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Song lyrics to Baby Obey Me, Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. Sung by Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis in My Friend Irma Goes West

Baby Obey Me [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Baby Obey Me, Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. Sung by Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corrine Calvet in My Friend Irma Goes West

Dean Martin: When I say give me love, well don’t be meager
Gee can’t you see that I’m over eager
Oh baby, oh baby, obey me.

The Donkey Serenade [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to The Donkey Serenade. Music by Rudolf Friml (1923). Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright. Sung by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in My Friend Irma

There’s a song in the air,
But the fair senorita
Doesn’t seem to care
For the song in the air.
So I’ll sing to the mule
If you’re sure she won’t think that I am just a fool
Serenading a mule.

How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning

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Song lyrics to Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning (1918). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Performed in Holiday Inn.

I’ve been a soldier quite a while
And I would like to state
The life is simply wonderful
The Army food is great

Plenty to Be Thankful For [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to (I’ve Got) Plenty to Be Thankful For (1942). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung by Bing Crosby on Thanksgiving Day in Holiday Inn

I’ve got plenty to be thankful for
I haven’t got great big yacht
To sail from shore to shore
Still I’ve got plenty to be thankful for

Let’s Say It with Firecrackers [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Let’s Say It with Firecrackers (1942). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung at the Holiday Inn by the chorus and danced by Fred Astaire on the 4th of July

Let’s say it with firecrackers
And banners held high
Let’s have a real old-fashioned noisy Fourth of July

Easter Parade [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Easter Parade (1933). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung by Bing Crosby on Easter Sunday in Holiday Inn, by Judy Garland and Fred Astaire in Easter Parade

In your Easter bonnet
With all the frills upon it
You’ll be the grandest lady
In the Easter parade

I Can’t Tell a Lie [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to I Can’t Tell a Lie (1942). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung at the Holiday Inn by Fred Astaire on Washington’s Birthday

I could say that you’re homely
Just as homely as pie
But this is Washington’s birthday
And I’ve got to say you’re beautiful
‘Cause I can’t tell a lie

Be Careful, It’s My Heart [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Be Careful, It’s My Heart (1942), Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung by Bing Crosby at the Holiday Inn on Valentine’s Day

Be careful, it’s my heart
It’s not my watch you’re holding, it’s my heart
It’s not the note I sent you
That you quickly burned
It’s not the book I lent you
That you never returned
Remember, it’s my heart

Abraham [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Abraham (1942). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Played at the Holiday Inn. Sung on Lincoln’s birthday by Bing Crosby, Martha Mears (dubbing Marjorie Reynolds) in blackface, Chorus, and Louise Beavers with Shelby Bacon and Joan Arnold.

[Editor’s note: Abraham is a celebration of Abraham Lincoln‘s birthday — and several of the performers are in blackface, to represent freed slaves. If you’re offended … you’ve been warned. Bear in mind that this is using 1942’s sensibilities, not 21st century’s attitudes.]

Upon a February morn
A tiny baby boy was born
Abraham, Abraham

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