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Song lyrics to Why Can’t the English Learn to Speak? (1956), Music by Frederick Loewe, Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, performed by Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady

Why Can’t the English Learn to Speak [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Why Can’t the English Learn to Speak? (1956), Music by Frederick Loewe, Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, performed by Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady

Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison): Look at her, a prisoner of the gutter,
Condemned by every syllable she utters
By right she should be taken out and hung,
For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.
Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn): Aaoooww!

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Song lyrics to Frankie and Johnny (1912), Music by Bert Leighton and Frank Leighton

Frankie and Johnny [song lyrics]

Song lyrics to Frankie and Johnny (1912), Music by Bert Leighton and Frank Leighton

Frankie and Johnny is a traditional American popular song. It tells the story of a woman, Frankie, who finds her man Johnny making love to another woman and shoots him dead. Frankie is then arrested; in some versions of the song she is also executed. It’s based on an actual story.

Frankie and Johnny was sweethearts
At least that’s the way the story goes
Frankie bought everything for Johnny
From his sports car to his Ivy League clothes

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Song lyrics to The Tennessee Waltz (1948), lyrics by Redd Stewart, music by Pee Wee King

The Tennessee Waltz [song lyrics]

Song lyrics to The Tennessee Waltz (1948), lyrics by Redd Stewart, music by Pee Wee King

All versions of The Tennessee Waltz tell the story of a person introducing his or her sweetheart to a friend who then waltzes away with her or him. The popularity of Tennessee Waltz also made it the fourth official song of the state of Tennessee in 1965

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Song lyrics to I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded (1945), words and music by Hank Fort and Herb Leighton

I Didn’t Know the Gun Was Loaded [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to I Didn’t Know the Gun Was Loaded (1945), words and music by Hank Fort and Herb Leighton

I Didn’t Know the Gun Was Loaded was recorded by The Andrews Sisters, and by multiple people since. To modern ears, it’s more famous for its’ appearance in Fallout 76.

Oh Miss Effie was her name
Through the west she won her fame
Being handy with the gun
But she drove the men insane

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Song lyrics to Money to Burn (1959) - written by Johnny Nelms and recorded by George Jones

Money to Burn [song lyrics]

Song lyrics to Money to Burn (1959) – written by Johnny Nelms and recorded by George Jones

Everywhere you seem to go there I suppose you’ll find a yearn
Oh, how I’d like to be that man, he’s got money to burn
Oh, how I’d like to be that man, he’s got money to burn.

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September Song was specially written by composer Kurt Weill and lyricist Maxwell Anderson for Walter Huston, for the Broadway show Knickerbocker Holiday in 1938

September Song [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to September Song (1938), music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Maxwell Anderson

September Song was specially written by composer Kurt Weill and lyricist Maxwell Anderson for Walter Huston, for the Broadway show Knickerbocker Holiday in 1938

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Song lyrics to Camptown Races (1850) by Stephen Foster

Camptown Races [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Camptown Races (1850) by Stephen Foster

Song lyrics to Camptown Races (1850) by Stephen Foster – originally a minstrel song, it’s become an American classic, performed virtually everywhere – stage, screen, radio, television, and movies.

The Campptown ladies sing this song,
Doo-da, Doo-da
The Camptown racetrack’s five miles long
Oh, de doo-da day

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