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 – 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
In The Stranger on the Third Floor, an aspiring journalist testifies that he saw a young man at the scene of a brutal killing. The man is sentenced to death. The journalist worries that he’s responsible for the death of an innocent man. He begins his own investigation with his girlfriend. But they soon find themselves threatened by a mysterious stranger …
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Up a lazy river by the old mill run
Lazy, lazy river in the noon day sun
Linger awhile in the shade of the tree
Throw away your troubles, dream a dream of me
In Clash By Night, a woman is torn between her husband and his friend. Despite thinking about leaving her husband, his temper causes second thoughts …
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Oh! Susanna is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster, first published in 1848. It is among the most popular American songs ever written.
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In old Savannah
I said Savannah
The weather there is nice and warm
The climate’s of a southern brand
But here’s what I don`t understand
They’ve got a gal there
A pretty gal there
Who`s colder than an Arctic storm
Possessed is a pre-code story of the allure of wealth and easy living — though at a price, for a beautiful young woman. She becomes a successful attorney’s mistress, and slowly falls in love with him …
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Happy Days Are Here Again was first featured in the 1930 film Chasing Rainbows. It’s appeared in numerous TV shows and movies, ranging from Broadway Melody of 1938 to What Price Hollywood? to Glee. It may be best known as the theme for Franklin Delano Roosevelt‘s 1932 campaign song.
Happy days are here again,
The skies above are clear again
Let us sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again,
It’s a broad way
It’s just a simple plain street
Most stylish avenue
And what it’s just a main street
But it’s home to me and to you …
It’s your Broadway and it’s my Broadway
With the music of rhythm
And the rhythm of music