Who said that dreams don’t come true?
Who said that skies aren’t blue?
Who said that wishes we make are always in vain?
Who said that love isn’t all?
Who said that stars never fall?
Who said that roses don’t bloom down Lovers’ Lane?
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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When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along was a 1926 popular song written, both words and music, by Harry Woods. The most successful recording of 1926 was by Al Jolson.
The song became the signature song for singer and actress Lillian Roth, who performed it often during the height of her musical career from the late 1920s to the late 1930s. It was later performed by Susan Hayward, playing Roth, in the 1955 biographical film, I’ll Cry Tomorrow.
When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob Bobbin’ Along
When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin’ along, along
There’ll be no more sobbin’ when he starts throbbin’ his old sweet songRead More »When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along
movie review of “The Jolson Story”, a fictionalized account of the life story of Al Jolson, played by Larry Parks (with the actual singing done by Al Jolson himself) with loads of music, and a massive success when it was released.
‘Round my Indiana homesteads wave the cornfields,
In the distance loom the woodlands clear and cool.
Oftentimes my thoughts revert to scenes of childhood,
Where I first received my lessons, nature’s school.
But one thing there is missing in the picture,
Without her face it seems so incomplete.
I long to see my mother in the doorway,
As she stood there years ago, her boy to greet.
Also performed by Judy Garland and Jerry Lewis, who adopted it as his personal theme song
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Song lyrics to My Mammy music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis. Interestingly, it was first recorded by William Frawley of I Love Lucy fameRead More »My Mammy lyrics