Red Sails In The Sunset
-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 24 in 1951
-words by jimmy kennedy and music by hugh williams
-previously charted in 1935 by bing crosby (#1), guy lombardo (also # !),
-mantovani (#3), and jack jackson (# 13)
-previously charted in 1936 by louis armstrong (#15)
-subsequently charted by tab hunter in 1957 (#57), the platters in 1960 (#36)
-and by fats domino in 1963 (#35).
{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
{she sailed at the dawning, all day Ive been blue}
Red sails in the sunset, Im trusting in you
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more
{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
Swift wings you must borrow
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Walkin My Baby Back Home
-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position #8 in 1952
-words and music by roy turk and fred ahlert in 1930
-charted in 1931 by nick lucas (#8), ted weems (also #8), the charleston
-chasers (#15), and lee morse (#18).
-also charted in 1952 by johnnie ray at # 4
-title song from the 1953 film starring donald oconnor, janet leigh, buddy
-hackett, and scatman crothers
Gee, its great after bein out late
Walkin my baby back home
Arm in arm over meadow and farm
Walkin my baby back home
We go long harmonizing a song
Or Im recitin a poem
Owls go by and they give me the eye
Walkin my baby back home
We stop for a while, she gives me a smile
And snuggles her head on my chest
We start in to pet and thats when I get
Her talcum all over my vest
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These Foolish Things
(strachey/marvell/ link)
A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces,
An airline ticket to romantic places,
And still my heart has wings...
These foolish things remind me of you.
A tinkling piano in the next apartment,
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant,
A fairground's painted swings...
These foolish things remind me of you.
You came, you saw,
You conquered me.
When you did that to me,
I knew somehow this had to be.
The winds of march that made my heart a dancer,
A telephone that rings,
And who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings...
These foolish things remind me of you.
The first daffodil and long excited cables,
And candle lights on little corner tables,
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Ballerina
-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 18 in 1957
-previously charted in 1947 by vaughn monroe (#1)
-previously charted in 1948 by buddy clark (#5); bing crosby (#10); and jimmy
-dorsey (also #10)
-words and music by bob russell and carl sigman
Dance, ballerina, dance
And do your pirouette in rhythm with your achin heart
Dance, ballerina, dance
You mustnt once forget a dancer has to dance the part
Whirl, ballerina, whirl
And just ignore the chair thats empty in the second row
This is your moment, girl
Although hes not out there applauding as you steal the show
Once you said his love must wait its turn
You wanted fame instead
I guess thats your concern
We live and learn
And love is gone, ballerina, gone
So on with your career, you cant afford a backward glance
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Calypso Blues
(don george, nathaniel cole)
Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...
Wa-oo-oo, wa-oo-oo,
Wa-oo wa-oo wa-oo wa-ay...
Sittin by de ocean
Me heart, she feel so sad,
Sittin by de ocean,
Me heart, she feel so sad...
Dont got de money
To take me back to trinidad.
Fine calypso woman,
She cook me shrimp and rice,
Fine calypso woman,
She cook me shrimp and rice...
Dese yankee hot dogs
Dont treat me stomach very nice.
In trinidad, one dollar buy
Papaya juice, banana pie,
Six coconut, one female goat,
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Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer
-artist: nat king cole
-peak billboard position # 6 in 1963
-words by charles tobias and music by hans carste
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer
Just fill your basket full of sandwiches and weenies
Then lock the house up, now youre set
And on the beach youll see the girls in their bikinis
As cute as ever but they never get em wet
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Youll wish that summer could always be here
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Those days of soda and pretzels and beer
Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer
Dont hafta tell a girl and fella about a drive-in
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A Cradle In Bethlehem
Traditional German
O TANNENBAUM
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
Wie treu sind deine Blatter!
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
Wie treu sind deine Blatter!
Du grunst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit,
Nein, auch im Winter, wenn est schneit.
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
Wie treu sind deine Blatter!
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!
Wie oft hat mich zur Wiehnachtszeit
Ein Baum von dir mich hoch erfreut!
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum,
Du kannst mir sehr gefallen!
Du grunst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit,
Nein, auch im Winter, wenn est schneit.
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The Ballad Of Cat Ballou
-artists: nat king cole and stubby kaye
-words by mack david and music by jerry livingston
-title song from the 1965 film starring jane fonda, lee marvin (who won an oscar
-for his dual role as a drunken lawman and his counterpart, outlaw kid sheleen)
-cole and kaye, as strolling minstrels, functioned as a greek chorus, commenting
-on the action (?)
Well now friends just lend an ear
For you're now about to hear
The ballad of cat ballou
It's a song that's newly made
And professus and the shade
And the sunrise kid are singin' it for you
Cat ballou, cat ballou
It's a hangin' day in wolf city, wyomin'
Wolf city, wyomin', eighteen ninety four
They're gonna drop cat ballou
Through the gallows floor
She killed a man in wolf city, wyomin'
Wolf city, wyomin', killed a man it's true
And that is why they're a-hangin'
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Ballad Of Cat Ballou
-artists: nat king cole and stubby kaye
-words by mack david and music by jerry livingston
-title song from the 1965 film starring jane fonda, lee marvin (who won an oscar
-for his dual role as a drunken lawman and his counterpart, outlaw kid sheleen)
-cole and kaye, as strolling minstrels, functioned as a greek chorus, commenting
-on the action (? )
Well now friends just lend an ear
For youre now about to hear
The ballad of cat ballou
Its a song thats newly made
And professus and the shade
And the sunrise kid are singin it for you
Cat ballou, cat ballou
Its a hangin day in wolf city, wyomin
Wolf city, wyomin, eighteen ninety four
Theyre gonna drop cat ballou
Through the gallows floor
She killed a man in wolf city, wyomin
Wolf city, wyomin, killed a man its true
And that is why theyre a-hangin
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