spank.

In matters artistic he's not modernistic so Da-da-da-daddy might spank...

My Future Just Passed

My Future Just Passed

music by Richard A. Whiting (top l-r: Johnny Mercer, Richard Whiting)

lyric by George Marion, Jr.

There goes the girl I dreamed all through school about,

There goes the girl I'll now be a fool about,

Ring down the curtain I'm certain at present, my future just passed.

Don't even know if she has been spoken for,

If she is tied, the ties must be broken, for life can't be that way,

To wake me, then break me, my future just passed.

Stars in the blue, though you're at a distance, you can at least do this.

Sometimes a boy encounters resistance, help me to win this miss...

Here in my arms, may she find illusion there,

Look in my heart, there is no confusion there.

Now that I'm loving, I'm living at last, my future just passed...