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What A Little Moonlight Can Do

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What A Little Moonlight Can Do (1934)

lyrics and music by Harry Woods

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1935 MT 4 Complete on Columbia v.1 4 2’59”

Ooh, ooh, ooh

What a little moonlight can do

Ooh, ooh, ooh

What a little moonlight can do to you

You’re in love

Your heart’s fluttering all day long

You only stutter cause your poor tongue

Just will not utter the words

I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh

What a little moonlight can do

Wait a while

Till a little moonbeam comes peepin’ through

He’ll get bold

You can’t resist him

All you’ll say

When you have kissed him is

Ooh, ooh, ooh

What a little moonlight can do

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1954 LR 108 Perfect Complete Collection v.6 3 2’36”

(BH introduces the song:
“And now, an old song I had the pleasure of recording
with Benny Goodman, Roy Eldridge, Ted Wilson:
What a Little Moonlight”)
Note: she was referring to 1935’s MT #4, above.

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

(applauses)

(Thanks from the Bruxelles’ speaker)

 

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1954 LR 117 Perfect Complete Collection v.7 8 2’30”

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
What a little moonlight can do

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

(applauses)

 

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1954 LR 123 Complete on Verve v.2 21 2’56”

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

(applauses)

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1954 MT 241 Complete on Verve v.3 3 3’10”

Ooh,
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

(bridge)

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1956 LR 175 Complete on Verve v.8 18 2’49”

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

(long applauses)

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1957 LR 185 Complete on Verve v.10 9 2’54”

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
And all you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

(applauses)

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1958 LR 199 Perfect Complete Collection v.12 1 2’27”

(…)
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
And all you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Right now

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1958 LR 215 Private Recording – 3’20”

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
You can’t resist him
All you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in love
Your heart’s fluttering all day long
You only stutter cause your poor tongue
Just will not utter the words
I love you

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do
Wait a while
Till a little moonbeam comes peeping through
You’ll get bold
Can’t resist him
And all you’ll say
When you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
What a little moonlight can do

(applauses)
Fanfare Oh, lady be good

 

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We’ll Be Together Again

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262. We’ll Be Together Again (1945)

Lyrics by Frankie Laine
Music by Carl Fischer

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1956 MT 285 Complete on Verve v.7 13 4’24”

No tears, no fears
Remember there’s always tomorrow
So what if we have to part
We’ll be together again

Your kiss, your smile
Are memories I’ll treasure forever
So try thinking with your heart
We’ll be together again

Times when I know you’ll be lonesome
Times when I know you’ll be sad
Don’t let temptation surround you
Don’t let the blues make you bad

Some day, some way
We both have a lifetime before us
For parting is not good-bye
We’ll be together again

(bridge)

Times when I know you’ll be lonesome
Times when I know you’ll be sad
Don’t let temptation surround you
Don’t let the blues make you bad

Some day, some way
We both have a lifetime before us
For parting is not good-bye
We’ll be together again

Notes

First to sing Frankie Lane

 

Weep No More

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261. Weep No More

Gordon Jenkins & Tom Adair

rec date type # discography tk rec time
 1948 MT  196 Complete on Decca v.2  4 3’19”

(with The Stardusters choir)

I’m just about fed up
I’ve finally had my fill
Of sitting ’round and crying in my beer
I’ve drunk the bitter cup
I’ve downed the bitter pill
While waiting for the silver lining to appear

I’m going to stack my blues up
On the very highest shelf
I’m going to pack my blues up
And get wise to myself

(Weep no more, my baby)
(Weep no more, my baby)
Weep no more
I’m going to weep no more
I’m putting an end to this lonesome game
(It’s such a lonesome game this crying)

Cry no tears,
I’m going to cry no tears
Each time that I happen to hear his name
(I hear his name)
I’m going out on the town
This hopeless torch I will drown
‘Cause I’m tired of running around
(Running around)
With just a memory

Weep no more,
I’m going to weep no more
‘Til somebody weeps
(Until somebody weeps)
For me
(I’m going to stack my blues up
on the very highest shell)
(I’m going to pack my blues up
and get wise to myself)

Weep no more,
I’m going to weep no more
‘Til somebody weeps
For me
(Weep no more)

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Violets For Your Furs

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260. Violets For Your Furs (1941)

Lyrics by Tom Adair

Music by Matt Dennis

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1958 MT 317 Lady In Satin 4 2’59”

You brought me violets for my furs
And it was Spring for a while remember
You brought me violets for my furs
And there was April in that December

The snow drifted down on the flowers
And melted where it lay
The snow looked like dew on the blossoms
As on a Summer’s day

You brought me violets for my furs
And there was blue in the wintry sky
You pinned the violets to my furs
And gave a lift to the crowds passing by

You smiled at me so sweetly
Since then one thought occurs
That we fell in love completely
The day that you brought me violets for my furs

(bridge)

You smiled at me so sweetly
Since then one thought occurs
That we fell in love completely
The day that you brought me violets for my furs

Notes

 

Until the Real Thing Comes Along

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259. Until The Real Thing Comes Along (1931)

lyrics by Mann Holiner and Sammy Kahn 

music by Alberta Nichols & Saul Chaplin

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1942 MT 159 Complete in Columbia v.7 14 3’07”

I’d work for you
I’d slave for you
I’d be a beggar or a knave for you
If that isn’t love it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along

I’d gladly move
The earth for you
To prove my love dear
And it’s worth for you
If that isn’t love it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along

With all the words dear at my command
I just can’t make you understand
I’ll always love you darling
Come what may
My heart is yours
What more can I say?

I’d lie for you
I’d sigh for you
I’d tear the stars down from the sky for you
If that isn’t love it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along

With all the words dear at my command
I just can’t make you understand
I’ll always love you baby
Come what may
My heart is yours
What more can I say?

I’d lie for you
I’d cry for you
I’d lay my body down and die for you
If that isn’t love it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along

 

2nd version

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1942 AT 159a Complete in Columbia v.10 21 3’07”

I’d work for you
I’d slave for you
I’d be a beggar or a knave for you
If that isn’t love it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along

I’d gladly move
The earth for you
To prove my love dear
And it’s worth for you
If that isn’t love it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along

With all the words dear at my command
I just can’t make you understand
I’ll always love you darling
Come what may
My heart is yours
What more can I say?

I’d sigh for you
I’d cry for you
I’d tear the stars down from the sky for you
If that isn’t love it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along

With all the words dear at my command
I just can’t make you understand
I’ll always love you baby
Come what may
My heart is yours
What more can I say?

I’d lie for you
I’d cry for you
I’d lay my body down and die for you
If that isn’t love it will have to do
Until the real thing comes along

 

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Original version from the show Rhapsody in Black and Ethel Waters
 

Under a Blue Jungle Moon

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258. Under A Blue Jungle Moon

R. Conway & N. Brisben

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1939 MT 113 Complete on Columbia v.5 18 2’55”

Life’s just like a dream
Just a beautiful dream
Under a blue jungle moon

Love calls out to love
From the wood and the stream
Calls with a weird savage tune

Through the night comes melodies entrancing
All through the night in pairs the world’s romancing
My own heart calls too
Jungle sweetheart to you
Under a blue jungle moon

(bridge)

Through the night comes melodies entrancing
All through the night in pairs the world’s romancing
My own heart calls too
Jungle sweetheart to you
Under a blue jungle moon

 

2nd version

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1939 AT 113a Complete on Columbia v.9 12 3’03”

Life’s just like a dream
Just a beautiful dream
Under a blue jungle moon

Love calls out to love
From the wood and the stream
Calls with a weird savage tune

Through the night comes melodies entrancing
All through the night in pairs the world’s romancing
My own heart calls too
Jungle sweetheart to you
Under a blue jungle moon

(bridge)

Through the night comes melodies entrancing
All through the night in pairs the world’s romancing
My own heart calls too
Jungle sweetheart for you
Under a blue jungle moon

 

Notes

 

Twenty-Four Hours a Day

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257. Twenty-Four Hours A Day (1935)

lyrics by Arthur Swanstrom

music by  James Frederick Hanley

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1935 MT 10 Complete on Columbia v.1 10 3’01”

Like a little old fashioned music box

With just one tune to play

My heart keeps singin’ I love you

Twenty four hours a day

Like a little old fashioned music box

That skips a note or two

My heart keeps missin’ a heart beat

Singin’ its song about you

And although the song we know is old

It’s still the sweetest story ever told

Like a little old fashioned music box

With just one tune to play

My heart keeps singin’ I love you

Twenty four hours a day

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Travelin’ Light

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256. Trav’lin’ Light

Johnny Mercer & Jimmy Mundy

follows 6 versions of that song

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1942 MT 160 Billie’s Blues 15 3’15”

I’m trav’lin’ light
Because my man has gone
And from now on
I’m trav’lin’ light
He said goodbye
And took my heart away
So from today
I’m trav’lin’ light

No one to see
I’m free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories
Some lucky night
He may come back again
But until then
I’m trav’lin’ light

 

2nd version

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1943 LR 13 Perfect Complete Collection v.1 11 2’54”

I’m trav’lin’ light
Because my man has gone
So from now on
I’m trav’lin’ light
He said goodbye
And took my heart away
So from today
I’m trav’lin’ light

No one to see
I’m free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories
Some lucky night
He may come back again
So until then
I’m trav’lin’ light

(repeat)

No one to see
I’m free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories
Some lucky night
He may come back again
So until then
I’m trav’lin’ light

 

3rd version

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1946 LR 38 Complete on Verve v.1 10 3’28”

I’m trav’lin’ light
Because my man has gone
So from now on
I’m trav’lin’ light
He said goodbye
And took my heart away
So from today
I’m trav’lin’ light

No one to see
I’m free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories
Some lucky night
He may come back again
So until then
I’m trav’lin’ light

(repeat)

No one to see
I’m free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories
Some lucky night
He may come back again
So until then
I’m trav’lin’ light

 

4th version

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1956 MT 273 Complete on Verve v.7 1 3’07”

I’m trav’lin’ light
Because my man has gone
So from now on
I’m trav’lin’ light
He said goodbye
And took my heart away
So from today
I’m trav’lin’ light

No one to see
I’m free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories

Some lucky night
He may come back again
So until then
I’m trav’lin’ light

No one to see
I’m free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories

Some lucky night
He may come back again
So until then
I’m trav’lin’ light

 

5th version

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1958 LR 216 Private Recording 3’21”

Billie introduces the next song
“Thank you very much Ladies and Gentlemen, you’re a wonderful audience after three days, with all the support (…) what can I do for you? Trav’lin’ Light?”

 

I’m trav’lin’ light
Because my man has gone
So from now on
I’m travelin’ light
He said goodbye
And took my heart away
So from today
I’m travelin’ light

No one to see
I’m free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories

Some lucky night
He may come back again
So until then
I’m travelin’ light

No one to see
I’m free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories

Some lucky night
He may come back again
So until then
I’m travelin’ light

(applauses)

 

6th version

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1958 LR 220 Billie Holiday in Europe 1954-58 17 3’13”

I’m trav’lin’ light
Because my man has gone
So from now on
I’m travelin’ light
He said goodbye
And took my heart away
So from today
I’m travelin’ light

No one to see
I’m free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories

Some lucky night
He may come back again
So until then
I’m travelin’ light

No one to see
I’m free as the breeze
No one but me
And my memories

Some lucky night
He may come back again
So until then
I’m travelin’

light

(applauses)

 

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Travelin’ All Alone

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255. Trav’lin’ All Alone (1930)

lyrics and music by J. C. Johnson

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1937 MT 69 Complete on Columbia v.3 21 2’12”

I’m so weary and all alone
Feel tired like heavy stone
Trav’lin’, trav’lin’ all alone
Who will see and who will care
Bout this load that I must bear
Trav’lin’, trav’lin’ all alone
Prayers are said to heaven above
‘Bout my burdens woes and love
Head bowed down with misery
Nothing now appeals to me
Trav’lin’, trav’lin’ all alone

(bridge)

Give me just another day
There’s one thing I want to say
Friends are well when all is gold
Leave you always when you’re old
Trav’lin’, trav’lin’ all alone

 

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Too Marvelous For Words

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254. Too Marvelous For Words (1937)

Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Music by Richard A. Whiting

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1953 LR 100 Perfect Complete Collection v.5 10 2’13”

You’re just too marvelous
Too marvelous for words
Like glorious glamorous
And that old standby amorous

It’s all so wonderful
I’ll never find the words
That say enough tell enough
I mean just aren’t swell enough

You’re much too much
You’re just too very, very
To ever be in Webster’s Dictionary
And so I’m borrowing
A love song from the birds
To tell you that you’re marvelous
Too marvelous to words

You’re just too marvelous
Too marvelous for words
Like glorious glamorous
And that old standby amorous

It’s all so wonderful
I’ll never find the words
That say enough tell enough
I mean they just aren’t swell enough

You’re much too much
You’re just too very, very
To ever be in Webster’s Dictionary
And so I’m borrowing
A love song from the birds
To tell you that you’re marvelous
Too marvelous for words

Like glorious and glamorous
Too marvelous for words

 

2nd version

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1953 MT 245 Complete on Verve v.3 7 2’11”

You’re just too marvelous
Too marvelous for words
Like glorious glamorous
And that old standby amorous

It’s all so wonderful
I’ll never find the words
That say enough tell enough
I mean just aren’t swell enough

You’re much too much
You’re just too very, very
To ever be in Webster’s Dictionary
And so I’m borrowing
A love song from the birds
To tell you that you’re marvelous
Too marvelous for words

You’re just too marvelous
Too marvelous for words
Like glorious glamorous
That old standby amorous

It’s all so wonderful
I’ll never find the words
That say enough tell enough
I mean they just aren’t swell enough

You’re much too much
You’re just too very, very
To ever be in Webster’s Dictionary
And so I’m borrowing
A love song from the birds
To tell you that you’re marvelous
Too marvelous for words

Like glorious and glamorous
Too marvelous for words

 

3rd version

rec date type # discography tk rec time
1959 LR 228 Perfect Complete Collection v.12 19 2’27”

You’re just too marvelous
Too marvelous for words
Like glorious glamorous
And that old standby amorous

It’s all so wonderful
I’ll never find the words
That say enough tell enough
I mean they just aren’t swell enough

You’re much too much
Just too very, very
To ever be in Webster’s Dictionary
And so I’m borrowing
A love song from the birds
To tell you that you’re marvelous
Too marvelous for words

You’re just too marvelous
Too marvelous for words
Like glorious glamorous
That old standby amorous

It’s all so wonderful
I’ll never find the words
That say enough tell enough
I mean they just aren’t swell enough

You’re much too much
Just too very, very
To ever be in Webster’s Dictionary
And so I’m borrowing
A love song from the birds
To tell you that you’re marvelous
Too marvelous for words
Like glorious and glamorous
Too marvelous for words

(applauses)

Notes

From the film Ready, Willing and Able with Ross Alexander,Wini Shaw & Ruby Keeler