Until The Real Thing Comes Along

Sammy kahn / saul chaplin / mann holiner / alberta nichols / l.e. freeman
Id wait for you
Id slave for you
Id be a beggar or a knave for you
If that isnt love, it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along
Id gladly move
The earth for you
To prove my love, dear
And its worth for you
If that isnt love, it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along.
With all the words, dear, at my command
I just cant make you understand
Ill always love you darling
Come what may
My heart is yours
What more can I say?
Id lie for you
Id sigh for you

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Farewell To Storyville

Clarence williams
All, you old-time queens, from new orleans, who lived in storyville
You sang the blues, try to amuse, heres how they pay the bill
The law step-in and call it sin to have a little fun
The police car has made a stop and storyville is done
Pick out your steamboat, pick yourself a train
- a slo-ow train
Pick out your steamboat, pick yourself a train
- a slo-ow train
They made you close-up theyll never let you back
- wont let you back
Go buy your ticket or else you walk the track
No use complaining, blue skys folow rain
- the cold-old rain
No use complaining, blue skys folow rain
- the cold-old rain
Just say farewell now and get your one last thrill
- your one last thrill
Just say farewell now, farewell to storyville
No use complaining, blue skys folow rain

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Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

Please don't talk about me when I'm gone
Honey, though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can't say anything uptight
It's better not to talk at all, is my advice
We're parting, you'll go your way, I'll go mine
I have just this to do
Give a little kiss and hope that it brings
Lots of love to you
Makes no difference how Jerry carries on (but I'll make it, baby!)
Please don't talk about me when I'm gone
Please don't talk about me, honey, when I'm gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can't say anything real nice
You better not talk at all, is Jerry's advice
We're parting, you'll go your way, I'll go mine
I have just this to do
Here's a little kiss, I hope it brings
Lots and lots of love to you
Makes no difference how I carry on
Please don't talk about me

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Come Rain Or Come Shine

Harold arlen / johnny mercer
Im gonna love you like nobodys loved you come rain or come shine
High as a mountain and deep as a river come rain or come shine
I guess when you met me it was just one of those things
But dont ever bet me cause Im gonna be true if you let me
Youre gonna love me like nobodys loved me come rain or come shine
Happy together unhappy together and wont it be fine?
Days may be cloudy or sunny
Were in or were out of the money
But Im with you always, Im with you rain or shine
Im gonna love you like nobodys loved you come rain or come shine
High as a mountain deep as a river come rain or come shine
I guess when you met me it was just one of those things
But dont ever bet me cause Im gonna be true if you let me
Youre gonna love me like nobodys loved me come rain or come shine
Happy together unhappy together and wont it be fine?
Days may be cloudy or sunny
Were in or were out of the money.
But Ill love you always, Im with you rain or shine
Rain or shine.

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Tell Me More & More

Billie holiday
Tell me more and more and then some
You know what I long to hear
I want more and more and then some
Of that I love you only dear
Tell me more and more and then some
The way that you feel and then
When youve told that old sweet story
And youre through, start right in again
Ive made that old mistake
Know the awful ache
Of a heart thats double crossed
The waitins been so long
Hard to believin
If Ive missed my guess, happiness is lost
Tell me more and more and then some
You know how I love that stuff
Whisper on from now
til doomsday
But I never will hear enough

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Lover Come Back To Me

Sigmund romberg / oscar hammerstein ii
You went away
I let you
We broke the ties that bind
I wanted to forget you
And leave the past behind
Still, the magic if the night I met you
Seems to stay forever in my mind
The sky was blue
And high above
The moon was new
And so was love
This eager heart of mine was singing
Lover where can you be
You came at last
Love had its day
That day is past
Youve gone away
This aching heart of mine is singing
Lover come back to me

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Tell Me More And More

Billie holiday
Tell me more and more and then some
You know what i long to hear
I want more and more and then some
Of that "i love you only dear"
Tell me more and more and then some
The way that you feel and then
When you've told that old sweet story
And you're through, start right in again
I've made that old mistake
Know the awful ache
Of a heart that's double crossed
The waitin's been so long
Hard to believ'in
If i've missed my guess, happiness is lost
Tell me more and more and then some
You know how i love that stuff
Whisper on from now
'til doomsday
But i never will hear enough

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Moanin Low

Ralph rainger / howard dietz
Moanin low, my sweet man, I love him so
Though hes mean as can be
Hes the kind of man needs the kind
Of a woman like me
Gonna die if my sweet man should pass me by
If I die whereii he be
Hes the kind of a man needs the kind
Of a woman like me
Dont know any reason why
He treats me so poorly
What have I gone and done
Makes me troubles double with his worries
When surely I aint deserving of none
Moanin low
My sweet man is gonna go
When he goes, oh lordy
Hes the kind of a man needs the kind
Of a woman like memoanin low, my sweet man, I love him so
Though hes mean as can be

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Now Or Never

Billie holiday / curtis r. lewis
Hey fat daddy make up your mind
cause Ive been waiting such a long, long time
Now baby or never cause I been so good to you
Now baby or never cause Ive been so lonesome, too
Now baby or never if I mean anything to you
Now baby or never cause you wasted so much time
Now baby or never cause you cant make up your mind
Now baby or never and it aint no fault of mine
Its got to be yes or no
Its either you stay or go
You cant leave me on the shelf
You gotta commit yourself
Its either you will baby or wont fall
In love with me
Gonna call you once more on the telephone
Ill give you till twelve then Ill be gone
I waited last night for you to call
You give me no consideration at all
Its now baby or never cause you wasted so much time

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Gimmie A Pigfoot

Wesley 'sox' wilson
Up in harlem every saturday night
Where the highbrows get together
It's just too right
They all congregate and all night hop
And what they do is ooh boppa dap
Ole hanna brown from way across town
Gets full of corn and starts
Bringing them down
And at the break of day
You can hear ole hanna say
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer
Send me a gate i don't care
Feel just like i wanna clown
Give the piano player a drink
Because he's bringing me down
He's got rhythm yeah, when he stamps his feet
He sends me right off to sleep
Cheek all your razors and all your guns
We're gonna be arrested when the wagon comes

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