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Song lyrics to Snoops the Lawyer (1920) by Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby

Snoops the Lawyer

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Song lyrics to Snoops the Lawyer (1920) by Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby

I know a certain lawyer in a little town
Who got the name of Snoops from always snoopin’ around
He was the most peculiar man I’ve ever seen
I’ll give you a description of the man I mean

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Song lyrics to A Kiss To Build A Dream On, Written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II, performed in Mister 880

A Kiss To Build A Dream On

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Song lyrics to A Kiss To Build A Dream On, Written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II, performed in Mister 880

Give me a kiss to build a dream on, 
And my imagination will thrive upon that kiss. 
Sweetheart, I ask no more than this: 
A kiss to build a dream on. 

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Angels in the Outfield (1951) starring Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh - The roughest guy you ever met until an angel said 'Hello'!

Angels in the Outfield (1951)

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Angels in the Outfield (1951) starring Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh

In Angels in the Outfield, Paul Douglas, stars with Janet Leigh, as the hot-tempered Pittsburgh Pirates manager.  His hard-luck team goes on a winning streak thanks to some heavenly intervention.

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Helen Kane, who originally sang I Wanna Be Loved by You

I Wanna Be Loved by You lyrics

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I Wanna Be Loved by You song lyrics (1928) by  Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar

I Wanna Be Loved by You was one of Marilyn Monroe’s most famous musical performances is her singing it in Billy Wilder’s classic farce Some Like It Hot. The song was first performed in late 1928 by Helen Kane, who became known as the — €˜Boop-Boop-a-Doop Girl’ because of her baby-talk, scat-singing tag line to that song. It was  written by Herbert Stothart and Harry Ruby, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar, for the 1928 musical Good BoyRead More »I Wanna Be Loved by You lyrics

Song lyrics to So Long! Oo-Long (How Long You Gonna Be Gone?) by Bert Kalmar / Harry Ruby, 1920

So Long! Oo-Long

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Song lyrics to So Long! Oo-Long (How Long You Gonna Be Gone?) by Bert Kalmar / Harry Ruby, 1920

(sung by Fred Astaire and Red Skelton in Three Little Words)

Ming Toy loved a boy,
Happy little Japanee;
Oo-long was his name,
Set her heart a flame.
One day he say, “Soon I gotta go away;”
When he leave Ming Toy grieve;
Everybody hear her say:

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My Sunny Tennessee lyrics, from the musical Three Little Words starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton

My Sunny Tennessee lyrics

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My Sunny Tennessee lyrics, by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Herman Ruby – (from the musical Three Little Words starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton)

When the shades of night are falling
Tennessee, I hear you calling;
My thoughts just roam
Back to home, sweet home.
Every day my heart grows fonder,
Of the folks I left down yonder;
I wonder when I’ll be there again.

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