Buddy DeSylva

Louis Silvers

1956

[Original]

Life is not a highway strewn with flowers
Still it holds a goodly share of bliss
When the sun gives way to April showers
Here's the point you should never miss

Though April showers
May come your way
They bring the flowers
That bloom in May
So if it's raining
Have no regrets
Because, it isn't raining rain, you know
It's raining violets
And when you see clouds
Upon the hill
You soon will see crowds
Of daffodils
So keep on looking, for a bluebird
And listening for his song
Whenever April showers come along

And when you see clouds
Upon the hill
You soon will see crowds
Of daffodils
So keep on looking, for a bluebird
And listening for his song
Whenever April showers come along

Don George

Duke Ellington

Harry James

Johnny Hodges

1952

I never cared much for moonlit skies
I never winked back at fireflies
But now that the stars are in your eyes
I'm beginning to see the light

I never went in for afterglow
Or candlelight on the mistletoe
But now when you turn the lamp down low
I'm beginning to see the light

Used to ramble through the park
Shadowboxing in the dark
Then you came and caused a spark
That's a four-alarm fire now

I never made love by lantern-shine
I never saw rainbows in my wine
But now that your lips are burning mine
I'm beginning to see the light

Hank Snow

1959

That big eight-wheeler rollin' down the track
Means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
'Cause I'm movin' on, I'll soon be gone
You were flyin' too high, for my little old sky
So I'm movin' on

That big loud whistle as it blew and blew
Said hello to the Southland, we're comin' to you
When we're movin' on, oh hear my song
You had the laugh on me, so I've set you free
And I'm movin' on

Mister fireman won't you please listen to me
'Cause I got a pretty mama in Tennessee
Keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll
And keep movin' me on

Mister Engineer, take that throttle in hand
This rattler's the fastest in the southern land
To keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on
You gonna ease my mind, put me there on time
And keep rollin' on

I've told you baby, from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
Now I'm movin' on, I'm rollin' on
You've broken your vow, and it's all over now
So I'm movin' on

You've switched your engine now I ain't got time
For a triflin' woman on my main line
Cause I'm movin on, you done your daddy wrong
I warned you twice, now you can settle the price
'Cause I'm movin on

But someday baby when you've had your play
You're gonna want your daddy but your daddy will say
Keep movin' on, you stayed away too long
I'm through with you, too bad you're blue
Keep movin' on

Roy Orbison

1957

Well it's so sweet and easy to love you
like I do yes it's true I love you
and it's so sweet and easy to want you
on my mind all the time say you're mine

I want you to say you'll always stay and be my love so true
because I know if you ever go I won't get over you
Cause it's so sweet and easy to love you
like I do yes it's true I love you

Instrumental

Well it's so sweet and easy to love you
like I do yes it's true I love you
and it's so sweet and easy to hold you
close to me, lovingly, tenderly

Now I will never love another I want only you
I want to say in every way that you're my dream come true
Cause it's so sweet and easy to love you
like I do yes it's true I love you
I love you, I love you

Harold Arlen

Ted Koehler

1953

Merry month of may, sunny skies of blue,
clouds have rolled away and the sun peeps through,
May express happiness, joy you may define in a thousand ways,
but a case like mine needs a "special phrase"
to reveal how I feel.

I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a rainbow,
Got the string around my finger,,
What a world, what a life, I'm in love!
I've got a song that I sing,

I can make the rain go, anytime I move my finger,
Lucky me, can't you see, I'm in love,
Life is a beautiful thing, as long as I hold the string,
I'd be a silly so and so, if I should ever let go,

I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a rainbow,
Got the string around my finger,
What a world, what a life, I'm in love.

I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a rainbow,
Got the string around my finger,,
What a world, what a life, I'm in love!
I've got a song that I sing,

I can make the rain go, anytime I move my finger,
Lucky me, can't you see, I'm in love,
Life is a beautiful thing, as long as I hold the string,
I'd be a silly so and so, if I should ever let go,

I've got the world on a string, sittin' on a rainbow,
Got the string around my finger,
What a world, what a life, I'm in love.

Johnny Cash

1956

Train of love's a-comin'

Big black wheels a-hummin'

People waitin' at the station

Happy hearts are drummin'

Trainman tell me maybe

Ain't you got my baby

Every so often everybody's baby gets the urge to roam

But everybody's baby but mine's comin' home

Now stop your whistle blowin'

'Cause I got ways of knowin'

Your bringin' other people's lovers

But my own keeps goin'

Train of love's deceivin'

When she's not gone she's leavin'

Every so often everybody's baby gets the urge to roam

But everybody's baby but mine's comin' home



Train of love's now hastin'

Sweethearts standin' waitin'

Here and there and everywhere

They're gonna be embracin'

Trainman tell me maybe

Ain't you got my baby

Every so often everybody's baby gets the urge to roam

But everybody's baby but mine's comin' home



Train of love's a-leavin'

Leavin' my heart grievin'

Bur early or late, I sit and wait

Because I'm still believin'

We'll walk away together

Though I may wait forever

Every so often everybody's baby gets the urge to roam

But everybody's baby but mine's comin' home

Kelly B Owens

Rose Marie Mccoy

1957

Whoa, little by little
By little by little
I fell in love with you

Little by little
By little by little
I know my love is true

My eyes show
What my heart knows
There's nothing I can do

Cause little by little
I've kept on falling
Til I fell in love with you

Whoa, little by little
By little by little
You've made me care a lot

Little by little
By little by little
I gave you all the love I've got

You kissed my lips
And my heart did flips
You thrill me through and through

Cause little by little
I've kept on falling
Til I fell in love with you

My love keeps growing stronger
In each and every way
So let's don't wait no longer
Come on, name the day

Little by little
By little by little
I think you're so divine

Little by little
By little by little
I'm praying that you'll be mine

I tell the world
That you're my girl
And devote my life to you

And little by little
I've kept on falling
I hope you'll do
The same thing too

My love keeps growing stronger
In each and every way
So let's don't wait no longer
Come on, name the day

Little by little
By little by little
I think you're so divine

Little by little
By little by little
I'm praying that you'll be mine

I tell the world
That you're my girl
And devote my life to you

And little by little
I've kept on falling
And I hope you'll do
The same thing too

E.Y. Harburg

Vernon Duke

1952

April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom
Holiday tables under the trees
April in Paris, this is a feeling
That no one can ever reprise

I never knew the charm of spring
I never met it face to face
I never knew my heart could sing
I never missed a warm embrace

Till April in Paris
Whom can I run to
What have you done to my heart

Fred Coots

Haven Gillespie

1951

You took my kisses and all my love
You taught me how to care
Am I to be just remnant of a one side love affair

All you took
I gladly gave
There is nothing left for me to save

All of me
Why not take all of me
Can't you see
I'm no good without you
Take my lips
I want to loose them
Take my arms
I'll never use them
Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry
How can I go on dear without you
You took the part that once was my heart
So why not take all of me

Charlie Williams

Johnny Cash

1959

On A Monday I Was Ar-rested (Uh Huh)
On A Tuesday They Locked Me In The Jail (Oh Boy)
On A Wednesday My Trial Was At-tested
On A Thursday They Said Guilty And The Judge's Gavel Fell

I Got Stripes --- Stripes Around My Shoulders
I Got Chains --- Chains Around My Feet
I Got Stripes --- Stripes Around My Shoulders
And Them Chains --- Them Chains They're About To Drag Me Down

On A Monday My Momma Come To See Me
On A Tuesday They Caught Me With A File
On A Wednesday I'm Down In Solitary
On A Thursday I Start On Bread And Water For A While

I Got Stripes --- Stripes Around My Shoulders
I Got Chains --- Chains Around My Feet
I Got Stripes --- Stripes Around My Shoulders
And Them Chains --- Them Chains They're About To Drag Me Down

I Got Stripes --- Stripes Around My Shoulders
I Got Chains --- Chains Around My Feet
I Got Stripes --- Stripes Around My Shoulders
And Them Chains --- Them Chains They're About To Drag Me

Doc Pomus

Reginald Ashby

1956

George Weiss

Jerry Bock

Larry Holofcener

1957

Why this feeling, why this glow
Why the thrill when you say "Hello"
It's a strange and tender magic you do
Mister Wonderful, that's you

Why this trembling, when you speak
Why this joy when you touch my cheek
I must tell you what my heart knows is true
Mister Wonderful, that's you

And why this longing, to know your charms
To spend forever, here in your arms

Oh there's much more, I could say
But the words keep slipping away
And I'm left with only one point of view
Mister Wonderful, that's you

One more thing, then I'm through
Mister Wonderful, Mister Wonderful
Mister Wonderful, I love you

Cindy Walker

Eddy Arnold

1956

You give your hand to me and then you say hello
And I can hardly speak my heart is beating so
And anyone could tell, you think you know me well
But you don't know me

No you don't know the one, who dreams of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips, and longs to hold you tight
To you I'm just a friend, that's all I've ever been
No you don't know me

For I never knew the art of making love
Though my heart ached with the love for you
Afraid and shy I let my chance go by
The chance you might have loved me too

You gave your hand to me, and then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away, beside a lucky guy
To never never know the one who loves you so
No you don't know me

You gave your hand to me, and then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away, beside a lucky guy
To never never know the one who loves you so
No you don't know me

Lloyd Price

1957

Well lawdy, lawdy, lawdy miss clawdy
Girl you sure look good to me
But please don't excite me baby
I know it can't be me

Well as a girl you want my money
Yeah but you just won't treat me right
You like to ball every morning
Don't come home till late at night

Oh gonna tell, tell my mama
Lord, I swear girl what you been to me
I'm gonna tell everybody that I'm down in misery

So bye, bye, bye, baby
Girl, I won't be comin' no more
Goodbye little darlin' down the road I'll go
So, bye, bye, bye baby
Girl, I won't be comin' no more
Goodbye little darlin' down the road I'll go

Jerry Lee Lewis

1958

My name is Jerry Lee Lewis, come from Louisiana
I'm gonna do you a little boogie on this here piano
Doing mighty fine, I'm gonna make you shake it
I'll make you do it and make you do it until you break it
It's called the Lewis boogie, in the Lewis way
Lord, I do my little boogie woogie every day

Well, down in New Orleans, the land of dreams
The best doggone place, son, you have ever seen
The cats go wild, do a boogie that's hot
My boogie woogie makes you want to stop and do the bop
It's called the Lewis boogie, in the Lewis way
Lord, I do my little boogie woogie every day

Aw,
Oh, boy!

Well, now let's cruise on down to old Memphis town
That's where that Presley boy said you ain't nothing but a hound
But now you take my boogie, it keeps you in the groove
Then your sacroiliac begins to shiver and a move
It's called the Lewis boogie, in the Lewis way
Lord, I do my little boogie woogie every day

Oh, boogie woogie
When your hips start rockin'
And your knees start knockin'
Lewis boogie, Lewis way
Lord, I do my little boogie woogie every day

Lloyd Price

1952

Well lawdy, lawdy, lawdy miss clawdy
Girl you sure look good to me
But please don't excite me baby
I know it can't be me

Well as a girl you want my money
Yeah but you just won't treat me right
You like to ball every morning
Don't come home till late at night

Oh gonna tell, tell my mama
Lord, I swear girl what you been to me
I'm gonna tell everybody that I'm down in misery

So bye, bye, bye, baby
Girl, I won't be comin' no more
Goodbye little darlin' down the road I'll go
So, bye, bye, bye baby
Girl, I won't be comin' no more
Goodbye little darlin' down the road I'll go

Johnny Cash

1958

Johnny Cash

1959

We were just a plain ol' hillbilly band with a plain ol' country style

We never played the kind of songs that'd drive anybody wild

Played a railroad song with a stomping beat

We played a blues song, kinda slow and sweet

But the thing that knocked them off of their feet was, ooh-wee

When Luther played the boogie woogie, Luther played the boogie woogie

Luther played the boogie woogie, Luther played the boogie woogie

Luther played the boogie woogie, Luther played the boogie woogie

Luther played the boogie woogie, Luther played the boogie in the strangest kind of way

Play it strange!



Well, we did our best to entertain everywhere we'd go

We'd nearly wear our fingers off to give the folks a show

Played jumping jive to make 'em get in the groove

We played sad songs, real slow and smooth

But the only thing that'd make 'em move was, ooh-wee

When Luther played the boogie woogie, Luther played the boogie woogie

Luther played the boogie woogie, Luther played the boogie woogie

Luther played the boogie