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If I Give My Heart To You


If I Give My Heart To You
Composer(s): Jimmy Brewster; Jimmie Crane; Al Jacobs
Performer(s): Nat King Cole
and multiple other artists



If I give my heart to you
Will you handle it with care
Will you always treat me tenderly
And in every way be fair

If I give my heart to you
Will you give me all your love
Will you swear that you'll be true to me
By the light that shines above

And will you sigh with me when I'm sad
Smile with me when I'm glad
And always be as you are with me tonight

Think it over and be sure
Please don't answer til you do
When you promise all those things to me
Then I'll give my heart to you

And will you sigh with me when I'm sad
Smile with me when I'm glad
And always be as you are with me tonight

Think it over and be sure
Please don't answer til you do
When you promise all those things to me
Then I'll give my heart to you

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Katy Daley


Katy Daley
Composer(s): Ralp Stanley
Performer(s): The Stanley Brothers:
Roy Lee Centers; The Lonesome River Band



With her old man she came from Tiperary
In the pioneering days of '42
Her old man was shot in tombstone City
For the making of his good old mountain dew

Come on down the mountain Katy Daley
Come on down the mountain Katy do
Can't you hear us calling Katy Daley
We want to drink your good old mountain dew

Wake up and pay attention Katy Daley
For I'm the judge that's gonna sentence you
All the boys in court have drunk your whiskey
To tell the truth I like a little too

So to the jail they took poor Katy Daley
But pretty soon the gates were open wide
Angels came for poor ole Katy Daley
Took her far across the great divide

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If I Fell


If I Fell
(French Version: Si Je Te Donne Mon Coeur - 1992)
Composer(s): John Lennon; Paul McCartney
First release by: The Beatles - 1964
Covered by multiple other artists



If I fell in love with you
Would you promise to be true
And help me understand
'cause I've been in love before
And I found that love was more
Than just holding hands

If I give my heart to you
I must be sure
From the very start
That you would love me more than her

If I trust in you oh please
Don't run and hide
If I love you too oh please
Don't hurt my pride like her
'cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain

So I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
'cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain

So I hope you see that I
Would love to love you
And that she will cry
When she learns we are two
If I fell in love with you

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Katy Did


Katy Did
Composer(s): Porter Wagoner
Performer(s): Porter Wagoner



Two sisters lived alone out in the country
Their names were Katy and her sister Liz
They farmed to raise the food that graced their table
Liz never went to town but Katy did

Katy went to town each Saturday morning
To sell the eggs and buy for her and Liz
Their only needs just some salt and sugar
They grew the rest, her and sister Liz

Liz never went to town like Katy did
Liz never knew a man, but Katy did
For I saw them one evening when they thought they were hid
And you should've seen the things that him and Katy did

I walked by Liz and Katy's house each evening
Through the woods on my way home from school
Then one evening Katy smiled and spoke so softly
As I stood there blushing like a fool

Then she asked me if I'd like to have some cookies
That she baked for her and sister Liz
Then as Katy took me in their kitchen
I never closed the door, but Katy did

She took my hand and my heart beat so wildly
It sound like coffee a perking with no lid
And I shook so bad, I even dropped my cookies
I didn't know of love, but Katy did

Liz never knew a man, but Katy did
She said it's lonely here with sister Liz
But I just kept on eatin' cookies, I was just a dumb kid
I wish I'd known of love back then like Katy did

Oh, I wish I'd known of love back then like Katy did

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If I Ever Make You Cry


If I Ever Make You Cry
Composer(s): Burt Bacharach; Hal David
Performer(s): Dionne Warwick



If I ever make you cry
Long as I live, may my eyes never smile again
If I ever make you cry
All through my life
May my lips never laugh again
And if you should find that I
Have been untrue, may I never spend a happy day
And may I never hear, somebody say
Tender word (like I love you)
A tender voice (say I need you)
I make a vow, right here and now
That I will live
To love you

If I ever make you cry
Long as I live, may the world turn away from me
If I ever make you cry - even once
All through my life, may my dreams never come to be
And if I should ever
Ever Break your heart
May I never, see the sun appear
And may I go through life, and never hear ah!
Tender voice, (say I love you), your precious voice
Say I need you
Come to my arms, my waiting arms, and softly say
You love Me!

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Katy Did, Katy Didn't


Katy Did, Katy Didn't
From the film "Mr. Bug Goes To Town"
Composer(s): Hoagy Carmichael; Frank Loesser
Performer(s: George Formby;
The Four Marshals, Stan Freed & Pauline Loth



There's a burning, burning question concerning Katy Brown
And there's a bit of a suggestion on the way they talk in town

Who came to Sunday school with cherries on her lids
Katy did, (Katy didn't,) Katy did, (Katy didn't)
Katy did, (Katy didn't), Oh, she did

And who kissed the banker's boy and ran away and hid
Katy did, (Katy didn't), Katy did, (Katy didn't)
Katy did, (Katy didn't), Oh, she did

Gracious what a scandal, every other girl would cry
She can't hold a candle to somebody such as I

But who got the banker's boy and fifty thousand quid
Katy did, (Katy didn't), Katy did, (Katy didn't)
You can bet your life she did

And who made the football team break training in the spring
Katy did, (Katy didn't), Katy did, (Katy didn't)
Katy did, (Katy didn't), Katy didn't do a thing

And who dubbed the candy man for candy all the time
Katy did, (Katy didn't), Katy did, (no she didn't)
(She did), She didn't need a dime

Gracious ain't it awful, all the other girls would wail
Really it's unlawful why she ought to go to jail

But who got the banker's boy, the tall and handsome kid
Katy did, (Katy didn't), Katy did, (Katy didn't)
You can bet your life she did

Now who plays the clarinet and makes the darned thing wail
And who blows the trombone and he tells a woeful tale

Gracious ain't it awful, all the other band boys shout
He can't blow his trumpet now it's time to throw him out

And who plays the uke and nearly busted all his strings
(Georgie did), Georgie didn't, (Georgie did), No I didn't
You can bet your life he did

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If I Ever Lose This Heaven


If I Ever Lose This Heaven
Composer(s): Pam Sawyer; Leon Ware
First release by: Quincy Jones - 1974
Covered by multiple other artists



If you're foolin', only foolin'
All I ask is "Why?"
If you're playin', all I'm sayin'
Is feelings sure collide
If you're lyin', keep on lyin'
Don't tell the truth, don't you dare
You can't drop me, 'cause you still got me
After takin' me way up there

Oh, oh, oh, oh
If I ever lose this heaven
If I ever, ever, ever lose this heaven
Whoa, I'll never be the same

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
If I ever lose this heaven
If I ever, ever, ever lose this heaven
Whoa, I'll never be the same

When you're kind, extra kind
Then suddenly you're crossed
You're so moody, you get to me
Still can't turn you off
You're fascinating, more fascinating
Than the dark side of the moon
You're so exciting, that I'm re-writing
The book of love called "You"

Oh, oh, oh, oh
If I ever lose this heaven
If I ever, ever, ever lose this heaven
Whoa, I'll never be the same

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
If I ever lose this heaven
If I ever, ever, ever lose this heaven
Whoa, I'll never be the same

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
If I ever lose this heaven ...

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Kaw-Liga


Kaw-Liga Composer(s): Fred Rose; Hank Williams Sr. Performer(s): Hank Williams Sr.; and various other artists



Verse 1: Kaw-Liga was a wooden indian standing by the door He fell in love with an indian maid over in the antique store Kaw-Liga just stood there and never let it show So she could never answer yes or no Verse 2: He always wore his sunday feathers and held a tomahawk The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped someday he'd talk Kaw-Liga, too stubborn to ever show a sign Because his heart was made of knotty pine Chorus: Poor old kaw-liga, he never got a kiss Poor old kaw-liga, he don't know what he missed Is it any wonder that his face is red? Kaw-Liga,that poor old wooden head Verse 3: Kaw-Liga was a lonely indian, never went nowhere His heart was set on the indian maid with the coal black hair Kaw-Liga just stood there and never let it show So she could never answer yes or no Chorus: Poor old kaw-liga, he never got a kiss Poor old kaw-liga, he don't know what he missed Is it any wonder that his face is red? Kaw-Liga,that poor old wooden head Verse 4: Then one day a wealthy customer bought the indian maid And took her oh so far away, but old kaw-liga stayed Kaw-Liga just stands there as lonely as can be And wishes he was still an old pine tree Chorus: Poor old kaw-liga, he never got a kiss Poor old kaw-liga, he don't know what he missed Is it any wonder that his face is red? Kaw-Liga,that poor old wooden head Kaw-liga, Kaw-liga Kaw-Liga....

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Stel Nu Dat Jij Niet Bestond


Stel Nu Dat Jij Niet Bestond
((Adapted from: Oasis (Toto Cutugno) - 1975))
Composer(s): Toto Cutugno - Pasquale Losito - Vito Pallavicini - Stijn Meuris
Performer(s): Monza - 2006

Versions In Other Languages:
1975 - Et Si Tu N'existais Pas (Joe Dassin)
1976 - Etsin Kunnes Löydän Sun (Markku Aro)
1999 - Jednom Kada Prode Sve (Dragan Stojnic)



Had ik dan een reden om
hier te zijn, in dit aards paradijs
wachtend op de ochtendzon?

stel nu dat jij niet bestond
hoezeer zou ik jou missen dan?
welke kleur, welke geur, geef ik dan
aan ‘t groots en grandioos portret
dat ik voor jou had klaargezet

stel dat jij verdwijnen zou
herinnering als een vage flard
als een flirt, hoe je kirt, en je lacht
alles wat ons samenbracht
wat waren wij toch soms verward...

stel nu dat jij niet bestond
had ik dan een reden om
hier te zijn, in dit aards paradijs
wachtend op de ochtendzon?

zeg mij dat je wel bestaat
en dat het slechts om dromen ging
die mij ’s nachts, overdag, en op straat
vervolgen maar dan plotseling
verdwijnen als een tinteling...

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If I Ever Get A Job Again


If I Ever Get A Job Again
Composer(s): Abel Baer; Sam M. Lewis
Performer(s): Dick Robertson



If I ever get a job again
I will never be a snob again
I’ll live within my means
Carry a dollar in my jeans
If I ever get a job again

If I ever get a break again
Brother, what I’ll do to stake again!
No turning out the light
Bidding my appetite good night
If I ever get a break again

I’ll get two rooms and a kitchenette
Furnished comfortably
With two rooms and a kitchenette
I’ll get a sweet somebody to move in with me!

If I ever get a job again
I know that two hearts will throb again
She told me with her eyes
We’ll be rehearsing lullabyes
If I ever get a job again

If I ever get a job again
I will never be a snob again!
I’m through with stocks and bonds
I’d rather spend it all on blondes
If I ever get a job again!

If I ever get my pay again
I’ll save it for a rainy day again
But let me tell you, bud
I’m gonna save up for a flood
If I ever get my pay again

I’ll get two suits and an overcoat
Like a millionaire!
Just two suits and an overcoat
And then when things get better, I’ll buy underwear!

If I ever get a job again
With my old friends I’ll hobnob again
What great fun it will be, saying
“Just have one more on me!”
If I ever get a job again

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Keep A Knockin'


Keep A Knockin'
Composer(s): Little Richard
Performer(s): The Everly Brothers;
and various other artists



Keep a knockin' but you can't come in
Keep a knockin' but you can't come in
Keep a knockin' but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again

You said you love me and you can't come in
You said you love me and you can't come in (wooooo)
You said you love me and you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again. (woow)

(instrumental break)

Keep a knockin' but you can't come in
Keep a knockin' but you can't come in
Keep a knockin' but you can't come in
come back tomorrow night and try it again
You said you love me and you can't come in
You said you love me and you can't come in (woooo)
You said you love me and you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again (wooooo)

(instrumental break)

Keep a knockin' but you can't come in
Keep a knockin' but you can't come in (wooo)
Keep a knockin' but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again
You said you love me and you can't come in
You said you love me and you can't come in
You said you love me and you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again (woooow)

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Etsin Kunnes Löydän Sun


Etsin Kunnes Löydän Sun
((Adapted from: Oasis (Toto Cutugno) - 1975))
Composer(s): Toto Cutugno - Pasquale Losito - Vito Pallavicini - Chrisse Johansson
Performer(s): Markku Aro - 1976

Versions In Other Languages:
1975 - Et Si Tu N'existais Pas (Joe Dassin)
1999 - Jednom Kada Prode Sve (Dragan Stojnic)
2006 - Stel Nu Dat Jij Niet Bestond (Monza)



Etsin kunnes löydän sun
En lopettaa voi kuitenkaan
Miten rauhaton oon yhä vain
Jotain multa puuttunee

Jotain mikä rauhoittaa
Mun sydämeni lyönnit vois
Kuten aamuisin päivä ja yö
Suutelevat toisiaan
Me jossain kohdataan

Etsin kunnes löydän sun
Ja tiedän toiveen täyttyvän
Ilman sua mitään mieltä ei ois
Kuljeskella yksinään

Yksin vielä huomiseen
Mä jaksan sillä löydän sun
Sinä myös ehkä etsien käyt
Kunnes tulee hetki tuo
Se kutsuu meitä luo

Etsin kunnes löydän sun
En lopettaa voi kuitenkaan
Miten rauhaton oon yhä vain
Jotain multa puuttunee

Jotain mikä rauhoittaa
Mun sydämeni lyönnit vois
Kuten aamuisin päivä ja yö
Suutelevat toisiaan
Me jossain kohdataan

mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mmm
mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mmm

Etsin kunnes löydän sun
Sä merkityksen mulle luot
Olet syy miksi luovuta en
Vaikka joskus tuntuu niin

Sinuun tahdon uskoa
Ja etsin kunnes löydän sun
Kuten aamuisin päivä ja yö
Suutelevat toisiaan

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If I Don't Get You The Next One Will


If I Don't Get You The Next One Will
Composer(s): Lynsey De Paul; David Jordan
Performer(s): Lynsey De Paul



I've been dated and waited until I was blue
I've been cheated, mistreated and broken in two
I've been lied to, denied to, till I've had my fill
So, if I don't get you, well, the next one will

I've been rung up and hung up when given a lie
I've been flattered and battered when I was just fine
I've been dined, I've been wined, I've been given the bill

So, if I don't get you, well, the next one will

Men are all the same
they only wanna play a game
We need them still

If I don't get you, well, the next one will

'cos I've been bitten and smitten
It won't happen twice
and I've been caught out and bought out below market price
I've been nesting my best hits when dress up to kill

So, if I don't get you, well, the next one will

Men are all the same
there ain't a women you can blame
We need them still
If I don't get you, well, the next one will

Woooh...

If I don't get you, ooh ooh
If I don't get you, ooh ooh
If I don't get you, ooh ooh

Well, I've been pawed, I've bored, I've ignored all the signs
and I've been used and abused and I'm just not that kind
Your a zero, no hero, a positive nil

so if I don't get you, well, the next one will
If I don't get you
If I don't get you
if I don't get you.....
the next one will

Yes, you
If I don't get you
You know that I will

If I don't get you
You know that I will

Cos I've been dated and waited until I was blue
and I've been cheated, mistreated and broken in two
I've been lied to, denied to till I've had my fill
So, if I don't get you, well, well, well!
I've been rung up and hung up when given a lie
I've been flattered and battered when I was just fine
I've been dined, I've been dined, I've been given the bill

So, if I don't get you, well, the next one will yeah

If I dont get you you know if I don't get you
no if I dont get you, yeah, the next one will

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Keep A Twinkle In Your Eye


Keep A Twinkle In Your Eye
Composer(s): Rube Bloom; Johnny Mercer
Performer(s): Billy Cotton;
The Nicholas Brothers



I’ve got a twinkle in my eye
And a twinkle in my toe
And so I’m stepping mighty high
Wherever I go

‘Cos with a twinkle in my eye
And a twinkle in my toe
Most everybody passing by
Gives me the hallo

I throw my head back, and stick my chin out
Grin my best Sunday grin out
I know I’m gonna win out soon

Thanks to the twinkle in my eye
And the twinkle in my toe
I find that life is just like pie
Wherever I go

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Lady With The Flower In Her Hair


Lady With The Flower In Her Hair
Composer(s): Larry McPeak
Performer(s): The Country Gentlemen



Love is a gamble when your life is spent on the road
One night stands with the boys in the band really gets old
If I had my rathers I'd be with my lady at home
'Cause the lady with the flower in her hair turns my world on

Lady with the flower in her hair turns my world on
She knows the secret that keeps me coming back home
Life has a meaning, I found it when she came along
'Cause the lady with the flower in her hair turns my world on

The places I've travelled can be traced by the lines on my face
But I've yet to find something else to take its place
When misery lays heavy, I think of my lady at home
'Cause the lady with the flower in her hair turns my world on

Lady with the flower in her hair turns my world on
She knows the secret that keeps me coming back home
Life has a meaning, I found it when she came along
'Cause the lady with the flower in her hair turns my world on

The lady with the flower in her hair turns my world on

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If I Didn't Have A Dime (To Play the Jukebox)


If I Didn't Have A Dime (To Play the Jukebox)
Composer(s): Phil Medley - Bert Russell
Performer(s): Gene Pitney - 1962
and multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1963 - Un Soldino (Gene Pitney)
1965 - Devant Le Juke-Box (Akim & Sheila)
- Que Inhumano (Los Hermanos Carrión)



If I didn't have a dime and I didn't take the time
To play the jukebox
Oh, oh Saturday night would've been a sad and lonely night
For me
And if you weren't standin' there ruby lips and golden hair
Beside the jukebox
O'h, oh I'd have lost my chance to hold you while you danced
With me
Mm - mm

While the records turn (and turn) and turn (and turn)
We danced (we danced) and learned (and learned)
Our hearts (our hearts) had yearned (had yearned) for this
Neath the moon we walked (we walked) and walked (and walked) and
talked (and talked)
Of love (of love) and then we kissed

Now with every sweet caress oh, my darling how I bless
That little jukebox
Oh, oh love songs that they sing wouldn't mean a single thing
Even though you're standing there ruby lips and golden hair
If I didn't have a dime and I didn't take the time
To play the jukebox

Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm-mm-mm
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

Now with every sweet caress oh, my darling how I bless
That little jukebox
Oh, oh love songs that they sing wouldn't mean a single thing
Even though you're standing there ruby lips and golden hair
If I didn't have a dime and I didn't take the time
To play the jukebox

Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm

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Keep Cool, Fool


Keep Cool, Fool
Composer(s): James Price Johnson; Joseph Myrow
Performer(s): Doris Day;
Erskine Hawkins; The Ink Spots



Keep cool, fool, if you don't know what you're doin'
Keep cool, fool, `cause you don't know what you're doin'
Keep cool, fool, `cause you don't know what you're doin'
Or else you're gonna bring somebody down.
Keep cool, fool, if you don't know what you're sayin'
Keep cool, fool, `cause you don't know what you're sayin'
Keep cool, fool, if you don't know what you're sayin'
Or else you're gonna bring somebody down
Thinking twice, you'll find it better to be big than small
Speakin' nice, or just like Humpty Dumpty on the wall
Crash! You're gonna fall
Keep cool, fool, if you don't want any trouble
Keep cool, fool cause your trouble will go double
Keep cool, fool, or you'll blow up like a bubble
Or else you're gonna bring somebody down

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It's Christmas Time (The Five Keys)


It's Christmas Time
Composer(s): Marvin Phillips
Performer(s): The Five Keys; Stormy Weather



(Ding-dong, ding-dong)

It's Christmas time
And snow is on the ground
The leaves have fallen
And are spreaded around (Spreaded around)

Our love was bold
But now so very cold
We loved in our younger prime
And I'll love when I'm old

I sit alone in our dream cottage
And snow is on the ground
I'm sitting all alone and I'm wishing
That someday you'll come around

To love again
Though you're far away
And when you come to me
Please come back to stay

Ding-dong, ding-dong
Christmas time

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If I Didn't Care


If I Didn't Care
Composer(s): Jack Lawrence
First release by: The Ink Spots - 1939
Covered by multiple other artists



If I didn't care more than words can say
If I didn't care would I feel this way?
If this isn't love then why do I thrill?
And what makes my head go 'round and 'round
While my heart stands still?

If I didn't care would it be the same?
Would my ev'ry prayer begin and end with just your name?
And would I be sure that this is love beyond compare?
Would all this be true if I didn't care for you?

If I didn't care honey child, mo' than words can say
If I didn't care baby, would I feel this way?
Darlin' if this isn’t love, then why do I thrill so much?
What is it that makes my head go 'round and 'round while my heart just stands still so much?

If I didn't care would it be the same?
Would my ev'ry prayer begin and end with just your name?
And would I be sure that this is love beyond compare?
Would all this be true if I didn't care for you?

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Keep 'Em Flying


Keep 'Em Flying
Composer(s): Bill Coleman
Performer(s): Johnny Desmond; Roy Eldridge



Keep 'em flying, keep 'em in the sky
Keep 'em flying, hitting hard and high
On every lip, the fervent cry
Keep 'em flying Uncle Sam

Keep 'em flying, every headline screams
Keep 'em flying, army fighting teams
On thirty thousand different beams
Keep 'em flying Uncle Sam

(Orchestral Interlude)

(Spoken)
So mount to the cabin
Give it the gun.
Home with the Air Corps
To the sun

(Sung)
Keep 'em flying clear the hangar floor
Keep 'em flying, spread your wings once more
From pole to pole, from shore to shore
Let thirty thousand motors roar
And thirty thousand eaglets soar
Keep 'em flying Uncle Sam

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