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Mr. Bojangles
I knew a man Bojangles
And he’d dance for you
In worn out shoes
With silver hair a ragged shirt
And baggy pants
He would do the old soft shoe<
He would jump so high
Jump so high
Then he lightly touch down
He told me of the time he worked with
Minstrel shows travelling
Throughout the south
He spoke with tears of fifteen years
How his dog and he
They would travel about.
But his dog up and died
He up and died
And after twenty years he still grieved
He said "I dance now
At every chance in the Honky Tonks
For my drinks and tips
But most the time I spend
Behind these country bars
You see on I drinks a bit"
Then he shook his head
Oh lord when he shook his head
I could swear I heard someone say please
Mister Bojangles
Call him Mister Bojangles
Mister Bojangles come back and dance please
Come back and dance again Mr Bojangles
Moon River
Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re going, I’m going your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end, waiting, round the bend
My Huckleberry Friend, Moon River, and me
Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re going, I’m going your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after that same rainbow’s end, waiting, round the bend
My Huckleberry Friend, Moon River, and me
Misty
Look at me,
I’m as helpless as a kitten up a tree;
And I feel like I’m clingin‘ to a cloud,
I can‘ t understand
I get misty, just holding your hand.
Walk my way,
And a thousand violins begin to play,
Or it might be the sound of your hello,
That music I hear,
I get misty, the moment you’re near
Can’t you see that you’re leading me on?
And it’s just what I want you to do,
Don’t you notice how hopelessly
I’m lost
That’s why I’m following you.
On my own,
When I wander through this wonderland alone,
Never knowing my right foot from my left
My hat from my glove
I’m too misty, and too much in love.
Too misty,
And too much
In love
Mona Lisa
Mona lisa, mona lisa, man have named you
You’re so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only ‚cause you’re lonely man have blamed you
For that mona lisa strangeness in your smile
Do you smile to tempt a lover mona lisa
Or is it your way to hide a broken heart
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real mona lisa
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art
La la la la……
For that mona lisa strangeness in your smile
Do you smile to tempt a lover mona lisa
Or is it your way to hide a broken heart
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real mona lisa
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art
Mack The Knife
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it, ah, out of sight
Ya know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves, oh, wears old MacHeath, babe
So there’s never, never a trace of red
Now on the sidewalk, huh, huh, whoo sunny morning, un huh
Lies a body just oozin‘ life, eek
And someone’s sneakin‘ ‚round the corner
Could that someone be Mack the Knife?
There’s a tugboat, huh, huh, down by the river don’tcha know
Where a cement bag’s just a’drooppin‘ on down
Oh, that cement is for, just for the weight, dear
Five’ll get ya ten old Macky’s back in town
Now d’ja hear ‚bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe
After drawin‘ out all his hard-earned cash
And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
Could it be our boy’s done somethin‘ rash?
Now Jenny Diver, ho, ho, yeah, Sukey Tawdry
Ooh, Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Oh, that line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky’s back in town
I said Jenny Diver, whoa, Sukey Tawdry
Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky’s back in town
Look out, old Macky’s back
Lulu´s Back In Town
You’ve heard about Margie
Heard about Dana
Heard about Suzie
But Lulu, Lulu
I gotta get my old tuxedo pressed
Gotta sew a button on my vest
‚Cause tonight I’ve gotta look my best
Lulu’s back in town
Gotta get a half a buck somewhere
Gotta shine my shoes and slick my hair
Gotta get myself a boutonniere
Lulu’s back in town
You can tell all my pets
All my blondes and brunettes
Mister Otis regrets
That he won’t be aroun‘
You can tell the mailman not to call
I ain’t comin‘ home until the fall
And I might not get back home at all
Lulu’s back in town
You’ve heard about Margie
Heard about Dana
Heard about Suzie
But Lulu, Lulu
I gotta get my tuxedo pressed
Gotta sew a button on my vest
‚Cause tonight I’ve gotta look my best
For Lulu
I gotta get a half a buck somewhere
Poloish up my shoes and slick my hair
Gotta get myself a boutonniere
Lulu
You can tell all my pets
All my blondes and brunettes
Mister Otis regrets
That he won’t be aroun‘
You can tell the friends not to call
I won’t comin‘ home till the fall
And I might not get back home at all
Lulu’s back in town
Lulu’s back in town
Lulu, Lulu, Lulu, Lulu, Lulu’s back in town
Love Me Or Leave Me
Love me or leave me and let me be lonely
You won’t believe me but I love you only
I’d rather be lonely than happy with somebody else
You might find the night time the right time for kissing
Night time is my time for just reminiscing
Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else
There’ll be no one unless that someone is you
I intended to be independently blue
I want your love, don’t wanna borrow
Have it today to give back tomorrow
Your love is my love
There’s no love for nobody else
Say, love me or leave me and let me be lonely
You won’t believe me but I love you only
I’d rather be lonely than happy with somebody else
You might find the night time the right time for kissing
Night time is my time for just reminiscing
Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else
There’ll be no one unless that someone is you
I intended to be independently blue
Say I want your love, don’t wanna borrow
Have it today to give back tomorrow
Your love is my love
My love is your love
There’s no love for nobody else
Lazy Moon
Lazy moon, come out soon
make my poor heart be warmer
light the way
bright as day
for my sweet little charmer
She’s to meet mee in the lane tonight
if the sky is bright and clear
Please don’t make me wait in vain tonight
watching and waiting, heart a palpitatin
longing for my lady love so deep
Lazy moon, lazy moon
why don’t you show your face above the hill
Lazy moon, come out soon
You can make me happy if you will
When my lady sees your face a peeping
and I know I promise you be keeping
tell me what’s the matter are you sleeping
Lazy moon
Just A Gigolo
I’m just a gigolo and ev’rywhere I go
People know the bar I’m playing
Pay for every dance selling each romance
Ooh, I could say
There would come a day
When news will pass away
What could they say about me
There were just the gigolos
Right, ‚cause I’m without me
I’m just a gigolo everywhere I go
People know the part it’s playing
Pay for every dance selling each romance
Ooh, I could say
There would come a day
When news will pass away
What could they say about me
There were just the gigolos
Right, ‚cause I’m without me
‚Cause I ain’t got nobody
Nobody cares for me, nobody
Nobody cares for me
I’m so sad and lonely
Sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won’t some sweet mama come
And take a chance with me
‚Cause I ain’t so bad
Sad and lonesome all of the time
Even on the beat, on the, on the beat
I ain’t got nobody
Nobody cares for me, nobody, nobody
I, I, I, ain’t got nobody
Nobody, nobody cares for me
Nobody, nobody
I’m so sad and lonely, sad and lonely
Won’t some sweet mama come
And take a chance with me
‚Cause I ain’t so bad
Really want that soul
Little loving soul all of the time
Even on the beat, cherry, cherry on the beat
Need a long tall darling, mama
Feeling sick, got nobody
No, nobody, nobody
Nobody, nobody, no one, no one
Loopey loop, darling, darling
Getting serious, got to see the walls
Over there, nobody, got no one, nobody
Nobody, nobody, nobody
Nobody, nobody cares for me
It´s Only A Papermoon
It’s only a papermoon,
sailin’over a cardboard sea,
But it wouldn’t be make believe,
if you believed in me.
It’s only a canvas sky,
hanging over a muslin tree,
But it wouldn’t be make believe,
if you believed in me.
Without your love,
it’s a honky-tonk parade,
Without your love,
it’s a melody played in a penny arcade.
It’s a Barnum and Bailey world,
just as phoney as it can be,
But it wouldn’t be make believe,
if you believed in me.