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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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Lazy [song lyrics, Bing Crosby]

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Song lyrics to Lazy (1924). Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. Sung by Bing Crosby in Holiday Inn

Ev’ry time
I see a puppy upon a summer’s day
A puppy dog at play
My heart is filled with envy
That’s because
My heart is yearning to pass the time away
Like that pup
’cause I’m all fed up
And tho’ it’s wrong to be
I long to be

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Terror Beneath the Sea

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Terror Beneath the Sea (1966), starring Shin’ichi Chiba, Peggy Neal, Andrew Hughes, Franz Gruber

In Terror Beneath the Sea, will water cyborgs, created in an underground laboratory, put an end to the human race?

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My Heart Tells Me [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?), Music by Harry Warren, Lyrics by Mack Gordon, sung by Betty Grable in Sweet Rosie O’Grady

My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?) was a 1940s standard, It has been recorded by numerous artists, including:

  • Frank Sinatra
  • Tony Bennett
  • Nat King Cole
  • Etta Jones

Titled “My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)”, it topped The Billboard’s National Best Selling Retail Records chart for five weeks in 1944.

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