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Who Said Dreams Don’t Come True?

user — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 01:44:00 +0000

Song lyrics to Who Said Dreams Don’t Come True? Written by Harry Akst, Benny Davis, Al Jolson 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’…

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Me and My Shadow – song lyrics

user — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 03:48:00 +0000

Song lyrics to Me and My Shadow (1927) Written by Al Jolson, Billy Rose and Dave Dreyer 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. Shades of night are falling and I’m lonely Standing on the corner…

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When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along

user — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 23:26:34 +0000

When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin’ Along song lyrics 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…

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The Jolson Story

user — Fri, 22 May 2015 18:38:20 +0000

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. The Jolson Story (1946) starring Larry Parks, William Demarest, Evelyn Keyes A very enjoyable…

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On the Banks of the Wabash lyrics

user — Fri, 15 May 2015 21:30:36 +0000

On the Banks of the Wabash lyrics, sung by Al Jolson in The Jolson Story, written and composed by Paul Dresser ‘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…

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Listen to the Mockingbird lyrics

user — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:57:44 +0000

Listen to the Mockingbird lyrics — words and music by Alice Hawthorne I’m dreaming now of Hally, Sweet Hally, sweet Hally, I’m dreaming now of Hally, For the tho’t of her is one that never dies; She’s sleeping in the valley, In the valley, in the valley, She’s sleeping in the valley, And the mockingbird…

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Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody lyrics

user — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:59:12 +0000

Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody lyrics – written by Jean Schwartz, lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young Also performed by Judy Garland and Jerry Lewis, who adopted it as his personal theme song Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody.When you croon, croon a tuneFrom the heart of Dixie.Hang that cradle…

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Waiting for the Robert E. Lee lyrics

user — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:33:08 +0000

Waiting for the Robert E. Lee lyrics — music by Lewis F. Muir, lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert Performed by Al Jolson in The Jolson Story, as well as hundreds of other places Way down on the levy in old AlabamyThere’s Daddy and MammyThere’s Ephraim and SammyOn a moonlight night you can find them allWhile…

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Swanee lyrics

user — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:31:10 +0000

Swanee lyrics — sung in The Jolson Story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and more I’ve been away from you along timeI never thought I’d miss — ya soSomehow I feel, your love is realNear you I wanna be. The Birds are singing it is songtimeThe banjos strumming soft and lowI know that you yearn for…

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My Mammy lyrics

user — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:14:07 +0000

My Mammy lyrics, made famous by Al Jolson 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 fame Everything is lovely When you start to roam; The birds are singin’, the day that you…

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