The Swiss Maid 
Composer(s): Roger Miller
Performer(s): Del Shannon
and multiple other artists



One time a long time ago 
On a mountain in Switzerland 
Yo lo lo lo lo 
There lived a fair young maiden 
Lovely but lonely 
Yo ho  ho ho 

Day after day she’d pine her heart away 
Yo lo lo lo lo lo lady yay 
‘Cause no love came her way 

One day her papa say 
Someday we’ll go down to the village in the valley 
There you’ll meet a nice young man 
He’ll ask for your hand 
Then you’ll be happy 

But every day she grew unhappier 
On the mountain in Switzerland 
Yo lo lo lo lo 
Every day a little bit lonelier 
Which way to turn, which way to go 

And day after day she’d pine her heart away 
Yo lo lo lo lo lo lady yay 
But no love came her way 

Some say the maiden’s dream never came true 
She never got to go to the valley 
If she did or not I really don’t know 
Wo..ho..ho ho 
Did she die unhappy 

I’d rather think she found her love 
Wouldn’t you rather think she did find love 
Somewhere, someway 
Yodel..lady..ay 
Yodel…lady..ay 

Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad
Composer(s): Billy Sherrill; Glenn Sutton
Performer(s): Tammy Wynette;
and various other artists



I've never seen the inside of a Bar Room 
Or listened to a Juke box all night long 
But I see these are the things 
that bring you pleasure 
So I'm gonna make some changes in our home 

Well I've heard it said if you can't beat 'em join 'em 
so if that's the way you wanted me to be 
Well if it takes that to keep you happy 
From now on you're gonna see a different me 

Chorus 

Because your good girl's gonna go bad 
I'm gonna be the swinginest swinger 
you've ever had 
If you like 'em painted up, powdered up, 
then you oughta be glad 
'cos your good girl's gonna go bad 

I'll even learn to like the taste of whisky 
In fact you'll hardly recognise your wife 
I'll buy some brand new clothes and dress up fancy 
For my journey to the wilder side of life 

Chorus 

Because your good girl's gonna go bad 
I'm gonna be the swinginest swinger you ever had 
If you like 'em painted up, powdered up 
Then you oughta be glad 'cos your good girl's gonna go bad 

Oh yea your good girl's gonna go bad

The Swingin' Shepherd Blues
Composer(s): Kenny Jacobson - Moe Koffman - Rhoda Roberts
Performer(s): Moe Koffman
and multiple other artists



Along a mountain pass
There is a patch of grass
Where the swingin' shepherd plays a tune

His sheep never stray
Dancin' all day
Til they see the pale and yellow moon

And then he leads his flock
And homeward they all rock
To the tune of the swingin' shepherd blues

Come home, shepherd
Play those haunting trills
Come home, shepherd
Let it echo through the hills

The swingin' shepherd blues

Your Good For Nothing Heart
Composer(s): Pat Noto; Webb Pierce
Eddie Scalzi; George Williams
Performer(s): Webb Pierce



Your good for nothing heart
Won't ever let to start
Loving someone who
Would forever be true

You don't know what you want it's plain
And you're driving me insane
As you go cheating cheating
Cheating round on me

Your good for nothing heart
I can't have any part
Now your love it seems
Cause I'm never in your dreams

Oh but someday you're gonna cry
You'll be lonely by and by
You won't think you're smart then
With your good for nothing heart

Your good for nothing heart

Your good for nothing heart ...

Swingin' On The Moon
Composer(s): Robert Bruce - Mel Tormé
Performer(s): Mel Tormé; Perry Danos; Nikki Yanofsky



Are you tired of summer nights and noons?
Do you yawn when they speak sunny Spain?
Could you live without ever seeing old Rangoon?
Then come with me and let's go swingin' on the moon

Have you had enough of London fog
New York snow and California smog?
Would you say "arrivederci" to Rome in June?
Then fly with me and let's go swingin' on the moon

Let's have a honeymoon on the moon, honey
Far from the noisy earth below
And if your mama asks "Why the moon" honey
Just tell her your feller has gone inter-stellar

Grab your hat and we'll head off in the blue
In a little rocket built for two
Baby, we're gonna blast off, and before we're through
We'll leave the cares that we know on terra firma below
While we go singin' and swingin' on the moon

Hey, let's grab a holiday on the moon, honey
Far from the hustle of  the crowd
And if your folks ask about our house, honey
Tell mater and pater we live in the crater

We're really gonna enjoy a life of ease
Livin' on moonlight cocktails and green cheese
Mister and Missus Space Commuter, if you please 
And in a few years we might produce our own satelite
While we go singin' and swingin' on the moon

Swingin' on the moon ... moonlight cocktail ...
Moonlight becomes you ... blue moon ...
Moon over Miami ... velvet moon ... how high the moon ...
Don't let the moon get away ... the moon was yellow ...

We're singin', we're swingin'

We're singin' and a swingin' on the moon

Your Gold Teeth
Composer(s): Walter Becker; Donald Fagen
Performer(s): Steely Dan



Got a feeling I've been here before
Watching as you cross the killing floor
You know you'll have to pay it all
You'll pay today or pay tomorrow
You fasten up your beaded gown
Then you try to tie me down
Do you work it out one by one
Or played in combination
You throw out your gold teeth
Do you see how they roll
I have seen your iron and your brass
Can't you see it shine behind the glass
Your fortune is your roving eye
Your mouth and legs
Your gift for the runaround
Torture is the main attraction
I don't need that kind of action
You don't have to dance for me
I've seen your dance before
Do you throw out your gold teeth
Do you see how they roll

Tobacco they grow in Peking
In the Year of the Locust
You'll see a sad thing
Even Cathy Berberian knows
There's one roulade she can't sing
Dumb luck my friend
Won't suck me in this time
	
Got a feeling I've been here before
Won't you let me help you find the door
All you got to do is use
Your silver shoes
A gift for the runaround
Use your knack darlin'
Take one step back darlin'
There ain't nothing in Chicago
For a monkey woman to do
Do you throw out your gold teeth
Do you see how they roll

Swinging On A Star
((French Version: À Toi De Choisir (by Richard Anthony)) - 1964))
Composer(s): Johnny Burke - Jimmy Van Heusen
First release by: Bing Crosby & Williams Brothers - 1944
Covered by multiple other artists



Would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a mule?

A mule is an animal with long funny ears
Kicks up at anything he hears
His back is brawny but his brain is weak
He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak
And by the way, if you hate to go to school
You may grow up to be a mule

Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a pig?

A pig is an animal with dirt on his face
His shoes are a terrible disgrace
He has no manners when he eats his food
He's fat and lazy and extremely rude
But if you don't care a feather or a fig
You may grow up to be a pig

Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a fish?

A fish won't do anything, but swim in a brook
He can't write his name or read a book
To fool the people is his only thought
And though he's slippery, he still gets caught
But then if that sort of life is what you wish
You may grow up to be a fish
A new kind of jumped-up slippery fish

And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo
Every day you meet quite a few
So you see it's all up to you
You can be better than you are
You could be swingin' on a star

Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
Composer(s): John Prine
Performer(s): John Prine



While digesting Reader's Digest
In the back of a dirty book store
A plastic flag, with gum on the back
Fell out on the floor
Well, I picked it up and I ran outside
Slapped on my window shield
And if I could see old Betsy Ross
I tell her how good I feel

Chorus:
But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more
They're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more

Well, I went to the bank this morning
And the cashier he said to me
"If you join the Christmas club
We'll give you ten of them flags for free"
Well, I didn't mess around a bit
I took her up on what he said
And I stuck them stickers all over my car
And one on my wife's forehead

Repeat Chorus:

Well, I got my window shield so filled
With flags I couldn't see
So, I ran the car upside a curb
And right into a tree
By the time they got a doctor down
I was already dead
And I'll never understand why the man
Standing in the Pearly Gates said...

But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more
We're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more

À Toi De Choisir
((Adapted from: Swinging On A star (by Bing Crosby) - 1944)
Composer(s): Johnny Burke - Jimmy Van Heusen - Jacques Plante
Performer(s): Richard Anthony - 1964



Ma petite sœur bien aimée - oh oh oh
Viens un peu ici m'écouter - oh oh oh
Je t'aime bien mais tu me désoles - oh oh oh
Car tu ne fais rien à l'école !

À toi de choisir ce que tu veux devenir - ah oui alors
Quelqu'un dont on parle et qu'on admire - tout à fait d'accord
Ou simplement un petit animal qui ne sait rien et qui se tient très mal
Mais si tu prends la première solution - oui bien sûr
Tu dois apprendre tes leçons - je ne veux pas apprendre les leçons

Ma petite sœur bien aimée - oui oui
Prends conseil de ton frère aîné - je veux bien je veux bien
Pour trouver plus tard un mari - oh j'ai le temps
Faut savoir la géométrie - menteur

À toi de choisir ce que tu veux devenir
Mais il faut bûcher pour réussir - à qui le dis-tu
Savoir les chefs lieux des départements - tu le sais toi
Et conjuguer un verbe à tout les temps
Si l'on voyait que tu comptes sur tes doigts - comme toi
Tous tes copains riraient de toi - tu parles ils font tous comme moi
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh

Mais si tu fais bien tes devoirs
Tu n'as pas de crainte à avoir
Le succès te tendra les bras
Et moi je serai fier de toi - oh oh oh
Et moi je serai fier de toi - oh oh oh
Et moi je serai fier de toi - oh oh oh

Your Feet's Too Big
Composer(s): Ada Benson; Fred Fisher
Performer(s): Fats Waller;
and various other artists



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! 

Yes, 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! 

Lah-dee-doo-dah
Nah-dah-nah-dah 
Where d'ya get 'em? 
Nah-dee-ah-dah

Your girl, she likes ya, she thinks you're nice
Got what it takes to be in paradise 
She said 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 ya 'cause your feet's too big 
I hate ya 'cause your feet's too big 

Spoken:
My goodness, gun the 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 o' such walkin', Mercy! 
You know your pedal extremities really are obnoxious
One never knows, do one?

Swinging On A Gate
Composer(s): Harry Hemsley
Performer(s): Harry Hemsley



I wish I was a little boy
But then you see I'm not
I'm very fond of little boys
I know an awful lot
I like the sort of games they play
I think they're really great
But the game that I like playing best
Is swinging on a gate

Swinging on a gate
With a lot of boys
Swinging on the gate
Don't we make a noise
Nurse is very cross
'Cause I come home late
Says I is a naughty girl ("Winnie! Winnie")
For swinging on a gate

Children's Voices:
("Hello - here's a gate")
("Ooh it's a bit like...........isn't it")
("I'm on first")
("No, no, I'm on first")
("Don't push")
("I'm not pushing")
("Now we're off!")

Man's Voice:
("Oi! Get off that gate, do you hear me?")

I don't care much for little girls
They never make a noise
I like to shout and holler out
That's why I'm with the boys
I hold right on climbing trees
And bird-nesting I hate
The game that I like playing best
Is swinging on a gate

Swinging on a gate
With a lot of boys
Swinging on the gate
Don't we make a noise
Nurse is very cross
'Cause I come home late
Says I is a naughty girl ("Winnie! Winnie")
For swinging on a gate

Swinging on a gate
With a lot of boys
Swinging on the gate
Don't we make a noise
Nurse is very cross
'Cause I come home late
Says I is a naughty girl ("Winnie! Winnie")
For swinging on a gate

Your Eyes Have Told Me So
Composer(s): Walter Blaufuss; Gus Kahn; Egbert Van Alstyne
Performer(s): Doris Day;
Buffalo Bills; Dick Haymes; Mario Lanza; 
Gordon MacRae; Alfred Piccaver



I saw your eyes, your wonderful eyes
With love light and tenderness feeling
They thrilled me through, they filled me too
With wonderful dreams I am dreaming
No need to speak, no more shall I seek
For my heart has taught me their meaning
And love has come, at last I know
Your eyes have told me so

No need to speak, no more shall I seek
For my heart has taught me their meaning
And love has come, at last I know
Your eyes have told me so

Swingin' On A Rainbow
Composer(s): Peter DeAngelis - Robert Marcucci
Performer(s): Frankie Avalon



You've got me swingin' on a rainbow
Walkin' around in the rain
Playin' with the raindrops
I'm doin' flip flops
Look what one kiss can do

You've got me warm in the winter
Cold on a summery day
Never know the reason
Heart's out of season
Look at what one kiss dan do

Never thought that I would fall
Love was not for me
I wanted to be just a roamin' lover
Happy and careless, always to be free

You've got me, hook, line and sinker
Just like a fish on a hook
You better pull the line in
Baby, I can't win
Look what one kiss can do

I only want to just be careless and free
And I never thought that
You would fall in love with me

You've got me, hook, line, and sinker
Just like a fish on a hook
You better pull the line in
Baby, I can't win

I've got it bad
And I feel so glad
Just look what one...
Just look what one...
Just look what one kiss can do

Your Cheating Heart
Composer(s): Hank Williams
Performer(s): Hank Williams;
and various other artists



Your cheating heart will make you weep
You'll cry and cry and try to sleep
But sleep won't come the whole night through
Your cheating heart will tell on you

When tears come down like falling rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You'll walk the floor the way i do
Your cheating heart will tell on you

(break)

Your cheating heart will pine some day
And crave the love you threw away
The time will come when you'll be blue
Your cheating heart will tell on you

When tears come down like falling rain
You'll toss around and call my name
You'll walk the floor the way I do
Your cheating heart will tell on you

Your cheating heart is gonna tell on you

Swingin' Down The Lane 
Composer(s): Isham Jones - Gus Kahn
First release by: Isham Jones and His Orch. - 1923
Covered by multiple other artists



Everybody's hand in hand
Swingin' down the lane
Everybody's feelin' grand
Swingin' down the lane

That's the time I miss the bliss
That we might have known
Nights like this
When I'm all alone

When the moon is on the rise
Baby I'm so blue
Watchin' lovers makin' eyes
Like we used to do

When the moon is on the way
Still I'm waitin' all in vain
Should be swingin' down the lane
With you

Your Bulldog Drinks Champagne
Composer(s): David Bellamy; Jim Stafford
Performer(s): Jim Stafford



There was a lady in a window
In the room across the way
From the hotel I was staying in
While on my holiday
I couldn't help but see everything
'Cause I was peeping I confess
Still after dinner every night
She had the strangest guest

She'd retire to her favorite chair
And sit there with a dog
Fill the crystal glasses
While the fire danced on the log
I watched them drink their bubbly brew
Until the fire grew dim
Then I stuck my head out the window
And said why not me instead of him

Oh your bulldog drinks champagne
And I ain't one to complain
What a perfect waste of wine it seems to be
So honey, tell ol' rover that the big dog's coming over
'Cause any woman that would get a bulldog drunk
Would have to be good to me

Fourteen days and fourteen nights
Not one word did I hear
Her with her silk and champagne 
Over to me in my shorts with a beer
She just left the curtains wide 
And I knew she knew I could see
Her and the pug-nosed mutt 
Guzzling wine and teasing me

Oh your bulldog drinks champagne
And I ain't one to complain
What a perfect waste of wine it seems to be
So honey, tell ol' rover that the big dog's coming over
'Cause any woman that would get a bulldog drunk
Would have to be good to me

So I made a bolder move
I went over and rang her bell
I heard growling from inside 
And I got scared as hell
Then the bulldog staggered out the door
And he said, how do yo do
But the lady bit me on the leg
And I said r-rouf, I love you too

Oh your bulldog drinks champagne
And I ain't one to complain
What a perfect waste of wine it seems to be
So honey, tell ol' rover that the big dog's coming over
'Cause any woman that would get a bulldog drunk
Would have to be good to me

Swingin' 
Composer(s): Lionel Delmore - John Anderson
First release by: John Anderson



There's a little girl in our neighbourhood 
Her name is Charlotte Johnson and she's really looking good 
I had to go and see her so I called her on the phone 
I walked over to her house, and this was going on: 
Her brother was on the sofa eating chocolate pie 
Her mama was in the kitchen cutting chicken up to fry 
Her daddy was in the backyard rolling up a garden hose 
I was on the porch with Charlotte feeling love down to my toes 

And we were swingin' 
Yeah we were swingin' 
Little Charlotte she's as pretty as the angels when they sing 
I can't beleive it started on her front porch in the swing 
Just a swingin' 

Now Charlotte is a darling she's the apple of my eye 
When I'm on the swing with her it makes me almost high 
Now Charlotte is my lover and she has been since the spring 
I just can't believe it started on her front porch in the swing 
Just a swingin' 

Your Backyard
Composer(s): Burton Cummings
Performer(s): Burton Cummings



I wrote you long love letters, Mama, I sent 'em on day by day
Need you now even more than I did before
As I'm lookin', here's your Daddy comin'
With a big ole shotgun too
Lovin' situtation look mighty poor

So if'in you're really wonderin' what I'm doin' in your backyard
I told you ,Baby, I'd beat it home so soon
But if you're really worrin' 'bout what I' m doin' in your backyard
Come on out later I'll show you by the light of the moon

I had some dreams and fortune really, Mama, I got carried away
And lookin' back even more than I did before
As I'm leapin' , creepin', hidin', sleepin' here's your Daddy with a shotgun too
My lovin' situtation ain't nothin' but poor

So if'in you're really worried 'bout what I'm doin' in your backyard
I told you, Baby, I's beatin' it home so soon
Well if you're really worrin' 'bout what I' m doin' in your backyard
Come on out later I'll show you by the light of the moon

Baby, thinkin' 'bout reelin' back, wonderin' why I'm standin' here cryin', 
Honey, lookin' in your backyard
Don't ya worry 'bout nothin', ya got nothin' on your mind but me
But as I'm layin' on my back about, thinkin' 'bout summertime gettin' back all the way
Everything I see, Honey, reminding me

Come on get your lovin' man, come on get him while he's hot, get him on the run
Babe, I here your lookin' but really too blind to see, oh, hey, What ya gonna think
About wham-bam, thank you Maam, where you goin' on the Wildwood trail
Everything I see, Honey, reminding me

Baby, might be thinkin' 'bout, really livin' back, layin' back, standin' in your backyard
Told you, Baby, I's beatin' it home so soon
If you're really wonderin' what I' m doin' in your backyard
Come on out later, Babe, I'll show you by the light of the moon

Swing, Mr. Mendelssohn
Composer(s): Walter Jurmann - Gus Kahn - Bronislaw Kaper
Performer(s): Judy Garland



Da da da da da da da
oh do dad dah dah
dah dah dah dah da da o da o

Teach me how to sing
Music with a modern rhythm
Let me swing
Mr. Mendelssohn swing

Mmusic is a thing
That's no good without that rhythm
Sweet and hot
Past the soul
Get yourself a little dash of holy ho
And swing it Mr. Mendelssohn swing it high
Hey
swing it low
oh
di di di di di
di di do da da
and swing it
Mr. Mendelssohn swing
di di di di di di
oh oh da da da
and swing it Mr. Mendelssohn swing
swing it Mr. feel it Mendelssohn
a rodie doc a rodie doc a rodie da
In my singing school
I am one of many
ouuu it's just so cool
Mr. Mendelssohn had his day
many could pass him this day day
di di di do 
di di di da da da
rodie doc rodie doc
hey de hey hey de hey
hey de hey hey de ho
hey de ho oooohhhh

Your Baby Has Gone Down The Plug-Hole
(aka Mother's Lament)
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Cream;
and various other artists



A mother was bathin' her baby one night
The youngest of ten, a poor little mite
The mother was fat and the baby was fin
T'was nawt but a skellington wrapped up in skin

The mother turned round for the soap from the rack
She weren't gone a minute, but when she got back
Her baby had gone, and in anguish she cried
"Oh, where is my baby?", and the angels replied

Your baby has gorn dahn the plug'ole
Your baby has gorn dahn the plug
The poor little thing was so skinny and thin
He shoulda been bathed in a jug

Your baby is perfik'ly happy
He won't need no bathin' no more
He's workin' his way through the sewers
Not lost, just gone on before

Your baby has gorn dahn the drainpipe
And the chlorine is bad for his eyes
He's havin' a swim, and it's healthy for him
He needed the exercise

Don't worry 'baht 'im, just be 'appy
For I know he is suff'rin' no pain
Your baby has gorn dahn the plug'ole
Let's hope he don't stop up the drain

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Alternate Verse:


Your baby is perfik'ly 'appy
He won't need a bath any more
He's muckin' abaht with the angels above
Not lost but gone before

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