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STRIKE UP THE BAND Words by

IRA GERSHWIN Music by

GEORGE GERSHWIN

F , , In slow march time ~b m ~ b m I I I 1 I I1

I m 1

w F F r I I I

I 1 I We fought in nine-teen

A I Bb7 Ebm Bbm Cm7 ~ b m Ebm

Bb7 Ebm Bbm C m i Bbm

I * I I I

from the scene, Rum - ta - ta - tum - turn - tuml We hope there'll be no

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0th-er war But if we are forced in - to one The flag that we'll be

A . F Bb F C 7 F F 7 Bbm

I - fight - ing for, Is the Red and White and Blue One! We do not fa -vor

I I - war a - larms Rum - ta - ta - turn- turn - turn! But if we hear the

r - - (Boom boom boon;!) (Ta-ta - ra - f a - ta - ta- ta!)

(Tr- ta - rr - t r - t r - t r - ta!)

SUMMERTIME (Lullaby)

Lyric by DU BOSE HEYWARD

Music by GEORGE GE RSHWIN

nmv

pE+ Moderato (with ezpression) E7 I 1 (D I I . 1- I

I I u r t I n I I I I I I 1 I I 1 I I 1 1 1 I I VI 1 I I I I I r YI w v

(-! =kJ - rJ

an' the liv - in' is

-

R. i?.

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poco antma

One of these morn - in's

morn - m

1

BUT NOT FOR ME

Words by IRA GERSHWIN

A , Moderato

Music by GEORGE GERSHWIN

Eb ~b +

I (pessimistically) Bb m AC + Eb + Gm

1 I I I I I I I

a I a 1 I I I i I r L t L I L I rA I I I rl I I I I I I I - - - - J

eJ I I I 1 Old Man Sun - shine lis - ten, you! Nev - er tell me,

1 " "DrearnscometruePJvst try i t ~ n d I'll start a r i - ot.

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I Bea- trice Fair - fax, don't you dare EV - kr tell me he will care; I'm /

A . Em7 D 7 G Ft G Edim

I - cer - tain It's the fin - a1 cur - tain, I nev - er want to

fate, Sup-plies a mate; It$ all ba - na - nas!

REFRAIN EL Bb7 Cm7

Rather slow (smoothly) Bb7 EL Bb7 EL Bb7 EL Bb7

r me.

, But not for me.

Ibe found more clouds of gray Than an - y Was I the

I I

Rus - sian play Could guar - an - tee. moth or flame? I'm all at sea.

I was a It all be -

w- - so, Lack - a - day! - er needs a friend,

I I

A1 - though I can't dis - miss When ev - 'ry hap - py plot

A . F m 7 Cm Fm Pfdim Eb G 7 Cm C 7 + 5 Fm7

I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU



Bb Fdim F7 Bb Eb Bb

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I - fell, wore down my re - sist-ance: I and it was swell. ,

-

Bb d im

I" All the day &d night-time hear me sigh.- I I

Y T r r r we could share?- The world will par - don my

'cause I've got a crush, my ba on

MAYBE Words by


GEORGE GERSHWIN

Though to - day is a blue day Still to - mor - row is

near, h d per - haps with the new day

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Cares will all dis - ap - pear. Though hap - bi -

Fmaj 7

I - ness is late, And we must wait, There's no need ,-to be

1 Refrain

I - If you wait, - may - be,

Some kind fate,

I

I - your lov - er. Y& will hear

- - - ~ 2 1 1 be near

I you - h s . Par - a - dise will o - pen its gate-

- =- la-- late.

RHAPSODY IN BLUE

By GEORGE GERSHWlN Paraphrased and arranged by

HENRY LEVINE

Moderately slow, with expression

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i cresc. ed accel.

'QL

* ~ n d i n ~ by arranger

OH, LADY BE G'OOD! Words by

IRA GERSHWN Music by

GEORGE GERSHWIN I

A 1 lagretto grazipso

Ern Film7 B 7 E m A m E m A m 6 B 7 E m 6 L L

I n ~ h I I 1 1 1 1 I r 1. I I I \ I I I I I I r r r r r. I ' I I I rl rl I 1

I I I I I I Lis - ten to my tale of woe, It's te r - r l - bly sad, but true. Au - burn and bru - nette and bl_onde, I love 'em all, tal l or small.

But some - how they don't grow fond, They stag-ger but nev - e r fall.

1 must win some win - some miss; Can't go on like this. Win - ter's gone, and now it's Spring! Love!whereis thy sting?

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I - I could blos- som out 1 know, With some - bod - y just like you, so, If some -bod - y won't re- spond, I m go - ing to end it a l l , SO,

1 la-dy, be good -

Oh, sweet and love - l y lady, be good! - Oh lady, be good - - r-

I

- I I - I I I 1 - 3 '7 \

I" me 1 I am so awf' - l y am so awf' - l y -

Oh, This

pleasehave some pit - y - is t u - lip weath - e r -

So let's put two and two to - geth - er

lone - some babe in the wood - lone - some babe in the wood -

EMBRACEABLE YOU


French version by EMELIA RENAUD Spanish vers ion by JOHNNIE CAMACHO


1 n I I I b 1 I 1 1 .r I I I 1 1

1 ' I A. I , , m A' I I - - I 1 1 - I I I - r - U P ; I had to lock my door. t-ent,

ses, j a - m a i s jc n'ai o s i

E S - ta - re' - t o a t i .

u - Some-how I could - n't warm- UP To one be - fore. D'wn - e d'el - les m'en - ti - - cher Duns l e pas - s i .

Pa - ra rer s i tti sietr - IPS, a - mor, por m i .

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que tli me-ex - pli - qtres, Qud_es lo qtie de - bo-ha -

- see

uun - do yo quie - T O zyer

Cuan - do no ic-a - bra - 20, q ~ i i e - res que ie-a -

I y E m E m 6 E m A 7 L rail. e dim. Am D A m D A m D I a n I I

A r 1 I I I A A h 1 ' I I C I Ir I 1 - 1

hgart - bbat , r y t h - m i s ,

bra - z r ;

And you'll i e t jhrt ;hat 'I mean. Q u i t'sp - pel - lent bicn ai - mic .

iQue' ma - ne - ra d~ qltc - r e r !

REFRAIN Rhythmically

c pou - p i c 1 Te-a - bra - 20 con to - da m i de - t o - caon.- . .

Un bai - scr,

co - ra - con.-

1 -- - r -- w

Just one look at you, my heart grew Lp - sy in me;- Un r s - gard dc toi #cut fa i rc cha - v i - rcr mon coeur,-

e gyp - sy in me ]c sais quc to i scu - lc #cut f a - re mon bon - hcwrl-

QUP mis an - sias nun - ca, nun - ca corn - pren-de - r;s.-

e man- y charms

I . , M e a - bra - :as sin d e - m o s - trar e s - m o - cton.-

En - core plus j e te vcux tout pres de moi.-

J1r be - sas con tun es - ca - su i-LU - ston.- . , Ne sois pas

No S P s i

I n&h-ty b a - b y , Come to pa-pa,Come to pa-pa, ho!

s i m i - chan - te, Viens-monchow-chon, v iers mon chow-chon, viens I de - bo-a - mur - t e , Pe - ro pa - ra de - mos - trur mca-mor ,

I I

My sweet em - Mon a - do - Te-a - bra - za -

I GOT RHYTHM

W o r d s by IRA GERSHWIN


Days can be

I - sun - ny, With nev - er a sigh; Llon't need what

mon - ey can buy. Birds in the

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I we sing I

a - long? I'm w I

chip - per

all the day, Hap - py with my lot. How do I

Faug6 D 7 Cm7 F 7 E dim Gb 7 F 7 Bbm6 Ddim F 7

get that way? Look at what I've got:

REFRAIN (zrbith abandon)

Edirn Crn7 ~7 BL Bb 6

I - I got dais - ies - I n green pas - tures,- I- got

I " . ,

my man Who could ask for an - y-thing more? Old - Man

Troub - le, - I. don't mind h im,_ You-u-on't find h i m - I

'Round my door. I go t s t a r - l ight , I- got

I - sweet dreams, I- got my man-Who could a s k for a n - y- th ing

SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME W o r d s by

IRA GERSHWIN French ve r s ion by EMELIA RENAUD


A , Scherzando

Moderato n I ~b

There's a ray- ing old Says tha t love is blind, Still we're of-ten told,"Seek and Un pro-ver - be d i t l'a - m o u r a - veu-glk, O n nous d i t aus-s i : "Cher- chez

ye shall find'.' So I'm going to seek A cer-tain lad I've had in mind. Pour trou-ver."

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Ebma 7 EbQ EL7 Abma7 Cm

I Re - gar-dant par-tout sans le ren - con - trer; C'est un gars que je ne puis

not for- get. On - ly man I ev - er Think of with r e - gret. ou - bli - er. Le seul homme h qui je pense a - vec re - gret.

I'd like t o add his in - i - t ia l t o my mon - o - gram. Mon nom pour ses i - ni - t ia - les, je le chan - ge - rais.

1

rtn poco r;zll.

REFRAIN EL

A . V a fern90 EL 7 ALdim. EL ELdim. Bb7 BLdim.

There's a some-bod-y I'm long-ing to see. I hope that he Turns out to be Il cst un quel-qu'un quc jc vcux re-voir Cha-quc ma - tin et cha - quc soar,

I Et qui me pro - t i - g c - ra. Je suis la brc - bis per -

ALdim. EL EL dim. BL 7 BLdim. Fm C 7 Fm

lost in the wood. I know I could due duns lc bois. Jc don - nc - rai

A1 - ways be good To one who'll Tou- te ma foi A qui me

I - watch o - ver me. A1 - though he may not be the P o - t i - g c - ra. Quoi - qu'il nc soit pas un hom -

man some Girls think of a s hand-some. To my heart he car-r ies the me 90s - se' - dant gran - de beau - te' De mon coeur il $or - t e la,

r I Fol - low my lead, Oh, how I need Some - one to watch o - ver J'ai tant be - soin De ce quel-qu'un, Quel- qu'un pour me pro - tk -

THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME


Moderato (C~R/IIC.U)



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mel- o - dy ling-ers on. They may take you from me, I'U miss your fond ?a -

-- I A The way you wear your hat- Theway you sip your c a , -

Thewayjouhaunt my dreams,

I

I" love, Still I'll a1 - ways, a1 - ways keep the mem -'ry of

Ab m.9 ~ b m a . 7 Ab6 ~ b 6 Gmi. A I EL Gbdim

-- I * The way you hold your knife,- The way we danced till three,

~b G m i . ~ b 6

W o r d s by GUS KAHN and IRA GE RSHWIN

LIZA (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)


Moderato

Y a tempo. I I I I

L I - w I I I I I I CI N I I I .

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1 the clouds-'

A , Eb ~b Eb Fm7 Eb C dim C 7 ~b C dim

I " way. See thehon-by-moon a - shin - inJ

A I Gdim Eb7 Ab Fm Eb7 I

I * 1 I 1 I I I A I I Fl I b I rJ I I YI I I 4

eJ I I

down; We s h h d mLke 1 date with ,

Ebm6 Ab Bb 7 Eb ~ b 7 C dim C 7

A , Abm6 C dim Bbme ~b Q Ab Fm7 Gm CQ

I " name the When iou be - ling io me

SOMEBODY LOVES ME Words by

BALLARD MACDONALD and B. G. DE SYLVA French version by EMELIA RENAUD

Music by GEORGE GERSHWN

A l legro moderato

I P l m Bm E m 6 Em P l m B m E m 6

I I r I I I 1 I 1 1 1 I r I I I 1 I I I I F 1 I I

I - I I - I I rr I - 1 - 1 - W h e n t h i s world be - gan T o u t d i s le de' - but

I t was Heav - en's plan, I1 f u t en - ten - d u

I " There s iould be a girl ior ev - 'ry s in - gle man; Qu'i l y an - rai t pour chnque horn-me u - ne f e m m e ;

I s up - set , -

on re - gret

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D 7

nev - er D u des - sein des cieux cnr je nc l'ai t ron - ve'c;

I " clutch - ing at straws, just be - cause I may meet her ye t . vcux es - fie' - rcr qu'urt jour je la rcn - con - t r c - rai .

Mais c'cst u n C - ta - b l i -

I

A A& D 7-9 d

I 1 A I 1 I I w I 1 1 1 I I F 1 1 I I - I - 1 1 1 I - - / 0 w

Some - bod - y Qucl - qu'un m'ai -

' loves me I me - ra f wish I kneu;

JC V C Y X sa voir ,

mon sou - c i --

I

e - rai l e l - l e a ha - zard mon

re n e s a i s

IRA GERSHWIN

GEORGE GERSHWIN

OF THEE I SING

Words b y IRA GERSHWIN


Assai moderato

From the Is - land of Man - hat - tan to the Coast of Gold, From North to

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I - to Is ver-y o b - i i - ous-ly you.

. Refra~n c 7 + 5

0 SZO U J Z ~ and with exp~.ession F D m G 7 I MI I I -

.I. I I I I I

\ I .I. I - 1 . I

I I I l am

I m- - I I I I I - 0 .

I - Of thee I sing, ba - bjr,

I * sum- mer, AU - tumn , win - ;er , Spring, ba - by,

I You're my s i l -ve r lin-iing, You're my sky of blue;

' There's B lbve light shin - ing, Just be -cause of you.

C 7+ 5 F D m G 7 C I

I #

A I I I

I I I I I I I I I

I H A . I a. I YW 1

I I I A I i I - - - I

Of I rl - I

thee I sing, b a - by, You have got that

D m poco a poco cresc. E 7 Am E7 Am E d i m D m E d i m 7 D m ,

sing. I I


A FOGGY DAY Music by

GEORGE GERSHWIN

hloderato

I was a strang-er in the cit- y.- O u t of townwerethe peo-ple I knew.

I - I had that feel-ing of self - p i - ty, What to do?~%at to du?\l'hat to do? The

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I - out -look was de- cid-ed-ly b l u e . But as I walkedthroughthe foggy streetsa- lone, It

C7 F E bmG Refrain (brighter h u t warmly)

- How long, I won - dered, could this

- But the age of mir - a - cles had - dt passed,

And through fog - gy Lon - don town the sun was shin - ing

'ry - where.

" 1 A F 1 n ~ i 7 C7 F 7 Bb7 B b ~ n t j Dn16 Bbm6 Frnaj 7

I - - where.

THE MAN I LOVE Words by

IRA GERSHWIN French vers ion by EMELIA RENAUD Spanish version by JOHNNIE CAMACHO


When t h e me1 - low moon be - g i n s t o beam, Ev - 'ry night I Fr. Quand la lrc - ne mon - te d c u - ce - ment , Cha - que soir je p . Alien - tras bri - l len en el cie - lo-a- z u l Las es - t re - llas

y la l u - n a gris, P a - s a - rC las

I I I I I

for me . A1 - though I r e - a1 - ize a s well a s you, m es 7 . m ~ ~ . Quoi - q y je sache tou t n u s - s i bien que 7 ' 0 U S

se - Zal. Puis se queult d i - a - t i c - ne que r e - n i r ,

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Qu'un beau re* - zle n'est qu'un dk - sir fou C'est j'en suis

I . c ' E - se gran a - mor que yo , so - %; / M i s u e - no-a-

F 7 Bb Bbdim. Ab Bb7 I \ 1 1 I

k 1 I I A I I I I I I II

I ' I - I 8 i

clear s i r e

That he'll ap - pear. De bon arr - gure. / M i gran que - rcr l

i REFRAIN (slow)

mi gran a - mor,

( 11 p tr~olto semplice e dolce I I '‘r

Un rra i gail-lard, Mi ser, a1 fin, leven-

I

tre - ga - rC. Qui - zus en su mi - rar,

Je corn-firen-drai Et sans hk - s i - f a - tion Je r6- pon-drai.

I a-pren-da yo , Por-quk fud que-a-pc - rk por es - te-a-mor;

So - iia n - do siem - pre por 10s

1 rii... Pe - r--toy se - gu - ro-el di - a 0 el mo - men - to no me -

tout son a - mour. Dans un joy-er pour deux, Nous res - te - rons, sor - pren - de - rh. Un di - a lle - ga - ra , mi gran a - mor,

p a tempo

n o m r> I ' I

ncv-cr roam, I Tou - jours au coin dlr feu, II fe - ra bon. Par des - sus tout j'at-tends

Y_an - sio - so le da - rC, mi tier - n y - m o r ... Y lo - co &-an-sie - d a d

'S WONDERFUL



Moderato 3 t , . .

C d i m F m 7 Bb7 E b m a 7 Eb

al l a - thri l l . ten - der pash.

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h I Frn C A b m 6 Bb Eb B b d i m C 7

You made al l 0th - er boys seem blah;

h I Bb F 9 F 7 F m 7 Abm Bb7

I Just you a lone filled 'he with Aah!

Refrain

U Y I

A , add 6

nb C 7 CO d i m C 7 Cgdim add 6

I I

see! you've made My dear,

my life so its four - leaf

I " a - m o r - ous Oh! 'S won - dkr - f u l -

F F m 7 p E d i m F m 7 Bb 7 / -

I I - I I I I n I I \ tl I U I I 1. I - I / I 1 I I d I W d r I I I I I I V I

J 1 * Srnar - re1 - bus! . -

I I T h a t you should care - for

I * -

me!

BIDIN' MY TIME W o r d s by

IRA GERSHWIN M u s i c by

GEORGE GERSHWIN

Moderato -

Eb Gracefullv cmin . Fmin.7 Bb7 ~b ~b 7 Fmin.7 ~ b 7

Crriin. Abmin.

Frnin.7 F7 Fmia.7addF Bb4

A I Eb C min. Fmin.? Bb? Eb E b 7 D?

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Abmin. C? Fmin.7 . add F

Bid - in' My Time. Give me, - give me -

C min.7 ~b min. a . open a d d c F?

~ b 7 with ~b

Bid - in1- Bid - ed His

Ab min. addF Eb B b7 ~ b 7

WHO CARES?

Words b y IRA GERSHWlN

Music by I

GEORGE GERSHWIN

A Brightly VERSE, Freely

C

Let it rain and

I thun -der! Let a mil - lion firms go /-

un - der!

I I am not con - cerned with - stocks and bonds that I've been burned with.

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I - I love'iou and you love me And that's how it will al-ways be, And noth-ing else can

~ r n ~ G7

ev - er mean a

REFRAIN, (ill a l i l t ing manner)

I WHO CARES If the sky cares to fall in the sea?-

A C D m C C dim. D m7 E m G7 C G7 Am7

I - kiss in - tox - i - cates me! W h y should I care ? Life is

Cdirn. Dm7 G6

- - And you c a r e for me.

LOVE IS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY


A . Moderato


Bb 7 C dim

Why are peo - ple gay All the night and day, Feel-ing as they

nev - er felt be - fore? What i s the thin

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G d i m Bb7 G d i m Bb7

, I - Rich man, poor man, thief, DOC- tor, law - yer, chief,

I Feel a feel - ing tha t they can't ig - nore; It plays a

I heart is shout - ing "En - core!"

REFRAIN Eb Bbdim

1 - ing the shore, All the sex - es From Maine to Tex-

Cm6 Eb Cdim Ab Bb9

See them b i l l - inn and coo - inn. Like the bird -

u - ies a - bove, Each girl and b o y a - like,, I A > I ?

Shar - ing joy- a - like, Feels that pas - sion - '11 Soon be na -

- tion - a l . LOVE IS SWEEP - ING THE COUN - TRY, There

A , Abm I Eb E9 Eb

nev - er was

L O V E IS HERE TO STAY Words by


GEORGE GERSHWIN

The more I read the pa- pers The less I corn-pre - hend The

Cdim C9 F6 Pdim Gm7 C7 ~b

world and all its ca- pers And how it all will end. Noth-ingseems to be


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Refrain A C7

I It's v e r - y clear Our love is here to stay;

I " mov - ies that we know ,May just be pass - ing fan- cies,

I And in time may But, oh my dear,

I Our love is here to s t ay; To - geth - er

I * we're go - ing a long, long way.

G7 C7 D7 Gm? C7

I - In time the Rock - ies may crurn-ble, Gib - ;a1 - iar may turn- ble,

A Ddim F Gm? C9

LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF Words by


GEORGE GERSHWIN

r r s you Iike this and the 0th- er- While I go fbr this an( 1 that.

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Emi. D A7 D

I " Good-nessknowswhat the end will bz Oh, I don'tknowwhere 1h at .... It looks as if we

G Emi. G

A ,, A7 D7 G Emi. D 7 G E mi

off! off!

You like po-ta- to and I like po-tsh-to, You like to - ma-to and You like va-nil-la and I like va-nel-la, You, sa's'- pa - r i l - la and

Rmi. D6

I" So, if you like pa- ja-mas And I like pa-iah-mas, that might break my heart'! SO, if you go for oyst -ers ~ n d I go for erst-ers ,

I - I'll wear pa - ja - mas and give up pa - iah - mas. 1'11 or - der oyst - ers and can- cel the erst - ers. For we know we

I GOT PLENTY 0' NUTTIN' L y r i c by

IRA GERSHWlN and DU BOSE HEYWARD Music by

GEORGE GERSHWIN

Moderato

G Ami.7 B m i . D 7 G A m i . 7 Bmi . A m i . 7 G A m i . 7 A .

w Y ' - 1 r r Porgy: Oh I go t plen-ty o' nut-tin: - An' nut-tin's plen - t y fo'

1 I

me. I go t no car, got no kule, I g o t no mis- e r - y.

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folks wid plen - ty o' plen - ty

I I I I h 1 h I 1 1 . I 1 1 A h h h l I I 1 I r~ I I i . I I I I I I ' ! A 1 1 I I .. I I - St*' -d 4'

- I - P* - I door, - %raid some - bod-yb a - go - in' to rob 'em while dey5 out a - mak- in'

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more. What for? I got no lock on de

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I door, (dat's no way to be.) Dey kin steal de rug from de floor,-

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IRVlNG CAESAR Music by

GEORGE GERSHWIN

Moderato

I've been a - way from you a long time - I nev-er thought I'd miss you

The birds are sing-ing, It i s song - t ime,-

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I I Yearn for me too; Swan - ee You're call-ina me

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wan - ee

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Swan - ee Mam - my Mam - my

THEY ALL LAUGHED Words by


GEORGE GERSHWIN

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peo - ple from Mis - sou - r i nev - er in - censed me.

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howl 1 - bow, But For,

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Who's got the last laugh Who's got the last laugh,

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BIDIN' MY TIME BUT NOT FOR ME EMBRACEABLE YOU A FOGGY DAY I GOT PLENTY 0' NUTTIN' I GOT RHYTHM IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO I'VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF LIZA LOVE IS HERE TO STAY LOVE IS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY THE MAN I LOVE MAYBE OF THEE I SING OH, LADY BE GOOD RHAPSODY IN BLUE SOMEBODY LOVES ME SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME STRIKE UP THE BAND SUMMERTIME SWANEE 'S WONDERFUL THEY ALL LAUGHED THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME WHO CARES?

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