Shortenin’ Bread
Song lyrics to Shortenin’ Bread – an African-American folk song dating back at least to the 1890s. James Whitcomb Riley published it as a poem in 1900, building on older lyrics.
It Really Was No Miracle
Song lyrics to It Really Was No Miracle (1939), lyrics by Harburg Arlen, music by Harold Arlen, performed by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz
Dorothy Gale:
It really was no miracle
What happened was just this
The wind began to switch, the house to pitch
And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch
Just then the Witch, to satisfy an itch
Went flying on her broomstick, thumbing for a hitch
And oh, what happened then was rich
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Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland
Song lyrics to Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland, Music by Leo Friedman, Lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson. Sung by Judy Garland in In The Good Old Summertime
Meet me tonight in dreamland,
Under the silv’ry moon.
Meet me tonight in dreamland,
Where love’s sweet roses bloom.
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When My Baby Smiles At Me [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to When My Baby Smiles At Me, by Andrew B. Sterling, Ted Lewis, Bill Munro
When My Baby Smiles At Me, words by Andrew B. Sterling and Ted Lewis music by Bill Munro. Performed by Ted Lewis in Abbott and Costello’s Hold That Ghost.
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New River Train song lyrics
New River Train – a Blue Ridge Mountain song (1895) recorded by Henry Whitter in 1924
New River Train, Performed on The Andy Griffith Show episode, The Guitar Player among many other places.
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Little Brown Jug [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to Little Brown Jug (1869), by Joseph Eastburn Winner
Me and my wife live all alone
In a little log hut we’re all our own
She loves gin and I love rum,
And don’t we have a lot of fun!
Ha, ha, ha, you and me,
Little brown jug, don’t I love thee!
Ha, ha, ha, you and me,
Little brown jug, don’t I love thee!
When I go toiling on the farm
I take the little jug under my arm
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Yankee Doodle song lyrics
Yankee Doodle – the song that became the anthem of the American Revolution. Yankee Doodle was originally an insult by the British …. Which the Americans turned on its’ head!
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The Monkey Song lyrics
The Monkey Song lyrics, as performed by Hoagy Carmichael in The Las Vegas Story
It’s a story, about a monkey and a king,
King Rebob and his dream.
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Thoroughly Modern Millie [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to Thoroughly Modern Millie, Words by Sammy Cahn, Music by Jimmy Van Heusen, Sung by Julie Andrews during the credits of Thoroughly Modern Millie
