It's A Beautiful Evening
Composer(s): Ray Rash; Dotty Wayne
Performer(s): Nat King Cole
and multiple other artists



And so it begins but you can't have them all
Your heart has to settle down somewhere and sure enough one night it happens
The crickets, the mockingbirds, the perfume in the air, it's all there
You get the feeling mother nature is working overtime and you say to yourself this is it

It's a beautiful evening, what a beautiful evening
It's a beautiful evening for falling in love
The moon winked his eye
The stars agree that this is the night for you and me
And as soft as a willow every cloud is our pillow 
And all heaven and earth know what we're thinking of 
And darling they're so right so kiss and hold me tight
It's a beautiful evening for falling in love
And darling they're so right so kiss and hold me tight
It's a beautiful evening for falling in love

Bobby Wants A Puppy Dog For Christmas
Composer(s): Merle Haggard
Performer(s): Merle Haggard



Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
I know you plan to bring electric trains
Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
That's the only song we hear him sing

Santa, please remember Bobby's lonely
The closest neighbour's farm is quite a ways
And the country school don't have no children Bobby's size
And I'd like to give him something he can raise

And Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
I know you plan to bring electric trains
But, Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
And that's the only song we hear him sing

Butch and Susie won't be here for Christmas
And he won't see his cousins now till spring
If we can find a playmate he can play with
Santa, that'll be all you have to bring

And Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
I know you plan to bring electric trains
But, Bobby wants a puppy dog for Christmas
That's the only song we hear him sing 

Beautiful Day
Composer(s): Bono - The Edge - Adam Clayton - Larry Mullen
First release by: U2 - 2000



The heart is a bloom, shoots up through the stony ground
But there's no room, no space to rent in this town
You're out of luck and the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck and you're not moving anywhere
You thought you'd found a friend to take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand in return for grace

It's a beautiful day, the sky falls
You feel like it's a beautiful day
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away

You're on the road but you've got no destination
You're in the mud, in the maze of her imagination
You love this town even if it doesn't ring true
You've been all over and it's been all over you

It`s a beautiful day
Don`t let it get away
It`s a beautiful day

Touch me, take me to that other place
Teach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by clouds
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the bedouins fires at night
see the oil fields at first sight
See the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colours came out
It was a beautiful day
A beautiful day
Don`t let it get away

Touch me, take me to that other place
Reach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case

What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
What you don`t have you don't need it now
You don't need it now, you don't need it now
Its a Beautiful day

Blue Christmas Tree
Composer(s): Eddie Miller; Bob Morris
Performer(s): Buck Owens; Ernest Tubb



Green is the color and joy it should be 
But I've got a blue blue Christmas tree
You took the happiness God gave you and me
And all you left for Christmas is a blue Christmas tree

Beneath it sets of package addressed to me from you
That I'm afraid to open I know it contains the blues
But merry Christmas darling wherever you may be
And I hope you will never have a blue Christmas tree

Beneath it sets of package addressed to me from you
That I'm afraid to open I know it contains the blues
But merry Christmas darling wherever you may be
And I hope you will never have a blue Christmas tree 

It'll Take A Long Time
Composer(s): Sandy Denny
Performer(s): Sandy Denny - 1972
Covered by multiple other artists



Oh it's like a storm at sea
And everything is lost
And the fretful sailors calling out their woes
As to the waves they're tossed

Oh they are all gentlemen
And never will they know
If there is a reason each of them must go
To join the cruel flow

And it'll take a long, long time
It'll take a long, long time
It'll take a long, long time
Oh it'll take such a long, long time

There is no need for rules
There's no-one to score the game
And there is nobody living in this town
As even knows its name

Oh it'll take such a long, long time
It'll take a long, long time
It'll take a long, long time
A long, long time

Blue Christmas Lights
Composer(s): Buck Owens; Red Simpson
Performer(s): Buck Owens; Chris Hillman; 
Honky Tonk Confidential



(Excuse me Miss but do you have any)
Blue Christmas lights for my Christmas tree
I want some blue Christmas lights just as blue as me
The one I love has set me free but I still got her memory
Give me blue Christmas lights for my Christmas tree

(Pardon me but do you have any)
Blue Christmas lights blue they've gotta be
Blue Christmas lights for that's how you left me
Although sweetheart you're far away I'll kiss your picture Christmas Day
Under blue Christmas lights on my Christmas tree

The one I love has set me free but I still got her memory
Give me blue Christmas lights for my Christmas tree
I'll have have a blue Christmas cause you're not here with me 

It'll Come Back
Composer(s): Glenn Martin
Performer(s): Red Sovine



On our little girls' third birthday
She got a sandbox in the backyard to play
Sand was everywhere as she played and she laughed
I fussed at her for it killed all my grass

It'll come back ...
It'll come back ...
Daddy dont be mad
God and the rain will bring it back

When our little girl just turned ten
She got a bike to ride with all her friends
She skinned both her knees as she played and she laughed
I fussed at her for it killed all my grass

When our little girl turned seventeen
We built her a pool in the backyard that spring
All her friends came and they swam and they splashed
I fussed at her for it killed all my grass

My wife and I sit on the porch all alone
As I look out across at my beautiful lawn
The house is quiet there's no children at play
And I said to my wife

"Honey, if you'll listen real close
You can still hear her say"

It'll come back (It'll come back)
It'll come back (It'll come back)
Daddy don't be mad
God and the rain will bring it back

It'll come back (It'll come back)
It'll come back (It'll come back)
Daddy don't be mad
God and the rain will bring it back

Blue Christmas
Composer(s): Jay W. Johnson; Billy Hayes
First release by: Doye O'Dell - 1948
Covered by multiple other artists



I'll have a Blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue just thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
Won't mean a thing, if you're not here with me

And when those blue snowflakes start fallin'
That's when those blue memories start callin'
You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas

I'll have a Blue Christmas that's certain
And when that blue heartache starts hurtin'
You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue, blu, blue Christmas 

It'll Be Me
Composer(s): Jack Clement
First release by: Jerry Lee Lewis - 1957
Covered by multiple other artists

Titles In Other Languages:
1975 - Ma Chérie, C'est Moi
1984 - Det Ku' Ha' Været Mig



If you hear somebody knockin' on your door
If you see somebody crawlin' across the floor
Baby it'll be me, I'll be lookin' for you
And if you see somebody climbin' up a telegraph pole
If you find a new lump in your sugar bowl
Baby it'll be me, I'll be looking for you

I'm gonna look in the mountains
Down in the deep blue sea
I'm gonna look in the forest
And look and look in every tree

If you find a new bait on your fishin' hook
And if you find a funny face in your comic book
Baby it'll be me I'll be lookin' for you
(Well, keep on lookin')

I'm gonna look in the cities
Where the lights are blue
Gonna search the country side
And the haystacks too

Well if you see something shootin' out across the stars
If you see a rocket ship in it's way to Mars
Baby it'll be me
Yeah I'll be lookin' for you
I'll be lookin' for you
Well, I'll be lookin' for you

Blanca Navidad
(Adapted from: White Christmas - 1942/1949)
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Eydie Gorme - 1966
and multiple other artists
Titles In Other Languages:
1971 - Noël Blanc
1973 - Witte Kerstmis



Oh, blanca navidad, sueño
y con la nieve alrededor
blanca es mi quimera
y es mensajera de paz
y de puro amor
Oh, blanca navidad, nieve
una esperanza y un cantar
recordar tu infancia podrás
al llegar la blanca navidad

Ma Chérie, C'est Moi
(Adapted from: It'll Be Me - 1957)
(Danish Version: Det Ku' Ha' Været Mig - 1984)
Composer(s): Jack Clement; Michel Mallory
Performer(s): Johnny Halliday - 1975



Si quelqu'un frappe à ta porte à minuit
Si ton téléphone sonne toute la nuit
Ma chérie, c'est moi
Et j'ai besoin d'amour

Et si tu trouves quelqu'un de caché sous tes draps
Sous ton lit et sous ta porte
Ma chérie, c'est moi
Et j'ai besoin d'amour

Ne sois pas cruelle
Et ouvre-moi ton lit
Dehors la nuit, il gèle
Ne me laisse pas sous la pluie

Si tu entends une voix à la radio
Si, à la télé, tu vois un gars très, très beau
Ma chérie, c'est moi
Et j'ai besoin d'amour

Let's go!

Si tu croises dans tes rêves, un héros
Qui t'embrasse et qui t'enlève en moto
Ma chérie, c'est moi
Et j'ai besoin d'amour

Si quelqu'un, à ta fenêtre vient frapper
Toi qui habites au quinzième, ne sois pas étonnée
Ma chérie, c'est moi
Et j'ai besoin d'amour

Ne sois pas cruelle
Et laisse-moi entrer
Ou sinon j'appelle
Et je réveille tout le quartier

Si quelqu'un frappe à ta porte à minuit
Si ton téléphone sonne toute la nuit
Ma chérie, c'est moi
Et j'ai besoin d'amour

Ma chérie, c'est moi
Et j'ai besoin d'amour

Bill And Sally
Composer(s): Bill & Sally



(Sally) 
Bill get out of bed!
There's a burglar in the shed
Someone's making noise and there's a light
William raise your head
Did you hear what I said?
Careful now in case they have a knife

(Bill) 
Sally go to sleep
It's a couple from the street
They had nowhere to go to lay their head
They'd been sleeping on the road
Cos they had no place to go
I told them they could bunk down in the shed

(Sally) 
Bill get out of bed
There's a crying in the shed
The things you said now sound a little crazy

(Bill) 
Well they had no kids last night
Least none that were in sight
I guess the woman went and had her baby

(Sally) 
Bill get out of bed!
Did I hear what you said?
Are you telling me the woman was in labour?

(Bill) 
Well there was no room inside
With all your rellies and their pride
I was gonna tell you all about it later

(Sally) 
Bill get out of bed
There's lots of people in the shed
Some look rich and some as poor can be
See them through the open door
Kneeling on the garage floor
Why don't you take them out a steaming pot of tea

(Bill) 
Sally what's that light?
A flame up in the night
Like a laser beam there shining through the mist
Is it something 'bout my sight or something else out there tonight?
Just wait 'til I tell young Johnno about this! 

Itchycoo Park
(Italian Version: Splende Il Sole Negli Occhi Tuoi - 1990)
Composer(s): Ronnie Lane; Steve Marriott
First release by: Small Faces - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



Over bridge of sighs 
To rest my eyes in shades of green 
Under dreamin' skies 
To Itchycoo Park, that's where I've been 

What did you do there? 
I got high 
What did you feel there? 
Well I cried 
But why the tears then? 
I'll tell you why 
It's all too beautiful 
It's all too beautiful 
It's all too beautiful 
It's all too beautiful 

Feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up feeding ducks with a bun 
They all come out to groove about 
Be nicer than fun in the sun 

Tell you what I'll do (what will you do?) 
I'd like to go there now with you 
You can miss out school (won't that be cool) 
While I learn about the words of fools 
What will we do there? 
We'll get high 
What will you touch there? 
Touch the sky 
But why the tears then? 
I'll tell you why 

It's all too beautiful 
It's all too beautiful 
It's all too beautiful 
It's all too beautiful 

I feel inclined to blow my mind 
Get hung up feeding ducks with a bun 
They all come out to groove about 
Be nicer than fun in the sun 

It's all too beautiful 
It's all too beautiful 
It's all too beautiful 
Ha! It's all too beautiful

Bells Will Be Ringing
Performer(s): Bon Jovi



Bells will be ringing, the glad, glad news
Oh, what a Christmas, to have the blues
My baby's gone
I have no friends
To wish me greetings, once again
Choirs will be singing, Silent Night
Oh, Christmas Carols, by candlelight

Please come home for Christmas
Please come home for Christmas
If not for Christmas, by New Year's Night

Friends and relations
Send salutations
Just as sure as the stars shine above
This is Christmas, Christmas my dear
The time of year to be with the one that you love

Then will you tell me, you'll never more roam
Christmas and New Year will find you home
There'll be no more sorrow
No grief or pain
'Cause I'll be happy that it's Christmas once again 

Itchy Twitchy Feeling
Composer(s): Jimmy Oliver
Performer(s): Bobby Hendricks
and multiple other artists



Sittin' here wonderin' what it's all about
This rock and roll music that makes you shout
You tune in on Bandstand and they're jumpin' like mad
And they're dancin' they are doin', they don't look bad

You get that itchy twitchy feeling (itchy twitchy feeling)
You start-a rockin' and a-reelin' (rockin' and a-reelin')
Soon your arms and legs are flappin'
Like a hound dog mouth a-yappin'
You're-a rockin' and a-rollin'

You don't understand it but it sure feels nice
You thought you might try it 'bout-a once or twice
You started with the dance they call the stroll
But you felt much better doin' rock and roll

You get that itchy twitchy feeling (itchy twitchy feeling)
You start-a rockin' and a-reelin' (rockin' and a-reelin')
Soon your arms and legs are flappin'
Like a hound dog mouth a-yappin'
You're-a rockin' and a-rollin'

You come in the house with your hair on end
Nobody had to ask you where you been
You come in the house you're still a-jumpin' like mad
I've seen a lot of people with it but you got it bad

You get that itchy twitchy feeling (itchy twitchy feeling)
You start-a rockin' and a-reelin' (rockin' and a-reelin')
Soon your arms and legs are flappin'
Like a hound dog mouth a-yappin'
You're-a rockin' and a-rollin'

I don't understand it what you're goin' about
It must be something 'bout this music that I don't know
I went to a hop and it didn't take long
I got the feelin' somethin' was a goin' wrong

You get that itchy twitchy feeling (itchy twitchy feeling)
You start-a rockin' and a-reelin' (rockin' and a-reelin')
Soon your arms and legs are flappin'
Like a hound dog mouth a-yappin'
You're-a rockin' and a-rollin'

Soon your arms and legs are flappin'
Like a hound dog mouth a-yappin'
You're-a rockin' and a-rollin'
Soon your arms and legs are flappin'
Like a hound dog mouth a-yappin'
You're-a rockin' and a-rollin'
Soon your ...

Behold A Branch Is Growing



Behold a branch is growing
of lov'liest form and grace
as prophets sung, foreknowing
it springs from Jesse's race
and bears one little flow'r
in midst of coldest winter
at deepest midnight hour

Isaiah hath foretold it
in words of promise sure
and Mary's arms enfold it
a virgin meek and pure
Thro' God's eternal will
this child to her is given
at midnight calm and still

O savior, child of Mary
who felt our human woe
O savior, king of glory
who dost our weakness know
bring us at length, we pray
to the bright courts of heaven
and to the endless day 

Italian Street Song
Composer(s): Victor Herbert; Rida Johnson Young
Performer(s): Jeanette MacDonald
and multiple other artists



Ah my heart is back in Napoli
Dear Napoli, dear Napoli
And I seem to hear again in dreams
Her revelry, her sweet revelry
The mandolinas playing sweet, the
pleasant sound of dancing feet
Oh, could I return, oh, joy complete
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli

Zing, zing, zizzy, zizzy, zing, zing
Boom, boom, ay
Zing, zing, zizzy, zizzy, zing, zing
Mandolinas gay
Zing, zing, zizzy, zizzy, zing, zing
Boom, boom, aye 
La, la, la, ha, ha, ha, zing, boom, ay
La, la, la, la, ha, ha, ha, zing, boom, ay

The mandolinas playing sweet, the
pleasant sound of dancing feet
Oh, could I return, oh, joy complete
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli.

Zing, zing, zizzy, zizzy, zing, zing
Boom, boom, ay
Zing, zing, zizzy, zizzy, zing, zing
Mandolinas gay
Zing, zing, zizzy, zizzy, zing, zing
Boom, boom, aye 
La, la, la, ha, ha, ha, zing, boom, ay
La, la, la, la, ha, ha, ha, zing, boom, ay

Bedtime For Toys 
Composer(s): Ron Miller; Orlando Murden
Performer(s): Stevie Wonder



Close your eyes, beddy bye tin soldier
Mommy says that it's time for sleep
If my folks were wiser and older
They'd know kids and toys don't need sleep

Don't be bad little cotton dolly
See how nice Mickey Mouse sleeps now?
Even my brass drummer boy has stopped all his noise
'Cause he knows it's past bedtime for toys

Ya know, every Christmas Santa Claus goes all over the world with his reindeer
sled, and a big bag of toys and he'll come to your house this year too
But sometimes, just sometimes, he doesn't have enough time to see 
every little boy and girl because the world is so big
So maybe we should sing a song for all the children that Santa didn't visit

Bless the child who has no tin soldier
No brass drummer boy to put to bed
He will still grow wiser and older
Loving one small rag doll instead

He won't have a cotton dolly
Mickey Mouse won't come to his house
Hold that rag doll to your heart, nothing can destroy 
The beauty one shall find in one small toy 

Italian Restaurant
(French & Spanish Versions: Le Restaurant Italien (Dalida); El Restaurante Italiano (Dalida))
Composer(s): Jean-Michel Beriat - Jean-Pierre Goussaud - Newell
Performer(s): Dalida



Anytime that I`m feeling love
There`s a place that I love to go 
A little castle in the sky
Where I can watch the world go by

A restaurant beneath the stars
With mandolines and soft guitarres
You meet the high life and the low
The most amusing place I know

When it`s time to wine and dine
There`s a favorite place of mine
Ring the Maître D' 
Ask if maybe he 
Can have a table free at nine
He`ll be there to welcome me
To this crazy comedy
Where the rich and famous love to be

You see the clientele walk in
And watch the cabaret begin
It`s such a special place to be
There is so much that you can see
You see the lover`s deep in dreams
And those who querrel making scenes
You see a maestro and the clown
And all the famous from the town

When it`s time to wine and dine
There`s a favorite place of mine
Ring the Maître D' 
And ask if maybe he
Can have a table free at nine
He`ll be there to welcome me 
To this crazy comedy
Where the rich and famous love to be

The pretty lady who appears
Is trying hard to hide the years
The gigolo who walks behind
Is only mindy on his mind

The movie star will always pose
To get the maximum applause
It`s like a circus everywhere
And so exciting to be there

When it`s time to wine and dine
There`s a favorite place of mine
Ring the Maître D' 
And ask if maybe he
Can have a table free at nine
He`ll be there to welcome me
To this crazy comedy
Where the rich and famous love to be

My Italian restaurant
Gives me everything I want
La la la..
My Italian restaurant
Won`t you come along with me
To this crazy comedy
Where the rich and famous love to be

Because It's Christmas Time
Composer(s): Buck Owens; Red Simpson
Performer(s): Buck Owens



Now is the time for sleigh bells to ring
Now is the time for children to sing
Now is the time for white Christmas for Bing
Because it's Christmas time
Now is the time to hang mistletoe
Now is the time to run through the snow
Now is the time to sing old Rudolph's Nose
Because it's Christmas time
Christmas time is a comin'
Santa's not far away
You can almost hear his ho ho ho
And the jingleing of his sleigh
Now is the time Christmas stories we will tell
Now is the time hang your stocking on the nail
Now is the time let us sing Jingle Bells
Because it's Christmas time
Christmas time is a comin'
Santa's not far away
You can almost hear his ho ho ho
And the jingleing of his sleigh