Sing Hallelujah, Hallelujah
And you’ll shoo the blues away
Cares pursue ya, Hallelujah!
Gets you through the darkest day
Me and My Shadow is a classic popular music song. Nearly 100 years old, it remains popular. See the Media listing at the end for some examples.
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Side by Side was composed by Harry Woods. He wrote numerous 1920s standards, including “When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along)“, “I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover“, and “Try a Little Tenderness“.
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Ol’ Man River is a song from the 1927 musical Show Boat that contrasts the struggles and hardships of African Americans with the endless, uncaring flow of the Mississippi River. It is sung from the point of view of a black stevedore on a showboat and is the most famous song from the show. It’s also featured in Till the Clouds Roll By.
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My Blue Heaven (1927) lyrics – performed by Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong in The Five Pennies. Music by Walter Donaldson, lyrics by George Whiting When… Read More »My Blue Heaven [song lyrics]