66. Forget If You Can

Jack Manus & K. Upham & L. Joy

Forget if you can
Romantic music one magical night
A corner table in dim candle light
A kiss that was heaven for two

Forget if you can
The day we hiked to where nobody knows
The swell spaghetti at Tony and Joe’s
It hasn’t been fun without you

Don’t you remember
All the silly things we used to do
The way we laughed
When we were photographed
As Handsome Hal and his tintype gal

Why shouldn’t we plan
More happy moments like we used to spend
They were so perfect
Too perfect to end
Let your heart forget if you can

(bridge)

Don’t you remember
All the silly things we used to do
The way we laughed
When we were photographed
As Handsome Hal and his tintype gal

Why shouldn’t we plan
More happy moments like we used to spend
They were so perfect
Too perfect to end
Let your heart forget if you can

 

2nd version

Forget if you can
Romantic music one magical night
A corner table in dim candle light
A kiss that was heaven for two

Forget if you can
The day we hiked to where nobody knows
The swell spaghetti at Tony and Joe’s
It hasn’t been fun without you

Don’t you remember
All the silly things we used to do
The way we laughed
When we were photographed
As Handsome Hal and his tintype gal

Why couldn’t we plan
More happy moments like we used to spend
They were so perfect
Too perfect to end
Let your heart forget if you can

(bridge)

Don’t you remember
All the silly things we used to do
The way we laughed
When we were photographed
As Handsome Hal and his tintype gal

Why couldn’t we plan
More happy moments like we used to spend
They were so perfect
Too perfect to end
Let your heart forget if you can

According to Jerry Meyer from NY, Handsome Hal was a nickname for a charming guy, similar to Handsome Harry. We thank him for that hint.

According to Ardilaun, tintype is an old photographic technique. I thank him for this precious hint.

65. For Heaven’s Sake

D.Meyer & Bretton & S.Edwards

For heaven’s sake let’s fall in love It’s no mistake to call it love An angel’s holding hands with me How heavenly heaven can be

Here is romance for us to try Here is a chance we can’t deny While heaven’s giving us the break Let’s fall in love for heaven’s sake

Don’t say a word my darling Don’t break the spell like this Just hold me tight We’re alone in the night And heaven is here in a kiss

This pair of eyes can see a star So paradise can’t be so far Since heaven’s what we’re dreaming of For heaven’s sake let’s fall in love

Don’t say a word my darling Don’t break the spell like this Just hold me tight We’re alone in the night And heaven is here in a kiss

This pair of eyes can see a star So paradise can’t be so far Since heaven’s what we’re dreaming of For heaven’s sake let’s fall in love

For All We Know (1934)

Lyrics by Sam M. Lewis
Music by J. Fred Coots

Sweetheart the night is growing old
Sweetheart my love is still untold
A kiss that is never tasted
Forever and ever is wasted

For all we know
We may never meet again
Before you go
Make this moment sweet again

We won’t say goodnight
Until the last minute
I’ll hold out my hand
And my heart will be in it

For all we know
This may be only a dream
We come and go
Like a ripple on a stream

So love me tonight
Tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come
For all we know

63. Foolin’ Myself (1937)

lyrics: Jack Lawrence

music: Peter Tinturin

I tell myself I’m through with love
And I’ll having nothing more to do with love
I stay away but every day
I’m just foolin’ myself

I tell my friends that I don’t care
I shrug my shoulders at the whole affair
But they all know it isn’t so
I’m just foolin’ myself

And every time I pass
And see my face in a looking glass
I tip my hat and say
How do you do you fool
You’re throwing your life away

I’m acting gay I’m acting proud
And every time I see you in a crowd
I may pretend but in the end
I’m just foolin’ myself

 

2nd version

I tell myself I’m through with love
And I’ll having nothing more to do with love
I stay away but every day
I’m just foolin’ myself

I tell my friends that I don’t care
I shrug my shoulders at the whole affair
But they all know it isn’t so
I’m just foolin’ myself

And every time I pass
And see his face in the looking glass
I tip my hat and say
How do you do you fool
You’re throwing your life away

I may seem proud
I may acting gay
But every time I see you in a crowd
I just wanna shout out love
I’m just foolin’ myself

And every time I pass
And see myself in the looking glass
I tip my hat and say
How do you do you fool
You’re throwing your youth away

I may seem proud
I may acting gay
But every time I see you in a crowd
I just wanna shout out love
I’m foolin’ myself
And I mean it
Just fooling myself

62. Fine And Mellow

Billie Holiday

Follows 12 versions of the song

My man don’t love me
Treats me oh so mean
My man he don’t love me
Treats me awfully (awful mean)
He’s the lowest man
That I’ve ever seen

He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow

But when he starts in to love me
He’s so fine and mellow

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long

Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day
If you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day

But you’re so mean to me baby
I know you’re gonna drive me away

Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is like a faucet
It turns off and on

Sometimes when you think it’s on baby
It has turned off and gone

 

2nd version

My man don’t love me
Treats me oh so mean
My man he don’t love me
Treats me awfully (awful mean)
He’s the lowest man
That I’ve ever seen

He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow

But when he starts in to love me
He’s so fine and mellow

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long

Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day
If you just treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day

But you’re so mean to me baby
I know you’re gonna drive me away

Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is like a faucet
It turns off and on

Sometimes when you think it’s on baby
It has turned off and gone

 

3rd version

My man don’t love me
Treats me oh so mean
My man he don’t love me
Treats me awful mean
He’s the lowest man
That I’ve ever seen

He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow

But when he starts in to love me
He’s so fine and mellow

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long

Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day
Just treat me right baby
I’ll stay home night and day

But you’re so mean to me baby
I know you’re gonna drive me away

Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is like a faucet
It turns off and on

Sometimes when you think it’s on baby
It has turned off and gone

 

4th version

My man don’t love me
Treats me awfully
My man he don’t love me
Treats me awfully
He’s the lowest man
That I’ve ever seen

He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow

But when he starts in to love me
He’s so fine and mellow

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long

Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day
Yes treat me right baby
I’ll stay home night and day

But you’re so mean to me baby
I know you’re gonna drive me away

Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is like a faucet
It turns off and on

Sometimes when you think it’s on baby
It has turned off and gone

 

5th version

My man don’t love me
Treats me oh so mean
My man he don’t love me
Treats me awful mean
He’s the lowest man
That I’ve ever seen

He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow

But when he starts in to love me
He’s so fine and mellow

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long

Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day
Yes treat me right baby
I’ll stay home night and day

But you’re so mean to me baby
I know you’re gonna drive me away

Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is like a faucet
It turns off and on

Sometimes when you think it’s on baby
It has turned off and gone

 

6th version

(intro – TV show)

My man don’t love me
Treats me oh so mean
My man he don’t love me
Treats me awful mean
He’s the lowest man
That I’ve ever seen

He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow

But when he starts in to love me
He is so fine and mellow

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long

Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day
Yes treat me right baby
I’ll stay home night and day

But you’re so mean to me baby
I know you’re gonna drive me away

Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is like a faucet
It turns off and on

Sometimes when you think it’s on baby
It has turned off and gone

 

7th version

My man don’t love me
Treats me oh so mean
My man he don’t love me
Treats me awful mean
He’s the lowest man
That I’ve ever seen

He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
But when he starts in to love me
He is so fine and mellow

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day
Just treat me right baby
I’ll stay home night and day
But you’re so mean to me baby
I know you’re gonna drive me away

Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is like a faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it’s on baby
It has turned off and gone

 

8th version

 

(BH introduces the song:

“Thank you very much, Ladies and Gentlemen, 

you’re a very, very lovely audience, I’d like trying sing 

for you a little blues that I wrote, title
Fine and Mellow”)

 

My man don’t love me
Treats me oh so mean
My man he don’t love me
Treats me awful mean
He’s the lowest man
That I’ve ever seen

He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
But when he starts in to love me
He is so fine and mellow

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day
Just treat me right baby
I’ll stay home night and day
But you’re so mean to me baby
I know you’re gonna drive me away

Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is like a faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it’s on baby
It has turned off and gone

(applauses)

 

9th version

My man don’t love me
Treats me oh so mean
My man he don’t love me
Treats me awful mean
He’s the lowest man
That I’ve ever seen

He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
But when he starts in to love me
He is so fine and mellow

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day
Just treat me right baby
I’ll stay home night and day
But you’re so mean to me baby
I know you’re gonna drive me away

Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is like a faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it’s on baby
It has turned off and gone

(applauses)

 

10th version

My man don’t love me
Treats me oh so mean
My man he don’t love me
Treats me awful mean
He’s the lowest man
That I’ve ever seen

(bridge)

He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
But when he starts in to love me
He is so fine and mellow

(second bridge)

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

(third bridge)

But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day
Just treat me right baby
I’ll stay home night and day
But you’re so mean to me baby
I know you’re gonna drive me away

Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is like a faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it’s on baby
It has turned off and gone

 

11th version

Billie’s being interviewed:
“The blues to me is like
being very sad, very sick,
on church, being very happy
there’s two kinds of blues:
happy blues and the sad blues
I don’t think I ever sing it twice
I don’t think I ever sing the same tempos
sometimes a bit slower,
next time a little bit brighter,
depends on how I feel.
I don’t know…
blues is so a mixed thing to me…
One has to feel it!
Anything I do sing it’s part of my life!”

 

My man don’t love me
He treats me oh so mean
My man he don’t love me
He treats me awful mean
He’s the lowest man
That I’ve ever seen

(bridge)

He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
But when he starts in to love me
He is so fine and mellow

(second bridge)

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

(third bridge)

Treat me right baby
And I’ll stay home every day
Just treat me right baby
And I’ll stay home night and day
But you’re so mean to me baby
I know you’re gonna drive me away

Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is like a faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it’s on baby
It has turned off and gone

 

12th version

My man don’t love me
Treats me oh so mean
My man he don’t love me
Treats me awful mean
He’s the lowest man
That I’ve ever seen

He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
But when he starts in to love me
He is so fine and mellow

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home every day
Just treat me right baby
I’ll stay home night and day
But you’re so mean to me baby
I know you’re gonna drive me away

Love is just like a faucet
It turns off and on
Love is like a faucet
It turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it’s on baby
It has turned off and gone

(applauses)

 

61. Farewell To Storyville

Clarence Williams

– the vocal choir

All you old-time queens from New Orleans who lived in Storyville
You sang the blues try to amuse here’s how they pay the bill
The law stepped in and call it sin to have a little fun
The police car has made a stop and Storyville is done
Pick out your steamboat pick yourself a train
– a slow old train
Pick out your steamboat pick yourself a train
– a slow old train
They made you close-up they’ll never let you back
– won’t let you back
Go buy your ticket or else you walk the track

No use complaining blue sky’s follow rain
– the cold old rain
No use complaining blue sky’s follow rain
– the cold old rain
Just say farewell now and get your one last thrill
– your one last thrill
Just say farewell now farewell to Storyville

– no use complaining blue sky’s follow rain
– the cold old rain
– just say farewell now farewell to Storyville

– just say farewell now and get your one last thrill
– your one last thrill
– just say farewell now farewell to Storyville

 

60. Falling In Love Again (Can’t Help It)

F. Hollander & S. Lerner

Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
Can’t help it

Love’s always been my game
Play it as I may
I was born that way
Can’t help it

Men flock around me
Like moths around a flame
So if their wings burn
I know I’m not to blame

Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
Gee I can’t help it

(bridge)

Men flock around me
Like moths around a flame
So if their wings burn
I know I’m not to blame

Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do
Can’t help it

Can’t help it
Can’t help it

 

2nd version

Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
Can’t help it

Love’s always been my game
Play it as I may
I was born that way
Can’t help it

Men flock around me
Like moths around a flame
And if their wings burn
I know I’m not to blame

Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do?
Gee I can’t help it

(bridge)

Men flock around me
Like moths around a flame
So if their wings burn
I know I’m not to blame

Falling in love again
Never wanted to
What am I to do
Can’t help it

I’m falling
Can’t help it