Ella Fitzgerald

[fox69]

"Of Thee I Sing (Baby)"

"Of Thee I Sing (Baby)"


From the island of Manhattan to the coast of gold
From north to south, from east to west
You are the love, I love the best
You're the dreamboat in the sweetest story ever told

A dream I sought, both night and day
For years through all, the U.S.A.
The star I hitched my wagon to
Is very obviously you

Of thee I sing, baby
Summer, autumn, winter, spring, baby.
You're my silver lining,
You're my sky of blue
There's a lovelight shining
Just because of you.

Of thee I sing, baby,
You have got that certain thing, baby
Shining star and inspiration
Worthy of a mighty nation,
Of thee I sing.

Of thee I sing, baby,
You have got that certain thing, baby
Shining star and inspiration
Worthy of a mighty nation,
Of thee I sing.

 

[fox69]

"Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way"

"Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way"


Porgy and all
I'm on my way to a heav'nly land
I'll ride that long, long road
If You are there to guide my hand
Oh Lawd, I'm on my way
I'm on my way to a heav'nly land
Oh Lawd, it's a long, long way, but
You'll be there to take my hand

 

[fox69]

"Oh, Doctor Jesus"

"Oh, Doctor Jesus"


[Serena]
[kneeling]
Oh, doctor jesus, who done trouble de water in de sea of gallerie.

[Porgy]
Amen!

[Serena]
An' likewise who done cas' de devil out of de afflicted time
An' time again.

[Porgy]
Time an' time again.

[Peter]
Oh, my jesus!

[Serena]
Oh, doctor jesus, what make you ain' lay yo' han' on dis po'
Sister head?

[Lily]
Oh, my father!

[Serena]
An' chase de devil out of her down a steep place into de sea
Like you used to do time an' time again.

[Porgy]
Time an' time again. oh, my jesus!

[Serena]
Lif' dis po' cripple up out of de dus'!

[Porgy]
Allelujah!

[Serena]
An' lif' up his woman an' make her well time an' time again,
An' save us all for jesus sake, amen.

[Porgy and Peter]
Amen.

[Serena]
All right. now, porgy, doctor jesus done take de case.
By five o'clock dat woman goin' be well.
(it is now full morning and catfish row is full
Of activity with street vendors calling.)

 

[fox69]

"Oh, Lady Be Good"

"Oh, Lady Be Good"


Listen to my tale of woe, it's terribly sad but true,
All dressed up, no place to go
Each evening I'm awfully blue.
I must win some winsome miss

Can't go on like this,
I could blossom out I know,
Which somebody just like you. so...

Oh sweet and lovely,
Lady be good,
Oh lady be good to me.
I am so awfully misunderstood,
So lady be good, to me.
Oh, please have some pity
I'm all alone in this big city.
I tell you I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
So lady be good... to me.

Auburn and brunette and blonde:
I love 'em all, tall or small
But somehow they don't' grow fond;
They stagger but never fall.
Winter's gone, and now it's spring!
Love! where is thy sting?
If somebody won't respond,
I'm going to end it all.
So...

Oh sweet and lovely lady, be good.
Oh lady, be good to me!
I am so awfully misunderstood,
So, lady be good to me.
This is tulip weather -
So let's put two and two together.
I tell you
I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood,
So, lady be good, to me.

 

[fox69]

"Oh, So Nice"

"Oh, So Nice"


Never thought I'd ever meet a man like you
Who could make my life complete, by dreams come true

The many men I'd known for years all seemed the same
They kept on boring me to tears, and then you came

I was taken off my feet, what could I do

I was above love before,
But now I love love, because you're

Oh, oh so nice
Awake or sleeping, it seems
That you keep creeping in my dreams
And it's so nice

When you are near me
Oh my, oh dear oh dear me, I just fly
To paradise

I was above love before
But now I love love, 'cause you're oh, oh, oh so nice

When you are near me
Oh my, oh dear oh dear me, I just fly
To paradise

I was above love before
But now I love love, 'cause you're oh, oh, oh so nice
'cause you're oh, oh, oh so nice
'cause you're oh, oh, oh so nice

 

[fox69]

"One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)"

"One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)"


It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place
Except you and me
So set 'em' up joe, I got a little story
I think you should know
We're drinking my friend, to the end
Of a brief episode
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road
I know the routine, put another nickel
In the machine
I feel kind of bad, can't you make the music
Easy and sad
I could tell you a lot, but it's not
In a gentleman's code
Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road
You'd never know it, but buddy I'm a kind of poet
And I've got a lot of things I'd like to say
And if I'm gloomy, please listen to me
Till it's talked away
Well that's how it goes, and joe I know your gettin'
Anxious to close
Thanks for the cheer
I hope you didn't mind
My bending your ear
But this torch that I found, it's gotta be drowned
Or it's gonna explode
Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road

 

[fox69]

"Our Love Is Here To Stay"

"Our Love Is Here To Stay"


It's very clear
our love is here to stay
not for a year
but forever and a day
the radio and the telephone
and the movies that we know
there just passing fancies and in time may go

but oh my dear
our love is here to stay
together were going a long, long way

in time the rockies may crumble
Gibraltar may tumble
they're only made of clay
But our love is here to stay

 

[fox69]

"Out Of This World"

"Out Of This World"


You're clear out of this world
When I'm looking at you
I hear out of this world
The music that no mortal ever knew

You're right out of a book
The fairy tale I read when I was five
No armored knight out of a book
was more enchanted by a Lorelei
Then I

After waiting so long
for the right time
After reaching so long for a star
All at once from long and lonely night time
And despite time, here you are

I cry, "Out of this world"
If you said we were through
So let me fly out of this world
And spend the next eternity or two
With you

 

[fox69]

"Over The Rainbow"

"Over The Rainbow"


When all the world is a hopless jumble,
and the raindrops tumble all around,
heaven opens a magic lane.

When all the clouds darken up the skyway,
There's a rainbow highway to be found,
Leading from your window pane.

To a place behind the sun,
Just a step beyond the rain.

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high,
There's a land that I heard of,
Once in a lullabye.

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream,
Really do come true.

Someday day I'll wish upon a star,
and wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
Away above the chimney tops,
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why, then oh why can't I?

Someday I'll wish upon a star,
and wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
Away above the chimney tops,
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why, then oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly,
Beyond the rainbow,
Why, oh why can't I?

 

[fox69]

"Perdido"

"Perdido"


Perdido,
I look for my heart
It's perdido
I lost it way down in Torito
The day the fiesta started

Bolero,
I sway that they play the Bolero
I kissed me the listing sombrero
And that's when my heart departed

High, was the sun when I held him close
Low, was the moon when we said, "Adios"

Perdido
My heart ever since is Perdido
I know I must go to Torito
To find what I lost Perdido

[scat]

High, was the sun when I held him close
Low, was the moon when we said, "Adios"

Perdido
Goodnight perdido
I lost perdido