SHALL WE DANCE
Lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN Music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
I - Drop- that long face!, Come on, have, your fling!
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I " dancing shoes, watch your spir - its climb.
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mop - ingZ Shall, we dance, and walk on
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Don't- y o u be an a1 - so ,
1" ran! YOU)^ bet - ter dance, lit - tle la - dy,
I" Dance lit - tle man! Dance when - ev - er, you
I can:
THEYALL LAUGHED
Lyrics by IRA GERSHWlN Music by GEORGE GERSH WIN
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For from
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They aJl laughed when ~d - : - son re - cord - ed sound.- They all laughed at Whit - ney and his cot - ton gin. -
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They all laughed at
F'ul - ton and his steam-boat, Her - sh& and his chocP- late
They all said we nev - Lr could be hap - py, They laughed at us and They all said we'd nev - er get to - geth- er; D a r - ling, let'stake a
howl 1 " bow, But For,
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Who's got the last laugh Who's got the last laugh,
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A FOGGY DAY Lyrics by IRA GERSH WlN
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Music by GEORGE GERWWIN
I was a strang-er in the cit- y. O u t of townwerethe peo-ple I knew.
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I had that feel-ing of self - pi - t y , What to do?H'hat to do?H'hat to do? The I
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I - out -1bok was de- cid-ed -1y blue.- But as I walkedthroughthe fog- gy streetsa - lone, It
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For, sud - den - ly, I saw YOU there-
I - - And through fog - gy Lon - don town the sun was shin - ing
I - - where.
Lyrics
I CAN'T BE BOTHERED NOW by IRA GERSUWIN Music by GEORGE GERSH WIN
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1 - Danc-ingmakes my trou-bles all seem ti - ny. When I'm danc-ing
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if my bank is
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ev - en I ou - man - la
I " ban - ia. I'm not up - set, 'I re - fuse to fret.
I Bad news, Go 'way! Call 'round some day In
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and shares fall down - stairs, Who
1 " earth - ly things I frown. - I'm throw-ing bff t'he bars that held me
- down. the pi - per When
I cause ;ou see ~ ' m danc - ing and I can't be both-ere&
THE JOLLY TAR ANDTHE MILK MAID'^ ~yrics by IRA GERSHWIN Music by GEORGE GERSH WIN
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to shame the
1 " bux - om milk maid, mar - ry me!"Wth a down - a - d e r - r y , With a buc - too!"With a down - a - der- r y , With a
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down, a down - a - der-ryl- -
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rts ciuld rhyme!' said s h y ""I% fiat - t&ed 1 said , I got me t6inkP- in, t w i c e ; Good - bye to shoes and
oh, ah me, You oh, ah me, Just
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I - The moth-er of three!-
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- The hus - band of three!
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT by IRA GERSHWlN Music by GEORGE GERSHWlM
The man who on - ly lives for mak- ing mon- ey Lives a life tha t is - n't
I - nec - es- sa - r i - ly sun- ny. ~'ike-wise the man who works for fame,
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There's no g u a r - a n - t e e tha t time won't e - r a s e his name.
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The fact is,
I - That's t'he best work of all if you can get i t .
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I Nice work- if you can get it, And you can get it if you try. - I
I - Nice 6 k - if you can get it, And you can get it if you try. -
st im- ag - me some one-
1 - Lov - ing one who loves you, And then tak - ing that vow,
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1 1 .- I - 1 - -- how? how?
I LOVE TO RHYME Lyrics by IRA GEUSHWlN Music by GEORGE GERSH WIN
1 " There are men who, in their iei - sure, Love to fish for sal - mon;
I - There are 0th - ers who get plea - sure When they play back -
I" gam - mon. en - dr - a1 Gratlt loved to smoke;
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1 Mark Twain loved to joke; Ra - di - o corn - ics love to pun, But the
I thing I do is much more fun.
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r love to rhyme.
I w - I love to say
I - Gay, day, may, hey, hey! Chuck - le, knuck - le, nick - el, fick - le,
I pick - le! - love to rhyme!
1 - ri - e - 9 , Lo-ci - e ty, dro - pri- e - ty, There's no stop-pingwhenyouCe be-
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Ca - pac - i - ty, ve-rm - i - ty, au - . dac - i - ty, Did you
I " ev - er know such fun? -
love to rhyme, And
1 - would - dt it be sub - lime one day it could
I WAS DOING ALL RIGHT
Lyrics by IRA GERSH WIN Music by GEORGE GERSH WIN
'C'sed to lead a qui - et ex - ist -ence, ~l -ways had mypeace of mind.
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Kept Old Man Troub - le at a dis - tance; b1y days were sil - ver -
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1 " lined. Right on top of the world I sat, But
look at me now,- I don't know where I'm at.
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I was do - ing a l l right, Noth-ing but rain - bows in my sky,
Nev - er no - ticed the rain Till you came But
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suf - fer all the day; just sit and won - der If
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1" love is - dt one big blun - der. But when you hold me
w right B& 1fn d o - i n g b e t - t e r than ev - er
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LOVE IS HERE TO STAY
Lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN Music by GEORGE GERSH WIN
I - The more I read the pa- pers The less I corn-pre - hend The
I world and all its ca- pers And .how it all will end. Noth-ing seems to be
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Our love is here . to stay;
I - Not for a year But ev - er and a day.
I " The ra - di - o and the t'el - e - phone and the ,
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I - mov - ies that we know May just be pass - ing fan - cies,
I And in time may But, oh my dear,
I - Our love is here to stay; T< - geth - er
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I we're go - ing a long, long way.
I - In time the Rock - ies may crum-ble,. Gib - ral - tar may turn - ble,
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I - They're on- ly made of clay, Rut our love is here to &crn..
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LOVE WALKED IN
Lyrics by IRA GERSH WIN Music by GEORGE GERSH WIN
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Refrain Eb sfow&, with much expression
1" day. One ma - gic mo -ment and my heart siemed to
I word was spok- en. One look and I for -
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got the gloom of the past; One
look and I had found my fu - ture at last.
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One look and I had found a
1 world corn - piete - ly new, love walked in with
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you. you.
THE BACK BAY POLKA
Lyrics by IRA GERSHWIN
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Music by GK)RGE GERSH WIN
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A Refrain (with humotous emphasis)
Give up the fond em - brace, Pass up tha t pret - t y face, Don't speak the nak - ed t ruth. What's nak - ed is un - couth. Some - where the fair - er sex Has curves that are c o n - v e x , On Bos - ton beans you dine, Then go t o bed a t nine.
You're of the h u - man race, du t not in Bos - ton. It may go in Du - luth But not in Bos - ton.
And girls don't a l l wear specs But not in Bos - ton. You must - n't un - der - mine The town of Bos - ton.
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Think as your neigh - bors think, Make lem - on - ade your drink; Keep up the cul - tured pose, Keep l o o k - i n g downyour nose, One day it's much too hot, Then cold as you know what. No song ex - cept a hymn, And keep your lan- guage prim;
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You'll be the Miss - ing Link If yeu don't wear spats in Bos - ton. Keep up the stat - us quos Or they keep you out of Bos - ton. In all the world t.here9s not Weath- er an - y - where like Bos - ton.
You call a leg a limb Or they boot you out of Bos - ton.
Paint - ers 'H;ho paint the nude We keep ke - press - ing; Books that are out of key We quick - ly bur - y. At naw) - ral his - to - r y We are co - 10s - sal.
You're of the bour - geoi - sie And no one both - ers,
You will find lib - er - t y In Mis - ter Web - ster's dic - tion - a - ry. That is be - cause, you see, At first. hand we stud - y the fos - sil. Not if your fam - 'ly tree Does - n't date from the Pi1 - =rim Fa - thers.
New York or Phil - a - dilph' Laugh - te r goes UP the flue . Strang - ers are all dis - missed. There - fore when a l l is said,
Won't . put YOU Life i s one Not that we're Life is SO
on the shelf If you wbuld be your - self, But you big t a - boo. No mat - ter what you do, It pre - ju - diced- You sim - ply don't ex - ist If you lim - i t - ed You find, un - less you're dead, You
have - n't been born in Bos - ton. nev - er get a - head in Bos - ton.
born in Bos - ton! Bos - ton!
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FOR YOU, FOR ME, FOR EVERMORE
Lyrics by IRA GERSHWlN Music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
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I Par - a - dise can - not re - fuse us, Nev - er such a hap - py
I - pair! Ev - 'ry - bod - y must ex - cuse US
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If we walk on air. I I I I
All the shad-ows now will lose us, -
Luck - y stars are ev - 'ry - where. As a hap - py
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see - ing:
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Fo r YOU, for me, for ev - er - more, - It's
ev - er - more. I
I - 1'm yours, you're mine, and in o ~ r hearts-
- The hap - PY end - ing starts.
What a love- ly world this world will be, With a
world of love in
THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME* Lyrics by IRA GERSHWlN Music by GEORGE GERSH WlN
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I - Our ro - mance won't end on a sor - row-ful note, Though by to -mor-row you're
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I - gone- The song is end - ed, but as the song-writ-er wrote, The
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*Written for "Shall We Dance1# - film (1937)
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- -- The way you wearyour hat- The way you sip your tea, -
Thewayyoui smile just beams,
I" w - We may riiv - ar, nev - er A e t a - gain dn the bump-y road t o
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love, Still I'll al - ways, al - ways keep t he mem -'ry of
-- The way you hold your knife,- The way we danced till three,
I - me! The way yon wear your hat me!
Lyrics by IRA G ERSH WIN
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Music by GEORGE GERSHWlN
T e m ~ o di Valse Viennoise
Be off with your
*Written for "The Show Is On" (1936)
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Gersh- win keeps pound - ing on tin. How can I be
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When I want a mel-o - dy lilt - ing through the house
Lyrics by IRA GERSU WIN
SOPHIA Music by GEORGE GERSHWIN
Tempo di valse moderato
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I - What does i t take to per - suade you?- And how much mbre must ;
I ser - e - nade you?
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I - a n - y i - d e - a a n - y i - d e - a
How much you mean to me - a?- How much you mean to me - a? -
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w 4- - - How much yod l nev - er know!
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If 1'm u- all ag - i - t a - to, All the 0th - ers were SO - so,
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Ev - 'ry heart string vi - bra - to,
1 " love, it's 1 ove cres - cen - do, spu - m
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- So - phi - a, be mine! So - phi - a, be
I mine! I
ALL THE LIVELONG DAY (And The Lons, Lons Night)
Lyrics by IRA GEUSHWlN Music by GEORGE GEUSHWIN
Piano
Moderato
You've r e a l - l y g
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- - done me - at last.
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r r But who's re -
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l.Youlll find I'm per - fect cast - ing 2. No chance you're tak - ing chanc - e s
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op - po - site you.
I tak - ing me on. ydu711 find love ev - er - last - ing:
Be - lieve me when this man says:
Sum - mer, spring and fall - time, You're my one and a l l - time.
A1 1 t h e live - long day and t h e long, long
1 " night. night.
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