Bewitched

After one whole quart of brandyLike a daisy, I’m awakeWith no Bromo-Seltzer handyI don’t even shake Men are not a new sensationI’ve done pretty well I thinkBut this half-pint imitationPut me on the blink I’m wild again, beguiled againA simpering, whimpering child againBewitched, bothered and bewildered – am I Couldn’t sleep and wouldn’t sleepWhen love […]


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A-Tisket A-Tasket

A-tisket a-tasketA green-and-yellow basketI bought a basket for my mommieOn the way I dropped it I dropped it, I dropped itYes, on the way I dropped itA little girlie picked it upAnd took it to the market She was truckin’ on down the avenueWithout a single thing to doShe was peck, peck, peckin’ all aroundWhen […]


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Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

I don’t want youBut I hate to lose youYou’ve got me in betweenThe devil and the deep blue sea I forgive you‘Cause I can’t forget youYou’ve got me in betweenThe devil and the deep blue sea I ought to cross you off my listBut when you come a-knocking at my doorFate seems to give my […]


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Crying In The Chapel

You saw me crying in the chapelThe tears I shed were tears of joyI know the meaning of contentmentI am happy with the Lord Just a plain and simple chapelWhere all good people go to prayI prayed the Lord that I’ll grow strongerAs I live from day to day I searched and I searched but […]


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Clap Yo' Hands

Verse POTTER:Come on, you children, gather around –Gather around, you children.And we will lose that evil spiritCalled the voodoo.Nothin’ but trouble, if he has found, If he has found you, children –But you can chase the hoodooWith the dance that you do.Let me lead the way.Jubilee today!He’ll never hound you;Stamp on the ground, you children!Come […]


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Come Rain Or Come Shine

I’m gonna love you, like nobody’s loved youCome rain or come shineHigh as a mountain, deep as a riverCome rain or come shineI guess when you met meIt was just one of those thingsBut don’t you ever bet me‘Cause I’m gonna be true if you let meYou’re gonna love me, like nobody’s loved meCome rain […]


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Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)

Get in touch with that sundown fellowAs he tiptoes across the sandHe’s got a million kinds of stardustPick your fav’rite brand, and Dream, when you’re feeling blueDream, that’s the thing to doJust watch the smoke rings rise in the airYou’ll find your share of memories there So dream when the day is throughDream, and they […]


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Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead

Ding Dong! The Witch is dead. Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!Ding Dong! The Wicked Witch is dead.Wake up – sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed.Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead. She’s gone where the goblins go,Below – below – below. Yo-ho, let’s open up and sing and ring the bells […]


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Easy To Love

I know too well that I’m just wasting precious timeIn thinking such a thing could beThat you could ever care for meI’m sure you hate to hearThat I adore you, dearBut grant meJust the sameI’m not entirely to blameFor loveYou’d be so easy to loveSo easy to idolizeAll others aboveSo worth the yearning forSo swell […]


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Cry Me A River

now you say you’re lonelyyou cried the whole night throughwell, you can cry me a rivercry me a riveri cried a river over you now you say you’re sorryfor being so untruewell, you can cry me a rivercry me a riveri cried a river over you you drove menearly drove me out off my headwhile […]


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