What Are Your Favorite VINTAGE Song Lyrics?

[Zemke Fan]

Frim Fram Sauce

Words & Music by Joe Ricardel & Red Evans
Recorded by Nat King Cole, 1945

I don't want french fried potatoes, red ripe tomatoes
I'm never satisfied
I want the frim fram sauce
With oss-en-fay with sha fafa on the side

I don't want pork chops and bacon
That won't awaken, my appetite inside
I want the frim fram sauce
With oss-en-fay with sha fafa on the side

Now a persons really got to eat
And a person should eat right
Five will get you ten
I'm gonna feed myself right tonight

I don't want fish cakes and rye bread
You heard what I said
Waiter please, I want mine fried
I want the frim fram sauce
With oss-en-fay with sha fafa on the side

The World of Nat King Cole

 

[Deleted member 259]

Heaven, I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢re out together dancing cheek to cheek

Heaven, I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m in heaven
And the cares that hung around me through the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s lucky streak
When we?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢re out together dancing (swinging) cheek to cheek

Oh I love to climb a mountain
And reach the highest peak
But it doesn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t thrill (boot) me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek

Oh I love to go out fishing
In a river or a creek
But I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t enjoy it half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek

(come on and) dance with me
I want my arms about you
those charms about you
Will carry me through...
to heaven, I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢re out together dancing, out together dancing (swinging)
Out together dancing cheek to cheek

--Ella Fitzgerald

or

The lights are spinnin?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢
I gotta get myself up off the floor
My head is ringin?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢
Bet they think I can?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t take too much more
The crowd is howlin?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢
Like the ocean?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s pounding roar
My legs are goin?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ out
Someone up there don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t like me

Now my right and my left will decide
?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢cause they?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢re done with this bum takin?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ dives
Now my eyes may be swollen with right hooks and tears
But I see salvation tonight
In a left and a right

Called me a kid, champ or lefty
A bowery kid to the core
Fast cars and hipster movie stars
I ain?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t got none of that anymore
Now I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m down in the seventh
In the eighth my ribs are sore
In the ninth I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢m staggerin?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢
Someone up there don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t like me

It?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s a one-way ticket
Smart money?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s showin?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ me the door
Backed on the ropes now
Someone up there don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t like me anymore
When the crowd goes silent
One thing that I know for sure
Knock me down one time
I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ll be comin?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ back for more

---Royal Crown Revue

 

[Biltmore Bob]

ZZ Top's

'I Thank You'

 

[Zemke Fan]

Bob... Bob... Bob..

I should have been more specific in the title, so I added the word *VINTAGE* just for you.

(Although I'm a ZZ fan, too!)

Z Fan

 

[Biltmore Bob]

He he he he he,

... ...

 

[The Wolf]

Fats Waller's "A Porter's Love Song for a Chambermaid" has some of my favorite lyrics:
Tho' my position is of low degree,
And all the others may look down on me,
I'll go smiling thru,
That's if I have you;
I am the happiest of troubadours,
Thinking of you, while I'm massaging floors,
At my leisure time, I made up this rhyme:
I will be the oil mop, if you'll be the oil,
Then we both could mingle
Ev'ry time we toil.
I will be the washboard,
If you'll be the tub,


Think of all the Mondays
We can rub-a-dub.
I will be your shoebrush
If you'll be my shoe,
Then I'd keep you bright, dear,
Feeling good as new.
If you'll be my razor,
I will be your blade,
That's a porter's love song,
To a Chambermaid.
I will be your dustpan,
If you will be my broom,
We could work together

All around the room.
I will be your clothespin,
Be my pulley line,
We'll hang out together
Wouldn't that be fine?
I will be your dishpan,
If you'll be my dish,
We'll meet after meals, dear,
What more could you wish?
I will be your window,
Be my window shade,
That's a porter's love song
To a Chambermaid.

Also, almost all of Louis Jordan's songs.

The Wolf

 

[Angelicious]

One of my favourites, by Cootie Williams & His Orchestra (also later by Joe Jackson, Diana Krall, and B. B. King):

Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby

I got a gal that's always late
Every time we have a date
But I love her
Yes I love her

I'm gonna walk right up to her gate
And see if I can get it straight
Cause I want her
I'm gonna ask her

Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
The way you're actin' lately makes me doubt
Yous is still my baby, baby
Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out
A woman is a creature that has always been strange
Just when you're sure of one
You find she's gone and made a change
Is you is or is you ain't my baby
Maybe baby's found somebody new
Or is my baby still my baby true?

Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
The way you're actin' lately makes me doubt
Yous is still my baby, baby
Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out
A woman is a creature that has always been strange
Just when you're sure of one
You find she's gone and made a change
Is you is or is you ain't my baby
Maybe baby's found somebody new
Or is my baby still my baby true?

 

[Thunderbolt]

Guy Lombardo

Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts,
And oh, what a couple in love,
Frankie was loyal to Johnny,
Just as true as the stars above,
He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.

Frankie went down to the drug store,
Some ice cream, she wanted to buy,
the soda jerk told her that Johnny
Was makin' love to Nellie Bly...
He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.

Frankie's dad was a policeman,
She stole his long .44 gun,
Back to the drug store she beat it,
Just as fast as she could run,
He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.

And Frankie peeked in on the party,
She got a surprise when she saw,
Nellie and Johnny were makin' love,
And sippin' soda through a straw;
He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.

So Frankie flew into a tantrum,
Then she whipped out that long .44,
A-root-ti-toot-toot, four times she did shoot,
Right through that swingin' door,
He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.

So bring on your crepe and your flowers,
And bring on your rubber-tired hack,
'Cause there's eight men to go to the graveyard,
But only seven are comin' back.
He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong.

This is the end of my story,
This is the end of my song.
Frankie is down in the jailhouse,
And she cries the whole night long:
"He was my man, but he done me wrong."

 

[Lauren]

ANYTHING GOES

Times have changed,
And we've often rewound the clock,
Since the Puritans got a shock,
When they landed on Plymouth Rock.
If today,
Any shock they should try to stem,
'Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock,
Plymouth Rock would land on them.
In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking,
But now, God knows,
Anything Goes.
Good authors too who once knew better words,
Now only use four letter words
Writing prose, Anything Goes.
The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today,
And black's white today,
And day's night today,
When most guys today
That women prize today
Are just silly gigolos
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer
When you propose,
Anything goes
When grandmama whose age is eighty
In night clubs is getting matey with gigolo's,
Anything Goes.
When mothers pack and leave poor father
Because they decide they'd rather be tennis pros,
Anything Goes.
If driving fast cars you like,
If low bars you like,
If old hymns you like,
If bare limbs you like,
If Mae West you like
Or me undressed you like,
Why, nobody will oppose!
When every night,
The set that's smart
Is intruding in nudist parties in studios,
Anything Goes.
The world has gone mad today
And good's bad today,
And black's white today,
And day's night today,
When most guys today
That women prize today
Are just silly gigolos
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer
When you propose,
Anything goes
If saying your prayers you like,
If green pears you like
If old chairs you like,
If back stairs you like,
If love affairs you like
With young bears you like,
Why nobody will oppose!
And though I'm not a great romancer
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer
When you propose,
Anything goes...
Anything goes!

Der Fuehrer's Face

When Der Fuehrer says, "We ist der master race"
We HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuehrer's face
Not to love Der Fuehrer is a great disgrace
So we HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuehrer's face
When Herr Gobbels says, "We own der world und space"
We HEIL! HEIL! Right in Herr Goring's face
When Herr Goring says they'll never bomb this place
We HEIL! HEIL! Right in Herr Goring's face

Are we not the supermen
Aryan pure supermen
Ja we ist der supermen
Super-duper supermen
Ist this Nutzi land not good?
Would you leave it if you could?
Ja this Nutzi land is good!
Vee would leave it if we could

We bring the world to order
Heil Hitler's world New Order
Everyone of foreign race will love Der Fuehrer's face
When we bring to der world disorder

When Der Fuehrer says, "We ist der master race"
We HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuehrer's face
When Der Fuehrer says, "We ist der master race"
We HEIL! HEIL! Right in Der Fuhrer's face

 

[Canadave]

jamespowers hepped me to this one...

Your Feet's Too Big

[Spoken]
Who's that walkin' 'round here?
Mercy!
Sounds like baby patter!
Baby elephant patter, that's what I calls it!

Say, up in Harlem,
At a table for two,
There were four of us,
Me, your big feet and you!
From your ankles up, I say you sure are sweet,
From there down, there's just too much feet!
Yas!

Your feet's too big!
Don't want ya 'cause your feet's too big!
Can't use ya 'cause your feet's too big!
I really hate ya 'cause your feet's too big!
Yeah!

Da-dee-do-dah, wan-ga-der!
Where'd you get 'em?
Nyah-da-dum!
Your girl, she likes you, she thinks you're nice,
Got what it takes to be in paradise;
She says she likes your face, she likes your rig,
But, man, oh, man, them things are too big!

Oh, your feet's too big!
Don't want ya 'cause your feet's too big!
Mad at you 'cause your feet's too big!
I hate you 'cause your feet's too big!

[Spoken]
My goodness, those are gunboats!
Shift! Shift! Shift!

Oh, your pedal extremities are colossal!
To me you look just like a fossil!
You got me walkin', talkin' and squawkin',
'Cause your feet's too big, yeah!

[Spoken]
Come on and walk that thing!
Oh, I never heard of such walkin'! Mercy!
Your... your pedal extremities really are obnoxious.
One never knows, do one?

David

 

[The Wolf]

I recommend that everyone get some Louis Jordan... now

Angelicious, "Is You Is Or ..." is one of my favorites, too. I mostly know it from Louis Jordan's version. Tom the Cat did a good cover of in Tom and Jerry also!
My favorite line is "seems my flame in your heart done gone out".
Jordan's "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" and "Saturday Night Fish Fry" are reet as well. Plus, way before "Baby's Got Back" Jordan sang "I Like 'Em Fat Like That" : "She's a whole heap of honey and ain't she sweet"
"Early in the Mornin'" also great;covered by Harry Nilsson later on.

The Wolf

 

[Angelicious]

Wolf, I love Louis Jordan! Especially:

Plus, way before "Baby's Got Back" Jordan sang "I Like 'Em Fat Like That" : "She's a whole heap of honey and ain't she sweet"

You're My Meat

Outside in and inside out,
You're my meat,
Ah, you're fat and forty,
But, lordy, you're my meat!

From your feet to your head you knock me dead,
You're my meat!
I got you covered,
But baby, you're my meat!

In the days of old when knights were bold,
They were pious and modest I'm told,
Don't you see
That couldn't be me,
I'd have to talk about your yams and your big fat hams!

It excites me so because I know
You're my meat!
Fat and forty,
But lordy, you're my meat!
You're fat and forty,
But lordy, you're my meat!

You're fat and forty,
But lordy, you're my meat!
You're fat and forty,
But lordy, lordy, you're my meat!


Also, I love Louis Prima's Swing Me With Rhythm, but I'm having the devil of a time finding the lyrics anywhere...

 

[Senator Jack]

I've always thought the single greatest lyric from any song is from Oscar Hammerstein's Old Man River. As a once upon a time songwriter I had always struggled to come up with something as brilliant as this:

Ah gits weary
An' sick of tryin'
Ah'm tired of livin'
An skeered of dyin',

Tired of living and afraid of dying. Geez, does anything wrap up the stuggle of life better that?


Some of my favorite Louis Jordan songs:

That Chick's Too Young to Fry - Sexist by today's standards but it's still a great song

Pettin' and Pokin' - a howl! If the rappers ever heard this they'd realize that the guy outdid them at their own game a half-century earlier

Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

Blue Plate Boogie - 'She can make the chocolate soda go psssshh'

G.I. Jive

My Baby Said Yes

Ah, looks like I'm about to list the whole set here. What a brilliant performer.



Kind regards,

Senator Jack

 

[airfrogusmc]

Bob ZZ Top

Bob I think I Thank You was originally a Sam and Dave song.

 

[K.D. Lightner]

In the Golden Era, I tend to like bluesy songs: like Peggy Lee's "Why Don't You Do Right," "St. Louis Blues"," St. James Infirmary," also "My Momma Done Told Me."

Love most anything by Cole Porter (Strange dear, but true dear, when I'm next to you dear, the stars fall from the sky, so much in love with you am I). Also, I love Gershwin, "American in Paris," "Rapsody in Blue," music from "Porgy and Bess." Also Mary Martin's rendition of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," Begin the Beguine," and, of course, "As Time Goes By" from one of my favorite movies. Like the old blues songs sung by Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday et al. I like songs from the old Broadway muscials.

In the modern era, my favorite songs are from Joni Mitchell: anything off her Blue album. Favorite lyrics would be either from "River" (Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on....) or "Case of You" (You're in my blood, you're like holy wine, you taste so bitter and so sweet). I like "Tin Angel" (in a Bleeker Street cafe, I found someone to love today).

Like lyrics from Jackson Brown's music (To a Dancer, After the Deluge), Some Dire Straits, and lots of Beatles Songs. Lennon's "Imagine" and "Let It Be."

I could go on and on, but will not.

karol

 

[Angelicious]

In the Golden Era, I tend to like bluesy songs: like Peggy Lee's "Why Don't You Do Right,"

karol

I have that by Lil Green, who was a singer/songwriter and partner of Big Bill Broonzy. I believe that version is circa. 1941, and it was written by Kansas Joe McCoy.

 

[Biltmore Bob]

Froggy...

It's all blues to me, but I thank you!

 

[The Wolf]

Senator Jack, have you ever heard Stan Freberg's "Elderly Man River" where a censor has Stan "correct" "Ol' Man River"? Very funny.
http://lists.spunge.org/funny-bone/archive/msg00268.html

"That Chick's Too Young to Fry" never bothered me because I always took it as a guy warning a "chicken hawk" ( a man that goes after young girls) to stay away from the lady because she's too young.

The Wolf

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

Moonlight Serenade, In The Mood, It's Been A Long, Long Time

Moonlight Serenade

I stand at your gate.
And the song that I sing is of moonlight.
I stand and I wait
For the touch of your hand in the June night.
The roses are singing a moonlight serenade.

The stars are aglow.
And tonight how their light sets me dreaming.
My love, do you know
That your eyes are like stars brightly beaming?
I bring you, and I sing you a moonlight serenade.

Let us stray 'til break of day
In love's valley of dreams.
Just you and I, a summer sky,
A heavenly breeze, kissin' the trees.

So don't let me wait.
Come to me tenderly in the June night.
I stand at your gate
And I sing you a song in the moonlight.
A love song, my darling, a moonlight serenade



In the Mood
By Andrews Sisters

Mr. Whatchacallim, whatcha doin tonight?
Hope youre in the mood, because Im feelin just right!

Hows about a corner with a table for two?
Where the musics mellow and some gay rendezvous!
Theres no chance romancin with a blue attitude!
Youve got to do some dancin to get in the mood!

Sister Whatchacallim thats a timely idea!
Something swing-a-dilla would be good to my ear!
Everybody must agree that dancin has charms,
When you have that certain one you love in your arms!

Steppin out with you will be a sweet interlude!
Oh builder up for that would put me in the mood!

In the mood!
Thats it!
I got it!

In the mood!
Your ear will spot it!

In the mood!
Oh what a hot hit!

Be alive
And get the jive,
Youve got to learn how!

Hep-hep-hep!
Hep like a hepper!

Pep-pep-pep!
Hot as a pepper!

Step-step-step!
Step like a stepper!

From muggin to huggin
Were in the mood now!

Mr. Watchacallim, All you needed was fun!
You can see the wonders that this evening has done!
Your feet were so heavy, till they hardly could move!
Now theyre light as feathers and youre right in the groove!
You were only hungry for some musical food!
Youre positively absolutely in the mood!

Sister watchacallim, Im indebted to you!
It all goes to show what good a new hit could do!
Never felt so happy and so fully alive!
It seems that jammin jumpin is a powerful jive!
Swing-a-roo has given me a new attitude!
My heart is full of rhythm and Im in the mood!

In the mood!
Thats it!
Cause I got it!

And Im

In the mood!
Your ear will spot

Last but not least, I prefer the Harry James version of this song

IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME
Bing Crosby with Les Paul/Harry James
words by Sammy Cahn, music by Jule Styne

Peaked at # 1 in 1945
Competing versions charted that year by Harry James (#1); Charlie Spivak (#4);
and Stan Kenton (#6)
- World War II ended the month before this Crosby recording hit No. 1 on the
Billboard charts in 1945. Accompanied by Les Paul on the guitar, Bing
effectively captures the swelling anticipation of Americans regarding the
imminent return of their boys from overseas. The song remained on the
charts for 16 weeks.

Kiss me once, then kiss me twice
Then kiss me once again
It's been a long, long time
Haven't felt like this, my dear
Since I can't remember when
It's been a long, long time

You'll never know how many dreams
I've dreamed about you
Or just how empty they all seemed without you
So kiss me once, then kiss me twice
Then kiss me once again
It's been a long, long time

Ah, kiss me once, then kiss me twice
Then kiss me once again
It's been a long time
Haven't felt like this my dear
Since I can't remember when
It's been a long, long time

You'll never know how many dreams
I dreamed about you
Or just how empty they all seemed without you
So kiss me once then kiss me twice
Then kiss me once again
It's been a long, long time
Long, long time
:cheers1:
Dusty

 

[Wild Root]

I love vintage song lyrics! Here?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s one I always seem to find my self singing by the Andrews Sisters. Bounce Me Bother With the Solid Four!

Say what kind of beat is that?
Man that really spins my hat!
Doesn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t sound like Boogie Woogie, cause it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s really got a beat!
Seems to us that it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s in four,
let us hear it just once more!
Come and latch on to that rhythm,
because it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s solid for my meat!

Some folks go for an eight beat rhythm,
I don?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t go for that stuff no more,
any time you really want to send me,
bounce me brother with the solid four!
Come on in the whole place is jumpin?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢,
every one?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s out on the floor,
if you want to keep the rhythm pumpin?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢
bounce me brother with the solid four!

The boogie woogie was never like this,
we?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve got a new beat that no one can miss,
if boogie woogie sent you like I think it did,
four to the bar will flip your lid!

Move the tables and roll the rug up,
shut the windows and lock the door!
Wile I try and dig the little brown jug up,
bounce me brother with the solid four!

I also love Helen Forrest?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s songs she sang with Artie. Here is one of my all time favorites,
Moon Ray.

Moon Ray, cast your spell upon my lover,
under this start lit cover, use all your magic charms!

Moon Ray, let your sweet enchantment find him,
so I may wait to find him, here in my lonely arms.
Once we knew the joy,
of girl in love with boy,
but he made a toy of romance.

Moon Ray, put an end to all my sorrows,
bless me with sweet tomorrow,
bring back my love to me!

Here is another that?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s high on the list, ?¢‚Ǩ?ìThey Say?¢‚Ǩ? by Artie and Helen.

They say, you have no love for a fool such as I.
They say, you only believe in hello and good by.
And they say that the one I admire isn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t even remotely concerned
and that I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ll go on playing with fire, until I have learned
my heart has been burned. They say I shouldn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t
Dream of your face in the moon,
they say, all my dreams will become nightmares too soon!
Let them talk; let them think what they want to,
if it makes them feel happy that way, I know,
I?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ll always love you no matter what they say!

I really enjoy this Bing Crosby number as well. This was recorded in the early 30?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s by Bing.

It was a lucky April shower
It was the most convenient door
I found a million dollar baby
In a five and ten cent store.
The rain continued for an hour.
I hung around for three or four.
Around a million dollar baby
In a five and ten cent store.

She was selling china
And when she made those eyes,
I kept buying china
Until the crowd got wise.

Incidentally
If you should run into a shower,
Just step inside my cottage door,
And meet the million dollar baby
From the five and ten cent store.

Love comes along like a popular song
Any time or anywhere at all.
Rain or sunshine
Spring or fall.
Say, you'll never know when it may say hello
In a very unexpected place.
For example, take my case.

(Bing scats.)

She was selling china
And when she made those eyes
I kept buying china
until the crowd got wise.

Incidentally
If you should run into a shower
Oh, step inside my cottage door
And meet my million dollar baby
From the five and ten cent store.

Enjoy!
WR.