Three Little Words
Composer(s): Bert Kalmar - Harry Ruby
First performance/First recording/First release by: Duke Ellington and His Orch. (Vocals: The Rhythm Boys) - 1930
Covered by multiple other artists



Three Little Words, oh what I'd give for that wonderful phrase
To hear those Three Little Words 
That's all I'd live
For the rest of my days

And what I feel in my heart, they tell sincerely
No other words can tell it half so clearly
Three Little Words, eight little letters
Which simply mean "I Love You"!

J'irai Pleurer Sous La Pluie
Adapted from: Crying In The Rain - 1961
Composer(s): Howard Greenfield; Carole King; Richard Anthony
Performer(s): Richard Anthony - 1962



Si je voulais pleurer
Bien loin de tes yeux j'irai me cacher
Car je suis fier et ne veux pas montrer
Le chagrin de ma vie
Et j'irai pleurer sous la pluie

Pour laisser mes larmes couler
J'attendrai l'orage et la pluie pour pleurer
Je t'aime encore et tu dois ignorer
Le chagrin de ma vie
Et j'irai pleurer sous la pluie

La pluie sur mon visage
N'effacera jamais ton souvenir
Et tu ne sauras jamais
Pourtant combien je t'aimais
Combien malgré toi tu me fais souffrir

Mais un jour je partirai
En souriant sous le soleil de mai
Mais en attendant ce jour qui ne vient pas
Je suis à ta merci
Et j'irai pleurer sous la pluie
Et j'irai pleurer sous la pluie
Et j'irai pleurer sous la pluie 

(I Know My Baby Loves Me)
In Her Own Peculiar Way
Composer(s): Riley Sheppard; Don Canton
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb; Chet Atkins; 
Leon McAuliffe; Red Murrell


Now I got a gal that’s different
I know I know she’s true
She’s never really happy
until she’s got me blue
But I Know My Baby Loves Me 
In Her Own Peculiar Way
Yes my baby really loves me in Her Own Peculiar Way

Now I loaned her my apartment 
When I was out of town
When I got back I found that she had burned the building down
But I Know My Baby Loves Me 
In Her Own Peculiar Way
Yes my baby really loves me in Her Own Peculiar Way

Ah how about your baby Billy?
(Instrumentals)
Boy do you even have a baby?
(Instrumentals)

Now she took a course in cooking 
It filled my heart with glee
Till I detected poison in a cake she baked for me
But I Know My Baby Loves Me 
In Her Own Peculiar Way
Yes my baby really loves me in Her Own Peculiar Way

Now she went down to the corner
To catch a picture show
She said “I’ll see you later” ...
But that was twenty years ago
But I Know My Baby Loves Me 
In Her Own Peculiar Way
Yes my baby really loves me in Her Own Peculiar Way

Three Little Sisters
Composer(s): Irving Taylor - Vic Mizzy
Performer(s): The Andrews Sisters 
and multiple other artists



There were three little sisters
Three little sisters
Each one only in her teens
One loved a soldier, one loved a sailor
And one loved a lad from the Marines

Oh, the three little sisters
They were the fairest 
From Iceland to the Philippines
So said the soldier, so said the sailor
And so said the lad from the marines

And when the boys marched away
The girls said they'll be true 
Until the boys come back someday
Now the three little sisters
Three little sisters 
Stay home and read their magazines
You can tell it to the soldiers
Tell it to the sailors 
And tell it to the marines!

Crying In The Night
Composer(s): Stevie Nicks
Performer(s): Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham



She was that kind of lady
Times were hard
But she could come curling 'round you
Like fingers 

But she'll leave you
Crying in the night
She will leave you
Crying in the night
She's going to leave you
Crying in the night
She's back in town
And she's looking around 

Say you needed someone to depend on
You're all alone
She's the only one
Who can come take you far away
Take your breath away 

Come on baby
She's the wrong kind a' girl
She's a come-on lady
She's a tarnished pearl
She'll take your money
She'll wreck your world
Wreck your world
She's a come-on baby
Come-on girl
A "come-on" girl
Come on... girl
She's back
And she's looking around
And she's looking around
And she's looking around 

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
Composer(s): Elvis Costello
Performer(s): Elvis Costello


Photographs of fancy tricks
to get your kicks at sixty-six
He thinks of all the lips that he licks
And all the girls that he's going to fix
She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle
But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle
Capital punishment, she's last year's model
They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie
I don't want to go to Chelsea

Oh no it does not move me
Even though I've seen the movie
I don't want to check your pulse
I don't want nobody else
I don't want to go to Chelsea

Everybody's got new orders
Be a nice girl and kiss the warders
Now the teacher is away
All the kids begin to play

Men come screaming, dressed in white coats
Shake you very gently by the throat
One's named Gus, one's named Alfie
I don't want to go to Chelsea

Oh no it does not move me
Even though I've seen the movie
I don't want to check your pulse
I don't want nobody else
I don't want to go to Chelsea

Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-six
He thinks of all the lips that he licks
And all the girls that he's going to fix
She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle
But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle
Capital punishment, she's last year's model
They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie
I don't want to go to Chelsea

Oh no it does not move me
Even though I've seen the movie
I don't want to check your pulse
I don't want nobody else
I don't want to go to Chelsea

Three Little Fishes (Itty Bitty Poo)
Composer(s): Saxie Dowell
Performer(s): Kay Kyser & His Orch.
and multiple other artists



Down in the meadow in a little bitty pool
Were three little fishes and their mama fishy too
"Swim" said the mommy fishy, "Swim if you can"
And they swam and they swam all over the dam

Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo
Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo
Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo
And they swam and they swam all over the dam

"Stop!" said the mama fishy, "You'll get lost!"
But the three little fishes didn't want to be bossed
So the three little fishes set off on a spree
And they swam and they swam right out to the sea

Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo
Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo
Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo
And they swam and they swam right out to the sea

"Whee!" yelled the fishes, "Oh! here's a lot of fun"
"Swim in the sea till the day is done"
So they swam and they swam, it was all, a lark
Till all of a sudden they saw a shark

Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo
Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo
Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo
Till all of a sudden they saw a shark

"Whoa!" cried the fishes, "Oh! look at the whales"
Quick as they could they turned on their tails
Back to the pool in the meadow they swam
And they swam and they swam back over the dam

Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo
Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo
Boop boop dittum dattum wattum, choo
And they swam and they swam back over the dam

Crying In The Chapel
Composer(s): Artie Glenn
First release by: Darrell Glenn - 1953
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1954 - Når Kirkeklokken Ringer (Gustav Winckler)
1954 - Tränen in Den Augen (Wolfgang Sauer)
1965 - La Casa Del Signore (Bobby Solo)



You saw me crying in the chapel
The tears I shed were tears of joy
I know the meaning of contentment
Now I am happy with the Lord

Just a plain and simple chapel
Where humble people go to pray
I pray the Lord that I'll grow stronger
As I live from day to day

I've searched and I've searched
But I couldn't find
No way on earth 
To gain peace of mind

Now I'm happy in the chapel
Where people are of one accord
We gather in the chapel
Just to sing and praise the Lord

Ev'ry sinner looks for something
That will put his heart at ease
There is only one true answer
He must get down on his knees

Meet your neighbor in the chapel
Join with him in tears of joy
You'll know the meaning of contentment
Then you'll be happy with the Lord

You'll search and you'll search
But you'll never find 
No way on earth 
To gain peace of mind

Take your troubles to the chapel
Get down on your knees and pray
Your burdens will be lighter
And you'll surely find the way

(I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy
Composer(s): William Massey; Albert Shubert
Performer(s): Bobby Freeman


Chorus 
Shimmy shimmy, to an fro 
Shimmy shimmy, to an fro 
Shimmy shimmy, to an fro 
Shimmy shimmy, to an fro 
Shimmy, shimmy 
Shimmy, shimmy 
Shimmy shimmy, to an fro 

I do the shimmy when I walk down the street 
'Cause that good music gives me the creeps 
I do the shimmy even when I walk 
My baby does the shimmy when she talks that talk 
A shimmy shimmy, ah-ooo-wah-wee 
And you can do the shimmy by watchin me 

The shimmy shimmy is the dance of today 
The shimmy shimmy is a here to stay 
The shimmy shimmys for old folks too 
You go backwards and forwards 
And you're in the groove 
A shimmy shimmy, a-ooo my soul 
The shimmy shimmy will never grow old 

I did the shimmy with a Betty Lou 
She sure can shimmy with her brand new shoes 
I did the shimmy out on a date 
My girl looked at me and said 
You're stayin in taste
A shimmy shimmy, ah-ooo-wah-wee 
A shimmy will go down in history 

The shimmy shimmy is the dance of today 
The shimmy shimmy is a here to stay 
The shimmy shimmy's for old folks too 
You go backwards and forwards 
Then you're in the groove 
A shimmy shimmy 
A shimmy shimmy a-ooo my soul 
The shimmy shimmy will never grow old 

I did the shimmy with a Betty Lou 
She sure can shimmy with her brand new shoes 
A shimmy shimmy out on a date 
They look at you and say 
You're stayin in taste
A shimmy shimmy, a-ooo-wah-wee 
A shimmy will go down in a history 

Shimmy shimmy, to an fro oh yeah! 
Shimmy shimmy, to an fro hey now! 
Shimmy shimmy, to an fro oh yeah! 
Shimmy shimmy, to an fro 
Shimmy shimmy

Tre Små Fugle
((Adapted from: Three Little Birds (Bob Marley & The Wailers) - 1977))
Composer(s): Bob Marley - Lars Lilholt
Performer(s): Lars Lilholt Band - 2008



Vær ikke urolig mer
alt det skal nok gå
alt skal nok blie godt
Vær ikke bekymret mer
alt det skal nok gå
alt skal nok blie godt

Vågned’ i morges
smiled’ mens solen steg
tre små fugle
på mit dørtrin
sang så dejligt
de smukkeste melodier
de sagde: Her er mit budskab til di - i - ig

Vær ikke urolig mer
alt det skal nok gå
alt skal nok blie godt
Vær ikke bekymret mer
alt det skal nok gå
alt skal nok blie godt

Tränen In Den Augen
((Adapted from: Crying In The Chapel (Darrell Glenn) - 1953))
Composer(s): Artie Glenn - Hans Bradtke
Performer(s): Wolfgang Sauer - 1954

Versions In Other Languages: 
1954 - Når Kirkeklokken Ringer (Gustav Winckler)
1965 - La Casa Del Signore (Bobby Solo)



Du hast ja Tränen in den Augen
ich weiß, die gelten mir allein
Mir sagt das Lächeln deines Mundes
es müssen Freudentränen sein

Lange war ich in der Ferne
es war ein weiter Weg zu dir
Mir sagt das Schlagen deines Herzens
du gehörst noch heut zu mir

Und nahm - das Geschehn
dir manchmal den Mut
glaube daran, nun wird alles gut

Und die Tränen in den Augen
die will ich niemals wiedersehn,
denn das Lächeln deines Mundes,
ist ja tausendmal so schön

Und nahm - das Geschehn
dir manchmal den Mut
glaube daran, nun wird alles gut

Und die Tränen in den Augen
die will ich niemals wiedersehn
denn das Lächeln deines Mundes
ist ja tausendmal so schön

Please Help Me, I'm Falling
((aka "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too - 1960" and "Please Help Me, I'm Falling (In Love With You) - 1963"))
Composer(s): Hal Blair - Don Robertson
First recording/First release by: Hank Locklin - 1960
Covered by multiple other artists



Please help me, I'm falling
In love with you
Close the door to temptation
Dont let me walk through
Turn away from me, darling
I'm begging you to
Please help me, I'm falling
In love with you
I belong to another
Whose arms have grown cold
But I promised forever
To have and to hold
I can never be free, dear
But when I'm with you
I know that I'm losing
The will to be true
Please help me, I'm falling
And that would be sin
Close the door to temptation
Don't let me walk in
For I mustn't want you
But, darling, I do
Please help me, I'm falling
In love with you

Three Little Birds
((Danish Version: Tre Små Fugle (Lars Lilholt Band) - 2008))
Composer(s): Bob Marley
First release by: Bob Marley & The Wailers - 1977
Covered by multiple other artists



Don't worry... about a thing
Cause every little thing... is gonna be alright
Singin' don't worry... about a thing
'Cause every little thing... is gonna be alright

Rise up this morning
Smiled with the rising sun
Three little birds
Perch by my door step
Singing sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true
Saying, this is my message to you

Singin' don't worry... about a thing
'Cause every little thing... is gonna be alright
Singin' don't worry... about a thing
'Cause every little thing... is gonna be alright

Rise up this morning
Smiled with the rising sun
Three little birds
Perch by my door step
Singing sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true
Saying, this is my message to you

Singin' don't worry... about a thing {Worry about a thing, no}
'Cause every little thing... is gonna be alright {Don't worry}
Singin' don't worry... about a thing {I won't worry}
'Cause every little thing... is gonna be alright
Meaning no worry... about a thing
'Cause every little thing... is gonna be alright {I won't worry}
Don't worry... about a thing
'Cause every little thing... is gonna be alright

Crying For The Carolines
Composer(s): Sam H. Lewis; Joe Young; Harry Warren
Performer(s): Guy Lombardo
and multiple other artists



Big town you lured me
Big town you cured me 
Tho' others hate to say goodbye to you
I'm leavin' but I'll never sigh for you
Big town you robbed me of ev'ry joy I knew

Where is the song I had in my heart
That harmonized with the pines
Anyone can see what's troublin' me
Cryin' for the Carolines
Where is the brook that kisses the lane
Covered with "Glory Vines"
Anyone can see what's troublin' me
I'm crying for the Carolines
How can I smile mile after mile
There's not a bit of green here
Birdies all stay far far away
They're seldom ever seen here
Where is the gal that I used to meet
Down where the pale moon shines
Anyone can see what's troublin' me
I'm crying for the Carolines

Small town you've sold me
Small town you'll hold me
You said that I'd have nothing but regret
I've cried the blues to ev'ry one I've met
Small town you gave me all that I'll ever get

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
French Title: Rien Qu'un Seul Mot
Composer(s): Mick Jagger; Keith Richards
Performer(s): The Rolling Stones;
and various other artists


I can't get no satisfaction, I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm driving in my car, and the man comes on the radio
He's telling me more and more about some useless information
Supposed to fire my imagination

I can't get no
Oh, no, no, no
Hey, hey, hey
That's what I say
I can't get no satisfaction, I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm watching my TV and a man comes on and tells me
How white my shirts can be
But, he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
The same cigarettes as me

I can't get no
Oh, no, no, no
Hey, hey, hey
That's what I say
I can't get no satisfaction, I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no

When I'm riding round the world
And I'm doing this and I'm signing that
And I'm trying to make some girl, who tells me
Baby, better come back maybe next week
'Cause you see I'm on a losing streak
I can't get no
Oh, no, no, no
Hey, hey, hey
That's what I say. I can't get no, I can't get no
I can't get no satisfaction, no satisfaction
No satisfaction, no satisfaction

Three Legs
Composer(s): Paul McCartney
Performer(s): Paul McCartney



Well when I walk, when I walk 
On my horse upon the hill (when I walk the horse upon a hill) 
Well when I walk, walk, walk, walk 
On my horse upon the hill (when I walk the horse upon a hill) 
And I lay me down 
will my lover love me still 

A Dog is here, (a dog is here), a dog is there (a dog is there) 
My dog he got three leg 
but he can't run 

Well when I thought, well I thought 
when I thought you was my friend (when I thought I could call you my friend) 
When I thought, when I thought 
when I thought you was my friend (when I thought I could call you my friend) 
but you laid me down, put my heart around the bend 

A fly flies in (a fly flies in), a fly flies out (a fly flies out) 
most flies they got three leg, but mine got one. 
Well when I fly when I fly when I fly, when I fly above the cloud 
(when I fly above the man in the crowd) 
Well when I fly when I fly when I fly, when I fly above the crowd 
(when I fly above the man in the crowd) 

You can knock me down with a feather, yes you could 
but you know it's not allowed (but you know it's not allowed) 

A Dog is here, (a dog is here), a dog is there (a dog is there) 
My dog he got three leg 
but he can't run 

My dog he got three leg 
Your dog he got none 

My dog he got three leg 
Your dog he got none 

My dog he got three leg 
Your dog he got none

Crying And Laughing
Composer(s): Chris de Burgh
Performer(s): Chris de Burgh



Searchlights, rain on the road
Waiting for the airport limousine
Your time in this foreign land
Is nearly over, I'll never forget how

Last night, after he called
You held me like you'd never let me go
But your eyes are happy now
And you are beautiful, you're ready to leave me

Homeward, back to your world
Back to the one who is there
Go now, but go in love
For it's the only way

And you'll be crying, laughing
Half a world away
You'll be crying, laughing
For the love we have
When you go away...

Long ride, holding her hand
Looking all the words we cannot speak
One mile to the boulevard
And the aeroplane that's waiting to take you

Homeward, back to your land
Back to the one who is there
Go now, but go in love
For it's the only way

And you'll be crying, laughing
Half a world away
You'll be crying, laughing
For the love we have
But you must go
Crying, laughing
Half a world away
You'll be crying, laughing
Don't forget me love
When you go away...

(I Can Recall) Spain
((aka Spain (Chick Corea & Return to Forever) - 1973;
Follow Me (Demis Roussos) - 1982; All My Life (Helmut Lotti) - 1995))
((Adapted from: Concierto De Aranjuez (Regino Sainz de la Maza and Orquesta Filarmónica de Barcelona) - 1940))
Composer(s): Joaquim Rodrigo - Al Jarreau - Artie Maren
Performer(s): Al Jarreau - 1980
and multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1967 - Aranjuez, Mon Amour (Richard Anthony)
1967 - Caro Amore (Fabrizio De André)
1967 - Trenodia (Mina)
1967 - Aranjuez, La Tua Voce (Dalida)
1968 - Aranjuez Melodie (Nana Mouskouri)
1984 - En Aranjuez Con Mi Amor (Nana Mouskouri)



A stick a stone
It's the end of the road

It's the rest of the stump
It's a little alone

It's a sliver of glass
It is life, it's the sun

It is night, it is death
It's a trap, it's a gun

The oak when it blooms
A fox in the brush

The knot in the wood
The song of the thrush

The wood of the wind
A cliff, a fall

A scratch, a lump
It is nothing at all

It's the wind blowing free
It's the end of a slope

It's a beam, it's a void
It's a hunch, it's a hope

And the riverbank talks
Of the water of March

It's the end of the strain
It's the joy in your heart

The foot, the ground
The flesh, the bone

The beat of the road
A slingshot stone

A fish, a flash
A silvery glow

A fight, a bet
The range of the bow

The bed of the well
The end of the line

The dismay in the face
It's a loss, it's a find

A spear, a spike
A point, a nail

A drip, a drop
The end of the tale

A truckload of bricks
In the soft morning light

The shot of a gun
In the dead of the night

A mile, a must
A thrust, a bump

It's a girl, it's a rhyme
It's the cold, it's the mumps

The plan of the house
The body in bed

The car that got stuck
It's the mud, it's the mud

Three Jolly Coachmen
(Traditional)
Performer(s): The Kingston Trio



One, two, and three jolly coachmen sat at an English tavern
Three jolly coachmen sat at an English tavern
And they decided, and they decided, and they decided to have another flagon

Landlord, fill the flowing bowl until it doth run over 
Landlord, fill the flowing bowl until it doth run over
For tonight we merr-I be 
For tonight we merr-I be
For tonight we merr-I be
Tomorrow we'll be sober (What!) 

Here's to the man who drinks dark ale and goes to bed quite mellow! 
Here's to the man who drinks dark ale and goes to bed quite mellow!
He lives as he ought to live 
He lives as he ought to live
He lives as he ought to live
He'll die a jolly good fellow! (Ha! Ha! Ha!) 

Here's to the man who drinks water pure and goes to bed quite sober 
Here's to the man who drinks water pure and goes to bed quite sober 
He falls as the leaves do fall 
He falls as the leaves do fall
He falls as the leaves do fall
He'll die before October! (Ho! Ho! Ho!) 

Here's to the maid who steals a kiss and runs to tell her mother 
Here's to the maid who steals a kiss and runs to tell her mother
She's a foolish, foolish thing 
She's a foolish, foolish thing 
She's a foolish, foolish thing 
For she'll not get another (Pity!) 

Here's to the maid who steals a kiss and stays to steal another 
Here's to the maid who steals a kiss and stays to steal another
She's a boon to all man kind 
She's a boon to all man kind
She's a boon to all man kind
For soon she'll be a mother!

Crying
Spanish Title: Llorando - 2001
Composer(s): Joe Melson; Roy Orbison
First release by: Roy Orbison - 1961
Covered by multiple other artists



I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say hello
Oh you wished me well, you couldn't tell
That I'd been... 

Crying over you
Crying over you
Then you said so long
Left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying
It's hard to understand
But the touch of your hand
Can start me crying 

I thought that I was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more
Than I did before
But darling, what can I do
Now you don't love me
And I'll always be 

Crying over you
Crying over you
Yes, now you're gone
And from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying, crying, crying 

I'm crying, crying
Oooover you