202. Prelude To A Kiss (1938)

lyrics by Irving Gordon & Irving Mills
music by Duke Ellington

If you hear a song in blue
Like a flower crying for the dew
That was my heart serenading you
My prelude to a kiss

And if you hear a song that grows
From my tender sentimental woes
That was my heart trying to compose
A prelude to a kiss

Though it’s just a simple melody
With nothing fancy, nothing much
You could turn it to a symphony
A Schubert tune with a Gershwin touch

Oh! how my love song gently cries
For the tenderness within your eyes
My love is a prelude that never dies
A prelude to a kiss

(long bridge)

Though it’s just a simple melody
With nothing fancy, nothing much
You could turn it to a symphony
A Schubert tune with a Gershwin touch

Oh! how my love song gently cries
For the tenderness within your eyes
My love is a prelude that never dies
A prelude to a kiss

201. Practice Makes Perfect

D. Roberts & E. Gold

follows 4 versions of this song

If practice makes perfect
Let’s try that old embrace
In some romantic place
Where we can take our time

If practice makes perfect
Just close your eyes again
We’ll try those sights again
And make them more sublime

We’re in love’s kindergarten
Learning from A to Z
And if it’s fun just starting
Think what it’s going to be

If practice makes perfect
Let’s have that kiss again
We must’n miss again
We’re not doing bad right now

(bridge)

We’re in love’s kindergarten
Learning from A to Z
And if it’s fun just starting
Think what it’s going to be

If practice makes perfect
Let’s have that kiss again
We must’n miss again
We’re not doing bad
Let’s practice some more
We’re not doing bad right now

 

2nd version

If practice makes perfect
Let’s try that old embrace
In some romantic place
Where we can take our time

If practice makes perfect
Just close your eyes again
We’ll try those sights again
And make them more sublime

We’re in love’s kindergarten
Learning from A to Z
And if it’s fun just starting
Think what it’s going to be

If practice makes perfect
Let’s try that kiss again
We must’n miss again
We’re not doing bad right now

(bridge)

We’re in love’s kindergarten
Learning from A to Z
And if it’s fun just starting
Think what it’s going to be

If practice makes perfect
Let’s have that kiss again
We must’n miss again
We’re not doing bad
Let’s practice some more
We’re not doing bad right now

 

3rd version

If practice makes perfect
Let’s try that old embrace
In some romantic place
Where we can take our time

If practice makes perfect
Just close your eyes again
We’ll try those sights again
And make them more sublime

We’re in love’s kindergarten
Learning from A to Z
And if it’s fun just starting
Think what it’s going to be

If practice makes perfect
Let’s have that kiss again
We must’n miss again
We’re not doing bad right now

(bridge)

We’re in love’s kindergarten
Learning from A to Z
And if it’s fun just starting
Think what it’s going to be

If practice makes perfect
Let’s have that kiss again
We must’n miss again
We’re not doing bad
Let’s practice some more
We’re not doing bad right now

 

4th version

If practice makes perfect
Let’s try that old embrace
In some romantic place
Where we can take our time

If practice makes perfect
Just close your eyes again
We’ll try those sights again
And make them more sublime

We’re in love’s kindergarten
Learning from A to Z
And if it’s fun just starting
Think what it’s going to be

If practice makes perfect
Let’s have that kiss again
We must’n miss again
We’re not doing bad right now

(bridge)

We’re in love’s kindergarten
Learning from A to Z
And if it’s fun just starting
Think what it’s going to be

If practice makes perfect
Let’s have that kiss again
We must’n miss again
We’re not doing bad
Let’s practice some more
We’re not doing bad right now

199. Please Tell Me Now

Arnold Clawson & Toussaint Pope

Please tell me now
How much you care
Before we say good night my dear

You’ll never say
That you’ll be mine
Why keep me waiting?
Please tell me now

Day and night I’m wondering
Do you really care
Must I go on wondering
About this love affair

My heart will cry
And that’s no lie
Don’t keep me waiting
Please tell me now

Day and night I’m wondering
Do you really care
Must I go on wondering
About this love affair

My heart will cry
And that’s no lie
Don’t keep me waiting
Please tell me now

198. Please Keep Me In Your Dreams

Tot Seymour & Vee Lawnhurst

Please keep me in your dreams
In your sweet dreams let me hold you
When through your window
The breeze comes swingin’
It’s just bringin’ this love song that I’m singin’
Please keep me in your dreams
My kiss it seems must have told you
My heart you’ll borrow until tomorrow
So please keep me in your dreams

(bridge)

Please keep me in your dreams
In your sweet dreams let me hold you
When through your window
The breeze comes swingin’
It’s just bringin’ this love song that I’m singin’
Please keep me in your dreams
My kiss it seems must have told you
My heart you’ll borrow until tomorrow
So please keep me in your dreams

197. Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone (1930)

lyrics and music by Sidney Clare & Bee Palmer & Sam H. Stept

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
If you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all
That’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
And I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a kiss
I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you
It makes no difference how I carry on
Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
If you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all
That’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
And I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a little kiss
And I hope that kiss this brings
Lots of luck to you

It makes no difference how I carry on
Please don’t talk about me
Don’t you talk about me
Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone

 

2nd version

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And listen if you can’t say anything really nice
It’s better not to talk at all that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
And I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a kiss
I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you
Makes no difference how I carry on
Just don’t you talk about me when I’m gone

(long bridge)

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And listen, if you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all, that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
But here’s a little kiss
And I hope that kiss this brings
Lots of luck to you

Makes no difference how I carry on
Just don’t talk
Please don’t talk
Don’t you talk about me when I’m gone

 

3rd version

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can’t say anything really nice
Just not to talk at all that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
And I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a kiss
I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you
It makes no difference how I carry on
Please don’t you talk about me when I’m gone

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all, that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a little kiss
And I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you

Makes no difference how I carry on
Don’t talk about me
Please don’t talk about me
Don’t you talk about me when I’m gone

 

4th version

 

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Although our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can’t say anything really nice
Just not to talk at all that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
And I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a kiss
I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you
It makes no difference how I carry on
Please don’t you talk about me when I’m gone

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a little kiss
And I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you

It makes no difference how I carry on
Please don’t talk about me
Don’t you talk about me
Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone

 

5th version

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
And I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a kiss
I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you
It makes no difference how I carry on
Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
And I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a little kiss
And I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you

It makes no difference how I carry on
Please don’t talk about me
Don’t you talk about me
Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone

(applauses)

 

6th version

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a kiss
I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you
It makes no difference how I carry on
Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
And I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a little kiss
And I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you

It makes no difference how I carry on
Please don’t talk about me
Don’t you talk about me
Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone

 

7th version

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a kiss
I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you
Makes no difference how I carry on
Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
And I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a little kiss
And I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you

It makes no difference how I carry on
Please don’t talk about me
Don’t you talk about me
Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone

 

8th version

Billie introduces the next song: “thank you, and now I’d like to do a little tune, title Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone”.

 

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a kiss
I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you
It makes no difference how I carry on
Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone

Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone
Though our friendship ceases from now on
And if you can’t say anything really nice
Just don’t talk at all that’s my advice

We’re parting
You go your way
I’ll go mine
It’s best that we do
Here’s a little kiss
And I hope that this brings
Lots of luck to you

It makes no difference how I carry on
Don’t you talk about me
Please don’t talk about me
Please don’t talk about me when I’m gone

to be checked

196. Pennies From Heaven (1936)

lyrics by Johnny Burke

music by Arthur Johnston 

 

Oh every time it rains it rains
Pennies from heaven
Don’t you know each cloud contains
Pennies from heaven
You’ll find your fortune
Falling all over town
Be sure that your umbrella

Is upside down

 

Trade them for a package of

Sunshine and flowers
If you want the things you love
You must have showers
So when you hear it thunder
Don’t run under a tree
There’ll be pennies from heaven
For you and me

 

2nd version

 

Oh every time it rains it rains
Pennies from heaven
Don’t you know each cloud contains
Pennies from heaven
You’ll find your fortune
Falling all over town
Be sure that your umbrella

Is upside down

 

Trade them for a package of

Sunshine and flowers
If you want the things you love
You must have showers
So when you hear it thunder
Don’t run under a tree
There’ll be pennies from heaven
For you and me

From the film Pennies from Heaven with Bing Crosby

195. P.S. I Love You (1934)

lyrics by Johnny Mercer
music by Gordon Jenkins

Dear, I thought I’d drop a line
The weather is cool
The folks are fine
I’m in bed each night at nine
P.S. I love you

Yesterday we had some rain
But all in all
I can’t complain
Was it dusty on the train
P.S. I love you

Write to the Brown’s just as soon as you’re able
They came around to call
And not burned a hole in the dining room table
Now let me think I guess that’s all

Nothing else for me to say
And so I’ll close
But by the way
Everybody’s thinking of you
P.S. I love you

Write to the Brown’s just as soon as you’re able
They came around to call
And not burned a hole in the dining room table
Now let me think I guess that’s all

Nothing else for me to say
And so I’ll close
But by the way
Everybody’s thinking of you
P.S. I love you

Love you, love you