Teach Me How To Shimmy
Composer(s): Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller
Performer(s): The Isley Brothers; The Coasters



Mama you taught me how to do the bop 
You taught me how to boogie real slow - yeah 
You taught me how to twist and you taught me how to slop 
Mama teach me one thing more 

Come on and teach me how to shimmy 
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it) 
Teach me how to shimmy - huh huh 
So I can shimmy too (come on get it) 

Mama there's gonna be a dance tonight 
You gotta teach me the ball creep - yeah 
And Mama if I can't do it right 
You know Gerry's gonna steal my guy 

Come on and teach me how to shimmy 
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it) 
Teach me how to shimmy - huh huh 
So I can shimmy too (come on get it) 

I can hully gully good as Gerry can 
But Mama hully gully ain't win it 
My little boy he loves that we gonna cheat 
And there's only one thing - gonna get it now 

And teach me how to shimmy 
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it) 
Teach me how to shimmy - woh oh 
So I can shimmy too (come on get it) 

Shimmy 
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it) 
Teach me how to shimmy 
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it) 
Teach me how to shimmy 
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it) 
Teach me how to shimmy - woh oh 
So I can shimmy too 

My Discarded Men
Composer(s): Steve Bronski; R. Gammons; Eartha Kitt
Performer(s): Eartha Kitt



I'd like to tell a little story
That's been told time and time again
About the foolish men who chased me
My discarded men

They used to tell me they loved me
But I knew better than them
I'd find them looking around the corner
My discarded men

Piercing eyes with a vengion
Tell them to count to ten
They'd bribe me with their diamonds
My discarded men

Telephone calls in the evening
They'd drive me round the bend
Caviar, champagne and roses
From my discarded men

Chased me after a fashion
I could never pretend
No substitute for passion
My discarded men

You think you can thrill me
Ha Ha Ha
You can think again
Watch out or you might become
One of my discarded men

I'd like to dress up in sequins
And treat myself now and then
Perhaps I'll give a little favor
To one of my discarded men

Ha Ha Ha
You think you can win me
And be my special friend
Just take a tip from the others
Grrrrrrr
My discarded men

My discarded men

Good Old New York
Composer(s): Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton; Ed Werac
Performer(s): Jelly Roll Morton; Geoff Cole; 
M 'N' M Trio; Silver Leaf Jazz Band; Butch Thompson



Good old New York, it's never down
We're gonna have a good time
Lovely, and the weather's fine
Knife and fork, a bottle and a cork
That's the way to spell New York

I will be there
In my easy chair
We'll have a good time, baby
I don't mean maybe
In good old New York

Teach Me About Love
Composer(s): Walter Hyatt - Ralph Stanley II
First release by: Walter Hyatt - 1993
Covered by multiple other artists



Darlin' don't walk out on me
Tryin' to teach me a lesson
Thinkin' you'll come back to a better man
If you don't like the way things go
Just stay here and tell me so
'Cause there's one thing about me
You've got to understand

I've had enough lonesome
In my education
I don't want to study anymore
About a woman and a slammin' door
If I wanna be blue
I've got enough information
I know about lonesome
Teach me about love

Now the words from your sweet lips
And the looks from your sweet eyes
Are lessons that I study day by day
Each day I pick up somethin' new
Each night I learn a thing or two
But how can I learn anything
When teacher's gone away?

I've had enough lonesome
In my education
I don't want to study anymore
How to make it through a barroom door
I've been down and out
I'm ready for inspiration
I know about lonesome
Teach me about love

Now the words from your sweet lips
And the looks from your sweet eyes
Are lessons that I study every day
Each day I pick up somethin' new
Each night I learn a thing or two
But how can I learn anything
When teacher's gone away?

I've had enough lonesome
In my education
I don't want to study anymore
About a woman and a slammin' door
If I wanna be blue
I've got enough information
I know about lonesome
Teach me about love

I've had enough lonesome
In my education
I don't want to study anymore
How to make it through a barrom door
I've been down and out
I'm ready for inspiration
I know about lonesome
Teach me about love

I know about lonesome
Teach me about love...

My Ding-A-Ling
Composer(s): Chuck Berry
Performer(s): Chuck Berry
and various other artists



When I was a little biddy boy
My grandma bought me a cute little toy
Two Silver bells on a string
She told me it was my ding-a-ling-a-ling

My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling 
won't you play with My Ding-A-Ling 
My Ding-A-Ling My Ding-A-Ling wo
n't you play with My Ding-A-Ling 

When I was little boy In Grammar school
Always went by the very best rule
But Evertime the bell would ring 
You'd catch me playing with my ding-a-ling

Once while climbing the garden wall
Slipped and fell had a very bad fall
I fell so hard I heard birds sing
But I held on to My ding-a-ling

Once while swimming cross turtle creek 
Man them snappers right at my feet
Sure was hard swimming cross that thing
with both hands holding my dingaling

Now this here song it ain't so bad
Prettiest little song that you ever had
And those of you who will not sing 
must be playing with your on Ding-a-ling

Good Old Desk
Composer(s): Harry Nilsson
Performer(s): Harry Nilsson; Ron Sexsmith



Oowah Oowah ah ah ah-ah 
Oowah Oowah ah

My old desk doesn't arabesque
in the morning when I first arrive
It's a pleasure to see it's waiting there for me
to keep my hopes alive
Such a comfort to know it's got no place to go
it's always there
It's the one thing I've got, a huge success
my Good Old Desk

My old desk never needs a rest
and I've never once heard it cry
I've never seen it tease, it's always there to please me
from nine to five
Such a comfort to know, it's dependable and slow
but it's always there
It's the friend I've got, a giant of all times
my Good Old Desk

Oowah Oowah ah ah ah-ah 
Oowah Oowah ah

My old desk isn't pictoresque
but it's happy as a desk can be
We never say a word, but it's perfectly alright with me
For when my heart's on the blow, I just open the drawer
of my favorite desk
And what do I see? 
But a picture of me
working at my Good Old Desk

Oowah Oowah ah ah ah-ah 
Oowah Oowah ah

Tea In The Sahara
Composer(s): Sting
First release by: The Police - 1983



My sisters and I
Have this wish before we die
And it may sound strange
As if our minds are deranged
Please don't ask us why
Beneath the sheltering sky
We have this strange obsession
You have the means in your possession

We want our tea in the Sahara with you
We want our tea in the Sahara with you

The young man agreed
He would satisfy their need
So they danced for his pleasure
With a joy you could not measure
They would wait for him here
The same place every year
Beneath the sheltering sky
Across the desert he would fly

Tea in the Sahara with you
Tea in the Sahara with you

The sky turned to black
Would he ever come back?
They would climb a high dune
They would pray to the moon
But he'd never return
So the sisters would burn
As their eyes searched the land
With their cups full of sand

Tea in the Sahara with you
Tea in the Sahara with you
Tea in the Sahara with you
Tea in the Sahara with you

My Devotion
Composer(s): Roc Hillman; Johnny Napton
Performer(s): Vaughn Monroe
and various other artists



My devotion
Is endless and deep as the ocean
And like a star shining from afar
Remains forever the same

My devotion
Is not just a sudden emotion
It will be constantly burning
And your love will kindle the flame

What a sweet beginning
To the dream I planned
I'm content to be your slave
Your wish is my command

And this sensation
Was never a mere fascination
Here in my heart one sweet day it started
Then with time improved
My devotion to you

Good Old Days
Composer(s): Weird Al Yankovic
Performer(s): Weird Al Yankovic



Oh some times I think back to when I was younger
Life was so much simpler then
Dad would be up at dawn
He'd be watering the lawn
Or maybe going fishing again

Oh and mom would be fixing up something in the kitchen
Fresh biscuits or hot apple pie
And I'd spend all day long in the basement
Torturing rats with a hack-saw
And pulling the wings off of flies

Those were the good old days
Those were the good old days
The years go by but the memory stays
And those were the good old days

I can still remember good old Mr. Fender
Who ran the corner grocery store
Oh, he'd strolled down the aisle with a big friendly smile
And he'd say "Howdy" when you walked in the door

Always treated me nice, gave me kindly advice
I don't know why I set fire to his place
Oh I'll never forget the day I bashed in his head
Well you should've seen the look on his face

Let me tell ya now

Those were the good old days
Those were the good old days
The years go by but the memory stays
And those were the good old days

Do you remember sweet Michelle
She was my high school romance
She was fun to talk to and nice to smell
So I took her to the homecoming dance

Then I tied her to a chair and I shaved off all her hair
And I left her in the desert all alone
Well sometimes in my dreams
I can still hear the screams
Oh I wonder if she ever made it home

I tell ya

Those were the good old days
Those were the good old days
The years go by but the memory stays
And those were the good old days

Let me tell ya buddy

Those were the good old days
Those were the good old days
The years go by but the memory stays
And those were the good old days

Tea For Two
((French Version: Thé Pour Deux (Jack Lantier))
Composer(s): Vincent Youmans - Irving Caesar
First performance: Louis Groody & John Barker - 1924
Covered by multiple other artists



Picture you upon my knee
Just tea for two and two for tea
Just me for you
And you for me alone

Nobody near us
To see us or hear us
No friends or relations
On weekend vacations
We won't have it known, dear
That we own a telephone, dear 

Day will break and you'll awake 
And start to bake a sugar cake 
For me to take
For all the boys to see

We will raise a family
A boy for you, a girl for me
Oh, can't you see
How happy we would be?

My Destiny
Performer(s): Lionel Richie



You came in 
That's what my little heart was looking for
Laughter in the rain
Feeling like a fool in love again!

Oh the laughter came
When the tears stopped falling
Now all I do is just call your name 
(When I say lover)
You walked in and my heart discovered
That my life would never be the same

Oh you are my destiny
You are my one and only
You gave that joy to me
When my whole life was lonely!

Angel in disguise
With your power of love you just hypnotize
I just love the magic of your spell
How much joy we have together
Only time will tell!

Oh the laughter came
When the tears stopped falling
Now all I do is just call your name
(I just call your name)
You walked in and my heart discovered 
That my life would never be the same!

I know you are my destiny
You are my one and only
You gave that joy to me
When my whole life was lonely!

Every day every night
Oh I know it's so right
When I see your face
Only times gonna tell
But I know you so well
Girl my loves for real
From the first time that I saw you
I know it was forever

This mighty love between us
Will keep us together
You're the girl god sent from heaven
I'm so glad I found you 
Forever forever forever forever
Forever Forever!
I'm so glad to be around you

You are my destiny
You are my one and only
You gave that joy to me
When my whole world was lonely!

It's alright it's alright
Do it again!
It's alright it's alright
Don't let this love end!
It's alright it's alright
Do it again!
It's alright it's alright
Don't let this love end!

From the first time that I saw you
I knew it was forever
This mighty love between us
Will keep us together
You're the girl god sent from heaven
I'm so glad I found you
Forever forever forever
Forever forever forever
I'm so glad to be around you!

You are my destiny
You are my one and only
You gave that joy to me
When my whole world was lonely!
You are my destiny
You are my one and only
You gave that joy to me
When my whole world was lonely!

It's alright
Do it again!
It's alright it's alright
Don't let this love end!
It's alright it's alright
Do it again!
It's alright it's alright
Don't let this love end!
It's alright
Do it again!
It's alright it's alright
Don't let this love end!

Good Night: Sleep Tight Medley
Composer(s): Sylvia Fine
Performer(s): Danny Kaye & Louis Armstrong



(Louis) 
Goodnight, time to call it a day 
Sleep tight, dream your troubles away 
Goodnight, in spite of any sorrow 
There's a brand new day on it's way tomorrow 
Someday, all your dreams will come true 
Someway, for me and you 
So close your eyes and dream of it my darling 
Till then goodnight, goodnight, sleep tight 

(Louis repeats, Danny joins in with Lullabye in Ragtime) 

Won't you play the music so the cradle can rock 
To a lullbye in ragtime 
Sleepy hands are creeping to the end of the clock 
Play a lullabye in ragtime 
You can tell the sandman is on his way 
By the way that they play 
As still as the trill of a thrush 
In a twilight hush 
So you can hear 
The rythym of the river on the side of the boat 
As you sail away to dreamland 
High above the moon you hear a silvery note 
As the sand man takes your hand 
So rock-a-bye my baby 
Don't you cry my baby 
Sleepy time is nigh 
Won't you rock me to a ragtime lullabye 

Danny: Now comes the hard part, baby 
Do you suppose you can sing "Five Pennies" while 
Pops and I sing something else? 
Girl: Sure, I can sing as good as he can. 
Louis: And who can't? 

(Louis repeats Goodnight, Sleep Tight; Danny repeats Lullaby in Ragtime; Girl sings Five Pennies) 

This little penny is to wish on 
And make your wishes come true 
This little peeny is to dream on 
Dream of all you can do 
Thislittle is a dancing penny 
See how it glitters and it glows 
Bright as a whistle 
Light as a thistle 
Quick, quick as a wink 
Up on it's twinkling toes 
This little penny is to laugh on 
To see that tears never fall 
This this little penny 
Is the last little penny 
Most important of all 
For this penny is to love on 
And where love is, heaven is there 
So with just five pennies, if they're these five pennies 
You'll be a millionaire 
For this penny is to love on 
And where love is, heaven is there 
So with just five pennies, if they're these five pennies 
You'll be a millionaire

Thé Pour Deux
((Adapted from: Tea For Two (Louis Groody & John Barker) - 1924))
Composer(s): Vincent Youmans - Irving Caesar - Roger Ferréol - R. de Simone - Colline - Merry
Performer(s): Jack Lantier



Si, comme plus d’un amant
J’ai rêvé fréquemment
D’un bel appartement
Jamais ne suis-je arrivé
A pouvoir le trouver
L’appartement rêvé
Nous aurons loin de la ville
Un coin tranquille
Meilleur marché
Là quand nous serons nichés
On pourra nous chercher
Nous saurons nous cacher

Je vous vois déjà chez nous
Buvant le thé sur mes genoux
Avec du cake
Et des p’tits gâteaux secs!
Ah! Quel bonheur!
Se sentir sans gêneur
Tous les deux nez à nez
Sans la bonn’
Sans personne
À qui téléphoner!
Rien que nous vraiment seuls
Bien seuls 
Seuls!
Le p’tit jour me surprendra
Vous préparant du chocolat!
Ce jour là comme les autres jours!
Toujours!
Et final’ment, certain’ment
Comm’nous aurons beaucoup d’enfants
Voyez tous deux
Comm’ nous serons heureux

Vrai, je trouve en le jugeant
Que ce plan diligent
Est des plus enrageants!
C’est comm’ vous le devinez
Pour vous déterminer
Que je l’ai combiné
Je trouve tout admirable
Mais, raisonnable
À votre tour
Veuillez bien attendre pour
Abriter notre amour
Que j’aie choisi mon jour

Je me vois déjà chez nous
Buvant du thé sur vos genoux
Moi calme et gai
Bien qu’un peu fatigué
Ah! quel bonheur!
Ah! quel bonheur!
Se sentir sans gêneur
Tous les deux nez à nez
Sans la bonn’
Sans personne
À qui téléphoner!
Rien que nous vraiment seuls
Bien seuls 
Seuls!
Au grand jour on me verra
Reprisant des trous dans vos bas
Ce jour là comm’ les autres jours
Toujours!
Et final’ment, certain’ment
Comm’ nous aurons beaucoup d’enfants
Voyez tous deux
Comm’nous serons heureux!

My Destiny 
Composer(s): Livingstone; Mack David
Performer(s): Billy Eckstine



My destiny is to be in love with you
Makes no difference what you say or do
I must stay in love with you
That’s my destiny
It’s the thing you can’t control
I belong to you both heart and soul
With a love beyond control

They say nothing is sure
Even the sea runs dry
They’re wrong, one thing is sure
Love like mine can never die

That’s how it is
And that’s how it has to be
You are everything in life to me
You are my destiny

That’s how it is
And that’s how it has to be
You are everything in life to me
You are my destiny

Good Night
Composer(s): John Lennon; Paul McCartney
Performer(s): The Beatles



Now it's time to say good night 
good night sleep tight 
Now the sun turns out his light 
good night sleep tight 
Dream sweet dreams for me 
Dream sweet dreams for you 

Close your eyes and I'll close mine 
Good night sleep tight 
Now the moon begins to shine 
Good night sleep tight 
Dream sweet dreams for me 
Dream sweet dreams for you 
Mm, mm, mm 

Close your eyes and I'll close mine 
Good night sleep tight 
Now the sun turns out his light 
Good night sleep tight 
Dream sweet dreams for me 
Dream sweet dreams for you 
(Good night, good night everybody 
everybody everywhere, goodnight)

Tea For The Tillerman
Performer(s): Cat Stevens



Bring tea for the Tillerman 
Steak for the sun 
Wine for the women who made the rain come 
Seagulls sing your hearts away 
'Cause while the sinners sin, the children play 

Oh Lord how they play and play 
For that happy day, for that happy day 

My Destination
Composer(s): Tom Scholz
Performer(s): Boston



And feelin' the way I do
Wouldn't last a mile without you
When I'm losing' the way
The things that you say
Take me there -- my destination
My destination
Is by your side
Right by your side

And I -- I've taken so long I know
Never had so far to go
It's not where you can be
It's what you can see
That takes you there -- your destination

Your destination
It's here inside
Right here inside

Good Night
Composer(s): A.H. Eastman; Fred Heltman



The moon is beaming with a mystic glow
The lights are gleaming where the ripples flow
All nature's dreaming in the vale below
The night is come and we must part
Oh let there be once more a fond embrace
My heart with thee has found a resting place 
And now I see the love light in your face
The mirror of your heart

The stars are shining in the heav'ns above
My heart is pining for the one I love
The leaves entwining call the gentle dove 
To find her nest in shadows deep
A stillness hovers o'er the garden fair
And darkness covers every blossom there
Oh, why should lovers leave a spot so rare? 
But 'tis the hour of sleep

Good night, my love, the shadows gently fall
The stars above are watching over all
The dying embers glow
The winds are whisp'ring soft and low
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, my love, goodnight
Goodnight, my love, goodnight

Tea For One
Composer(s): Robert Plant - Jimmy Page
First release by: Led Zeppelin - 1976



How come twenty-four hours
Baby, sometimes seem to slip into, slip into days
Oh, twenty-four hours
Baby, sometimes seem to slip into days
When a minute seems like a lifetime
Ohh baby, when I feel this way

Sittin, lookin at the clock
Oh, time moves so slow
I've been watchin for the hands to move
Until I just can't look no more

How come twenty-four hours
Baby, sometimes seems to slip into days
A minute seems like a lifetime
Baby, when I feel this way

To sing a song for you
I recall you used to say
Oh baby, this one's for we too.
Which in the end is you anyway

How come twenty-four hours
Baby, sometimes slip into days
A minute seems like a lifetime
Oh baby, when I feel this way

There was a time that I stood tall
In the eyes of other men
But by my own choice I left you woman
And now I can't get back again

How come twenty-four hours
Sometimes slip into days

Well well well well
A minute seems like a lifetime
Baby, when I feel this way, yeah
A minute seems like a lifetime
Oh baby, when I feel this way, I feel this way

My Dearest Uncle Sam 
Composer(s): Joan Whitney; Alex C. Kramer
Performer(s): The Andrews Sisters



On far Pacific Island
By a mango tree
Lonely maid is crying
Looking out to sea
Oh, Mister Sam, Sam
My Dearest Uncle Sam
Won't you please come back to Guam?

One year ago September
That's when it began
From a boat there landed big American
Oh, Mister Sam, Sam
My dearest Uncle Sam
Won't you please come back to Guam?

He taught her how to say
"Ah loves yuh, honey chile"
Also dance to record
Boogie Woogie style
Oh, Mister Sam, Sam
My dearest Uncle Sam
Won't you please come back to Guam?

She learn to love his chocolate
She learn to love his Spam
She learn to spread pancake with huckleberry jam
Oh, Mister Sam, Sam
My dearest Uncle Sam
Won't you please come back to Guam?