What Are Your Favorite VINTAGE Song Lyrics?

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Not here it isn't

Oh yeah.... what was I thinking?! lol

By the way, your avatar makes me thirsty

 

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More Than You Know

Whether you are here or yonder,
Whether you are false or true,
Whether you remain or wander,
I'm growing fonder of you.

Even though your friends forsake you,
Even though you don't succeed,
Wouldn't I be glad to take you,
Give you the break you need.

More than you know,
More than you know,
Man of my heart,
I love you so.
Lately I find,
You're on my mind,
More than you know.

Whether you're right,
Whether you're wrong,
Man of my heart,
I'll string along,
You need me so
More than you'll ever know.

Loving you the way that I do,
There's nothing I can do about it,
Loving may be all you can give,
But honey I can't live without it.

Oh, how I'd cry,
Oh, how I'd cry,
If you got tired,
And said goodbye,
More than I'd show,
More than you'd ever know.

Loving you the way that I do,
There's nothing I can do about it,
Loving may be all you can give,
But honey I can't live without it.

Oh, how I'd cry,
Oh, how I'd cry,
If you got tired,
And said goodbye,
More than I'd show,
More than you'd ever know.

[video=youtube_share;omYkyRgWsj4]http://youtu.be/omYkyRgWsj4[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Nobody But You (1929)

Some folks want a doctor
When they're out of sorts
Some folks want a lot of fun
And some are fond of sports
But all I want, sweetheart, is only you
I don't want a tonic, I want no change of air
I'll find heaven any place as long as you are there
Sweetheart, just you. Sweetheart, you'll do.

Who can bring the breath of spring?
Who can make the songbirds sing?
Nobody, nobody but you
Who can brighten darkest skies?
Who can dry my tear-dimmed eyes?
Nobody, nobody but you

And when I'm lonely and weary
And everything seems wrong
Who is the only that's cheery?
And puts the gladness in my song
Who can bring the sunshine where
There has been darkness and despair?
Nobody, nobody but you

[video=youtube;H865uHF3WLg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H865uHF3WLg[/video]

 

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^Great one V.C. !

Not here it isn't

You've probably seen this before, but here he is performing "The very thought of you".
[video=youtube;cDYrXcQj4JI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDYrXcQj4JI[/video]

Yes, but I never get tired of it

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

He's My Secret Passion (1930)
Imagine if you will, a musical based on the film Fatal Attraction, and Glenn Close is reprising her movie role on stage lol

I don't know his name
Or from where he came
But I think of him night and day
He doesn't know me. Never seems to see
The love light in my eyes
When I look his way

I'm at my window each morning at eight
The day begins when he passes the gate
He doesn't know it but someday he will
He's my secret passion
I gaze for hours at the house where he lives
You can't imagine the thrill that it gives
I know I show it but that's how I feel
He's my secret passion

I'll try to find among my friends
One who knows him too
I'll be introduced to him by friends
If it's the last thing that I do
And at the cafe where he dines at nine
I sit and wish the cooking were mine
He doesn't know it but someday he will
He's my secret passion.

[video=youtube;XWe1bigY9wQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWe1bigY9wQ[/video]

 

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^ when you put it that way it's pretty scary lol

 

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Moonlight Becomes You

Moonlight becomes you, it goes with your hair
You certainly know the right thing to wear
Moonlight becomes you, I'm thrilled at the sight
And I could get so romantic tonight

You're all dressed up to go dreaming
Now don't tell me I'm wrong
And what a night to go dreaming
Mind if I tag along

If I say I love you
I want you to know
It's not just because there's moonlight
Although, moonlight becomes you so

Moonlight becomes you
What a beautiful view
Moonlight and you

You're all dressed up to go dreaming
Now don't tell me I'm wrong
And what a night to go dreaming
Mind if I tag along

If I say I love you
I want you to know
It's not just because there's moonlight
Although, moonlight becomes you so

[video=youtube_share;dUmkz95E7mw]http://youtu.be/dUmkz95E7mw[/video]

 

[Mr slick]

''It don't mean a thing if it aint got that swing''

[video=youtube;qDQpZT3GhDg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDQpZT3GhDg[/video]

 

[Mr slick]

Benny Goodman with Helen forrest ''Amapola''


Amapola, my pretty little poppy,
You're like the lovely flower so sweet and heavenly.
Since I found you my heart is wrapped around you,
And, seeing you, it seems to beat a rhapsody.
Amapola, the pretty little poppy
Must copy its endearing charms from you.
Amapola, Amapola,
How I long to hear you say "I love you''

[video=youtube;xHZHHT-PFCw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHZHHT-PFCw[/video]

 

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I Know Why And So Do You


Why do robins sing in December
Long before the Springtime is due
And even though it's snowing, violets are growing
I know why and so do you

Why do breezes sigh ev'ry evening
Whispering your name as they do
And why have I the feeling stars are on my ceiling
I know why and so do you

When you smile at me
I hear gypsy violins
When you dance with me
I'm in heaven when the music begins

I can see the sun when it's raining
Hiding ev'ry cloud from my view
And why do I see rainbows when you're in my arms
I know why and so do you


[video=youtube_share;r0o2rrRZ0Vs]http://youtu.be/r0o2rrRZ0Vs[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Taj Mahal
Crickett Smith and his Symphonians -- recorded in Bombay, India, 1936
words and music by Mena Silas

Where the dome and minaret outline the sky
In the shadows of the golden moon
There a tropic breeze softly sighs
As you hear the lovers croon
Taj Mahal, Taj Mahal, India's mystic shrine
Taj Mahal, Taj Mahal, home of love divine
In all your grandeur you stand alone
Guarding a secret of your own
Oh Taj Mahal, you fill us with amazement
We all gaze with wonder on you

 

[Dr Kilroy]

Days can be sunny,
With never a sigh;
Don't need what money can buy.
Birds in the tree sing
Their dayful of song,
Why shouldn't we sing along?
I'm chipper all the day,
Happy with my lot.
How do I get that way?
Look at what I've got:

I got rhythm
I got music
I got my girl
Who could ask for anything more?
I got daisies
In green pastures,
I got my girl
Who could ask for anything more?

Ol'Man Trouble,
I don't mind him.
You won't find him
'Round my door.
I got starlight,
I got sweet dreams,
I got my girl,
Who could ask for anything more?
Who could ask for anything more?


Best regards, Dr

 

[Two Types]

I've never heard the song but I love the title. It was around during WW2:

'We don't know where we're going (until we're there)'

I would love that to be played at my funeral!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Where Is My Meyer? (1927)

In a big crowd yelling out loud
I saw Mrs. Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer
And she said to me, Say did you see
Little Mr. Meyer, he's a mountain climber?
Every weekend he goes to spend
Way up in the Himalaya mountains
Tell me how he spends his time
Why don't he take me when he goes to climb?

Where is my Meyer?
And where Himalaya?
Each week he's higher
My little Meyer, I've decided him a liar
Now what is the reason
He keeps a climbing?
It's not the season
I'm asking where is that Meyer?
For what comes up must come down

[video=youtube;wdvgSL_rBjg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdvgSL_rBjg[/video]

 

[Dank]

Andrew sisters with Danny Kaye - Civilization (1947)

Each morning, a missionary advertises neon sign
He tells the native population that civilization is fine
And three educated savages holler from a bamboo tree
That civilization is a thing for me to see

So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle, I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go
Don't want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords, I make it clear
That no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right here

I looked through a magazine the missionary's wife concealed (Magazine? What happens?)
I see how people who are civilized bung you with automobile (You know you can get hurt that
way Daniel?)
At the movies they have got to pay many coconuts to see (What do they see, Darling?)
Uncivilized pictures that the newsreel takes of me

So bongo, bongo, bongo, he don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle, he's so happy in the jungle, he refuse to go
Don't want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis, noise in my ear
So, no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right here

They hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train
And though it's smokey and it's crowded, they're too civilized to complain
When they've got two weeks vacation, they hurry to vacation ground (What do they do, Darling?)
They swim and they fish, but that's what I do all year round

So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no no
Bingo, bangle, bungle, I'm so happy in the jungle, I refuse to go
Don't want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish-hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears
So, no matter how they coax him, I'll stay right here

They have things like the atom bomb, so I think I'll stay where I "ahm"
Civilization, I'll stay right here!



[video=youtube;bCY09s-c41A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCY09s-c41A&feature=channel_video_title[/video]

 

[davidraphael]

So many possibilities: Here's one that's in my head right now;

I'm Against It!

I don't know what they have to say,
It makes no difference anyway,
Whatever it is, I'm against it.
No matter what it is or who commenced it,
I'm against it.

Your proposition may be good,
But let's have one thing understood,
Whatever it is, I'm against it.
And even when you've changed it or condensed it,
I'm against it.

I'm opposed to it,
On general principle, I'm opposed to it.

[chorus] He's opposed to it.
In fact, indeed, that he's opposed to it!

For months before my son was born,
I used to yell from night to morn,
Whatever it is, I'm against it.
And I've kept yelling since I first commenced it,
I'm against it!

[video=youtube;xHash5takWU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHash5takWU[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Now these lyrics are about as vintage as you can get.

The Passionate Shepherd To His Love
by Christopher Marlowe, circa 1592

Come live with me and be my love,
And we will all the pleasures prove
That hills and vallies, dales and fields,
Woods or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon the rocks,
Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks
By shallow rivers to whose falls
Melodious birds sing madrigals.

And I will make thee beds of roses
And a thousand fragrant posies,
A cup of flowers and a kirtle
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.

A gown made of the finest wool
Which from our pretty lambs we pull;
Fair-lined slippers for the cold,
With buckles of the purest gold.

A belt of straw and ivy-buds,
With coral clasps and amber studs;
An if these pleasures may thee move,
Come live with me, and be my love.

The shepherd-swains shall dance and sing
For thy delight each May-morning:
If these delights thy mind may move,
Then live with me, and be my love.

And put to music in 1995 for the film Richard III

Stacy Kent -- Come Live With Me

[video=youtube;pzsXGa1KAyk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzsXGa1KAyk[/video]

 

[Roving_Bohemian]

SO many to choose from!! I don't even know if I could make a "top ten", but at the moment the two that are stuck in my head are "Singing in the Rain" by Sinatra -

Why am I smiling, and why do I sing?
Why is December as sunny as spring?
Why do I get up each morning to start
happy and "het-up" with joy in my heart?
Why is each new task a trifle to do?
'cause I 'm living a life full of YOU!

I´m singin´ in the rain
Just singin´ in the rain,
What a glorious feeling,
And I´m happy again.
I´m laughing at clouds
So dark, up above,
The sun´s in my heart
And I´m ready for love.

Let the stormy clouds chase.
Everyone from the place,
Come on with the rain
I have a smile on my face.
I´ll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Just singin', singin' in the rain.

Dancing in the rain.
I'm happy again.
I'm singin' and dancin' in the rain.
Dancin' and singin' in the rain.

and a song by the Toppers that I won't post the lyrics to because though they're technically "Kosher" I don't want to offend anyone with the admittedly suggestive wording...

 

[vitanola]

SO many to choose from!! I don't even know if I could make a "top ten", but at the moment the two that are stuck in my head are "Singing in the Rain" by Sinatra -

Du Du Du Du Du Du Du Du Du
Du Du Du Du Du Du Du Du Du

I´m singin´ in the rain
Just singin´ in the rain,
What a glorious feeling,
And I´m happy again.
I´m laughing at clouds
So dark, up above,
The sun´s in my heart
And I´m ready for love.

Let the stormy clouds chase.
Everyone from the place,
Come on with the rain
I have a smile on my face.
I´ll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Just singin', singin' in the rain.

Dancing in the rain.
I'm happy again.
I'm singin' and dancin' in the rain.
Dancin' and singin' in the rain.

and a song by the Toppers that I won't post the lyrics to because though they're technically "Kosher" I don't want to offend anyone with the admittedly suggestive wording...

Du Du Du?

How's about the REAL verse, Kiddo:

"Why am I smiling, and why do I sing?
Why is December as sunny as spring?
Why do I get up each morning to start
happy and "het-up" with joy in my heart?
Why is each new task a trifle to do?
'cause I 'm living a life full of YOU!

Chorus:

I'm Singin' in the rain...etc."

 

[Roving_Bohemian]

Du Du Du?

How's about the REAL verse, Kiddo:

"Why am I smiling, and why do I sing?
Why is December as sunny as spring?
Why do I get up each morning to start
happy and "het-up" with joy in my heart?
Why is each new task a trifle to do?
'cause I 'm living a life full of YOU!

Chorus:

I'm Singin' in the rain...etc."

I wondered what happened to the verse... I copied over the lyrics that were posted under the video online, since I couldn't remember all of it... thank you for adding them!