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'Irving Berlin' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 (2008)

Actors

Plot
New York, June 1920. Twenty year old Indiana Jones is working backstage at George White's Scandals in 1920. Having just arrived in the Big Apple, Indy manages to woo no less than three girls in as many days: singer Peggy, poet Kate and socialite Gloria. He manages to get Peggy a song to sing by his good friend George Gershwin, Kate and her friends at the Vicious circle will review the show and Gloria's father helps out to back the show when White needs financial help.

Keywords: character-name-in-title, digit-in-title, indiana-jones, number-in-title, scandal, year-in-title

Genres

Musical

De-Lovely (2004)

Actors

Plot
De-Lovely is an original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter, filled with his unforgettable songs. In the film, Porter is looking back on his life as if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and action onstage. Through elaborate production numbers and popular hits like "Anything Goes," "It's De-Lovely," and "Night and Day," Porter's elegant, excessive past comes to light - including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife and muse, Linda Lee Porter.

Keywords: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, accordion, adultery, applause, ballet-russe, betrayal, bisexual

Genres

Taglines:

A love that would never die and music that would live forever.

Quotes:

Linda Porter: This is something new. To be inconsiderate, to ignore your obligations.

Cole Porter: You can sing this. The problem is you're not having any fun.

Linda Porter: Thank you dearest.::Cole Porter: For what?::Linda Porter: For all of this. For our future. For being with me with Edward just now.::Cole Porter: That? That was just pest control. That's all.

Cole Porter: If I can survive this movie, I can survive anything.

Gerald Murphy: She said we live in castles that are made of sand.

Gabe: Never open with a ballad, and never end on one.

Cole Porter: An unmanned piano!

Cole Porter: I'm making such a mess trying to say this, I'm glad I'm not trying to write it as a song.::Linda Porter: It would be a beautiful serenade.

Cole Porter: Champagne? Or how do you want to play this? Comedy? Tragedy? Musical Comedy? Farce?::Linda Porter: Why don't we just... play?

Cole Porter: [dressed as Caesar at a costume party] I'm being hailed.

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978)

Actors

Genres

This Is the Army (1943)

Actors

Plot
In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.

Keywords: based-on-stage-musical, basic-training, blackface, famous-song, man-dressed-as-woman, military, minstrel-show, orchestral-music-score, patriotism, show

Genres

Taglines:

It's your own army - in the army's own show!

Quotes:

Jerry Jones: Will you marry me tonight?::Ethel: Well, of course.::Jerry Jones: Wonderful. Congratulations, darling, you're a war bride. I've just been drafted.

Berlin, Irving Filmography

100 Years of the London Palladium
2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
Warner at War
2008, role: actor
Easter Parade: On the Avenue
2005, role: composer
New York: A Documentary Film
1999, role: actor , character name: Himself
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years
1997, role: actor , character name: Himself
We Can Keep You Forever
1988, role: actor , character name: Himself - at POW Homecoming: Sings God Bless America
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
1975, role: actor , character name: Himself
The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards
1974, role: actor , character name: Himself - Honoree
The Golden Twenties
1950, role: actor , character name: Himself
Blue Skies
1946, role: writer
This Is the Army
1943, role: writer
Show-Business at War
1943, role: actor , character name: Himself
This Is the Army
1943, role: actor , character name: Irving Berlin
Holiday Inn
1942, role: actor , character name: Flower Store Manager
Holiday Inn
1942, role: writer
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938, role: writer
On the Avenue
1937, role: writer
Hello Pop
1933, role: composer
Mammy
1930, role: writer
Reaching for the Moon
1930, role: writer
Glorifying the American Girl
1929, role: actor , character name: Himself
Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning
1926, role: composer
Stop, Look and Listen
1926, role: writer
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1926, role: composer

Berlin, Irving Filmography

She Freak
1967, role: actor , character name: Carnie
Winter A-Go-Go
1965, role: editor
Man in the 5th Dimension
1964, role: editor
Operation Bottleneck
1961, role: editor
The Clown and the Kid
1961, role: editor
Shadow of the Boomerang
1960, role: editor
Speed Crazy
1959, role: editor
Run for the Hills
1953, role: editor

Famous quotes by Irving Berlin:

"The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success."

"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."

"Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it."

"Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies."

"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,"

"A pretty girl is like a melody That haunts you night and day Just like the strain Of a haunting refrain She'll start upon A marathon And run around your brain"

"The song is ended / But the melody lingers on."

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas"

"The world would not be in such a snarl,/ had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl."

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, / Just like the ones I used to know."

"Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life."

"Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies."

"There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny."

"I got lost but look what I found."

"After you get what you want you don't want it."

"There's no business like show business."

"There's no people like show people."

"You're not sick you're just in love."

"Talent is only the starting point."

IRVING BERLIN'S 100th BIRTHDAY (COMPLETE) - CARNEGIE HALL {194}

Duration: 98:13
Updated: 06 Sep 2014

PLAYLIST BELOW - Taped at Carnegie Hall on Irving Berlin's 100th birthday, May 11, 1988, and televised May 27, 1988. It's very hard to pick out a favorite pe...

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Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book (Album Completo Full)

Duration: 47:04
Updated: 04 Sep 2014

From the original album Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book avaliable to I-Tunes, Amazon GooglePaly and more best Store... 01 - Let's Face the ...

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Irving Berlin - Blue Skies

Duration: 3:42
Updated: 04 Sep 2014

Fritz Kreisler - piano.

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Fred Astaire - The Irving Berlin Songbook (full album)

Duration: 36:19
Updated: 05 Sep 2014

Fred Astaire - The Irving Berlin Songbook (verve CD 1991) 00:00 01 - Puttin' On The Ritz 02:54 02 - Isn't This A Lovely Day 07:25 03 - No Strings 10:23 04 - ...

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THE GREAT AMERICIAN SONGBOOK - IRVING BERLIN - PART ONE

Duration: 14:19
Updated: 29 Aug 2014

This video features songs written by Irving Berlin. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are dancing to several of the numbers. 1) Puttin' On The Ritz - Fred Astai...

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A look into the life of Irving Berlin, an interview with James Rocco

Duration: 8:04
Updated: 12 May 2014

Ordway Center Spotlight on: Irving Berlin. Take a look into the life and career of Irving Berlin in an interview with James Rocco. For more information visit...

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Irving Berlin "God Bless America" - The Ed Sullivan Show

Duration: 2:08
Updated: 02 Sep 2014

http://goo.gl/Zqa7k - Irving Berlin sings "God Bless America" on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 5, 1968. Available on the DVD "A Salute To The Red, White & Blue...

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Alexander's Ragtime Band - by Irving Berlin - Performed by Wayne King and His Orchestra

Duration: 2:43
Updated: 30 Aug 2014

The song was written in 1911 by Irving Berlin. This rendition was performed by Wayne King and His Orchestra. Here are the lyrics: VERSE 1: Oh, ma hon-ey, oh,...

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Anne Kaufman on Irving Berlin's Always

Duration: 3:08
Updated: 21 Nov 2013

Anne Kaufman, daughter of playwright, humorist and producer George Kaufman, tells of her father's falling out with Irving Berlin after he mocked Berlin's sen...

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KENNEDY CENTER HONORS TRIBUTE TO IRVING BERLIN - "GOD BLESS AMERICA", 1987 {30})

Duration: 5:41
Updated: 09 Apr 2014

WALTER CRONKITE introduces the closing of the show by paying tribute to IRVING BERLIN. Kennedy Center Honors pays tribute to IRVING BERLIN, who had turned 10...

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Irving Berlin- on television (very RARE clip)

Duration: 1:19
Updated: 05 Sep 2014

In one of his RARE few television appearances, Irving Berlin explains the workings of his "special" piano to Dinah Shore and Tony Martin, and plays an early ...

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Madeline Kahn - You'd Be Surprised! (Irving Berlin's 100th anniversary 1988)

Duration: 3:32
Updated: 28 Aug 2014

Carnegie Hall, 11 May 1988 Irving Berlin "You'd Be Surprised" (1919) Johnny was bashful and shy Nobody understood why Mary loved him All the other girls pass...

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Irving Berlin - 'Oh, How I Hate to get up in the Morning'

Duration: 1:34
Updated: 05 Sep 2014

from the 1943 movie 'This is the Army' ..well, he DID compose 'White Christmas'.. ..couldn't sing very well though - :)

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IRVING BERLIN SONG All By Myself - Bobby Darin live 1962

Duration: 3:33
Updated: 03 Aug 2014

Bobby Darin performing Irving Berlin song.

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Tribute to Irving Berlin

Duration: 7:44
Updated: 01 Sep 2014

This piece was arranged by Warren Barker and is performed by the Southeast Alabama Community Band under the direction of Dr. John M. Long. This performance w...

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Irving Berlin medley

Duration: 8:33
Updated: 22 May 2014

Gaston Symphonic Band Veterans Day Concert.

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Puttin On The Ritz - Irving Berlin - Pomplamoose

Duration: 3:42
Updated: 06 Sep 2014

Our version of the classic, Puttin' on the Ritz This song is on our new album, Season 2: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/season-2/id902077038?uo=4 For tick...

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Irving Berlin - The Voice of the City

Duration: 71:07
Updated: 16 Jul 2014

A joint production of BBC Bristol & A&E; network, this was broadcast in celebration of Irving Berlin's 100th birthday in 1988. It features Tommy Tune & a very...

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"Irving Berlin": "White Christmas"

Duration: 4:13
Updated: 09 Aug 2014

Antonis Koroneos Contemporary Music Orchestra and Choir of ERT Polyphonic Children Choir of Patras conductor: Theodoros Orfanidis Pallas Theatre Athens 24-12...

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Steppin' Out With My Baby - composer, Irving Berlin

Duration: 2:53
Updated: 06 Aug 2013

Puttin' On the Glitz Musical Revue - May 1st, 2011 Singer - Nick Bramlett BH Singer Studio http://www.bhsingerstudio.info Video Film Credit - David Hall, Fre...

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Irving Berlin's 100th birthday celebration: Frank Sinatra

Duration: 3:50
Updated: 22 Aug 2014

Frank Sinatra singing "Always" and "When I lost you" (both by Irving Berlin) at the ASCAP tribute to Irving Berlin on his 100th birthday, 11 May 1988, in Car...

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Irving Berlin Showstoppers arranged by John Higgins

Duration: 11:00
Updated: 09 Jun 2014

The North Coast Symphonic Band conducted by Dave Becker performs Irving Berlin Showstoppers on May 5, 2013, at the historic Liberty Theater in downtown Astor...

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Flashmob Moscow (Russia) : Putting on the ritz 2012

Duration: 5:41
Updated: 06 Sep 2014

Hundreds of dancers joined together in Moscow on 26.02.2012 to perform together a great flashmob of "Puttin' on the Ritz", a popular song written and publish...

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Irving Berlin "White Christmas": Dunja Lavrova (violin), Konstantin Lapshin (piano) LIVE

Duration: 3:12
Updated: 19 Aug 2014

A little Christmas surprise for all my supporters! Our own rendition of Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", recorded LIVE at the RCM and which was inspired by...

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Johanna Hjort - Cheek to cheek (Irving Berlin) - Live at Flunsåsparken

Duration: 4:30
Updated: 16 Aug 2014

Johanna Hjort with Dan Lindén and Band live at Flunsåsparken, Gothenburg, Sweden 17.06.2014 Band: Johanna Hjort (vocals), Albin Grahn (trumpet), Richard Haue...

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Irving Berlin's 1932 "How Deep Is the Ocean" Live Improvised Piano Solo By Gregory Hillman

Duration: 6:15
Updated: 21 May 2014

Please enjoy Gregory Hillman's piano improvisation of "How Deep Is the Ocean," a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1932. Recorded 5/20/14 at Squashed ...

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Irving Berlin's White Christmas live at MAC 2011

Duration: 2:37
Updated: 22 Dec 2013

Irving Berlin's White Christmas plays live Nov 18, 2011 - Jan 1, 2012 at the Dinner Theatre at Midtown Arts Center in Fort Collins, CO. Group rates start at ...

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Cheek To Cheek (Irving Berlin) - FROM DA SOUL Acoustic Lounge live bei SWR Kaffee oder Tee

Duration: 3:53
Updated: 08 Apr 2014

live beim SWR Baden Baden in der Sendung Kaffee oder Tee am 21. März 2014 www.fromdasoul.de.

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Cheek to Cheek (Irving Berlin) performed live by Wolfgang Peter Anthony at Aston Gardens

Duration: 3:20
Updated: 05 Jun 2014

"Cheek to Cheek" by Irving Berlin is one of my favorite songs to perform, especially for a mature audience. For more info on me and my music, please visit: h...

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Chris Martin - White Christmas (Irving Berlin cover) [live HD]

Duration: 1:20
Updated: 07 Mar 2014

live at O2 World, Berlin, Dec 21st 2011.

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Ken Kruger - Russian Lullaby (Live Acoustic Cover - Irving Berlin)

Duration: 2:59
Updated: 16 Jun 2013

From my Live at the Lost Paddle Lounge series. A nod to Jerry Garcia and Dave Grisman for the arrangement. This one is for my sweetie. Mariana likes this song.

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Russian Lullaby (Irving Berlin) - Rita Reys

Duration: 3:32
Updated: 18 Aug 2014

Rita Reys singing Irving Berlin's Russian Lullaby, at the Royal Carré Theatre in Amsterdam. She's accompanied by Peter Beets (piano), Ruud Jacobs (bass), Fer...

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"Cheek To Cheek" (Irving Berlin) - Peter Price - Live @ SixBarsJail - October 25th, 2013

Duration: 3:18
Updated: 16 Nov 2013

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Berlin: White Christmas (LIVE) / Lamoš · Korynta · Prague Film Orchestra

Duration: 7:54
Updated: 24 Jul 2014

Irving Berlin: White Christmas Sophia Lamoš - solo vocal, George Korynta - conductor · Prague Film Orchestra / Recorded at Rudolfinum / 16.12.2012 Website of...

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Ossy Fahrner Big Band Live "Blue Skies" von Irving Berlin

Duration: 1:48
Updated: 07 Mar 2014

This is a live record from the Ossy Fahrner BigBand, which is located in the Southwest of Germany! Homepage: http://ossyfahrnerbigband.weebly.com Das ist ein...

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Isn't it romantic - Irving Berlin (Leon Ziligson/Lev Kardonsky live at the Eisemann Center, Texas)

Duration: 2:47
Updated: 19 Nov 2013

Isn't it romantic -Irving Berlin Yad Eliezer Benefit Concert held 2/19/12 at the Eisemann Center in Richardson, TX For more details, please visit www.yadelie...

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Mary Martin Moonshine Lullaby/Irving Berlin/ Annie Get Your Gun/ the Live 1957 NBC

Duration: 5:31
Updated: 02 Jul 2014

Mary Martin in NBC's Live 1957 Production of Annie Get your Gun.

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White Christmas - Irving Berlin (1942), live Acoustic Blues Guitar Version

Duration: 2:43
Updated: 12 Dec 2013

One day, put some new riffs together, and couldn't think of lyrics, it was Christmas, so I used this classic song. on a Gibson Sunburst B-25. Lij Wachter, Ba...

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Cheek to Cheek (Irving Berlin) - Performed live at the Valmarecchia Jazz Festival

Duration: 3:57
Updated: 30 May 2014

Sally Ann Hayes (vocals) Marco Marconi (piano)

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"Blue Skies" from Irving Berlin's White Christmas

Duration: 6:22
Updated: 13 Aug 2014

"Blue Skies" from Irving Berlin's White Christmas performed live at Midtown Arts Center in Fort Collins, CO, 2011. David Ambroson as Bob Wallace.

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Alexander's Ragtime Band - (Irving Berlin Tribute)

Duration: 3:25
Updated: 18 Nov 2010

He was no saint, and in his later years became quite senile and downright mean, yet his place in history is set and his songs live on.

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G-d Bless America - Irving Berlin (Leon Ziligson/Lev Kardonsky live at the Eisemann Center, Texas)

Duration: 2:44
Updated: 19 Nov 2013

Yad Eliezer Benefit Concert held 2/19/12 at the Eisemann Center in Richardson, TX For more details, please visit www.yadeliezer.org.

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Lani Hall & Herb Alpert cover Irving Berlin's Blue Sky live San Diego Balboa Theatre 11/18/2011

Duration: 2:35
Updated: 10 Sep 2012

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Russian Lullaby (Irving Berlin) performed by Sasha and The Indulgents

Duration: 2:58
Updated: 06 Mar 2014

Sasha and The Indulgents perform Russian Lullaby by Irving Berlin live at the Walter Reade Theater for Meet The Artist, Lincoln Center. www.sashatheband.com.

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Irving Berlin Spotlight Interview (with Mary Ellen Berlin-Barrett, Ted Chapin & John Jacobson)

Duration: 11:59
Updated: 22 Mar 2014

Host John Jacobson sits down with Mary Ellen Berlin-Barrett, daughter of Irving Berlin and Ted Chapin, historian of musical theater, to discuss the life and ...

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The Lawrence Welk Show - Music of Irving Berlin - Ken Delo Interview - 12-02-1978

Duration: 58:11
Updated: 03 Sep 2014

These shows were originally uploaded by navydoc364. His account is no longer active so I'm just sharing them again here. ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――...

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Irving Berlin's White Christmas: The Red Carpet Interviews!

Duration: 5:02
Updated: 21 Apr 2013

Check out what fans have to say about IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, appearing at Bass Hall now through Dec. 4! Tickets available at www.basshall.com.

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The Lawrence Welk Show Music of Irving Berlin Ken Delo Interview 12 02 1978

Duration: 58:11
Updated: 11 Sep 2014

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Chapter 29: Clement C. Moore & Irving Berlin, featuring Scott Aukerman & Neil Campbell

Duration: 0:41
Updated: 31 May 2014

H.G. Wells (Paul F. Tompkins) interviews Clement Clarke Moore (Scott Aukerman) and Irving Berlin (Neil Campbell) in Chapter 28 of The Dead Authors Podcast. S...

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Red Carpet Interviews - Irving Berlin's White Christmas at Dallas Summer Musicals

Duration: 2:50
Updated: 13 Feb 2014

Here's what the audience had to say about White Christmas on Opening Night, December 17th! A special thank you to Emily Reppert, our interviewer, and the aud...

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Joe Franklin "Remembers" Irving Berlin

Duration: 7:13
Updated: 28 Nov 2013

The new webseries Joe Franklin Remembers. In this series Joe Franklin remembers Irving Berlin an American Composer and Lyricist. Joe the first American Talk ...

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Irving Berlin's White Christmas on Broadway - Trailer

Duration: 2:47
Updated: 27 Aug 2014

Be the first to get a special behind-the-scenes sneak peek of the Broadway production of IRVING BERLINS WHITE CHRISTMAS. Broadway performances began Friday, ...

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White Christmas Director Paul Barnes on Irving Berlin's Holiday Classic

Duration: 3:10
Updated: 16 Sep 2013

An in-depth interview with Paul Barnes on the history of White Christmas and behind-the-scenes look at building the production at Syracuse Stage. Video: Sche...

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Irving Berlin

Duration: 0:56
Updated: 16 Jul 2014

CF1893, 1950s, Irving Berlin gets medal from Ike. President Eisenhower signs bill. Mr. and Mrs. Berlin, Senator Irving Ives from New York and Representative ...

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SNEAK PEEK: Inside Dress Rehearsal for Goodspeed's Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn

Duration: 2:27
Updated: 19 Sep 2014

Here's a sneak peek inside last night's dress rehearsal for Irving Berlin's HOLIDAY INN: This festive world premiere about a Connecticut inn open for business only on holidays overflows with dance, romance and hit Irving Berlin songs. Now playing through December 7th! goodspeed.org

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What if Scott Joplin and Irving Berlin Met?

Duration: 5:30
Updated: 29 Nov 2013

Listen to the whole interview here: http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2009/07/21/segments/136988 Michael Boatman who plays Scott Joplin, and Michael ...

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IRVING BERLIN SINGS "OH, HOW I HATE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING" {177}

Duration: 2:25
Updated: 01 Sep 2014

Walter Cronkite introduces a clip of Irving singing his own song, from the movie "This Is The Army". For this whole show taped at Carnegie Hall on Berlin's 1...

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Josephine Baker - Blue Skies - 1927 - Irving Berlin

Duration: 3:04
Updated: 03 Sep 2014

Josephine recorded her version in 1927. Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 -- April 12, 1975) was an American dancer, singer, and actress who found fame in her ad...

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Dave's Gone By Interview (3/10/05) -- ALAN ANDERSON

Duration: 25:04
Updated: 24 Nov 2013

Dave Lefkowitz interviews author and Irving Berlin expert Alan Anderson Topics include: Irving Berlin, This is the Army, The Songwriter Goes to War Segment o...

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BEST OF ALL 04 10 1954 - IRVING BERLIN BING CROSBY - ROSEMARY CLOONEY

Duration: 59:45
Updated: 21 Aug 2014

SKITCH HENDERSON CONDUCTS THE ORCHESTRA IRVING BERLIN ALSO APPEARS HIMSELF.

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Olga Milligan - Irving Berlin Tribute Concert at Family Piano Co

Duration: 53:29
Updated: 14 Aug 2014

Olga Milligan performed on May 23rd at Family Piano Co with a local piano club. This very entertaining & popular show features works by songwriter, Irving Be...

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Irving Berlin - I Love a Piano @ JRT Part 1

Duration: 30:48
Updated: 15 May 2014

Scenes: Opening to Russian Lullaby.

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Irving Berlin - I Love a Piano @ JRT Part 2

Duration: 30:48
Updated: 09 Feb 2012

Russian Lullaby to What'll I Do.

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1980 EHS May Musicale 'Irving Berlin' May 16

Duration: 97:15
Updated: 27 Feb 2014

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Messing Around with Charlie Messing 26 Irving Berlin Always Procul Harum Trouble in Mind

Duration: 29:04
Updated: 21 Jan 2014

Irving Berlin's fabulous song from the 1920s, "Always". Then comes "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out". Then "Trouble in Mind". That's two classic ur...

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VHS #107 - A Tribute to Irving Berlin

Duration: 47:06
Updated: 18 Apr 2013

Young At Heart, Guglielmo Winery, 6/7/96. Sean Seman, Guitar and Vocals Ginny Mitchell, Guitar and Vocals James Shupe, Fiddle and Vocals Richie Begin, Drums ...

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Messing Around with Charlie Messing 3.0 Show #51 Elvis Presley Irving Berlin Ray Charles Leroy Carr

Duration: 28:46
Updated: 21 Jan 2014

The old chestnut (!) "My Happiness", which I learned from Jimmy Beasley (on Crown Records!), Lieber & Stoller's great tune from their soundtrack to "Jailhous...

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Irving Berlin - I Love a Piano @ JRT Part 3

Duration: 30:48
Updated: 09 Feb 2012

Counting My Blessings to Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better.

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Hays Symphony Orchestra 100th Anniversary Concert

Duration: 86:02
Updated: 16 Jan 2014

This concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Hays Symphony Orchestra in Hays, Kansas was performed on September 28, 2013 in the Beach/Schmidt Perfor...

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Dave's Gone By #118 (3/10/05): In Berlin, By The War

Duration: 57:54
Updated: 21 Aug 2014

NOTE: If youtube is blocking this audio, listen here, instead: http://www.totaltheater.com/?q=node/4093 March 10, 2005: Dave's Gone By #118 - In Berlin, By t...

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The Musical Worlds of Victor Herbert

Duration: 104:27
Updated: 02 Sep 2014

An intimate concert sampling Herbert's operetta classics, including Babes in Toyland, Naughty Marietta, and moments from the Ziegfield Follies. Rediscover an...

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ACTRESS-PRODUCER-DIRECTOR-ADRIA TENNOR (made with Spreaker)

Duration: 50:22
Updated: 24 Sep 2014

Source: http://www.spreaker.com/user/take2radio/special-guest-actress-producer-director- Adria Tennor's grandfather, Sam Tannenbaum, was a song-plugger for Irving Berlin who changed his German surname to Tennor to sound more American. Her grandmother taught her all these songs as she grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. She studied acting and directing at New York University's Tisch School for the Arts. Her first role was as a 12-year-old boy talking about in Tompkins Square Park with an amnesiac in Hal Hartley's movie, Amateur (1994). With a few more film roles under her belt, Tennor moved to Los Angeles to work in television. There, she also performs her one-woman shows regularly around town, There's Not a Lot of Coat Check Work in LA, Electro Magnetic Stripper, and most recently Strip Search, inspired by her studies in pole dancing withSheila Kelley at The S Factor Studio. She lives with her restaurateur husband, Claudio Blotta. Adria's acting credits include You Don't Mess With the Zohan, The Artist and AMC' s Mad Men. Adria joins Take 2 Radio to talk about her career and upcoming projects on Tuesday, Sept. 23rd at 7pm eastern!

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2014-2015 Key Bank Broadway Series Launch Party at PlayhouseSquare

Duration: 72:16
Updated: 13 Jul 2014

On March 25, 2014 we announced the 2014-2015 KeyBank Broadway Series. Coming to PlayhouseSquare this season: Motown the Musical, Newsies, Irving Berlin's Whi...

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Glorifying the American Girl (1929)

Duration: 94:05
Updated: 25 Aug 2014

A 1929 musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers. It is basically a Follies production, with cameo appeara...

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Time Machine (March 14, 1985): Jill vs Gil

Duration: 21:36
Updated: 22 Aug 2014

NOTE: I edited the music portion of the Challenge Round so that I left as little of the song in as possible. Darn Irving Berlin!** Anyway, I now continue "...

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The Montgomery Brothers - Groove Yard [Full Album]

Duration: 39:23
Updated: 05 Sep 2014

Bock to Bock (Buddy) - 0:00 Groove Yard (Carl Perkins) - 6:48 If I Should Lose You (Ralph Rainger/Leo Robin) - 9:52 Delirium (Harold Land) - 15:45 Just For N...

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After You Get What You Want (You Don't Want It)

Duration: 2:35
Updated: 23 Sep 2014

Cover of a popular 1920s tune by Irving Berlin-played on a Makala (pineapple) soprano ukulele. Complete with mistakes and a cat cameo.

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Zámek Nebílovy Irving Berlin Jana Richterová

Duration: 3:02
Updated: 23 Sep 2014

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EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - HOW ABOUT ME?

Duration: 2:47
Updated: 23 Sep 2014

EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - HOW ABOUT ME? "IDLEWILD" - CD 02 (B-SIDE) By Irving Berlin

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Lady Gaga - Cheek To Cheek (Erika Nova Cover)

Duration: 3:34
Updated: 23 Sep 2014

Lady Gaga - Cheek To Cheek ft. Tony Bennett (Erika Nova Cover) New music video for Cheek To Cheek: Lady Gaga, Cheek To Cheek, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin, Eva Cassidy, Diana Krall Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ErikaNovaMusic Instagram: http://instagram.com/Erika_Nova Twitter: http://twitter.com/ErikaNovaMusic www.ERIKANOVA.com "Cheek To Cheek" (with Tony Bennett) Heaven, I'm in heaven And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak And I seem to find the happiness I seek When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek Oh, I love to climb a mountain And to reach the highest peak But it doesn't thrill me half as much As dancing cheek to cheek Oh, I love to go out fishing In a river or a creek But I don't enjoy it half as much As dancing cheek to cheek Dance with me I want my arm about you The charm about you Will carry me through To heaven, yes, I'm in heaven And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak And I seem to find the happiness I seek When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek

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I LOVE A PIANO

Duration: 2:24
Updated: 22 Sep 2014

Maurice sing this early Irving Berlin vaudeville song

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A Charleston knees-up with Oxford Classic Jazz 2014

Duration: 1:54
Updated: 22 Sep 2014

Guests at a party in Witney enjoying the intense swing of the Oxford Classic Jazz Trio featuring Nick Gill (piano), Sue Greenaway (saxophone) and Nick Ward (percussion). The tune is "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Irving Berlin

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Cheek To Cheek at Bemis Hall

Duration: 6:53
Updated: 22 Sep 2014

Molly Malone sings and Nina Scolnik swings Harold while her father Lou plays sax on this Irving Berlin 1935 classic at the TradJazzJam at Bemis Hall in Lincoln MA on Sep 20, 2014

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Today in History for September 22nd

Duration: 1:41
Updated: 22 Sep 2014

Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPressHighlights of this day in history: Nathan Hale hanged in the American Revolution; Iraq invades Iran; President Gerald Ford faces a second assassination attempt in weeks; 'Fiddler on the Roof' hits Broadway; Songwriter Irving Berlin dies. (Sept. 22)Highlights of the day in history - a retrospective view on political events, historic battles, and life changing decisions. More: http://smarturl.it/TodayInHistoryThe Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats.AP’s commitment to independent, comprehensive journalism has deep roots. Founded in 1846, AP has covered all the major news events of the past 165 years, providing high-quality, informed reporting of everything from wars and elections to championship games and royal weddings. AP is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information.Today, AP employs the latest technology to collect and distribute content - we have daily uploads covering the latest and breaking news in the world of politics, sport and entertainment. Join us in a conversation about world events, the newsgathering process or whatever aspect of the news universe you find interesting or important. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPresshttp://www.ap.org/https://plus.google.com/+AP/https://www.facebook.com/APNewshttps://twitter.com/AP Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPressHighlights of this day in history: Nathan Hale hanged in the American Revolution; Iraq invades Iran; President Gerald Ford faces a second assassination attempt in weeks; 'Fiddler on the Roof' hits Broadway; Songwriter Irving Berlin dies. (Sept. 22)Highlights of the day in history - a retrospective view on political events, historic battles, and life changing decisions. More: http://smarturl.it/TodayInHistoryThe Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats.AP’s commitment to independent, comprehensive journalism has deep roots. Founded in 1846, AP has covered all the major news events of the past 165 years, providing high-quality, informed reporting of everything from wars and elections to championship games and royal weddings. AP is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information.Today, AP employs the latest technology to collect and distribute content - we have daily uploads covering the latest and breaking news in the world of politics, sport and entertainment. Join us in a conversation about world events, the newsgathering process or whatever aspect of the news universe you find interesting or important. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPresshttp://www.ap.org/https://plus.google.com/+AP/https://www.facebook.com/APNewshttps://twitter.com/AP Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPressHighlights of this day in history: Nathan Hale hanged in the American Revolution; Iraq invades Iran; President Gerald Ford faces a second assassination attempt in weeks; 'Fiddler on the Roof' hits Broadway; Songwriter Irving Berlin dies. (Sept. 22)Highlights of the day in history - a retrospective view on political events, historic battles, and life changing decisions. More: http://smarturl.it/TodayInHistoryThe Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats.AP’s commitment to independent, comprehensive journalism has deep roots. Founded in 1846, AP has covered all the major news events of the past 165 years, providing high-quality, informed reporting of everything from wars and elections to championship games and royal weddings. AP is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information.Today, AP employs the latest technology to collect and distribute content - we have daily uploads covering the latest and breaking news in the world of politics, sport and entertainment. Join us in a conversation about world events, the newsgathering process or whatever aspect of the news universe you find interesting or important. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPresshttp://www.ap.org/https://plus.google.com/+AP/https://www.facebook.com/APNewshttps://twitter.com/AP Today in History for September 22nd Today in History for September 22nd Today in History for September 22nd 74fe3a8cf0a54ffab569bd6748057bc4,Irving Berlin,Saddam Hussein,Sara Jane Moore,september,today,22nd,history,associated press,AP,AP youtube,associat...

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Blue Skies – Irving Berlin - Piano

Duration: 2:06
Updated: 21 Sep 2014

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Gerry, Gaga & Tony - Cheek to Cheek (Audio)

Duration: 2:06
Updated: 21 Sep 2014

Gerry Gaga's remix/song cover of "Cheek to Cheek" written by Irving Berlin in 1935 & released by Frank Sinatra in 1959. Buy the newest version of Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett on iTunes: smarturl.it/CheekToCheek (I do not own the song. It's a remix/song cover purposely made to promote Gaga & Tony's jazz album Cheek to Cheek. I used a low quality recorder so don't expect HQ record. Audio: "Cheek to Cheek" by Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett. ℗ 2014 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment /Interscope Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) _ Gerry, Gaga & Tony - Cheek to Cheek on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/gerrygaga28/ctc _ www.facebook.com/gerrygaga28 www.twitter.com/gerrygaga28 www.vimeo.com/gerrygaga28 www.littlemonsters.com/mgerrydonn www.instagram.com/gerrygaga www.facebook.com/44Minute

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Irving Berlin: I Love a Piano ~ Arranged by Peter Krochak

Duration: 4:35
Updated: 21 Sep 2014

Sept 20th 2014 - Fundraiser Recital at St. Andrew's Presbyterian in Thorold Ontario

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Snookey Ookums by Irving Berlin.

Duration: 3:51
Updated: 20 Sep 2014

Edison Blue Amber Record (cylinder) found with 35 others in a cabinet in my house, presumably left there around 1915. Sung by Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan.

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Irving Berlin's "I Love A Piano" LYRICS ARE HERE Little Wonder disc 403

Duration: 1:39
Updated: 19 Sep 2014

The singers are Henry Burr and Albert Campbell. As a child I went wild when the band played. How I ran to a man when his hand swayed. Clarinets were my pets, and a slide trombone I thought was simply divine! But today when they play I could hiss them. Ev'ry bar is a jar to my system. But there's one musical instrument that I call mine! I love a piano. I love a piano. I love to hear somebody play upon a piano, a grand piano. It simply carries me away. I know a fine way to treat a Steinway. I love to run my fingers o'er the keys, the ivories. And with the pedal I love to meddle When Padarewski comes this way. I'm so delighted if I'm invited To hear that long haired genius play. So you can keep your fiddle and your bow. Give me a p-i-a-n-o, oh, oh. I love to stop right beside an upright Or a high toned baby grand! You may wonder (get it?) about Little Wonder discs. I recommend Little Wonder Records and Bubble Books: An Illustrated History and Discography, by Tim Brooks with Merle Sprinzen (Mainspring Press, 2011). Selling for a dime between 1914 and 1923, the Little Wonder disc is a one-sided record measuring five and a half inches in diameter, only slightly bigger than a modern compact disc. I rarely call them "78s" since many Little Wonder sound best at 80 rpm. Performances last around 110 seconds. Henry Waterson and Victor Emerson launched the tiny product, taking a big business risk. Can a record be priced at ten cents and yield a profit? The discs did generate revenues. Perhaps they were too lucrative since lawsuits followed the marketing of this little disc, Emerson suing Waterson for more compensation. Emerson and Waterson were minimalists, pushing the industry to a new kind of limit. How short can recorded performances be and still sell? Popular songs thrive on repetition, a new melody or fresh chord progression likely to strike listeners as "catchy" when it reappears--and then reappears yet again. Even on ten-inch Victor discs a listener can be wearied by the repetition that is evidently needed for a song to be "put over." Records that are too brief simply don't become hits (among the least popular Beatles recordings is ragtime-based "Her Majesty," zipping by in a mere 23 seconds). But Little Wonder discs are not much briefer than 45 rpm recordings of the mid-1960s. Little Wonder discs do have room for the repetition needed in popular songs though they lack space for, say, the banter found on Collins and Harlan records of this period issued by Victor or Columbia. I've stressed popular songs, but Little Wonder does not ignore opera. Indeed, an Italian branch of Little Wonder marketed (in its 0200 series) tenor and baritone arias from such warhorses such as Il Trovatore, Lohengrin, Aida, and Faust. You won't find a complete Parsifal performed by the Little Wonder Opera Company. This book cited above is really an expanded and improved version of a booklet credited to Tim Brooks and published with spiral binding in 1999 by the New Amberola Phonograph Company. That 1999 booklet itself grew from an earlier article titled "Ever Wonder About Little Wonder," printed in 1979 in a hobby magazine. From a little acorn grew a great oak--or at least a fine book.

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BRAD ELLIS & EYDIE ALYSON "THE IRVING BERLIN DUETS"

Duration: 6:33
Updated: 17 Sep 2014

Performed Live on August 30, 2014 at Upstairs At Vitello's "CABARABIA ON GVB LIVE! : A BENEFIT FOR SONGS FOR ISABELLA" Featuring ANDREA MARCOVICCI, SHELLY MARKHAM, RAY JESSEL, BRAD ELLIS & EYDIE ALYSON, MARK WINKLER, ANDREW APPEL, KAREN BENJAMIN & ALAN CHAPMAN, KEITH BORDEN, MARY PAT BOWE, ,MICHAEL COLLUM, MITCH ELLIS, JACKIE GIBSON, SHELLY GOLDSTEIN, ,IVY JONES, KERI KELSEY, UNCABARET'S MITCH KAPLAN & BETH LAPIDES, KELLY MANTLE, BEVERLY MICKINS, DOLORES SCOZZESI, ALEXANDRA THEODORA SPURLOCK and LAUREN WHITE & QUINN JOHNSON" QUINN JOHNSON, piano JORDAN RICHARDS, bass TOM BOWE, drums Produced and Directed by CLIFFORD BELL www.Cabarabia.com , www.gvbradio.com/cabarabia You can learn more about "SONGS FOR ISABELLA" at http://gregoryv.wix.com/songs-for-isabella Cabarabia.Com www.cabarabia.com

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Blue Skies (Irving Berlin Cover)

Duration: 2:32
Updated: 14 Sep 2014

Colgate 13 Spring Jambo A Cappella Concert 2014 Soloist: Ross Nicholson '14 Arranged by: Jim Kremens '89

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CPAC Irving Berlin Tribute Performance Kapunahala Elem. Sep. 11, 2014 (1 of 4)

Duration: 14:37
Updated: 13 Sep 2014

CPAC Irving Berlin Tribute Performance Kapunahala Elementary Sep. 11, 2014 (1 of 4)

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CPAC Irving Berlin Tribute Performance Kapunahala Elem. Sep. 11, 2014 (2 of 4)

Duration: 7:14
Updated: 12 Sep 2014

CPAC Irving Berlin Tribute Performance Kapunahala Elem. School September. 11, 2014 (2 of 4) Kapunahala Elementary

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CPAC Irving Berlin Tribute Performance Kapunahala Elem. Sep. 11, 2014 (3 of 4)

Duration: 10:24
Updated: 12 Sep 2014

CPAC Irving Berlin Tribute Performance Kapunahala Elem. School September. 11, 2014 (3 of 4)

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CPAC Irving Berlin Tribute Performance Kapunahala Elem. Sep. 11, 2014 (4 of 4)

Duration: 3:23
Updated: 12 Sep 2014

CPAC Irving Berlin Tribute Performance Kapunahala Elem. School September. 11, 2014 (4 of 4)

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IRVING BERLIN "God Bless America" on The Ed Sullivan Show

Duration: 1:00
Updated: 11 Sep 2014

- Irving Berlin sings "God Bless America" on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 5, 1968. Available on the DVD "A Salute To The Red, White & Blue: Memorable Performances from The Ed Sullivan Show."

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Irving Berlin "God Bless America" - The Ed Sullivan Show

Duration: 2:08
Updated: 11 Sep 2014

- Irving Berlin sings "God Bless America" on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 5, 1968. Available on the DVD "A Salute To The Red, White & Blue: Memorable Performances from The Ed Sullivan Show" at For more Ed Sullivan DVDs visit

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October 21, 2014 -- Updated 0939 GMT (1739 HKT). According to Kenya's Ministry of Health, 1.4 million people are infested with jiggers, a debilitating foot parasite. Around 80% of those affected are school-aged children. Kenyan businessman Stanley Kamau suffered from jiggers as a child. The condition almost made him drop out of primary school ... The Ahadi Kenya Trust now operates out of Tanzania and Uganda as well as Kenya ... HIDE CAPTION ... 1. 2....(size: 10.9Kb)

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Sweden Claims 3 Credible Sightings In Submarine Hunt

Huffington Post

20 Oct 2014

HELSINKI (AP) — The Swedish military said Sunday it had made three credible sightings of foreign undersea activity in its waters during the past few days amid reports of a suspected Russian intrusion in the area. Rear Adm ... The armed forces published a photograph taken on Sunday by a passerby showing a partially submerged object in the water from a distance, but it was unclear what kind of vessel was in question ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, talks with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk in Sopot, northern Poland, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009.

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Putin offered to divide Ukraine with Poland - Polish ex-minister

Reuters

20 Oct 2014

WARSAW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to Poland's then leader that they divide Ukraine between themselves as far back as 2008, Poland's parliamentary speaker Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview published by the U.S. Politico website ... "He wanted us to become participants in this partition of Ukraine ... 19....(size: 1.7Kb)

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Newsies: hold the front page – it’s Disney’s take on the news boys’ strike

The Guardian

17 Oct 2014

Read all about it … Newsies. Photograph. Snap/Rex Features. Newsies (1992). Director. Kenny Ortega. Entertainment grade. B+. History grade. B- ... Media ... The film gets this right. People ... Real-life newsies who went on to make good included Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin, Frank Capra and the Marx brothers ... Speaking at the newsies’ mass rally in New Irving Hall, Broome Street – an event approximately recreated in the film – the real Kid Blink said ... ....(size: 5.4Kb)

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Cabaret series returns to Richmond CenterStage

Richmond Times Dispatch

16 Oct 2014

Richmond’s music scene is always changing, but when something unique comes along, it tends to stick around ... Trust “Life Is a Cabaret Series ... Singer Jennifer Sheehan closes out the series in April with her show that celebrates the importance of the century in “You Made Me Love You — Celebrating 100 Years of the Great American Songbook.” Her performance pays homage to American lyricists and composers, from Irving Berlin to John Bucchino....(size: 3.2Kb)

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Neil Patrick Harris: Five hosting highlights

The Los Angeles Times

16 Oct 2014

When Neil Patrick Harris takes the stage as Oscars host in February, he'll check an item off his bucket list while moving one step closer to the hosting equivalent of the EGOT — the acronym for those who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. Tony Awards 2011 ... See more videos ... 2013 Tonys ... 8 ... Hugh Jackman, who threw down the gauntlet with a variation on the classic Irving Berlin duet "Anything You Can Do." ... --> ... 0 ... ....(size: 3.7Kb)

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Bennett, Gaga have special chemistry on new CD

The Malta Independent

15 Oct 2014

Tony Bennett has never forgotten the boost he got when Frank Sinatra declared him "the best singer in the whole business." ... Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek" and Duke Ellington's "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" are both briskly paced with Gaga's high register vocals spinning around Bennett's middle-range lines with the two engaging in some crisp harmonizing and occasional scatting ...  . ....(size: 3.4Kb)

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Marian Seldes obituary

The Guardian

14 Oct 2014

Renowned Broadway star associated with the work of Edward Albee. Marian Seldes making her final New York stage appearance in Terrence McNally’s Deuce (2007). Photograph. Brian Ach/WireImage ... And she was never famous for underplaying ... Born in Manhattan, she was the daughter of Gilbert Seldes, an author and critic, of Russian Jewish immigrant stock (the Gershwins and Irving Berlin were family friends), and Alice Wadhams Hall, a socialite ... ....(size: 5.4Kb)

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Paramedic was a true life-saver

Toronto Sun

13 Oct 2014

Dean Lynden was an expert at finding ways to save lives. Gunshot wound?. The veteran paramedic for Toronto EMS for decades knew exactly what to do. Same goes for stabbing wounds, a slip in the bathtub, heart attack or stroke. While Lynden--one of the founding fathers of Toronto's paramedic program--could treat patients for virtually any infliction, the 70-year-old didn't have an answer for cancer ... As (composer) Irving Berlin said ...   ... ....(size: 3.1Kb)

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Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble

The Daily Beast

11 Oct 2014

The lyricist celebrates everything from do, re, and mi to xu, za, and ut in his clever new book, 101 Two-Letter Words—an ode to the Scrabble tiles that can leave opponents in the po. Note ... You said you were in love with me ... The poems are each self-contained, but like themes in an album, characters like Ma, Pa, and the Vampire Dog (modeled on Merritt’s former pet Chihuahua, Irving Berlin Merritt), pop up again and again ... And ut ... I love it....(size: 8.8Kb)

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When Black Guys Mess Up, Everybody Gets Paid

CounterPunch

10 Oct 2014

In April, Emily Gref, the assistant to my agent, Barbara Lowenstein, received a note from Ricky D’Ambrose inviting me to contribute to the 150th anniversary issue of the Nation magazine. I was surprised to be invited ... Joining a few gender first black academic feminists in an attack on black men. The invitation sent to Emily Gref read. ... Reed ... “ ... At least Irving Berlin applied black face so you’d know that he had no experience at being one ... ....(size: 20.2Kb)

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Betty Buckley’s ‘Ghostlight,’ a master storyteller illuminates a yearning heart

The Dallas Morning News

09 Oct 2014

Ghostlight refers to the lightbulb that’s left on to keep the theater ghosts company after everyone has gone ... The hunger for connection builds with Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies.” Then she swerves to a determination to move on with Abbey Lincoln’s “Throw it Away” ... The rarely produced 1954 musical by Jerome Moross and John La Touche is about to get a full production from Lyric Stage in Irving ... ....(size: 2.9Kb)

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RSU Music Fall Concert Set for October 14 (Rogers State University)

noodls

09 Oct 2014

(Source. Rogers State University) ... In addition, the ensembles will perform a variety of works from today including music from the Harry Potter movie series, "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Pentatonix, early 20th century favorites including "Blue Skies" by Irving Berlin as well as the jazz staple "Stompin' at the Savoy" by Benny Goodman, Chick Webb and Edgar Simpson ... Kirk Weller ... Adair....(size: 3.7Kb)

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With Not-So-Solo Show Wunderkind, Tim Realbuto's Back in the Spotlight

Huffington Post

08 Oct 2014

Tim Realbuto may be the first person able to live in the past, present, and future simultaneously ... "This is a book musical ... Most of the focus remains on Tim and his experiences, his larger-than-life ebullience a perfect fulcrum for the circus of guest stars and theatrical jukebox music -- songs plucked from the canons of Stephen Sondheim, Irving Berlin and others mixed with original tunes -- to pivot around ... - - ... ....(size: 8.2Kb)

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Herbert Kretzmer recalls Hollywood stars and his break with Les Miserables

Sydney Morning Herald

07 Oct 2014

Grey muzzle, low growl, noble profile. Herbert Kretzmer looks and sounds like an old lion these days ... Marlene Dietrich, Truman Capote, Peter Sellers, Groucho Marx, Irving Berlin ... Kretzmer's kind of quarry makes "celebrity" too puny a word ... Advertisement ....(size: 1.1Kb)

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3 Secrets To Writing Great Pop Songs

Huffington Post

07 Oct 2014

Or a singing waiter from the lower east side of Manhattan who wrote the words, "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas ...." Both leaders in the field of songwriting, English poet and clergyman John Newton and Irving Berlin had NO formal training whatsoever ... Songwriting. More than a learn-how-to textbook, it's an inspirational memoir of 7 key life lessons woven like colored threads from the tapestry of a life being happy doing what I love ... ....(size: 6.1Kb)

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Top Irving Berlin, Leg Of Nations

[Verse:]
I'd like to form a League of Nations
Without any obligations
Composed of girls, and each a beautiful one
'Twould be a very novel treaty
Represented by a sweetie
From each and ev'ry country under the sun
Don't think I'm asking for your kind applause
But I think a Yankee girl should be its president
Because
[Refrain:]
Her eyes are a little bit brighter
Her teeth are a little bit whiter
She's just a bit more lively
Which makes her more attractive
The rest are not as active
At a party or ball
Her smile is a little bit sweeter
Her style is a little bit neater
And from her toes up to her knees
The ankle gazer sees
She's
Got the Leg of Nations
My girl of the U.S.A.

Top Irving Berlin, I Can't Do Without You

[1st verse:]
There was I satisfied to live and die
In a little world where life was all arranged
There were you in a world I never knew
Suddenly we met and ev'rything was changed
[Refrain:]
All my life, I did without you
But now I can't do without you
All my life I never missed you
Until I kissed you
I never missed you
All through life I went
And thought that I was meant
To live and be content
Without you
Then I put my arms about you
And now I can't do without you
[2nd verse:]
There was I gazing at a cloudy sky
Thinking that the clouds were all there was to see
There were you pointing to a sky of blue
Showing me how bright a day could really be

Top Irving Berlin, I Can Always Find A Little Sunshine In The Y.m.c.a.

[Verse:]
Mother dear, I've just finished mess
And I'm here in the Y.M.C.A.
How I've missed your tender caress
Since the day when I marched away
But don't worry, dear, I'm contented here
What is more I'm feeling fine
Ev'rything's all right, dear, and ev'ry night
I will drop you a line
[Refrain:]
You can picture me ev'ry ev'ning
At the close of the day
Writing a little letter
In the Y.M.C.A.
Don't you worry, mother darling
For while the skies are gray
I can always find a little sunshine in the Y.M.C.A.

Top Irving Berlin, For Your Country And My Country

[1st verse:]
We know you love your land of liberty
We know you love your U.S.A.
But if you want the world to know it
Now's the time to show it
Your Uncle Sammy needs you one and all
Answer to his call
[Refrain:]
For your country and my country
With millions of real fighting men
It's your duty and my duty
To speak with the sword, not a pen
If Washington were living today
With sword in hand he'd stand up and say
For your country and my country
I'll do it all over again
[2nd verse:]
America has opened up her heart
To ev'ry nationality
And now she asks of ev'ry nation
Their appreciation
It makes no diff'rence now from where you came
We are all the same

Top Irving Berlin, For The Very First Time

For the very first time, I find for the first time
I'm head over heels in love
For the very first time, I know that the last time
Was ev'rything else but love
For the very first time, there won't be a next time
My romancing days are all through
All my love affairing was simply preparing
To love, for the first time, you

Top Irving Berlin, Slumming On Park Avenue

Put on your slumming clothes and get your car
Let's go sightseeing where the high-toned people are
Come on, there's lots of fun in store for you
See how the other half lives on park avenue
Let's go slumming, take me slumming
Let's go slumming on park avenue
Let us hide behind a pair of fancy glasses
And make faces when a member of the classes passes
Let's go smelling where they're dwelling
Sniffing ev'rything the way they do
Let us go to it, they do it
Why can't we do it too?
Let's go slumming, nose thumbing, on park avenue
[2nd chorus:]
Let's go slumming, take me slumming
Let's go slumming on park avenue
Where the social hearts for broadway lights are throbbing
And they spend their nights in smart cafes hobknobbing, snobbing
Come let's eye them, pass right by them
Looking down our noses as they do
Let us go to it, they do it
Why can't we do it too?

Top Irving Berlin, Sisters, Sisters

Sisters, sisters
There were never such devoted sisters,
Never had to have a chaperone, no sir,
I'm there to keep my eye on her
Caring, sharing
Every little thing that we are wearing
When a certain gentleman arrived from rome
She wore the dress, and I stayed home
All kinds of weather, we stick together
The same in the rain and sun
Two different faces, but in tight places
We think and we act as one
Those who've seen us
Know that not a thing could come between us
Many men have tried to split us up, but no one can
Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister

Top Irving Berlin, Remember

One little kiss, a moment of bliss, then hours of deep regret
One little smile, and after a while, a longing to forget
One little heartache left as a token
One little plaything carelessly broken
Remember the night
The night you said, "i love you"
Remember?
Remember you vowed
By all the stars above you
Remember?
Remember we found a lonely spot
And after I learned to care a lot
You promised that you'd forget me not
But you forgot
To remember
Into my dreams you wandered it seems, and then there came a day
You loved me too, my dreams had come true, and all the world was
But soon the maytime turned to december

Top Irving Berlin, Lazy

[1st verse:]
Ev'ry time
I see a puppy upon a summer's day
A puppy dog at play
My heart is filled with envy
That's because
My heart is yearning to pass the time away
Like that pup
'cause I'm all fed up
And tho' it's wrong to be
I long to be
[chorus:]
Lazy
I want to be lazy
I want to be out in the sun
With no work to be done
Under that awning
They call the sky
Stretching and yawning
And let the world go drifting by
I want to peep
Through the deep
Tangled wildwood
Counting sheep
'til I sleep
Like a child would
With a great big valise full
Of books to read where it's peaceful
While i'm
Killing time
Being lazy
[2nd verse:]
Life is short
And getting shorter with each day that goes by
And how the time does fly
Before you know, it's over
That's why i'm
In such a hurry to pack my things and fly
To a spot
Where it's nice and hot
And hear the birdies sing

Top Irving Berlin, Just One Way To Say I Love You

I love you, I love you, there is no other way,
Just one way to say, I love you.
I love you, I love you, and try as I may,
That's all I can say, I love you.
Much more could be said if I thought with my head,
But I only can think with my heart.
I love you, I love you, and yearn for the day,
The day when you'll say, I love you.

Much more could be said if I thought with my head,
But I only can think with my heart.
I love you, I love you, and yearn for the day,

Top Irving Berlin, God Bless America

While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free.
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer:
God bless america, land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless america,
My home sweet home.

Top Irving Berlin, How Can I Change My Luck

[Verse:]
I've looked 'round for a lucky charm of the popular kind
That would keep me away from harm, they're not easy to find
Four leaf clover and rabbit's feet lucky as they may be
May help others, but I repeat, they have never helped me
[Refrain:]
The rabbit's foot that I found one day
Was on a rabbit that ran away
Ooh, ooh, what'll I do?
How can I change my luck?
The four leaf clover I stooped to pick
Was poison ivy and made me sick
Ooh, ooh, what'll I do?
How can I change my luck?
I hung a horseshoe right over my bed
Down came the horseshoe on top of my head
The lucky star that I long to see
Is shining somewhere, but not for me
Ooh, ooh, what'll I do?

Top Irving Berlin, Always

{this intro is not used in the ella version; it's included here for completeness}
Intro:
Everything went wrong,
And the whole day long
I'd feel so blue.
For the longest while
I'd forget to smile,
Then I met you.
Now that my blue days have passed,
Now that I've found you at last -
{end intro}
I'll be loving you always
With a love that's true always.
When the things you've planned
Need a helping hand,
I will understand always.
Always.
Days may not be fair always,
That's when I'll be there always.
Not for just an hour,
Not for just a day,
Not for just a year,
But always.
I'll be loving you, oh always
With a love that's true always.
When the things you've planned
Need a helping hand,
I will understand always.
Always.
Days may not be fair always,
That's when I'll be there always.
Not for just an hour,
Not for just a day,
Not for just a year,
But always.
Not for just an hour,
Not for just a day,
Not for just a year,

Top Irving Berlin, A Fella With An Umbrella

I'm just a fella, a fella with an umbrella,
Looking for a girl who saved her love for a rainy day.
I'm just a fella, a fella with an umbrella,
Glad to see the skies of blue have turned into skies of gray.
Raindrops have brought us together,
And that's what I long to see.
Maybe the break in the weather will prove to be a break for me.
So I'll be the fella, that fella with an umbrella,
If you'll be the girl who saved her love for a rainy day.

Oh, the raindrops have brought us together,
And that's what I long to see.
Maybe the break in the weather will prove to be a big break for me.
So I'll be the fella, the kid with the small umbrella,
If you'll be the girl who saved her love for a rainy day.

Top Irving Berlin, Blue Skies

I was blue, just as blue as I could be
Ev'ry day was a cloudy day for me
Then good luck came a-knocking at my door
Skies were gray but they're not gray anymore
Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see
Bluebirds
Singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds
All day long
Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days
All of them gone
Nothing but blue skies
From now on
I should care if the wind blows east or west
I should fret if the worst looks like the best
I should mind if they say it can't be true

Top Irving Berlin, Now It Can Be Told

All the world's great lovers have been glorified
History placed them in a romantic set
In between book covers they are side by side
But the real thing hasn't been written yet
Now it can be told
Told in all it's glory
Now that we have met
The world may know the sentimental story
The greatest romance they ever knew
Is waiting to
Unfold
Now it can be told
As an inspiration
Every other tale
Of boy meets girl is just an imitation
The great love story
Has never been told before
But now

Top Irving Berlin, Easter Parade

In your easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it,
You'll be the grandest lady in the easter parade.
I'll be all in clover and when they look you over,
I'll be the proudest fellow in the easter parade.
On the avenue, fifth avenue, the photographers will snap us,
And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure.
Oh, I could write a sonnet about your easter bonnet,

Top Irving Berlin, How's Chances?

When I want to see the boys
I know where to find the boys
I don't go through a club or two
I just find you and there are the boys
To get you alone I strive
You ask me to tea at five
I find you then with other men
And wonder when my chance will arrive
How's chances, say, how are the chances
Of making you love me the way I love you
How many young men must I fight with
To be in right with
In right with you
How's chances for one of those glances
A glimpse of the heaven I'm longing to see
How's chances to end all your romances
And start taking your chances with me
[alternate bridge:]
My castle will need some restoring
Ceiling and flooring

Top Irving Berlin, Heat Wave

We're having a heat wave,
A tropical heat wave,
The temperature's rising,
It isn't surprising,
She certainly can can-can.
She started a heat wave
By letting her seat wave
In such a way that
The customers say that
She certainly can can-can.
Gee, her anatomy
Makes the mercury
Jump to ninety-three.
We're having a heat wave,
A tropical heat wave,
The way that she moves
That thermometer proves

Top Irving Berlin, I Can't Remember

[Verse:]
I met you, I remember
But try as I may
I can't seem to remember the time or the day
I met you, I remember
That's all I can say
Was it August or September or April or May?
[Refrain:]
I can't remember the first time we met
Was it cloudy or beautiful?
I can't remember the first words I spoke
Did I say you were beautiful?
Was it Sunday? Was it Monday?
Were you dressed in gray or blue?
I can't remember
For all I remember is you

Top Irving Berlin, Ding Dong

[Verse:]
I'm so happy today
Things are coming my way
There's a wonderful reason
Why I'm feeling so gay
Now you never will guess
So I'd better confess
Why I'm so happy
My Melinda said 'Yes'
[Refrain:]
Ding dong, ding dong
Hear those joy bells ring?
Ting-a-ling-a-ling
My little 'Lindy whispered in my ear
'Set the date, honey, don't you wait'
And ever since all I can hear is
Ding dong, ding dong
Listen to those joy bells chime
I've had my fortune read
And here's what the gypsy said
'You're gwine to be happy for a long, long time'

Top Irving Berlin, Diamond horseshoe

[Verse:]
Metropolitan nights bring me memories dear
Voices clear keep ringing in my ear
Metropolitan girls with their sweet musical themes
Haunt my dreams and ev'ry night it seems
[Refrain:]
I see a horseshoe set with diamonds
A diamond horseshoe set with girls
And ev'ry lovely maiden I see
Is calling to me with a sweet melody
I hear them saying it with music
Until each tragic tale unfurls
And my heart is laden with love for each maiden
In my diamond horseshoe of girls

Top Irving Berlin, Come To Holiday Inn

If you're burdened down with trouble
If your nerves are wearing thin
Park your load down the road
And come to Holiday Inn
If the traffic noise affects you
Like a squeaky violin
Kick your cares down the stairs
And come to Holiday Inn
If you can't find someone who
Would set your heart a-whirl
Take your car and motor to
The home of boy meets girl
If you're laid-up with a breakdown
Throw away your vitamin
Don't get worse, grab your nurse
And come to Holiday Inn

Top Irving Berlin, All Of My Life

[Verse:]
Someone was always in my dreams
That someone was always you
I never thought we'd meet someday
But now that my dream came true
[Refrain:]
I just want the right to love you
All of my life
Just the right to take care of you
All of my life
I just want the right to be near you
Always to be there
Sharing ev'ry care and strife
Life can be as simple as a nursery rhyme
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, all of the time
Long as I may live
I just want the right to give
All my love with all my heart for all of my life

Top Irving Berlin, All By Myself

I'm so unhappy
What'll I do?
I long for somebody who
Will sympathize with me
I'm growing so tired of living alone
I lie awake all night and cry
Nobody loves me
That's why
All by myself in the morning
All by myself in the night
I sit alone with a table and a chair
So unhappy there
Playing solitaire
All by myself I get lonely
Watching the clock on the shelf
I'd love to rest my weary head on somebody's shoulder
I hate to grow older

Top Irving Berlin, All Alone

All alone, I'm so all alone
There is no one else but you
All alone by the telephone
Waiting for a ring, a ting-a-ling
I'm all alone every evening
All alone, feeling blue
Wond'ring where you are and how you are
And if you are all alone too

I wonder where you are (remember me) and how you are (remember me)
And if you are (I love you) all alone (I love you) too

Top Irving Berlin, With My Head In The Clouds

[Verse:]
What does a flyer think of when he's up there in the sky?
Ask any Army pilot and he'll answer with a sigh
[Refrain:]
While I'm there in the air
With my head in the clouds
I think of someone I love
And I know down below
She is thinking of me
When I am up there above
When the night is clear
And the bombardier
Drops a bomb that's wired for sound
How I yearn to return
With my head in the clouds
To the one I love on the ground

Top Irving Berlin, Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep

When I'm worried and I can't sleep
I count my blessings instead of sheep
And I fall asleep
Counting my blessings
When my bankroll is getting small
I think of when I had none at all
And I fall asleep
Counting my blessings
I think about a nursery and I picture curly heads
And one by one I count them as they slumber in their beds
If you're worried and you can't sleep
Just count your blessings instead of sheep
And you'll fall asleep
Counting your blessings

Top Irving Berlin, Coquette

[1st verse:]
Just a sweet coquette, so they say and yet
I know how true you can be
Just a butterfly, so they say but I
Know just how much you love me
[Refrain:]
The others you've met may call you Coquette
But I'll always call you 'sweetheart'
They think of Coquette as something to pet
But I think of you as 'sweetheart'
They say you're a devil with wonderful charms
But I held an angel that night in my arms
So try and forget the name of Coquette
And only remember 'sweetheart'
[2nd verse:]
Now that I love you, and you love me too
I'll keep you close to my heart
Now that I can see you belong to me
Nothing can keep us apart

Top Irving Berlin, When My Dreams Come True

[Verse:]
Ever since I met you all that I seem to do is dream
Wonderful dreams
Heaven's before my eyes, when will I realize my dreams
Wonderful dreams?
[Refrain:]
The skies will all be blue
When my dreams come true
And I'll be smiling through
When my dreams come true
That Spanish castle I build in my mind
Will be your love nest, the practical kind
And I'll be there with you
When my dreams come true

Top Irving Berlin, The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing

The best things happen while you're dancing
Things that you would not do at home come nat'rally on the floor
For dancing soon becomes romancing
When you hold a girl in your arms that you've never held before
Even guys with two left feet
Come out all right if the girl is sweet
If by chance their cheeks should meet
While dancing
Proving that the best things happen while you dance

Top Irving Berlin, No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)

I wake up every morning with a smile on my face
Everything in its place as it should be
I start out every morning just as free as the breeze
My cares upon the shelf
Because I find myself with
No strings and no connections
No ties to my affections
I'm fancy free and free for anything fancy
No dates that can't be broken
No words that can't be spoken
Especially when I am feeling romancy
Like a robin upon a tree
Like a sailor that goes to sea
Like an unwritten melody
I'm free, that's me
Bring on the big attraction
My decks are cleared for action
I'm fancy free and free for anything fancy

Top Irving Berlin, Bells

[Verse:]
Very many years ago
Mister Edgar Allan Poe
Wrote a little poem I know
Called 'Bells'
When I read those clever rhymes
Of the many different chimes
I could almost hear them ringing
Ding dong dinging
[Refrain:]
Phone bells, sleigh bells
And very merry Christmas day bells
The brazen fire bells that ring with fear
And happy New Year bells that ring out once a year
Cow bells, door bells
For all I know there may be more bells
But the poet tells
That wedding bells
Have the sweetest little ding dong of all

Top Irving Berlin, The Yam

[Verse:]
Come on and hear the yam man cry,
'Any yam today?'
The sweet potatoes that he'll fry
Will be yam today
The little step that you'll see him do
With ev'ry yam that he sells to you
Is something that you ought to try
Come and Yam today
[Refrain:]
Come get what I've got
It will hit the spot
Get your sweet and hot
Raise your hand and sway
Like you hold a tray
When you're on your way
Come on, shake your depression
And let's have a yam session
There's that long note
One, two, three
Ev'ry orchestra
In America
Will be doing the
[Patter:]
I didn't come to do the Charleston
I didn't come to Ball the Jack
I didn't come to do
The Suzy Q
Or do the Bottom they call Black
I didn't come to do Big Apple
I didn't come to do the Shag
But, honey, here I am
To do the Yam
Because the Yam is in the bag

Top Irving Berlin, No Strings

I wake up every morning with a smile on my face
Everything in it's place as it should be
I start out every morning just as free as the breeze
My cares upon the shelf
Because I find myself with
No strings and no connections
No ties to my affections
I'm fancy free and free for anything fancy
No dates that can't be broken
No words that can't be spoken
Especially when I am feeling romancy
Like a robin upon a tree
Like a sailor that goes to sea
Like an unwritten melody
I'm free, that's me
Bring on the big attraction
My decks are cleared for action

Top Irving Berlin, The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)

My thoughts go back to a heavenly dance
A moment of bliss we spent
Our hearts were filled with a song of romance
As into the night we went
And sang to our hearts' content
The song is ended
But the melody lingers on
You and the song are gone
But the melody lingers on
The night was splendid
And the melody seemed to say
"Summer will pass away
Take your happiness while you may"
There 'neath the light of the moon
We sang a love song that ended too soon
The moon descended
And I found with the break of dawn
You and the song had gone
But the melody lingers on

Top Irving Berlin, No One Could Do It Like My Father!

[1st verse:]
I hate to brag about my fam'ly but I must say that
My father is the greatest man who ever wore a hat
He always took things easy in an easy sort of way
And when it came to taking things, just kindly let me say
[1st refrain:]
No one could do it like my father!
Ever clever, stunning, cunning father!
Other men might do the same
But when it came to make a name
No one could do it like my dad!
[2nd verse:]
At keeping servant girls, my father always was an ace!
He had a certain way to keep the ladies in their place
Their place was in the kitchen and his place to keep them there
I don't know how he did it but I really must declare
[2nd refrain:]
No one could do it like my father
Ever clever, stunning, cunning father
Servants liked the cops, of course
So father joined the police force
No one could do it like my dad
[3rd verse:]
One night papa went in to see that great Salome dance
You talk about attention, say! he gave her ev'ry glance
He has my mother dancing now, her brain is in a whirl
And only here last week he came home with a string of pearls
[3rd refrain:]
No one could do it like my father
Ever clever, stunning, cunning father
Now he always stays at home
Mama has learned that dance Salome
No one could do it like my dad
[4th verse:]
My mother weighs three hundred pounds but don't give it away
She bought a brand new sheath gown and she wore it yesterday
My father showed his dignity when mother showed her sock
Then just to make the two ends meet he used a big padlock
[4th refrain:]
No one could do it like my father
Ever clever, stunning, cunning father
Neighbor Jones and his neighbor Lee
Are hunting for my father's key
And no one could do it like my dad
[5th verse:]
I haven't told you how my father and my mother wed
She was an old maid, he a burglar underneath her bed
She flashed a gun at father and said, 'I must be your wife'
My father wears a medal now for saving someone's life
[5th refrain:]
No one could do it like my father
Ever clever, stunning, cunning father
Mother thinks a lot of pa
But father drinks to think of ma
And no one could do it like my dad
[6th verse:]
The other night when pa came home, he found to his surprise
The iceman and my mother on the sofa making eyes
He did not get excited, no! not one word did he say
But when the iceman's bill came due, papa refused to pay
[6th refrain:]
No one could do it like my father
Ever clever, stunning, cunning father
Father proved he was no slouch
He fooled them all when he sold the couch
And no one could do it like my dad
[7th verse:]
When father went to school they tell me he was very bad
They also say he had a purpose to make teacher mad
She'd make him stay in after school and pa would ne'er refuse
For when it came to helping teacher tie her dainty shoes:
[7th refrain:]
No one could do it like my father
Ever clever, stunning, cunning father
Teacher knew a thing or two
She always wore a low cut shoe
No one could do it like my dad
[8th verse:]
We lived right by a railway station not so far from here
And father would make faces at the passing engineers
They'd all throw coal at father, yes they would upon my soul
And when the winter came around we never needed coal
[8th refrain:]
No one could do it like my father
Ever clever, stunning, cunning father
First he got coal one by one
And now he sells it by the ton
And no one could do it like my dad
[9th verse:]
Around election time my father never knows his name
Sometimes it's Breen, or Smith, or Green, Gilhouley or McShane
Then other times it's Harrigan, O'Connor, or O'Dell
They ought to call him 'Winchester' 'cause he repeats so well
[9th refrain:]
No one could do it like my father
Ever clever, stunning, cunning father
When you see him change his coat
You know that means another vote
And no one could do it like my dad

Top Irving Berlin, The Old Man

We'll follow the old man wherever he wants to go
Long as he wants to go opposite to the foe
We'll stay with the old man wherever he wants to stay
Long as he stays away from the battle's fray
Because we love him, we love him
Especially when he keeps us on the ball
And we'll tell the kiddies we answered duty's call
With the grandest son of a soldier of them all

Top Irving Berlin, Angels Of Mercy

Angels of mercy, there's so much to do
The heavens are gray overhead
Angels of mercy, they're calling to you
So march with your crosses of red
March where the darkness shuts out the light
March where there is no dawn
Angels of mercy, the world's covered with night
But your mercy goes marching on
Angels of mercy thru darkest night
Your mercy goes marching on

Top Irving Berlin, The Ocarina

[Verse:]
Listen to the ocarina play
Listen, don't you seem to hear it say
[Refrain:]
Dance to the music of the ocarina
Ocarina, ocarina
Gretchen and Otto, Hans and Wilhelmina
Dance to the ocarina dance
Dance to the music of the sweet potata
Sweet potata, sweet potata
Cheeks gettin' redder than a ripe tomata
Dance to the ocarina dance
Listen and hear the notes escaping
Out of that tiny hole
Doesn't it please your soul?
Doesn't it say, 'Dance the polka'?
Step to the music of the ocarina
Who refuses? Wilhelmina?
Wait till she listens to the ocarina
I know that Wilhelmina will

Top Irving Berlin, Love, You Didn't Do Right By Me

Love, you didn't do right by me
You planned a romance that just hadn't a chance
And I'm through
Love, you didn't do right by me
I'm back on the shelf and I'm blaming myself
But it's you
My one love affair didn't get anywhere from the start
To send me a Joe who had winter and snow in his heart
Wasn't smart
Love, you didn't do right by me
As they say in the song
'You done me wrong!'
[Alternate line for male:]
To send me a Jane who had thunder and rain in her heart

Top Irving Berlin, Love Leads To Marriage

Love leads to marriage, that leads to divorce
That leads to lawyers, expensive, of course
Private detectives who watch all your moves
That leads to charges which nobody proves
If there are children you hear from the court
Father can't see them but pays their support
Love is the start of it, I want no part of it
Love leads to marriage, divorce and to lawyers
Detectives and charges, supporting love children
A youngster in school falls
And only a fool falls
In love

Top Irving Berlin, Sombrero Land

(Goetz, Berlin and Snyder)
[1st verse:]
Starlight a-twinkling, mandolin tinkling sweet serenade
'Mid convent bells, of love sweetly tells a Mexican maid
Longing to go to, longing to know true love's parade
As he sings to eyes that dim fairest golden skies
[Refrain:]
Sombrero Land
Fair tropic strand
Beside the Rio Grande
With love my heart command
Eyes understand
What hearts demand
Come, we'll delight some, quite some
Bright Sombrero Land
[2nd verse:]
Silently hiding, silently sliding down to his arms
Two lips caress, with kisses impress her heart in their charms
Thro' gardens groping, they go eloping, silently flee
As once more to her, he tenderly hums his plea

Top Irving Berlin, Soft Lights And Sweet Music

[Verse:]
I can't resist the moan of a cello
I can't resist the light of the moon
So place me in a light that is mellow
And let me hear a beautiful tune
The music must flow
The lights must be low
[Refrain:]
Soft lights and sweet music
And you in my arms
Soft lights and sweet melody
Will bring you closer to me
Chopin and pale moonlight
Reveal all your charms
So give me velvet lights and sweet music
And you in my arms
[Alternate line:]

Top Irving Berlin, I Used To Play It By Ear

I used to play it by ear
That wonderful thing called love
I never believed I'd fall in love, not me
I used to think that those who kissed and ran away
Would live to kiss again
Another day
I used to laugh at romance but now that I know the score
But now that the one I've waited for is here
I know that this is the song the angels sing
This is the 'once-in-a-lifetime' thing
This is the real McCoy and it's crystal clear
What's deep in your heart
Can't be played by ear

Top Irving Berlin, So Help Me

[Verse:]
I met you and ever since
You've been on my mind
I'm getting nowhere and it's not my fault
You seem to take me with a grain of salt
You're not easy to convince
You're the doubting kind
Why don't you believe
Nothing's up my sleeve?
[Refrain:]
Oo, I'm head and heels in love with you, so help me!
Oo, I'm gonna stick to you like glue, so help me!
Though you never told me where I stand
You're a part of ev'rything I've planned
Oo, I'm gonna make your dreams come true, so help me!
Oo, I'm gonna make you love me, too
But darling, maybe I've bitten off much more than I can chew
And I may need a lot of help
So help me!

Top Irving Berlin, Play A Simple Melody

-singer 1-
Won't you play some simple melody?
Like my mother sang to me.
One with a good old fashioned harmony.
Play some simple melody.
-singer 2-
Musical demons set my honey a-screeming.
Won't you play me some rag?
Just change that classical nag .
To some sweet musical drag.
Won't you play from a copy, of a tune that is choppy.
You'll get all my applause, simply because.

Top Irving Berlin, Pigtails And Freckles

Pigtails and freckles, braces on your teeth
Who would have thought you would turn out so beautiful?
Awkward and bashful, scared right from the start
Who would have thought you would turn out so smart?
Changes, many changes, since I first looked at you,
Funny, very funny, what a few years can do
Pigtails and freckles, braces on your teeth
Who would have thought they'd become so sublime?
I would have thought, for I thought so all the time

Top Irving Berlin, The New Moon

[1st verse:]
Beneath a sky of gray
The lovers stroll along
The flow'rs have died away
The birds have hush'd their song
There's a teardrop in her eye
For he's come to say good-bye
He whispers 'Dearie, don't you cry
For I won't be long'
[Chorus:]
When the new moon is shining
I'm coming back to you
Clouds have a silvery lining
Soon the silver will be peeping thru
Angel hands will be mending
A broken romance soon
They will bless us with a happy ending
'Neath the bright new moon
[2nd verse:]
The clouds will roll away
And then we'll meet again
A happy wedding day
Will dawn upon us then
Little sweetheart, don't you pine
Soon you'll see the new moon shine
A little patience, girl of mine
Till we meet again

Top Irving Berlin, My Little Book Of Poetry

[Verse:]
Some folks who don't know what to do with their evenings
Up till dawn with their dress clothes on they will roam
Dancing 'round in a Cabaret
Homeward bound at the break of day
I have found that it doesn't pay
So I'd rather stay at home
[Refrain:]
With my little book of poetry
Let me while the hours away
Reading the poets of olden times
Meeting the girls they dressed up in rhymes
I will never ask for company
When the skies of blue turn to gray
Mister Kipling and Poe are the best friends I know
At the end of a weary day

Top Irving Berlin, The Call Of The South

[Verse:]
A gentle voice is calling me
I hear it night and day
It seems to whisper tenderly
You should be on your way
I'm going back without a doubt
To where my heart belongs
The land that Jolson sings about
In all his 'Mammy' songs
[Refrain:]
Southland
All night long your banjos ring in my ear
And I can hear the call of the Southland
Cornfields
Seem to say it's just the time of the year
Come on and hear the call of the South
I'll be so happy when I open the gate
To see my sweetie there who promised to wait
And then when I deliver
The kiss I'm gonna give 'er
Trouble will drown way down in the Swanee River
Southland
I must go back to somebody I've missed
I can't resist the call of the South

Top Irving Berlin, Looking At You (Across The Breakfast Table)

[Verse:]
Never saw such perfect beauty before
Never saw such charming manners what's more
Never saw such eyes of heavenly blue
Never saw what I see looking at you
[Refrain:]
I could never weary
Looking at you, looking at you
All thro' life, my dearie
Looking at you, looking at you
Wish that I was able
To make you say, 'I do'
And sit across the breakfast table
Looking at you, looking at you

Top Irving Berlin, You've Got Me Hypnotized

[1st verse:]
Listen, honey dear
I've been feeling queer
I don't know what to do
Since I fell in love with you
It's true
I'm feeling so lonesome and blue too
I'll go crazy soon
Morning, night and noon
I'm just going around
With my eyes upon the ground
And now, my honey I've found
[Refrain:]
You've got me hypnotized
I'm certainly mesmerized
I thought I was wise
Till I gazed in your beautiful eyes
That very day
You stole my heart away
I'm doing things I shouldn't do
Things I wouldn't do
Things I couldn't do
I could do for you
Just because you've got me hypnotized
[2nd verse:]
Honey, just for you
If you asked me to
Like a baby I'd crawl
Ev'ry time I hear you call
I'm all
Wrapped up in a heavenly shawl, all
That I do is fret
Till my eyes are wet
If my love disappears
I would sit and cry for years
And weep an ocean of tears

Top Irving Berlin, The Little Things In Life

[Verse:]
Great big houses with great big rooms
Were not fashioned for brides and grooms
A little place is where we should be
Great big troubles and great big cares
Come from houses with marble stairs
A little place for you and for me
[Refrain:]
Just a little room or two can more than do a little man and wife
That's if they're contented with the little things in life
Living on a larger scale would soon entail a lot of care and strife
We could be so happy with the little things in life
A little rain, a little sun, a little work, a little fun
A little time for loving when the day is done
And a little thing that cries for lullabies could make a man and wife
Tell the world how much they love the little things in life

Top Irving Berlin, With Music

[Verse:]
Now that we're married, we'll get along I know
We'll get along whatever may come or go
One thing we have in common will see us through
I have an ear for music and so have you
[1st refrain:]
We'll settle down with music
Somewhere in town with music
Some hurdy-gurdy will fill the street with Verdi
And Mister Strauss will fill our house with music
We'll greet the night with music
Turn down the light with music
While night is falling we'll hear the crickets calling
And you and I will hush-a-bye with music
[2nd refrain:]
We'll stay indoors with music
And I'll be yours with music
Brahms will inspire me to be as you desire me
And Mister Liszt will see you're kissed with music
We'll greet the stork with music
Then pop a cork with music
Bach and Beethoven, they'll both be interwoven
With things I knit to fit for it with music

Top Irving Berlin, You've Built A Fire Down In My Heart

[1st verse:]
Dearest, the day that I gazed in your eyes
That was the day that Cupid came
Some joyous feeling makes me realize
My heart is wrapped up in a flame
And you're piling coal of love, honey mine
On my burning heart all the time
Worried, unhappy I'm going about
Fearing you'll put this fire out
[Refrain:]
You've built a fire down in my heart
Dearest, it's burning higher than any house on fire
Just like a live, live wire, right from the start
Oh, my pretty heart's desire, you have built a fire
Down in my heart
[2nd verse:]
Dearest, I promise this fire will burn
Burn on until the end of time
All that I ask of you dear in return
Is lots of fuel, honey mine
And if e'er a spark of love should depart
From this fire down in my heart
Honey, I hope the spark travels to you
And sets your heart on fire too

Top Irving Berlin, Whisper It

You love me and I don't doubt it
But you don't have to shout it
Whisper it, whisper it in my ear
I just love to hear you tell it
But you don't have to yell it
Whisper it, whisper it in my ear
Pin that Medal
Of Merit on my chest
But please soft pedal
The talking bit
That goes with it
You can shout from all the housetops, but I won't hear
Unless you whisper it, baby, whisper it in my ear

Top Irving Berlin, The Best Thing For You( Would Be Me )

[Verse:]
Please let me say from the start
I don't pretend to be smart
I just suggest what I think best
Having your int'rest at heart
[Refrain:]
I only want what's the best thing for you
And the best thing for you would be me
I've been convinced after thinking it through
That the best thing for you would be me
Ev'ry day
To myself I say
Point the way
What will it be
I ask myself what's the best thing for you
And myself and I seem to agree
That the best thing for you would be me

Top Irving Berlin, Tell Me, Little Gypsy

[Verse:]
Deep down in my heart there's a burning question
Maybe you can answer it, Gyp-sy Maid
Have I searched in vain for that little blue bird?
Tell me how much longer 'twill be delayed
Will my dreams come true? Tell me my fortune, do.
[Refrain:]
Tell me, little Gypsy
What the future holds for me
Kindly cross my palm with silver
And I'll try and see
Tell me is there some-one
In the days that are to be
There's a girl for ev'ry boy in the world
There must be someone for me

Top Irving Berlin, When I Discovered You

[Algy's Verse:]
History proves
Since the world first began
Wonderful things have been discovered by man
Though to discover has not been my plan
I'm a discoverer too
Tho' I know my name
Won't be known to fame
This much is true
Refrain:]
Columbus discovered America
Hudson discovered New York
Benjamin Franklin discovered the spark
That Edison discovered would light up the dark
Marconi discovered the wireless telegraph
Across the ocean blue
But the greatest discovery was
When you discovered me and I discovered you
[Stella's Verse:]
History proves
Since the world first began
Ev'rything great was not discovered by man
Girls can discover what men never can
I'm a discoverer too
Tho' I'll never be
Known to history
This much is true

Top Irving Berlin, You're Fun To Be With

You're fun to be with, the one to be with
When gray clouds dim the skies
When stocks are falling and brokers calling
You make my spirits rise
When gloom makes up its mind to crawl down from his shelf
You smile and soon I find I'm laughing at myself
I miss your laughter on mornings after
When my head weighs a ton
You're beautiful, you're glamorous
You're lovable, you're amorous
But most of all you're fun

Top Irving Berlin, You're A Sucker For A Dame

[Verse:]
You know the big percentage in roulette
And that is why you never place a bet
You've talked to sev'ral horses that have won
And once or twice you knew who'd win before the race was run
You know what's coming when the cards are cut
You're on to each and ev'ry racket, but
[1st refrain:]
You're a sucker for a dame
The pucker of a dame will make you jump
Just like a chump
When you gaze into her eyes
The springs that make you wise refuse to work
And you're a jerk
I've seen you playing poker with three aces
A hand of which you're very, very fond
You knew that your opponent had three deuces
But it happened your opponent was a blonde
So you just threw your cards away
And thought about the day when you became
A sucker for a dame
[2nd refrain:]
You're a softy for a dame
You're lofty till a dame sets out her traps
Then you collapse
You can hold your own with guys
But when a lady's eyes begin to pop
You blow your top
You're selling real estate that's under water
The deal is set, you're riding on a crest
The customer comes in to sign the papers
In a sweater and a shelf upon her chest
So you just tore your papers up
And took her out to sup, then you became
A sucker for a dame
A sucker for a dame

Top Irving Berlin, You're A Sentimental Guy

[1st refrain:]
[Mary:]
You're a sentimental guy
It's a charge that you'll deny
But a song of Home and Mother
In a pinch could make you cry
And it seems my nat'ral bent
Is to love a sentimental guy
You can always knock them dead
With some clever thing you've said
But your heart is not in tune with
What is running through your head
And I'm perfectly content
Just to love a sentimental guy
You think your the type for Broadway
You prowl it from night till dawn
You really belong in Yonkers
With a garden and a lawn
Tho' I never heard you say
In the ordinary way
That you're simply wild about me
Still I know there'll come a day
When my evenings will be spent
With a very sentimental guy
[2nd refrain:]
[Wilson:]
You're as wrong as you can be
In your estimate of me
When the rent for my apartment
Is delayed a month or three
If some tears will save the rent
I'm a very sentimental guy
When I'm speaking soft and low
To a copper that I know
Who is taking in a pal
And I would like him to let go
If a sob will get consent
I'm a very sentimental guy
I melt with the breath of springtime
When grass starts to green the lawn
I get very sentimental
As I take my coat to pawn
[Mary:]
So you think and so you say
In your clever sort of way
But I know it won't be long before
There'll come that happy day
When my evenings will be spent
With a very sentimental guy

Top Irving Berlin, You'd Be Surprised (Revised)

[1st verse:]
Johnny was bashful and shy
Nobody understood why
Mary loved him
All the other girls passed him by
Everyone wanted to know
How she could pick such a beau
With a twinkle in her eye
She made this reply
[1st refrain:]
He's not so good in a crowd but when you get him alone
You'd be surprised
He isn't much at a dance but then when he takes you home
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look like much of a lover
But don't judge a book by it's cover
He's got the face of an angel
But there's a devil in his eyes
He's such a delicate thing but when he starts in to squeeze
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look very strong but when you sit on his knees
You'd be surprised
At a party or at a ball
I've got to admit that he's nothing at all
But in an easy chair
You'd be surprised
[2nd verse:]
Mary continued to praise
Johnny's remarkable ways
To the ladies
And you know advertising pays
Now Johnny's never alone
He has the busiest phone
Almost ev'ry other day
A new girl will say
[2nd refrain:]
He's not so good in the house but on a bench in the park
You'd be surprised
He isn't much in the light but when he gets in the dark
You'd be surprised
I know he looks so slow and so weary
But you don't know the half of it, dearie
He looks as cold as an Eskimo
But there's a fire in his eyes
He doesn't say very much but when he starts in to speak
You'd be surprised
He's not so good at the start but at the end of the week
You'd be surprised
On a streetcar or on a train
You'd think he was born without any brain
But in a taxicab
You'd be surprised

Top Irving Berlin, You'd Be Surprised

[1st verse:]
Johnny was bashful and shy
Nobody understood why
Mary loved him
All the other girls passed him by
Ev'ryone wanted to know
How she could pick such a beau
With a twinkle in her eye
She made this reply
[1st refrain:]
He's not so good in a crowd but when you get him alone
You'd be surprised
He isn't much at a dance but then when he takes you home
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look like much of a lover
But don't judge a book by it's cover
He's got the face of an Angel
But there's a Devil in his eye
He's such a delicate thing but when he starts in to squeeze
You'd be surprised
He doesn't look very strong but when you sit on his knee
You'd be surprised
At a party or at a ball
I've got to admit that he's nothing at all
But in a morris chair
You'd be surprised
[2nd verse:]
Mary continued to praise
Johnny's remarkable ways
To the ladies
And you know advertising pays
Now Johnny's never alone
He has the busiest phone
Almost ev'ry other day
A new girl will say
[2nd refrain:]
He's not so good in the house but on a bench in the park
You'd be surprised
He isn't much in the light but when he gets in the dark
You'd be surprised
I know he looks as slow as the Erie
But you don't know the half of it, dearie
He looks as cold as an Eskimo
But there's fire in his eyes
He doesn't say very much but when he starts in to speak
You'd be surprised
He's not so good at the start but at the end of the week
You'd be surprised
On a streetcar or in a train
You'd think he was born without any brain
But in a taxicab
You'd be surprised

Top Irving Berlin, You Cannot Make Your Shimmy Shake On Tea

(Rennold Wolf & Irving Berlin)
[1st verse:]
'Tis a sad, sad day for me
This day of lemonade and tea
For now my dancing aspirations haven't got a chance
In the Harlem cabarets
I used to spend my nights and days
Partaking of my favorite indoor sport, the shimmy dance
On the day they introduced their prohibition laws
They just went and ruined the greatest shimmy dancer because
[1st refrain:]
You cannot make your shimmy shake on tea
It simply can't be done
You'll find your shaking ain't taking
Unless you has the proper jazz
That only comes with such drinks as
Green River, Haig and Haig, and Hennessey
Way out in China
Among the pale Chinese
There's nothing finer
Than good old China teas
But then you never saw a Chinaman
A-shaking his chemise
'Cause you cannot make your shimmy shake on tea
[2nd refrain:]
You cannot make your shimmy shake on tea
It simply can't be done
You'll find your shaking ain't taking
The shimmy, it is intricate
And so you needs a little bit
Of Scotch or rye to lubricate your knee
A cup of Ceylon
It may be strong or weak
Won't help you spoil on
Because it's much too meek
Besides, a drink that's soft
Will very often ruin your technique
No, you cannot make your shimmy shake on tea

Top Irving Berlin, The Little Red Lacquer Cage

[Verse:]
Locked in a cage I'm sad as I can be
Singing my song all the day long
It seems I can hear the forest calling me
How I keep longing just to be free
[Refrain:]
I'd love to leave my little red lacquer cage
And fly away out there where I
Could sing my beautiful song
In the forest where I belong
The little birds that live in a tree
Would love to hear my sweet melody
I hate to sing the song that God gave to me
In a little red lacquer cage

Top Irving Berlin, Yiddle On Your Fiddle, Play Some Ragtime

[1st verse:]
Ev'ryone was singing, dancing, springing
At a wedding yesterday
Yiddle on his fiddle played some ragtime
And when Sadie heard him play
She jumped up and looked him in the eyes
Yiddle swelled his chest 'way out
Ev'ryone was taken by surprise
When they heard Sadie shout
[Refrain:]
Yiddle in the middle of your fiddle, play some ragtime
Get busy
I'm dizzy
I'm feeling two years young
Mine choc'late baby, if you'll maybe play for Sadie
Some more ragtime
Yiddle, don't you stop, if you do, I'll drop
For I just can't make my eyes shut up
Yiddle on your fiddle, play some ragtime
[2nd verse:]
At the supper table Sadie thought
Yiddle must have flew the coop
She looked all around, but could not find him
'Till she heard him drinking soup
Sadie waited till they served the fish
Then she jumped upon the floor
Put a quarter right on Yiddle's dish
And yelled to him once more

Top Irving Berlin, Yiddisha Nightingale

[1st verse:]
Miss Minnie Rosenstein
Had such a voice so fine
Just like Tetrazzini
Any time that Minnie sang a song
You'd think of real estate seven blocks long
Some song!
Young Mister Abie Cohn used to call to her home
Just to hear her singing
Presents he was bringing
Full of bliss!
One night young Abie proposed to the Miss
Like this!
[Refrain:]
Yiddisha nightingale, sing me a song
Your voice has got such sweetness that it makes me strong
Yiddisha nightingale, sing me a song
I promise that I'll take you on a long honeymoon
I'd give a dollar to hear you, my queen
I wouldn't give a nickel to hear Tetrazzini
Just to hear your cultivated voice good and strong
I'd serve a year in jail
Yiddisha nightingale
Won't you sing me a song?
[2nd verse:]
Then said young Abie Cohn
'I'm going to buy a home
One that's made of marble
Dear, where you can warble harmony
And I don't care for expenses you see
That's me!
I'll go and learn to play on the piano, say
You'll sing while I'm playing
People will be saying
As they pass
Some class!'

Top Irving Berlin, Yiddisha Eyes

[1st verse:]
Benny Bloom went to a swell affair
Given by a real millionaire
Jenny Golden Dollars was there
Now comes the bus'ness end
Benny, to a friend, said, 'Introduce me to Miss Jenny, do!'
Soon he whispered, 'Pleased to meet you too!'
Then young Benny winked at Jenny
With his Yiddisha eyes
[Refrain:]
Oi, Oi, Oi, those Yiddisha eyes!
Benny had those Yiddisha eyes
That shone so bright, with an Israel light
Eyes that could tell a diamond in the night
Oi, Oi, Oi, those Yiddisha eyes!
Benny had those Yiddisha eyes!
He took a look in her bankbook
With his Yiddisha eyes
[2nd verse:]
Ben looked at her finger with his eyes
Next day bought a ring the proper size
Jenny's bus'ness father got wise!
Now comes the finish part
Benny, from his heart, began to shout, 'I love your daughter fine!'
Jenny's pa cried, 'That's how I got mine!'
Benny, bending, saw the ending
With his Yiddisha eyes
[2nd refrain:]
Oi, Oi, Oi, those Yiddisha eyes!
Benny had those Yiddisha eyes
That shone so bright, with an Israel light
Eyes that could tell a diamond in the night
Oi, Oi, Oi, those Yiddisha eyes!
Benny had those Yiddisha eyes!
He said, 'Farewell,' the teardrops fell
From his Yiddisha eyes

Top Irving Berlin, Yankee Love

[1st verse:]
Girlie, cuddle near me
Girlie, won't you hear me?
I've been feeling blue
Ring the final curtain
For I'm more than certain
I'm in love with you
Like my Yankee Father
Girlie, I would rather die than prove untrue
Fearless, undenying, Yankee never dying
Love I bear for you
[Refrain:]
Red, White and Blue, love
Real all for you, love
All through and through, love
Real Yankee Doodle Doo, love
Honest and true love
I bring to you, love
Old Kentucky, Alabama
Mississippi, Lou'siana
Yankee love
[2nd verse:]
Girlie, flags are waving
My poor heart's behaving
Like a house on fire
Church-bells gayly ringing
Mean I'll soon be bringing
Home my heart's desire
Thoughts of care or sorrow
Will be dead tomorrow when you wear my ring
Ere the morn arouses
From the tops of houses
To the world I'll sing

Top Irving Berlin, Woodman, Woodman, Spare That Tree!

[1st verse:]
A great big tree grows near our house
It's been there quite some time
This tree's a slipp'ry elm tree and very hard to climb
But when my wife starts after me, up in that tree I roost
I go up like a healthy squirrel and never need no boost
The other day a woodman came to chop the refuge down
And carve it into kindling wood, to peddle 'round the town
I says to him, 'I pray thee cease, desist, refrain and stop
Lay down that razor, man, chop not a single chop'
[Refrain:]
Woodman, woodman, spare that tree
Touch not a single bough
For years it has protected me
And I'll protect it now
Chop down an oak, a birch or pine
But not this slipp'ry elm of mine
It's the only tree that my wife can't climb
So spare that tree
[2nd verse:]
I said to him, 'You see that hole
Up near that old treetop
I've got five dollars there, that's yours, if you refrain to chop
No beast but me can climb that tree, 'cause it's too slippery
I can't get up myself, unless my wife is after me
So get my wife and I'll call her a very naughty word
And then you'll see me give an imitation of a bird
You may not know just where to go, when my wife gets around
But when she comes, remember this, if I'm not on the ground'

Top Irving Berlin, With You

[Verse:]
I could find the road to happiness with you close to me, dear
I could turn a failure to success if you always were near
I could make my dreams come true, but it will depend on you
[Refrain:]
With you, a sunny day, without you, clouds in the sky
With you, my luck will stay, without you, fortune will fly
With you, I'll never stop until I reach the top
Without you, I will never get by
With you, a happy song, without you, castles that fall
With you, I can't go wrong, without you, chances are small
With you, my banner's unfurled right there on top of the world
Without you, I'm just nothing at all

Top Irving Berlin, Wishing

[1st verse:]
In the days of fairy tales, most any wish was granted
Granted by some fairy brave
Let's suppose a fairy rose in fairy clothes from head to toes
And granted us the wish we'd crave
Would you wish for diamonds, or would you wish for pearls
Would you wish to rule the land and sea
Would you wish a crown to rest upon your golden curls?
The maiden sweetly answered 'Not for me'
[Refrain:]
I'd wish for a night in June
A silv'ry moon real soon
A moon that makes you want to spoon
And softly croon love's tune
Then a tree that I could trust
A bench that holds just two
Then I'd wish for Cupid's loving dish
And then I'd wish for you
[2nd verse:]
Why should I profess to sigh for precious pearls and diamonds
When my ev'ry sigh means you?
All the gold the world may hold its wealth untold, I would unfold
To hold a place that just holds two
Hold a place that holds a face, that holds a case of bliss
And that case of bliss would hold you too
Such a place would make me trace upon your face a kiss
The fellow answered, 'Here's just what I'd do:

Top Irving Berlin, Wild Cherries

[1st verse:]
Talk of yo' looney coons
Talk of yo' spoony coons
Lover of coony tunes
Jackson was the leader of a big brass band
Understand
While at a ball one night
Miss Lucinda Morgan White
Yelled out with all her might
When he started playing some familiar tune
She just cried with delight
[1st refrain:]
If you love yo' babe, play that tune for me
Just because I feel so funny
Honey I don't care for money
I'm goin' crazy, that rag's a daisy
I just can't make my feeling behave
Play that tune again
Mighty soon again
Honey, don't you start to scold
I'm feeling like a two year old
When I hear that strain
Gwine to cry again
Play me some Wild Cherry Rag
[2nd verse:]
Talk of yo' wedding chimes
Talk of yo' champagne wines
Talk of yo' scand'lous times
Mister Jackson married Miss Lucinda White
Sunday night
Just as the knot was tied
Parson had blessed the bride
Jackson stood by her side
When the music played that lovin' weddin' march
Miss Lucinda just cried
[2nd refrain:]
If you love yo' babe, play that tune for me
No I'm not a blowin' hon but
I feel like goin' some
I'm goin' crazy that rag's a daisy
I just can't make my feeling behave
Play that tune again
Mighty soon again
Oh, you seven come eleven!
Hon I'm goin' straight to heav'n
When I hear that strain
Gwine to cry again
Play me some Wild Cherry Rag

Top Irving Berlin, Wild About You

[Verse:]
I'm not a McCormack, I haven't a voice
I loosen my vocals but never by choice
Still I've a song to sing
And I long to sing it for you
It isn't a ballad with plenty of heart
It hasn't the rhythm that's clever and smart
Just a tune with words that rhyme
That I wrote to say that I'm
[Refrain:]
Wild about you
The child about you
Makes me wild about you
If I were a native of Borneo
I couldn't be wilder about you
Mad about you
The bad about you
Makes me mad about you
If I were the Hatter in Wonderland
I couldn't be madder about you
That's my story
And I'll stick to it, dear
In case you didn't listen
In case you didn't hear
Wild about you
The child about you
Makes me wild about you
If I were a tiger in Africa
I couldn't be wilder about you

Top Irving Berlin, Whose Little Heart Are You Breaking Now?

[1st verse:]
Butterfly, you're like a butterfly, baby vampire
Thro' the year, you're sipping honey here and there
Your love is like a blushing rose
It just comes and goes
Butterfly, you're just a butterfly,
With your string of helpless beaux
[Refrain:]
Whose little heart are you breaking now, little butterfly?
Who is the one that you're shaking now, little butterfly?
Who keeps on ringing
Your telephone, one-two-three-four?
Who keeps on singing
'What do you want to make those eyes at me for?'
Who sends you candy and flowers now, little butterfly?
Spending above what his folks allow
I wonder whose feelings you're hurting
When he catches you flirting
Whose little heart are you breaking now?
[2nd verse:]
Seems to me, you're like a bumblebee, baby vampire
Buzzing 'round, but never settling down, that's you!
Why don't you give up stinging hearts?
Don't you know it smarts?
Taking them and simply breaking them
In a thousand diff'rent parts?

Top Irving Berlin, When You Play That Piano, Bill!

[1st verse:]
Said Miss Eliza Johnson to William Brown
'Up to my home you I invite
Call around some Sunday night
I'd love to have you play my piano upright'
Said Mister William Brown, 'The pleasure is mine
I can assure you lady fair'
He called around next day
And started in to play
Just to hear Eliza declare
[Refrain:]
When I hear you play that piano so sweet
My blood runs cold way down to my feet
You sure do bring forth music
Like I never heard before
When you start in playing rag by the streak
I could hear you play that box for a week
For it does most anything but speak
When you play that piano, Bill
[2nd verse:]
Said Mister William Brown, 'I can't help but blush
Because Miss Lize you flatter so
I only play the worst I know
While at my best to beat me so it must go'
Then Miss Eliza answered, 'What's that you say?
You only played the worst you knew!
Sweet William, I can guess how you play at your best
But the worst right now will do'

Top Irving Berlin, While The Band Played An American Rag

[1st verse:]
I had a wonderful dream last night
I never saw such a lovely sight
I dreamt that the warring nations were at a ball
There wasn't anyone talking fight
They realized that it wasn't right
And this is just what I noticed in the hall
[Refrain:]
The King of England danced
With the President of France
The Crown Prince of Germany
Danced with the King of Hungary
They all laid down their swords
While the different Dukes and Lords
All shouted 'We don't want any more talk of war talk'
They started drinking to each other like brothers
They drank a toast to each other's flag
The Russian Czar said to the Kaiser
'Let's drink some Budweiser'
Then he shook his hand while a German band
Played an American rag
[2nd verse:]
The Russian Czar wet his lips with wine
And started whistling the 'Wacht am Rhein'
The Kaiser sang 'Tipperary' without a pause
They kept it up till the break of day
Then when they started to go away
The whole world rang out with gladness just because

Top Irving Berlin, Where Is The Song Of Songs For Me?

[Verse:]
Most of the world seems to be
Listening to love's melody
Each has a love song divine
When will I listen to mine
[Refrain:]
Where is the song of songs for me
Beautiful song of ecstasy
When will I hear love's melody
When will I hear the words 'I love you'
Where is the one I long to see
Close to my heart in days to be
Singing the song of songs to me
Saying the words, the words 'I love you'?

Top Irving Berlin, When You're In Town

[1st verse:]
One fine day on Broadway
Simple Sally Brown
Met a trav'ling salesman who was trav'ling around
'Howdy do, how are you?
Let's go see the town'
Sally answered, 'What a pity
I would like to but the city
Folks would talk, they would talk, you know that they can
But I'd like to know you better, Mister Trav'ling Man
[Refrain:]
When you're in town, in my home town
Look me up, look me up
I'll be happy to see you
When you're passing my way, drop in and stay
If you'll come, you're welcome as flowers in May
And you can hang your samples on a sour apple tree
And I'll see that no one's around
For I'd much rather walk where the neighbors don't talk
When in town call around, goodbye
[2nd verse:]
Sally Brown settled down
Wed her trav'ling man
He said, 'Dearie, I'll be home as much as I can'
Trav'ling men, now and then
Get a telegram
Their employer sends a wire
'Go and see a certain buyer'
Looking 'round, Sally found in her hubby's coat
Seven diff'rent notes that seven diff'rent females wrote

Top Irving Berlin, When You're Down In Louisville (Call On Me)

[1st verse:]
Goodbye, ev'rybody, I'm on my way to Louisville
I feel, oh, so happy I hardly can keep still
Although my home is very small, I invite you all
If you will come, you'll be welcome any time you call
[Refrain:]
Don't forget Don't forget
When you're down in Louisville Louisville, Louisville
Just call around, I'll be found in the town directory
I'll have the table set
No fancy dishes
But the things you get
Will all be delicious
And you're just as welcome as can be
When you get there, take a Jitney bus
Call on us
I'll have you see the family
If you're ever so lucky to be down in Kentucky
Don't forget to stop at Louie, Louie, Louisville
And call on me
[2nd verse:]
Listen, ev'rybody, we've got the fairest women there
Lovely dispositions and locks of golden hair
They've got complexions like the rose, ev'rybody knows
Nature made them, we parade them dressed in simple clothes

Top Irving Berlin, When You Walked Out Someone Else Walked Right In

[1st verse:]
My honey, do you remember 'twas a December day
I said that you would repent the day that you went away
You turned as red as a ruby, much too good to be true
You thought I'd sit around lonely thinking of only you
Little you knew that
[Refrain:]
When you walked out someone else walked right in
Someone with good news
Stepped right in your shoes
Somebody else took your place on my knee
Another sweetie in clover fussin' all over me
I saw that you grew so cold, love
So what could I do?
Off with the old love
And on with the new
When you walked out
Honey I just had to grin
You left the door wide open and
Somebody else walked in
[2nd verse:]
A happy couple were we two while you were sweet to me
But now I'm sending bad news to my little used to be
You thought the minute you'd shake me that it would make me blue
And I would sit around lonely thinking of only you
Little you knew that

Top Irving Berlin, Watch your step

[Verse:]
Subway Guards and Motormen
Congregated once again
At the Streetcar Conductor's annual ball
Just watch them dancing 'round the slippery floor
As they did the year before
While the band is playing
Those subway guards are saying
[Refrain:]
Watch your step! watch your step!
Hear those conductors all shout
Watch your step! watch your step!
As they go dancing about
They're such a jolly mob
That crosstown trolley mob
Soon they'll all be drinking fine Rhine wine
Look at the fellows who collect your fare
See them there
Having the time of their lives
One and all at the ball
Dancing around with their wives
See the children that they bring up
On the nickels they forget to ring up
And while the band is playing
They are saying 'Watch your step!'

Top Irving Berlin, When You Kiss An Italian Girl

[1st verse:]
I no rave about Italy
I no talk about my country
Any place is the same to me
Just so long I got enough to eat
But I'd like-a to tell you dis
I'm-a kiss-a da plenty miss
But of all-a da sweet-a kiss
There's-a one got the world-a beat
[1st refrain:]
When you kiss an Italian gal, boss
Oh! you feel-a
Well, I don't know how to tell-a
But you get so excite
You go home that night
And put your left-a shoe upon the foot what is right
Let an Italian gal, boss
Kiss-a you upon the cheek
And you won't wash your face for a long-a time
'Cause it feel-a so swell
When you kiss an Italian gal
[2nd verse:]
My sweetheart-a look like a freak
Got a face-a just like next week
But the minute I kiss the cheek
Right away she look like Anna Hel'
Married men, if you got da strife
You can lead-a da happy life
Ev'ry time that you kiss your wife
Think of an Italian-a gal
[2nd refrain:]
When you kiss an Italian gal, boss
Oh! you feel-a
Well, I don't know how to tell-a
But before much-a long
You feel-a so strong
You go and choke da monk until he sing-a da song
Let an Italian gal, boss
Kiss-a you upon the cheek
And you won't wash your face for a long-a time
'Cause it feel-a so swell
When you kiss an Italian gal

Top Irving Berlin, When Winter Comes

[Verse:]
Winter is coming and soon
There will be frost on the moon
Snow will be falling and what am I going to do?
I'll need somebody to hold
Someone to hold when it's cold
Someone to love and I hope that that someone is you
[Refrain:]
The sun will shine in the summer
And I'll be fine in the summer
But then I've got to have you to cuddle up to
When winter comes
It's nice and warm in the summer
I'll be in form in the summer
But then I've got to have you to cuddle up to
When winter comes
All summer I'll be playing out on a tennis court
But in the winter
Just like the groundhog
I'll turn in to an indoor sport
I'll pull an oar in the summer
And hug the shore in the summer
But then I've got to have you to cuddle up to
When winter comes

Top Irving Berlin, When The Folks High Up Do That Mean Lowdown

[Verse:]
Lenox Avenue is known
For doing the low down
But you'll find they're not alone
In doing the low down
Fifth Avenue's learning how
They had to fall
Fifth Avenue does it now
But that's not all
[Refrain:]
Whenever the folks high-up do that mean low down
There is no low down lower than that
Whenever the swells slow down and become low down
There is no low down lower than that
You may believe it or not
When they start getting hot
There is no Hottentot
That's hotter than that
So you can lay your dough down when they go low down
There is no low down lower than that

Top Irving Berlin, When The Curtain Falls

[1st verse:]
[She:] I have a cute idea for a play
[He:] Tell me about it, do
[She:] It's just a story of ev'ryday
[He:] Nothing today is new
[She:] There isn't much to my little plot
[He:] I'm sure it's more than you say
[She:] Maybe you will not like it a lot
[He:] Tell me about your play
[Refrain:]
In the first act
A girl and boy appear
In the second act
Their fam'lies interfere
A row is started
They're broken-hearted
And soon they're parted
For one long year
In the third act
The lovers meet again
And before they take
Their curtain calls
We see them spending
A happy ending
In the last act
When the curtain falls
[2nd verse:]
[She:] What do you think of my little play?
[He:] I think it simply great
[She:] Somebody may produce it someday
[He:] I'll bet you just can't wait
[She:] I wonder what the critics will say
[He:] I'm sure 'twill fill them with joy
[She:] I'd love to be the girl in the play
[He:] I'd love to be the boy

Top Irving Berlin, Wasn't It Yesterday

[Verse:]
Grandma is seventy-four
Grandpa is eighty or more
Through all sorts of weather
Those dear souls grew old together
Oft-times like children at play
I hear grandpa say:
[Refrain:]
Wasn't it yesterday
When I first met you?
Wasn't it yesterday
When you became my bride?
I drove to town in a hack
And brought the minister back
To your father's rickety shack
Where the knot was tied
It seems but yesterday
And now we're old and gray
When you're in love
How the time does fly!

Top Irving Berlin, Washington Twist

Doing the Washington twist
Doing the twist with a twist
No one is set till they finally get
On the President's favorite list
President's doubts while the ins and the outs
Keep on doing the Washington Twist
Gentlemen loaded with charm
Seemingly meaning no harm
But while they're there, you're becoming aware
That they're quietly twisting your arm
Gentle in tone while promoting a loan
Which is part of the Washington Twist
Congressmen's lips that are pucked
Waiting for plums to be plucked
Legal concerns, making out their returns
With expenses they'd like to deduct
Drinking a toast to the host with the most
While they're doing the Washington Twist

Top Irving Berlin, When The Black Sheep Returns To The Fold

[1st verse:]
When the robin returns to its nest
After straying away from the rest
There's a welcome that waits
From its feathery mates
A welcome that can't be expressed
So it is with the boy who decided
From his father and mother to roam
Through his travels he may be misguided
But when fin'lly the black sheep comes home
[Refrain:]
Ev'rything that he did is forgotten
And they welcome him back to the fold
He knows by their sad, wrinkled faces
That the pain of his absence has told
Once again, they all sit 'round the table
As they did in the days of old
And they'll weep tears of joy
As they whisper 'My Boy'
When the black sheep returns to the fold
[2nd verse:]
When the smile of a fool starts to fade
When he finds out the errors he made
Then the old-fashioned truth
That he heard in his youth
Says, 'Go home,' but he is afraid
As he stands on the threshold of sorrow
With the doors of the world closed up tight
He compares yesterday with tomorrow
And decides that he'll go home that night

Top Irving Berlin, When It's Night Time In Dixie Land

[1st verse:]
Talk about your Arabian nights
I must admit they're grand
But if you long for wonderful sights
Come down to Dixie land
That's the dearest place of all
Listening to the crickets call
When the evening shadows fall
Down in Dixie land
[Refrain:]
Night time down in Dixie land
Darkies strolling hand in hand
Southern melodies
Floating on the breeze
Let me tell you it's grand
For when you hear those darkies harmonize
Tears of gladness fill your eyes
Baritones and Basses
Lounging round the places
Dixie land embraces the happiest of races
All you see is smiling faces
When it's night time in Dixie land
[2nd verse:]
Through the air float the wonderful tunes
Of Mister Whippoorwill
On the ground dance the bow-legged coons
They simply can't keep still
Vet'rans of the civil war
Telling stories by the score
How they fought in sixty-four
Down in Dixie land

Top Irving Berlin, When It Rains, Sweetheart, When It Rains

[1st verse:]
So you want me to say that I love you
In the words of a storybook man
Little girl, what you ask
Is indeed quite a task
Playing hero is more than I can
I'm a stranger with flowery speeches
As a poet I never could learn
All that I ask of you is to love me
This is all I can say in return
[Refrain:]
I'll make ev'ry Monday a Sunday
I'll cover a wrong with a right
I'll still wear a smile in the morning
The smile that I wore last night
I'll stick when the sunshine has vanish'd
And darkness is all that remains
I'll hold an umbrella up over your head
When it rains, sweetheart, when it rains
[2nd verse:]
If I said that you looked like a princess
Or a queen, I'd be telling you lies
'Cause I never have seen
Any princess or queen
Still I don't think I've cheated my eyes
All the words Mister Webster made famous
With 'I love you' they never could start
If the speaker is dead on the level
And the words come from down in his heart

Top Irving Berlin, When I'm Out With You

[1st verse:]
Let's take a stroll up the avenue
Dearie, I love to be seen with you
Showing off is one of my joys
Let me show you off to the boys
You'll never guess what they say and do
When I am out with you
[Refrain:]
I've seen them stare as we're passing by
I've seen them glare with a jealous eye
Let me tell you that I'm all in clover
When I notice how they look you over
I've heard them cry, 'It's the very best!'
Now you know why I throw out my chest
You beautiful thing, I'm as proud as a king
When I'm out with you
[2nd verse:]
I like your clothes 'cause I think they're great
You're the original fashion plate
Always something diff'rent to show
All dressed and someplace to go
If I'm conceited, don't think it queer
There is a reason, dear

Top Irving Berlin, When I'm Alone I'm Lonesome

[1st verse:]
I feel blue, lonesome too
Just because I'm all alone
I confess lonesomeness
Seems to be the only friend I own
No one cares to hear my woes
Friendless like a faded rose
I'm unhappy, goodness knows
When I'm all alone
[Refrain:]
When I'm alone
I'm lonesome
When I'm alone
I'm blue
Someone kindly listen to my sympathy plea
Ev'ry other girl and brother
Has a pal just like a mother
Whom they can tell their troubles
Whom they can call their own
Won't somebody kindly hear me
Linger near me, come and cheer me
I'm lonesome when alone
[2nd verse:]
One O, O, now you know
That's the number of my phone
Five, six, eight on the gate
Now you know the number of my home
Father tries to make me glad
When he thinks I'm feeling sad
But there's things you can't tell Dad
When you're all alone

Top Irving Berlin, When I Leave The World Behind

[1st verse:]
I know a millionaire
Who's burdened down with care
A load is on his mind
He's thinking of the day
When he must pass away
And leave his wealth behind
I haven't any gold
To leave when I grow old
Somehow it passed me by
I'm very poor but still
I'll leave a precious will
When I must say good-bye
[Refrain:]
I'll leave the sunshine to the flowers
I'll leave the springtime to the trees
And to the old folks, I'll leave the mem'ries
Of a baby upon their knees
I'll leave the night time to the dreamers
I'll leave the songbirds to the blind
I'll leave the moon above
To those in love
When I leave the world behind
[2nd verse:]
To every wrinkled face
I'll leave a fireplace
To paint their fav'rite scene
Within the golden rays
Scenes of their childhood days
When they were sweet sixteen
I'll leave them each a song
To sing the whole day long
As toward the end they plod
To ev'ry broken heart
With sorrow torn apart
I'll leave the love of God

Top Irving Berlin, When I Get Back To The U.s.a.

[1st verse:]
I've been on the go for a month or so
Now my heart begins to yearn
For the U.S.A. many miles away
And I'm anxious to return
I have been around, covered lots of ground
But it don't appeal to me
Seeing sights abroad is an awful fraud
I'm as homesick as can be
[Refrain:]
When I get back home again to the U.S.A.
In the land of peace and freedom I intend to stay
Somehow I never feel at home when I'm away from there, anywhere
No other nation in this creation would ever do for me
I guess I'm cranky 'cause I'm a yankee but then I'm proud to be
On the pier you'll hear me shouting 'Hip, Hip, Hooray'
When I get back to the U.S.A.
[2nd verse:]
There is not a thing in the song I sing
That has not been sung before
It's a story old that has oft been told
In a thousand songs or more
But when I salaam to my Uncle Sam
In the good old U.S.A.
It is not because I would ask applause
But because I feel that way
[Refrain is sung in counterpoint to 'My Country 'Tis of Thee':]
My country! 'tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
Of thee I sing
Land where my fathers died
Land of the pilgrim's pride
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring

Top Irving Berlin, My Tambourine Girl

[Verse:]
I'm in love with a beautiful maid
Sweet as a girl could be
Out in Flanders she came to my aid
A Salvation lassie is she
Strange to say I'd met her before
In the city's mad whirl
'Ere we thought of going to war
I called her my tambourine girl
[Refrain:]
I met her on Broadway
With a tambourine in her hand
'Follow on, follow on'
Was her solemn cry to the passersby
I wanted to tell her
But I feared she'd not understand
I bid a fond goodbye to her then
One day in France I met her again
And I told her that I loved her
Out in no man's land

Top Irving Berlin, What The Well-Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear

[As sung in film:]
[Verse:]
There's a change in fashion that shows
In those Lenox Avenue clothes
Mister Dude has disappeared with his flashy tie
You'll see in the Harlem Esquire
What the well-dressed man will desire
When he's struttin' down the street with his sweetie-pie
[Refrain:]
Sun tan, shade of green
Or an olive drab color scheme
That's what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear
Dressed up in O.D.'s
With a tin hat for overseas
That's what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear
Top hat, white tie and tails no more
They've been put away till after the war
If you want to know
Take a look at Brown Bomber Joe
That's what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear

Top Irving Berlin, What Is Love?

[1st verse:]
Love, Love
Won't you come out from your hiding place
Let me see a trace of your hidden face
Love, Love
Wrapped in your mantle of mystery
Makes me ponder, ponder and wonder what you may be
[Refrain:]
What is love?
Is it gladness? Or a form of sadness?
Or a sign of madness?
Should we meet face to face
Will it frighten me? Kindly enlighten me
What is love?
I keep guessing whether it's a blessing
Or a thing distressing
Should it come to me
What will it prove to be
When I'm head and heels in love?
[2nd verse:]
Love, Love
Out of the darkness, I call to thee
Won't you let me see what you hold for me
Love, Love
I want to have you within my reach
For I'm yearning just to be learning the things you teach

Top Irving Berlin, What Does It Matter

[1st verse:]
Troubles and worries may darken the day
Shadows may frighten the sunshine away
Winds may blow over the land and sea
But as long as there's you and there's me
[Refrain:]
What does it matter if the sun won't shine
'Long as you are mine
What does it matter?
What does it matter if the clouds appear
'Long as you are near
What does it matter?
Life is never one sweet song
Things are liable to go wrong
What does it matter 'long as I love you
And you love me too
What does it matter?
[2nd verse:]
Morning may wake us with unpleasant news
Things may go wrong, just as wrong as they choose
Skies may be cloudy or skies may be blue
But as long as there's me and there's you

Top Irving Berlin, What Does He Look Like

[Verse:]
Johnny Doughboy overseas filled with pride and joy
Stopping everyone he meets and shouting 'It's a boy'
[Refrain:]
What does he look like, that boy of mine?
Since the news came I can't get him off my mind
Does he resemble his homely dad?
Does he look like the girl that I left behind?
Bring on the Germans and bring on the Japs
Bring on the first who you can find
One for the rascal I haven't seen
And one for the girl that I left behind

Top Irving Berlin, Wait Until You're Married

[Father's Refrain:]
You must wait
Until you're married
If you want
A happy life
If you want to know what bliss is
You must save your kisses
Till you're married, married
Till you become a wife
[Daughter's Verse:]
No more pig-tails, no more toys
I'm old enough to play with boys
No more school books, I'm all set
For the kisses that I haven't had yet
[Daughter's counterpoint Refrain:]
I can't wait till I'm married to unwrap my many charms
I can't wait till I'm married to be lost in someone's arms
I can't wait for those kisses till I take that marriage vow
I can't wait until I'm married, I want a little love right now

Top Irving Berlin, What Can You Do With A General

[Verse:]
When the war was over, why, there were jobs galore
For the G.I. Josephs who were in the war
But for generals things were not so grand
And it's not so hard to understand
[Refrain:]
What can you do with a general
When he stops being a general?
Oh, what can you do with a general who retires?
Who's got a job for a general
When he stops being a general?
They all get a job but a general no one hires
They fill his chest with medals while he's across the foam
And they spread the crimson carpet when he comes marching home
The next day someone hollers when he comes into view
'Here comes the general' and they all say 'General who?'
They're delighted that he came
But they can't recall his name
Nobody thinks of assigning him
When they stop wining and dining him
It seems this country never has enjoyed
So many one and two and three and four star generals
Unemployed

Top Irving Berlin, We're On Our Way To France

[1st verse:]
All is ready so just hold steady
We'll soon be going to the pier
No more waiting or hesitating
The time to sail is here
Bye-bye mothers and all the others
Who'll come to shed a little tear
Don't cry
Bye-bye
Give us a parting cheer
[Refrain:]
We're on our way to France
There's not a minute to spare
That's why
For when the Yanks advance
You bet we wanna be there
Goodbye
[2nd verse:]
Old Hoboken is bent and broken
From soldiers marching on her pier
While you slumber, a great big number
Of soldiers disappear
To the millions of brave civilians
That we are leaving over here
We say
Day day
Give us a parting cheer

Top Irving Berlin, We'll Never Know

[1st verse:]
After all these years I can't forget
The happiness that I once knew
Maybe there's a spark that's burning yet
And filling me with thoughts of you
Gone is the treasure we found and let go
Was it worth keeping? We never will know
[Refrain:]
There might have been a sky of blue for me and you
We'll never know
There might have been a garden, too, where roses grew
We'll never know
We might have built a castle high
For you were young and so was I
But we just kissed and said 'Goodbye'
And so
We'll never know
[2nd verse:]
Maybe we had found the thing we sought
And maybe it was worth the cost
Leaving it behind without a thought
What happiness we might have lost
Maybe the rose that we covered with snow
Wanted to blossom, we never will know

Top Irving Berlin, We Saw The Sea

We joined the Navy to see the world
And what did we see? We saw the sea
We saw the Pacific and the Atlantic
But the Atlantic isn't romantic
And the Pacific isn't what it's cracked up to be
We joined the Navy to do or die
But we didn't do and we didn't die
We were much too busy looking at the ocean and the sky
And what did we see? We saw the sea
We saw the Atlantic and the Pacific
But the Pacific isn't terrific
And the Atlantic isn't what it's cracked up to be
They tell us that the Admiral
Is as nice as he can be
But we never see the Admiral
Because the Admiral has never been to sea
We joined the Navy to see the girls
And what did we see? We saw the sea
Instead of a girl or two in a taxi
We were compelled to look at the Black Sea
Seeing the Black Sea isn't what it's cracked up to be
Sailing, sailing home again
To see the girls upon the village green
Then across the foam again
To see the other seas we haven't seen
We owe the Navy an awful lot
For they taught us how to do the Sailor's Hornpipe
And they showed us how to tie a sailor's knot
But more than that, they showed us the sea
We never get seasick sailing the ocean
We don't object to feeling the motion
We're never seasick but we are awful sick of sea

Top Irving Berlin, We Made The Doughnuts Over There

We're the girls who made the doughnuts
For the doughboys over there
And they tell us that the doughnuts
Were life savers everywhere
Follow on and we'll help you
When there's trouble about
For a man may be down but he's never out

Top Irving Berlin, Was There Ever A Pal Like You?

[1st verse:]
Mother dear, it's lonely here without you
Days and nights are long, ev'rything goes wrong
All I seem to do is think about you
Dearest friend I knew
Oh, how I miss you
[Refrain:]
Was there ever a pal like you?
Was there ever a gal like you?
You taught me the right from the wrong way
You showed me the short from the long way
Was there ever a flow'r that grew
Half as pure as your heart so true?
They needed an angel in Heaven
So they sent for a pal like you
[2nd verse:]
Mother dear, my love for you grows dearer
Dearer day by day since you went away
Ev'ry day an angel draws us nearer
Just a while and then
We will meet again

Top Irving Berlin, Waiting At The End Of The Road

[Verse:]
Weary of roaming on, yearning to see the dawn
Counting the hours till I can lay down my load
Weary but I don't mind, knowing that soon I'll find
Peace and contentment at the end of the road
[1st refrain:]
The way is long, the night is dark
But I don't mind 'cause a happy lark
Will be singing at the end of the road
I can't go wrong, I must go right
I'll find my way 'cause a guiding light
Will be shining at the end of the road
There may be thorns in my path
But I'll wear a smile
'Cause in a little while
My path will be roses
The rain may fall from up above
But I won't stop 'cause the ones I love
Will be waiting at the end of the road
[Additional lyrics as sung in film (more or less):]
I seem to roam through a field
That is snowy white
And through the silent night
A banjo is strumming
[???] come back, I roam no more
A mammy's heart and a cabin door
Will be open at the end of the road
You'll hear that old Devil say
'Come on down below'
But you just let him know
You're heading for Heaven
Come on and climb the Golden Stairs
And all your troubles and all your cares
Will be over at the end of the road

Top Irving Berlin, Virginia Lou

[1st verse:]
I'm writing her a letter
To Virginia where I met her
And believe me I'll feel better
When she knows I'm coming home
My heart will cease it's aching
If God grants tomorrow's waking
A train I will be taking to my own
Let me hear a Southern tune
For I'm going back to Virginia soon
[Refrain:]
Virginia Lou
I'm coming home to you
Because I'm lonesome and blue
All through and through
Southern jokes and Southern folks
Are good enough for me too
If they're for you
If I remain
I'll go insane
I'm waiting now to bless the train
That carries me back to old Virginia
Lou, Lou
I'm coming home to you
Virginia Lou
[2nd verse:]
If Southern blood flows in yer
Take a map of old Virginia
Look 'er over and then kin yer
Help but say that none compare
The map is bound to find yer
Weeping tears of joy that blind yer
If you left one behind yer, waiting there
Pretty gals there's quite a few
But there's only one Virginia Lou

Top Irving Berlin, Until I Fell In Love With You

[1st verse:]
Come over closer, my dear
Come over here
I've a confession to make
Long before I met you
I have loved quite a few
There have been many sweet girls I cared for
Tho' 'twas all long ago
It's only fair you should know
[Refrain:]
I loved a lovely girl in London
I loved a peach in Spain
I used to pet a brunette while in gay Paree
I was fond of a blonde while in Germany
While in Japan I met a Geisha
I thought I loved her too
I've loved a diff'rent girl in ev'ry land
I've sampled kisses, dear, of ev'ry brand
But I never really fell in love, dear
Until I fell in love with you
[2nd verse:]
I'm very glad you confessed
Tho' I'd have guessed
You're only human, dear boy
Don't you worry, my dear
There is nothing to fear
Ev'ryone flirts till they meet the right one
It is all in the game
I have been doing the same

Top Irving Berlin, This Is A Great Country

[Verse:]
Patriotism has gone out of fashion
We seem to think our patriotic days are dead
We used to sing of our homeland with passion
But now we seem to shy away from it instead
I think it's time to hit the nail right on the head
[Refrain:]
This is a great country, a great country
So let's shout it clear and loud
Take a look in your hist'ry book
And you'll see why we should be proud
Hats off to America
The home of the free and the brave
If this is flag waving, flag waving
Do you know of a better flag to wave?

Top Irving Berlin, Try It On Your Piano

[1st verse:]
Benjamin Manner played a grand piano
And he cert'nly played it fine
Played the piano all the time
Like a reg'lar Rubinstein
Sunday he called around to see Miss Lucy Brown
And said 'My darling pet
I have found a new way to make love
That hasn't been discovered yet
Won't you let me show you how?'
But Miss Lucy cried 'not now':
[Refrain:]
Try it on your piano grand
I don't care to understand
B or I flat, C or Y flat
Try it hon' but not in my flat
While I don't doubt that what you say is true
I'm not taking chances with some love that's new
So Mister Manner, try it on your piano
But you can't try it on me
[2nd verse:]
Benjamin Manner sold his grand piano
And became a doctor fair
One who cures your pain and care
He was known most ev'rywhere
Lucy took sick one day, he called around to say
'I've brought with me a pill
It's a new discovery of my own
That surely ought to cure or kill
It has never yet been tried'
But Miss Lucy loudly cried:
[2nd refrain:]
Try it on your piano grand
I don't care to understand
B or I flat
C or Y flat
Try it hon' but not in my flat
Give me Peruna for my ev'ry pain
For he who takes that will live to take again
So try your brand up on a baby grand
Because you can't try it on me

Top Irving Berlin, Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much

Maybe it's because I love you too much
Maybe that is why you love me so little
Maybe when I answered, yes
Maybe I became a bore
Maybe if I loved you less
Maybe you would love me more
Maybe it's because I've kissed you too much
Maybe that is why my kiss means so little
Maybe with a love so great and a love so small
Maybe I'll be left with no love at all

Top Irving Berlin, Top Hat White Tie And Tails

I just got an invitation through the mails:
"your presence requested this evening, it’s formal
A top hat, a white tie and tails"
Nothing now could take the wind out of my sails
Because I’m invited to step out this evening
With top hat, white tie and tails
I’m puttin’ on my top hat
Tyin’ up my white tie
Brushin’ off my tails
I’m dudein’ up my shirt front
Puttin’ in the shirt studs
Polishin’ my nails
I’m steppin’ out, my dear
To breathe an atmosphere that simply reeks with class
And I trust that you’ll excuse my dust when I step on the gas
For I’ll be there
Puttin’ down my top hat
Mussin’ up my white tie
Dancin’ in my tails

Top Irving Berlin, To My Mammy

[Verse:]
Mammy mine, there's a light divine
In your eyes that shines for me
And that light tells me I'm all right
Though the world may not agree
Whatever they say or do
I know how I stand with you
[1st refrain:]
Who cares what the world may say?
No matter what comes my way
I'm everything
To my mammy
And who cares if I lose the race?
No matter who takes my place
I'm still the king
To my mammy
How much does she love me? I'll tell you no lie
How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?
Who cares if my friends have gone?
You'll find me still holding on
'Cause I can cling
To my mammy
[2nd refrain:]
Who cares if the people shout
I'm nothing to rave about?
I'm everything
To my mammy
And who cares if the future shows
I may be in beggar's clothes?
I'm still the king
To my mammy
The crowd disapproving won't hurt me because
My mammy still loves me and that's my applause
Who cares if they say I'm through?
Someday when my song won't do
I still can sing
To my mammy

Top Irving Berlin, Through A Keyhole

[Verse:]
My mother was frightened by
A snoopy neighbor who poked his eye
Through mother's keyhole and that is why
I am what I am today
The man who looks through the keyholes along Broadway
My job is to be alert
And get the lowdown on all the dirt
The dirt that gathers on Broadway's skirt
For that's how I earn my pay
The man who looks through the keyholes along Broadway
[1st refrain:]
Would you like to take a look through a keyhole?
If you'd like to get the in on the latest bit of sin, have a look
Life is like an open book through a keyhole
If you wonder what occurs 'ere the lady gets her furs, have a look
Angry people who think they're tough
Start to threaten but that's a bluff
They may holler but they won't stuff up their keyhole
So come on and have a look through a keyhole
If you'd like to get a view, view of who is cheating who, have a look
[2nd refrain:]
So come on and have a look through a keyhole
If you want to see New York getting ready for the stork, have a look
Life is like an open book through a keyhole
If you want to get a load of the husband on the road, have a look
Lovely ladies of ev'ry kind
Think they're safe when they pull the blind
I see just what is on their mind through a keyhole
So come on and have a look through a keyhole
If you'd really like to know how she got into the show, have a look

Top Irving Berlin, This Time / Dressed Up To Win

[As sung in film:]
[Verse:]
'Twas not so long ago we sailed to meet the foe
And thought our fighting days were done
We thought 'twas over then but now we're in again
To win the war that wasn't won
[Refrain:]
This time, we will all make certain
That this time is the last time
This time, we will not say 'Curtain'
Till we ring it down in their own home town
For this time, we are out to finish
The job we started then
Clean it up for all time this time
So we won't have to do it again
Dressed up to win
We're dressed up to win
Dressed up for victory
We are just beginning
And we won't stop winning
Till the world is free
[Coda:]
We'll fight to the finish this time
And we'll never have to do it again

Top Irving Berlin, This Is The Life

[1st verse:]
Farmer Brown came to town
Started to take in the sights
Cabarets, swell cafes
Took up most of his nights
After seven days or so
After seeing ev'ry show
After meeting May and Flo
Farmer Brown remarked
[Refrain:]
I love the cows and chickens
But this is the life, this is the life!
I love to raise the dickens!
While I'm Cabareting
Where the band is playing
I love the homemade cider
But I'd rather have wine
No more picking berries
Me for cocktail cherries!
This is the life, this is the life, this is the life for mine
[2nd verse:]
Missus Brown, out of town
Wrote to her husband and said
'Please come home, I'm alone!'
When her letter, he read
Farmer Brown took off his coat
Sat right down and then he wrote
To his wife a little note
This is what he said:

Top Irving Berlin, They're On Their Way To Mexico

[1st verse:]
They're gettin' ready
They're gettin' ready
We've had a row and now they're going to war
They've got their orders
To sail the waters
With heavy heart they start for a foreign shore
They're not excited
They're just delighted
To go and shake them, make them stand up and roar
Like they never did before
[Refrain:]
They're on their way to Mexico
Just see those Yankee fighters, foe exciters
Gettin' ready to go
They're on their way to win the day
Just take a look at those Yankee brothers
Waving to their grey hair'd mothers
Goodbye, they're leaving
Goodbye, stop grieving
Don't cry, they're glad to go
They'll make them run like a herd of cattle
They'll know they've had some battle
Way down in Mexico
[2nd verse:]
Come over near them
Come on and cheer them
They've got a right to fight this battle because
They've been invited
To go and fight it
And so they're in to win and they'll never pause
Until they take 'em
And then they'll make 'em
With head erect, respect America's laws
Give three cheers for them because

Top Irving Berlin, They Were All Out Of Step But Jim

[1st verse:]
Jimmy's mother went to see her son
Marching along on parade
In his uniform and with his gun
What a lovely picture he made
She came home that ev'ning
Filled up with delight
And to all the neighbors
She would yell with all her might
[Refrain:]
Did you see my little Jimmy marching
With the soldiers up the avenue?
There was Jimmy just as stiff as starch
Like his Daddy on the seventeenth of March
Did you notice all the lovely ladies
Casting their eyes on him?
Away he went
To live in a tent
Over in France with his regiment
Were you there, and tell me, did you notice?
They were all out of step but Jim
[2nd verse:]
That night little Jimmy's father stood
Buying the drinks for the crowd
You could tell that he was feeling good
He was talking terribly loud
Twenty times he treated
My! but he was dry
When his glass was empty
He would treat again and cry
[Alternate Lines In 2nd refrain:]
It made me glad
To gaze at the lad
Lord help the Kaiser if he's like his Dad

Top Irving Berlin, They Love Me

[Verse:]
Oh! What a trip
What a wonderful trip
And to think that I was worried
At the start of the trip
I must confess that I was filled with doubt
But there was really nothing to worry about
[1st refrain:]
They love me, they love me
I'm welcome everywhere with open arms
They love me, they love me
I never knew I had so many charms
In Pakistan they took me sailing on a lovely lake
In India they let me see a mongoose kill a snake
Because they love me, they love me
And they want me to come back again
[2nd refrain:]
They love me, they love me
In Tokyo they think that I'm a dream
They claimed me and named me
'America's Ambassador Supreme'
They always have a banquet on the day that I arrive
In Borneo they made me eat an octopus alive
Because they love me, they love me
And they want me to come back again
[3rd refrain:]
They love me, they love me
With every place I visit it's the same
They meet me and greet me
With every kind of present you can name
A chieftain in New Guinea with his forehead painted red
Presented me with a poison arrow and a shrunken head
Because they love me, oh they love me
And they want me to come back again
[3rd refrain:]
They love me, they love me
I smile when I'm presented with a key
In Thailand 'twas my land
I spent a happy day from two to three
The day I left Arabia my seat was full of bumps
They made me ride a camel where I sat between the humps
Because they love me, they love me
And they want me to come back
They want me to come back
They want me to come back again

Top Irving Berlin, They Like Ike

[1st verse:]
The presidential year will soon be drawing near
The people soon will choose their fav'rite son
I wonder what they'll do in Nineteen fifty-two
I wonder who they'll send to Washington
[1st refrain:]
They like Ike
And Ike is good on a mike
They like Ike
-But Ike says he don't wanna
That makes Ike
The kind o' feller they like
And what's more
They seem to think he's gonna
-But Harry won't get out
-They're in for plenty of fights
-Harry won't get out
-He's got squatter's rights
But there's Ike
And Ike is good on a mike
And they know
The votes that he can carry
-But don't forget there's Harry
But they like Ike
[2nd verse:]
They won't take Saltonstall and Stassen's chance is small
The same would go for Vandenberg and Taft
And Dewey's right in line with William Jennings Bryan
There isn't anyone that they can draft
[2nd refrain:]
They like Ike
And Ike is good on a mike
They like Ike
-But Ike says he won't take it
That makes Ike
The kind o' feller they like
And what's more
They seem to think he'll make it
-But Harry's on the ground
-And should Republicans win
-When they come around
-He won't let them in
If it's Ike
Your Chief can get on his bike
And his things
A moving van will carry
-They can't do that to Harry!
But they like Ike
[3rd verse:]
For nearly twenty years we've had the people's cheers
The Democrats continue to advance
Of course, they could arrange to make a sudden change
But no one's 'round who seems to have a chance
[3rd refrain:]
They like Ike
And Ike is good on a mike
They like Ike
-But Ike says he's not bidding
That makes Ike
The kind o' feller they like
And what's more
They seem to think he's kidding
-But Harry won't consent
-They'll get a sock on the jaw
-Republican President?
-That's against the law
If it's Ike
Your Chief can go on a hike
And we boys
Will see he doesn't tarry
-Please don't do that to Harry!
But they like Ike
[4th verse:]
With your permission, sir, we're anxious to confer
And we would like to do it privately
Go on and make your crack, I'll even turn my back
But if you're speaking of the G.O.P.
[4th refrain:]
They like Ike
And Ike is good on a mike
They like Ike
-But Ike says he'll reject it
That makes Ike
The kind o' feller they like
And what's more
They think he'll be elected
-But Harry won't give in
-Defeat he'll never admit
-No one else can win
-He won't stand for it
If it's Ike
Your Chief can get on his bike
Two years more
The month of January
-They can't do that to Harry!
But they like Ike
[5th verse:]
It seems that ev'ry Spring they all approach the ring
And cockily keep throwing in their hats
They always lose but then they come right back again
And some of them come back as Democrats
[5th refrain:]
They like Ike
And Ike is good on a mike
They like Ike
-But Ike says he don't choose to
That makes Ike
The kind o' feller they like
And what's more
They know he won't refuse to
-But Harry is content
-To stay there living in peace
-The people pay the rent
-You can't break his lease
If it's Ike
Your Chief can go on a strike
And we boys
Will hand his hat to Harry
-You can't do that to Harry!
But they like Ike

Top Irving Berlin, Look Out For The Bolsheviki Man

[Verse:]
Far across the ocean blue
There's a dang'rous boogy boo
He'll be after me and you
Bye and bye
He's as bad as he can be
When I spell his name you'll see
B-O-L-S-H-E-V-I-K-I
[Refrain:]
Look out for the Bolsheviki man
You can tell him any place by the whiskers on his face
He's a slippery fellow from Russia
Seeking fortune and fame
Be careful of his game
It's full of 'bull' just like his name
So, look out for the Bolsheviki man
To the speeches that he makes tie a little can
He hasn't got a single sou
And he wants to share it all with you
Look out! Look out!
For the Bolsheviki Man

Top Irving Berlin, They Call It Dancing

[Verse:]
Years ago when I was just a wee little thing
A man never squeezed a girl till she got the ring
They were both engaged before the boy took a chance
But now all he has to do is ask her to dance
[1st refrain:]
They call it dancing, you see them cuddled up tight
They're only dancing so ev'rything is all right
Until the midnight cabaret closes
You can see he and she rubbing noses
She calls him 'Mister' They're only friends it appears
And then he'll twist her like they've been married for years
A man can squeeze all the she's
With his arms and his knees
And they call it dancing, that's all
[2nd refrain:]
They call it dancing, you see them cuddled up tight
They're only dancing so ev'rything is all right
Until the midnight cabaret closes
You can see he and she rubbing noses
If it's a ballroom she doesn't mind his embrace
But in a hallroom she'd slap him right in the face
A man can grab someone's wife
Have the time of his life
And they call it dancing, that's all

Top Irving Berlin, They Always Follow Me Around

[1st verse:]
There must be something nice about me
Because the girls can't do without me
I refuse them but can't lose them
They always follow me
I never dare to go out riding
I've always got to keep in hiding
I'm a chappy most unhappy
Just because the girls
[Refrain:]
They follow me around, all around, all around
Follow me around, all around, all around
I don't know why they hound me, surround me
Where ever I may be I can see two or three
Ev'ry other she wants to be on my knee
And any time they find me
They drag along behind me
It keeps me dodging in hallways
Because they always follow me around
[2nd verse:]
I'm followed by young girls good looking
And even cooks who do their cooking
Leave their stoves and come in droves
Demanding my autograph
The matinee I play on Wednesday
Is what I've nick-named 'My Old Hen's Day'
Each old maid is on parade
And when they see me come

Top Irving Berlin, There's Something Nice About The South

[Verse:]
I've been a traveling chap
Traveled all over the map
From London to Jamaica
Where they make the ginger snap
I've seen America through
Right down to Kalamazoo
And talking 'bout America
Let me say to you
[Refrain:]
There's something nice about the South
A paradise is 'way down South
It seems that nowadays
They love to sing it's praise
A song of Dixie lingers in ev'ry singer's mouth
There's something sweet about their ways
The girls you meet are oh! so diff'rent
Tennessee, Florida, Alabam'
Fav'rite children of Uncle Sam
There's something nice about the South

Top Irving Berlin, There's A Girl In Havana

[1st verse:]
I'm in love with you but I'll admit I've told the same tale o'er
To a lot of girls but I'll admit, 'twas never meant before
Like ev'ry boy, I've loved a few, 'tis true
But never with a love I feel for you
So I think for future happiness
My past I should confess
[Refrain:]
There's a girl in Havana
There's a girl in Savannah
I've wooed a few sweet girlies who
I promised to be true to
But then I never knew, dear
That I'd ever meet you, dear
So let's forget the girls I met
Before I met you
[2nd verse:]
If a fellow says he loves you and he's never said the same
To another girl, if you believe him, you're the one to blame
When love is true each thought you would confide
When love is true there's naught that you could hide
So to prove my love is not amiss
Is why I tell you this

Top Irving Berlin, There Are Two Eyes In Dixie

[1st verse:]
When I left the old folks
Down in Dixieland
From that very moment
I could understand
Why they put two I's in Dixie
When they spell that word
Here's the simple reason
It's the best you've ever heard
[Refrain:]
There are two I's in Dixie
D-I-X-I-E
Two eyes in Dixie
Always watching me
And while I'm straying
By day and night
They keep on saying
'Turn to the right'
Makes no diff'rence where I wander
Or where I happen to be
I simply can't go wrong
Because the whole day long
There are two eyes in Dixie watching me
[2nd verse:]
Ev'ry night you'll find me
With a pen in hand
Writing them a letter
Down in Dixieland
I can see two eyes in Dixie
Reading what I write
And I ask their blessing
When I say my pray'rs each night

Top Irving Berlin, The Whistling Rag

[1st verse:]
Alexander Johnson had a music ear
He could whistle any tune he'd ever hear
Couldn't sing or hum, he was good as dumb
When it came to singing, but you bet he could whistle some
Liza heard him whistling a ragtime air
'Me for you,' she whispered to him then and there
Now he can't decline, be it rain or shine
Liza keeps a-shouting all the time
[Refrain:]
Honey, whistle that whistling rag [whistle]
Fill your lungs with that whistling drag
Blessings upon the fairy who revealed my black canary
Honey, I can't reply, just 'cause my lips are dry
So, honey, whistle that whistling rag [whistle]
That's the whistling rag
[2nd verse:]
Alexander whistled till he caught a cold
Pretty soon the fever got a stranglehold
Doctor shook his head, looked at him and said
'Cut the whistle out,' the doctor shouted, 'And stay in bed'
Liza heard the doctor and began to shout
'Doctor, if you're goin' to cut the whistle out
Won't you kindly wait e'er it's too late?
Let me say before you operate'

Top Irving Berlin, Let's Go West Again

Let's go west again
I won't rest again
Till we're west again, you and I
Let's go back where the skies are seldom gray
Where the sun goes the end of ev'ry day
Let's return again
How I yearn again
To return again, you and I
Don't forget there was someone who knew best
Said 'Go west, young man, go west'

Top Irving Berlin, The Washington Square Dance

Square dance
The Washington Square dance
Republicans make up with the Democrats
Show those foreign diplomats
That you dare dance
The Washington Square dance
No matter which side you're on or where you stand
Take your partner by the hand
And each pair dance
The Washington Square dance
The theme is a get-together policy
Show your friends across the sea
It's a fair dance
The Washington Square dance
The rules are the same as cricket, golf or squash
No fair cheatin' 'cause the Wash-
-ington Square dance is square
-Bow to your partners, bow to your corners
Dance till your cheeks are red as a rose
But try not to step on your partner's toes
-Now, duck for the oyster, dig for the clam
Duck for the oyster, dig for the clam
But do your diggin' for Uncle Sam
-One for the money, two for the show
One for the money, two for the show
Three to make ready for Uncle Joe
-Republicans over to the right
-Democrats over to the left
The left meet the right and don't explode
Try to find the middle of the road
And square dance, the Washington Square dance
Be careful, you'll have to watch your step, by gosh!
No round heels because the Wash-
-ington Square dance is square

Top Irving Berlin, The Waltz Of Long Ago

[Verse:]
Jazz dancing nowadays does not appeal to me
I never cared about the jazzy melody
I'd love to dance around a while
But my kind of dance is out of style
[Refrain:]
I love to dance the dreamy waltz
Of long ago
When grand-mama and grand-papa
Were girl and beau
I can see them there dancing
Such a happy pair romancing
While gliding o'er
The ballroom floor
To the waltz of long ago

Top Irving Berlin, The Voice Of Belgium

[1st verse:]
There's a land where hearts are aching and eyes are wet with tears
It's the land where hearts start breaking when the smoke of battle clears
There's a voice that seems to haunt me when the shades of night appear
'Tis the mournful voice of Belgium ringing in my ear
[Refrain:]
I hear the voice of Belgium calling far across the sea
I speak of wives and mothers waiting patiently
I hear the cries of children praying, sad as they could be
I can hear them say, 'Please, send my Daddy back to me'
[2nd verse:]
Hear a voice that rings with sorrow, it mournfully imparts
That the news of each tomorrow means a thousand broken hearts
See a hand stretch'd out for mercy with a plea to every man
'Tis the call for help from Belgium - answer, if you can

Top Irving Berlin, The Syncopated Walk

[1st verse:]
Strange, but there's a change
In how the people walk these days
Yes! you must confess
That ever since the dancing craze
Ev'rybody has a syncopated walk
Where it's in the air
You'll find them swaying as they go
Smile but all the while
You must admit that it is so
For they do, they do
If you don't think it's true
[Refrain:]
Look at 'em doin' it! Look at 'em doin' it!
That syncopated walk
Look at 'em doin' it! Look at 'em doin' it!
I know who introduced it
Wait'll he reaches you
Wait'll he teaches you
That syncopated walk
You'll be doing it too
Because it's done by ev'ryone
You'll find it's international
That irrational step
It's full of 'Pep', full of 'Pep'
And in the morning when they rise
For their morning exercise
They take a syncopated walk
[2nd verse:]
Say what e'er you may
It's in the air without a doubt
You will do it too
Before you know what you're about
You'll be walking with a syncopated walk
Don't you say you won't
Because you don't know what you say
Friend, you can depend
That it will strike you some fine day
E'er you know you'll go
If you don't think it's so

Top Irving Berlin, The Sterling Silver Moon

[Music and lyrics later revised as 'Mandy' (1919)]
[Verse:]
I was strolling out one evening 'neath the sterling silver moon
I could hear somebody singing a familiar tune
So I stopped a while to listen
Not a word I wanted to miss
It was just somebody serenading something like this
[Refrain:]
Mandy
Sweeter than a bushel of candy
Don't you know the summer is dandy
For a sterling silver spoon?
My pretty Mandy
Don't you know the parson is handy?
Come and talk it over with Andy
'Neath the sterling silver moon

Top Irving Berlin, The Song Of The Metronome

Listen to the song of the metronome
Tick - tock, tick - tock
Simple little song of the metronome
Tick - tock, tick - tock
Listen to it telling you that life is sublime
Life is sublime if you just take your time
Just keep in time to the song of the metronome
Listen to it tick-tock an even beat
Tick - tock, tick - tock
Beating out a warning to anxious feet
Tick - tock, tick - tock
Telling you a turtle had a race with a hare
And at the finish the turtle was there
Keeping in time with the song of the metronome
Tick - tock, tick - tock
You may be passed
Tick - tock, tick - tock
But you will last
Better to be late than to not arrive
Tick - tock, tick - tock
Four o'clock is gone but you still have five
Tick - tock, tick - tock
When your day is over you'll be up on the shelf
So, brother, don't run away with yourself
Don't run away from the song of the metronome

Top Irving Berlin, The Law Must Be Obeyed

[1st verse:]
Do you know just who we are
If you don't, look at that star
We're the Constabules
And we're no darned fools
There are speeders in the town
And we're here to run them down
They ran like the dickens
And they killed four chickens
That belonged to Farmer Brown
We've got a darned good clue
The car was painted blue
[Refrain:]
We're the county sheriffs
And the law must be obeyed
When they speed in an automobile
You can hear us holler, 'Whoa, Bill'
Any time we catch them
There's a fine that must be paid
So we must arrest those gents
The jail house needs a fence
It'll cost us sixty cents
So the law must be obeyed
[2nd verse:]
We will catch them yet, by heck!
If it makes us both a wreck
When we do, you bet
They'll be all upset
There was one that wore a cap
Like a gosh darned sporty chap
No doubt from the city
'Cause a gal quite pretty
Was a-sittin' on his lap
Don't be one bit surprised
You may find us disguised

Top Irving Berlin, The Secret Service

[1st refrain:]
The secret service makes me nervous
When I am dating they are waiting to observe us
When I get ready to hold steady for the kiss you plant
The secret service makes me nervous and I can't
They're always spying, no denying
They're always peeping, gumshoe creeping, private eye-ing
When I'm beginning to give-inning like a maiden aunt
The secret service makes me nervous and I can't
I've been exposed beyond control
Just like a goldfish in a bowl
The President's daughter must drink water
No drink of Scotch, she might do what she hadn't oughter
When I'm ignited, so excited that I start to pant
The secret service makes me nervous
When my lamps are lit and I say 'This is it!'
The secret service makes me nervous and I can't
[2nd refrain:]
The secret service makes me nervous
Those White House 'dicks' get all their kicks when they observe us
Just as I wind up, make my mind up not to say 'I won't'
The secret service makes me nervous and I don't
When things look rosy they get nosy
They'll say there's 'tootsie' playing 'footsie' very cosy
My pulse goes higher, I'm on fire, shaking at the knees
The secret service makes me nervous and I freeze
Whatever I may do or say
Will be reported the next day
They don't see clearly when I'm merely being courted
When I'm just necking, simply pecking with a 'Cary Grant'
They stand behind me to remind me
Who and what I am when I don't give a damn
The secret service makes me nervous and I can't

Top Irving Berlin, The Road That Leads To Love

[1st verse:]
Once a boy met a man who was famous
Filled with envy the boy sadly sighed
'Oh, how happy I'd be
If such fame smiled on me'
Then the famous man replied
[Refrain:]
The road that leads to fortune and fame
Is paved with gold in your dreams
But after you've journeyed and reached your aim
It seldom is all that it seems
To have, to hold, to love and caress
Is all we can ask from above
For the road that leads to happiness
Is the road that leads to love
[2nd verse:]
On the highway of love ev'ry milestone
Is an Angel from Heaven above
All the world will be bright
If you turn to the right
To the road that leads to love

Top Irving Berlin, The Ragtime Razor Brigade

[Verse:]
Did you hear of the razor brigade?
Of the big reputation they've made?
Ever since they came to France
They've been used in ev'ry advance
They are noted for capturing Huns
And they never go in with their guns
When the Captain takes his stand
He gives them this command:
[Refrain:]
Take your trusty razor by the hand
Lead him gently into No-Man's Land
Keep a-dancing while advancing
And the first Hun that you meet
Hold up your razors
And cut off his retreat
They'll surrender when they see your blade
Razors make those German lads afraid
And when you bring your pris'ners back
You can make them ball the jack
And the world will say hip-hip-hooray
For the Ragtime Razor Brigade

Top Irving Berlin, The Policeman's Ball

[Verse:]
Tickets for one and all
For the Policeman's Ball
[Refrain:]
Fifty cents for a gent and his bundle
Will admit you to the Policeman's Ball
Fifty cents and you're all set to trundle
Arm in arm and dance all around the hall
Dancin' 'round, gettin' hot 'neath the collar
If it starts to wilt from the lack of starch
There'll be six you can buy for a dollar
And you'll have a spare for the big Grand March
All evening they'll be tripping the light fantastic
Watch their suspenders stretching the old elastic
Each dress'd up in a suit made of cotton
Patent leather shoes that are much too small
But who cares? That'll soon be forgotten
Dancing at the Policeman's Ball
[Coda:]
Come on let's go to the Policeman's Ball

Top Irving Berlin, The Piccolino

By the Adriatic waters
Venetian sons and daughters
Are strumming a new tune upon their guitars
It was written by a Latin
A gondolier who sat in
His home out in Brooklyn and gazed at the stars
He sent his melody
Across the sea
To Italy
And we know
They wrote some words to fit
That catchy bit
And christened it
The Piccolino
And we know that it's the reason
Why everyone this season
Is strumming and humming a new melody
Come to the casino
And hear them play the Piccolino
Dance with your bambino
To the strains of the catchy Piccolino
Drink your glass of vino
And when you've had your plate of scalopino
Make them play the Piccolino
The catchy Piccolino
And dance to the strains of that new melody
The Piccolino

Top Irving Berlin, The Passion Flower

Once a human rose was born
But she grew to be a thorn
Piercing hearts of loving men
One will never love again
He who died won't feel the loss
She must live and bear the cross
Fortune holds a tearful hour
For him who'd love the passion flower
Passion flower, the fates have spoken
You alone must pay the cost
Passion flower, your heart is broken
Aching for the one you loved and lost
But Angel hands are ever mending
Broken hearts within their power
Heaven holds a happy ending
For a lonely passion flower

Top Irving Berlin, The Only Dance I Know (Song For Belly Dancer)

[Verse:]
My youth was spent in the Orient
Where they never taught me to waltz
You'd be surprised when I exercised
It was never done to a waltz
It was done like this
But never to a waltz
[1st refrain:]
In ancient Siam, women like I am
Indoors or on the street
No woman dances with her feet
Egyptian, Persian, only one version
No other stands a chance
Feet are for walking, not for dance
To an oriental fiddle,
You can see them shake their middle
The feet don't mean a thing
Middles are all they swing
Even an Egyptian mummy
Wiggles her tummy
Wiggles it so and so
That is the only dance I know
[2nd refrain:]
You don't need an Arthur Murray
Just a fringe that's on the surrey
Will satisfy your needs
Dancing between the beads
Everybody shake your torso
Sexy but more so
Shake it, come on, let's go
Let's do the only dance I know

Top Irving Berlin, The Near Future

[Man:]
How dry I am, how dry I am
It's plain to see just why I am
No alcohol in my highball
And that is why so dry I am
Waiter, Waiter
[Waiter:]
What do you want? What do you want?
[Man:]
I'm just as thirsty as can be
[Waiter:]
What'll you have? What'll you have?
[Man:]
Suggest a little drink for me
[Waiter:]
Of the very finest soft drinks we have all the best
[Man:]
I don't know a thing about them
What would you suggest?
[Waiter:]
Have a little Coca-Cola
Really, it's a lovely drink
Percy, Clarence, Reginald, too
They will recommend it to you
Have a little Coca-Cola
It's the very best I think
It isn't alcoholic but you can have a frolic
If you take enough to drink
[Man:]
They are much too dry
[Waiter:]
Then how'd you like to try
Sarsaparilla, try sarsaparilla
Sarsaparilla ought to do
Rockefeller drinks sarsaparilla
And what's good enough for Rockefeller
Is good enough for you
[Man:]
Go and tell John D
His drink won't do for me
[Waiter:]
Then have a little glass of grape juice
It's the only drink to buy
Really, it's fine, simply divine
It's recommended by William J. Bryan
Eve'rybody's drinking grape juice
Ever since the town went dry
I've heard them tell, sir
That grape juice and seltzer
Is just the little drink to try
[Man:]
That won't do, I'm afraid
[Waiter:]
Then try some lemonade
A little lemon, a little sugar
A little vichy and a straw
Makes the very nicest little drink you ever saw
You ought to buy one, come on and try one
For it's the finest drink that's made
Drinks like this'll wet your whistle
Have a glass of lemonade
[Man:]
That won't do I fear
I'd like a glass of beer
[Waiter:]
Then have some Bevo
Have a drink of Bevo
It's the grandest imitation that we know
If you care for beer, it's the drink you should pick
It tastes like lager but it hasn't got the kick
[Bevo Girl:]
Bevo, have a drink of Bevo
Though it hasn't got a punch up it's sleeve-o
[Waiter:]
Those who drink it insist that a Christian Scientist
Could easily come staggering home on Bevo
[Man:]
How dry I am, how dry I am
It's plain to see just why I am
Oh, how I call for alcohol
And that is why so dry I am
[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
I hear you calling me
I am the Spirit of Alcohol
For let me assure you one and all
I'm not dead, I'm only asleep
Some day I'll come back to you
[Chorus:]
We hope you do, we hope you do
[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
When your laws are not so blue
[Chorus:]
We hope you do, we hope you do
[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
When you give Prohibition your shoe
[Chorus:]
You bet your life we'll kick it
Because it's very wicked
[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
Say to Mister Temperance you're through
[Chorus:]
That's what we'll do, that's what we'll do
[The Spirit of Alcohol:]
I'll come back someday
With a hip, hip hooray
Until I do, I'll give to you
A little cocktail that is new

Top Irving Berlin, The Most Expensive Statue In The World

Citizens of New York, I greet you
With the hundred thousand dollar check
The money that my readers have contributed
For the pedestal of the statue
Citizens of New York, I greet you
With the news that soon our flag will be unfurled
On the most expensive statue in the world
-On the most expensive statue in the world
When it's finally installed, tell us, what will it be called?
-When it's finally installed, tell us, what will it be called?
When we finally install it
What's the diff'rence what we call it?
It's the best that money can buy
And will stand three hundred feet high
And I understand before we're through the cost may not be known
A hundred thousand dollars for the pedestal alone
And our flag will soon be unfurled
On the most expensive statue in the world
-On the most expensive statue in the world
When it finally is claimed, tell us, what will it be named?
-When it finally is claimed, tell us, what will it be named?
When at last we come to claim it
What's the diff'rence what we name it?
What's important is the expense
What it means in dollars and cents
From the French across the ocean it was sent to me and you
And now I'd like to call upon and hear a word or two
From our friend the French ambassador
Your honor, I speak not for my government but my people
For it is not my government but my people who give this statue
Creation of the genius of Bartholdi
May it arise in your harbor and give the light of
Liberty, equality, fraternity
Finally, when we install it, why don't we call it 'Liberty'?
'The Statue of Liberty'!
-'The Statue of Liberty'!
And the most expensive statue in the world!
-And the most expensive statue in the world!

Top Irving Berlin, The Monkey Doodle Doo!

[Verse:]
Monkeys upon a tree never are very blue
They never seem to be under par that is true
Not like the ones you see on a bar in the zoo
Monkeys upon a tree do the Monkey Doodle Doo
[Refrain:]
Oh, among the mangoes where the monkey gang goes
You can see them do
The little Monkey Doodle Doo
Oh, a little monkey playing on his one key
Gives them all the cue
To do the Monkey Doodle Doo
Let me take you by the hand
Over to the jungle band
If you're too old for dancing
Get yourself a monkey gland
And then let's
Go, my little dearie, there's the Darwin theory
Telling me and you
To do the Monkey Doodle Doo

Top Irving Berlin, The Minstrel Parade

[1st verse:]
It's eleven forty-five
Just as sure as you're alive
Just see those minstrel folks
Parading up the Avenue two by two
They've been billed all over town
Ev'ry one of them a clown
Why, I can hear them coming up the street
Honey, you better come down
[Refrain:]
Here they come, here they come
Marching to the big bass drum
Come and see those minstrels parade
In their costumes covered with braid
Hear those coons playing tunes
Like they should be played
From ev'ry dwelling
Folks will come
To hear them telling
Lots of funny riddles at the old town hall
One and all
Come on and watch the minstrel parade
[2nd verse:]
Get your tickets for the show
Oh, my honey, if you go
You'll know the reason why
A chicken goes across the street
It's a treat
Paint your face up with a smile
Get yourself rigged up in style
They're only here to play a one night stand
Honey, you better come down

Top Irving Berlin, The Lord Done Fixed Up My Soul

[Verse:]
I had a mammy for a nurse
When she could not be feeling worse
She'd take her troubles into church
And while the bells were ringing
She'd come out singing
[Refrain:]
The Lord done fixed up my eyes
I see Heaven way up there in the skies
Bless the Lord for fixin' my eyes
The Lord done fixed up my ears
I hear music like I ain't heard in years
Bless the Lord for fixin' my ears
The Lord done fixed up my heart
I got courage now
Ain't afraid somehow
The Lord done fixed up my soul
It was broken and the Lord made it whole
Bless the Lord for makin' my soul whole
Bless the Lord, bless the Lord, bless the Lord
[Patter:]
Down to the river, we'll go down to the river
And we'll wash our sins away
Down to the river and we'll ask the Forgiver
For his praise on Judgment Day
And we'll bless our Lord and say

Top Irving Berlin, Long As I Can Take You Home

I don't care who takes you to the party, baby
I don't care, long as I can take you home
I don't care just who you go with, just who it may be
I don't care how much you're with him
Long as you wind up with me
I don't care how long you keep me waiting, baby
I won't leave till the band plays 'Home Sweet Home'
Give him all the dances at the party, baby
But save your kisses for when I take you home

Top Irving Berlin, The Haunted House

[1st verse:]
You see that vacant house
As quiet as a mouse
It's chock full of myst'ry
Besides, it has a hist'ry
The man who occupied
That building strangely died
No one wants to buy it, because
That house is
[Refrain:]
Haunted, haunted
Lanky, hanky, panky skeletons go sneakin' around
You see that boney, croney
I mean that boney skeleton
Hiding behind that statue
Look out, he's looking at you!
Listen! Listen!
Tell me can't you hear him whistling
That Mysterious Rag so noted
He wrote it
In that rickety haunted house
[2nd verse:]
I often have been told
That there's a bag of gold
In the house that's haunted
I'm poor, but I don't want it
The doors are open wide
But no one steps inside
No one needs the money, because
That house is

Top Irving Berlin, The Hand That Rocked My Cradle Rules My Heart

[Verse:]
How can I ever pay the debt I owe you
Mother o' mine, Mother o' mine
What is there I could ever do to show you
How much I love you
Mother o' mine
[Refrain:]
I kiss the hand, the wrinkled hand
That rocked my cradle in babyland
A mem'ry lingers of byegone years
When gentle fingers would dry my tears
Her face will ever be my guiding light
She'll whisper tenderly 'Turn to the right'
No harm can come to me by day or night
For the hand that rocked my cradle rules my heart
[2nd verse:]
Close to my side you stand what e'er betide me
Mother o' mine, Mother o' mine
How can I come to harm with you beside me
Ever to guide me
Mother o' mine

Top Irving Berlin, The Girls Of My Dreams

[Verse:]
When the shadows fall
And the crickets call
I can hear the voice of dreamland
Calling to me from afar
Where my little dreamgirls are
When the lights are low
Silently I go
To the girls I know in dreamland
Happiness awaits me in the land of dreams
For the girls I love are there
[Refrain:]
I'd love to meet
The girls of my dreams
They're all so sweet
The girls of my dreams
When I need sympathy
They cheer and comfort me
And I call my little girls
My string of pearls
My precious rosary
When day draws near
The girls of my dreams
All disappear
To heaven it seems
In the morning they are gone
But they're mine till break of dawn
And I love ev'ryone of the girls of my dreams

Top Irving Berlin, The Girl On The Police Gazette

[Verse:]
Some fellows see the girl that they love in a dream
Some fellows see their love in a rippling stream
I saw the girl that I can't forget
On the cover of a police gazette
If I could find her, life would be peaches and cream
[Refrain:]
Oh, my search will never cease for the girl on the police gazette
For the pretty young brunette on the pink police gazette
And above my mantlepiece there's a page of the police gazette
With the pretty young brunette on the pink police gazette
I love to stop
At my fav'rite barber shop
Just to take another look at
The girl that I haven't met
And my longing will increase for the girl on the police gazette
For the pretty young brunette on the pink police gazette

Top Irving Berlin, The Girl On The Magazine Cover

[1st verse:]
My head's in a dizzy whirl
Since I met a certain girl
There isn't another like her
She's a matchless pearl
Since I met this maid divine
I do nothing else but pine
Because I know she never could be mine
[Refrain:]
The girl I love
Is on a magazine cover
It seems they painted her just for me
I'd fall in love
If I could ever discover
A little girl quite as nice as she
If I could meet
A girl as sweet
I'd simply claim her
And name her my queen
For if she ever came
I would love her the same
As I love her on the cover of a magazine
[2nd verse:]
My home is a picture book
If ever you came to look
You'd find her in ev'ry corner
And in ev'ry nook
She's fairer than all the queens
And loving her simply means
That I'm kept busy buying magazines

Top Irving Berlin, The Blue Devils Of France

[Verse:]
I've seen many diff'rent pictures
Of the devil down below
And he doesn't stand a show
With a certain devil I know
Let me introduce you to him
You'll be happy when I do
He's a devil dressed in blue
And a soldier through and through
[Refrain:]
High up in the Alpine Mountains
Are the Blue Devils
Where the rain of shrapnel fountains
Scar the Blue Devils
With their glistening sabers
Amid the shot and shell
They visit their Austrian neighbors
And give them H-E-double-L
H-E-double-L
Strong and active, most attractive
Are the Blue Devils
They came here the Liberty Loan to advance
We entertained them with the best
And now they've gone back to the trenches to rest
Those Devils, the Blue Devils of France

Top Irving Berlin, The Funnies

[Verse:]
Sunday is Sunday to my family
But Sunday is not simply Sunday for me
For Sunday's the one day when I love to see the funnies
Breakfast is nothing of which you can boast
But breakfast to me isn't coffee and toast
It's coffee and toast and what I love the most, the funnies
[Refrain:]
Oh, I love the funnies
I couldn't go without the funnies
A cup o' coffee to my lips and in between the sips
The papers with the capers that are in the comic strips
Which means I'm simply mad about
I mean I couldn't do without the funnies
Oh, in my pajamas
I love to read the 'Katzenjammers'
A little coffee in a cup and 'Bringing Father Up'
I'm dippy over 'Skippy' and his little yellow pup
Which means I'm simply mad about
I mean I couldn't do without the funnies
I'm not concerned with the news of the day
The stories of who murdered who
And for the columns what they have to say
I have no need of
I don't want to read of
The guys and all their honeys
The wealthy daughters or the sonnies
The news about the lovely trips that people take in ships
I'd rather read about the people in the comic strips
Which means I'm simply mad about
I mean I couldn't do without the funnies
[Alternate lines:]
And as for what Mister Hearst has to say
The Dempseys or the Tunneys

Top Irving Berlin, The Friars Parade

[1st verse:]
Hear the sound of shuffling feet
On the pavements of the street
Look up the Avenue
Hear that shout, tell me haven't you
Heard about the Friars coming into town
Ev'rybody come on down
[Refrain:]
Come and see the Friars
Here they come, here they come
See that mob go marching four in a row
On the job to give a wonderful show
Look at those live wires
In their dusters arrayed
Just hear that snappy rhythm
From the band
Come on and march right with 'em
Understand
You'll see the best show ever played
If you follow the Friars parade
[2nd verse:]
See those 'coppers' on the track
Holding ev'rybody back
They've stopped the trolley cars
To make room for a hundred stars
Like a broom they'll sweep the town of all dull care
Ev'rybody should be there

Top Irving Berlin, The Freedom Train

[Verse:]
This song is a train song, it's a song about a train
Not the Atchison, Topeka, not the Chattanooga Choo-Choo
Nor the one that leaves at midnight for the state of Alabam'
This song is a train song where the engineer is Uncle Sam
[Refrain:]
Here comes the Freedom Train
You better hurry down
Just like a Paul Revere
It's comin' into your home town
Inside the freedom train
You'll find a precious freight
Those words of liberty
The documents that made us great
You can shout your anger from a steeple
You can shoot the system full of holes
You can always question 'We the People'
You can get your answer at the polls
That's how it's always been
And how it will remain
So long as all of us
Keep riding on the Freedom Train
[2nd bridge:]
You can write the President a letter
You can even tell him to his face
If you think that you can do it better
Get the votes and you can take his place
[3rd bridge:]
You can hate the laws that you're obeying
You can shout your anger to the crowd
We may disagree with what you're saying
But we'll fight to let you say it loud

Top Irving Berlin, The First Lady

[Verse:]
She might have been a teacher
A job that she'd adore . . .
She might have been a housewife
A wife and nothing more
She might have been an actress
Who might have played Broadway
But my husband had to be President
And what am I today?
[1st refrain:]
I'm the first lady of the land
The first lady of the land
Standing on a receiving line
Winding up with an aching spine
Calluses on my receiving hand
As the first lady of the land
For every week a different hairdo
Which means another dress
Those meetings with committees
And sparring with the press
Those dreary formal dinners,
When I stay up till dawn
Counting all the silver
When the guests have gone
When they march out in single file
And I must smile, smile, smile
I'd rather be the second
Or the third or the fourth
Or the fifth or the sixth
Or the seventh instead of the first lady of the land
[2nd refrain:]
I'm the first lady of the land
The first lady of the land
Entertaining at lunch or tea
Do do-gooders who call on me
Telling of their noble deeds they've planned
For the first lady of the land
And oh the presents that they send me
An awful lot of junk
An un-housebroken poodle
A dehydrated skunk
A turkey for Thanksgiving
Potatas in a sack
But when they send me a diamond
I must send it back
When the whole cabinet arrives
And bring their wives, wives, wives
I'd rather be the second
Or the third or the fourth
Or the fifth or the sixth
Or the seventh instead of the first lady of the land

Top Irving Berlin, The Devil Has Bought Up All The Coal

[1st verse:]
Ev'ryone's hollering 'Me oh my
We're in a terrible hole'
Ev'ryone's hollering 'Tell us why
There is a shortage of coal'
I've got the whole thing figured out
Really it isn't so bad
I know the cause without a doubt
Why there's no coal to be had
[1st refrain:]
The devil has bought up all the coal
He's going to save it I swear
Until the Kaiser gets there
He needs to make it warm for Mister William
The devil has spent his little roll
For all the coal from ev'rywhere
He's piling it up by the ton
And, oh, what he'll do to that Hun
There'll be a hot time in Hades
When the Kaiser gets there
[2nd verse:]
Satan is freezing 'way down below
He feels a terrible chill
Still he won't use up his coal, oh no
Satan is waiting for Bill
If he can stand it then why can't we?
Tell all the grumblers to pause
Although we freeze, let's shout with glee
'It's for a wonderful cause'
[2nd refrain:]
The devil has bought up all the coal
He's going to save it I swear
Until the Kaiser gets there
He needs to make it warm for Mister William
I'd give Mister Rockefeller's roll
To see the Kaiser I declare
And whisper in his little ear
You don't know the half of it, dear
There'll be a hot time in Hades
When the Kaiser gets there

Top Irving Berlin, The Best Of Friends Must Part

[1st verse:]
What's that you say?
No work today?
Done lost your job?
Where is your pay?
Been shooting dice?
That's very nice
Needn't apologize, I'm cold as ice
Pack up your clothes
Lord only knows
You've been the cause of my troubles and woes
Don't ask me why
Too late to cry
Just bid yourself goodbye
[Refrain:]
A friend in need is a friend indeed
That's just the kind of friend I've been to you
When poverty smiled down on thee
I hung around and stuck like glue
It's a long long lane that has no turn
You can never tell your finish when you start
But when you find you can't make both ends meet
Then the best of friends must part
[2nd verse:]
Don't talk of love
Just like a dove
Can't eat the stars
That shine above
That stuff don't go
You'd better blow
Can't buy a meal with that lovin' you know
I know it's hard
On your old pard
But I can't help that you played your last card
Don't hesitate
Evaporate
Hunt up another mate

Top Irving Berlin, The Army's Made A Man Out Of Me

[Verse:]
To look at me you wouldn't think
That I was once a skinny gink
That doctors thought I would never last
I thought I had so many ills
And I was always taking pills
But that is all a thing of the past
[Refrain:]
The Army's made a man out of me
A man out of me, a man out of me
My mother and my father agree
The Army has made me a man
I used to sleep with brother, but now I sleep alone
I used to be a tenor, but now I'm a baritone
My girl said when she sat on my knee
The Army has made me a man

Top Irving Berlin, That's My Idea Of Paradise

[1st verse:]
It doesn't take a lot to make me happy
I'm easily satisfied
I never cared for grand affairs
Where ev'rybody puts on airs
I wouldn't pay a lot to own a mansion
It wouldn't be worth the price
Come and hear of my idea of Paradise
[Refrain:]
A little moonlight upon a June night
A little bench beneath a tree
One little squeeze of the hand
A squeeze in return, meaning, I understand
A sigh of 'Oh sir, come over closer'
A little kissing, oh, so nice
And then a goodbye, dear
That's my idea of Paradise
[2nd verse:]
I never doubted anyone who told me
That Heaven is up above
Still, I would wager all I'm worth
That there's a Heaven here on earth
The gates of Paradise are ever open
Just listen to my advice
Any lover can discover Paradise

Top Irving Berlin, That Russian Winter

The German troops heard Hitler shout
'We'll win this war without a doubt'
But they were never told about
That Russian winter
The German troops heard Hitler swear
He huffed and puffed and tore his hair
But somehow Hitler couldn't scare
That Russian winter
There was the German staff
Running from the storm
Poor Hitler's photograph
Couldn't keep them warm
When Hitler cried, 'This cannot be!'
Napolean spoke beneath a tree
That Frenchman yelled, 'You're telling me!'
That Russian winter

Top Irving Berlin, That Revolutionary Rag

[1st verse:]
Where the Russian breezes blow
There's a piece of calico
Ev'ry thread dyed in red
You can see it on a pole
Or in Trotsky's buttonhole
Long haired Russian foxes
Wave it from old soapboxes
[Refrain:]
That revolutionary rag
'Twas made across the sea
By a tricky, slicky Bolsheviki
Run with your little money bag
Or else they'll steal it away, wheel it away
As they go raving, madly waving
That revolutionary rag
It's not a melody
It's a crimson flag
All the Royalties across the seas
Shake in their B.V.D.s
When they see that revolutionary rag
[2nd verse:]
Little Mary Antoinette
Was a lovely queen you bet
Till one day, sad to say
From her window she could see
Little Miss Democracy
Mary's brain was whirling
When France began unfurling
[alternate lines in 2nd REFRAIN:]
All the Kings and Queens in foreign scenes
Know that they've spilled the beans
When they see that revolutionary rag

Top Irving Berlin, That Opera Rag

[1st verse:]
Sam Johnson was op'ra mad
He sho' had the fever bad
He said, 'Those ordinary ragtime tunes are mild
Some music from Verdi's hand
Or any old op'ra grand
Would never fail to set this op'ra darkie wild'
One evening at a ball
They heard Sam Johnson call
Unto the leaderman to play some 'William Tell'
The leader swelled his chest and said, 'I'll do my best'
So when he played they heard Sam Johnson yell
[Refrain:]
Hear dat strain
Mister Verdi come to life again
Oh that operatic sweet refrain
Sho' would drive a crazy man insane
Just let me die and meet those brainy men
Who manufactured notes of opera grand
Oh! Verdi where, where oh art thou?
Let me shake you by the hand, man, you know what's grand
Good Lord, it's over, they're playin' 'Home Sweet Home'
[2nd verse:]
Old Sam was a painter man
One day with a brush in hand
He stood upon a scaffold 'way up in the air
A German band below
Was playin' some 'Rig'letto'
Sam said, 'I know that's op'ra, be it here or there'
While he daubed up the wall
He tried hard not to fall
But in the street the band kept right on playin' fair
They played some 'Faust' below, just then old Sam let go
He tumbled down below a-shouting in the air

Top Irving Berlin, That Mysterious Rag

[1st verse:]
Did you hear it? Were you near it?
If you weren't then you've yet to fear it
Once you've met it you'll regret it
Just because you never will forget it
If you ever wake up from your dreaming
A-scheming, eyes gleaming
Then if suddenly you take a screaming fit
That's it!
[Refrain:]
That mysterious ra-ag
While awake or while you're a-slumbering
You're saying, keep playing
That mysterious dra-ag
Are you listenin'?
Are you listenin'?
Look! Look!
You're whistlin'
That mysterious ra-ag
Sneaky, freaky ever melodious, mysterious rag
[2nd verse:]
Any minute they begin it
E'er you know what you're about, you're in it
Then a feeling, most appealing
Comes a-stealing, sets your brain a-reeling
When it's too late and ev'ryone is yawning
Good morning, day dawning
Then if suddenly you hear a warning shout
Look out!

Top Irving Berlin, That Monkey Tune

[1st verse:]
Down in a sunny jungle town
Where the monkeys run around
Lived a crazy little monkey who loved to sing
A chimpanzee in a cocoanutty tree
Heard his nutty melody, she
Fell in love with his singing
From the branches a-clinging
She'd pitch her voice in a monkey key
And yell with all her might
[Refrain:]
Sing that monkey tune
You monkey loon
Don't dare to stop, hurry up, hurry up
I want to hear that strain so queer
Because I'm crazy about that monkey tune
[2nd verse:]
She kept a-shouting from the tree
For his nutty melody
Till the crazy little monkey looked up and said
'I want to spoon 'neath the monkey honey moon
To the nutty wedding tune, soon'
Mister and Missus Monkey
Pitched their voices in one key
And now they can't get a wink of sleep
The baby yells all night

Top Irving Berlin, That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn Tune

[1st verse:]
Honey, listen to that dreamy tune they're playin'
Won't you tell me how on earth you keep from swayin'?
Umm! Umm! Oh, that Mendelssohn Spring Song tune
If you ever loved me show me now or never
Lord, I wish they'd play that music on forever
Umm! Umm! Oh, that Mendelssohn tune
My honey
[Refrain:]
Love me to that ever lovin' Spring Song melody
Please me, honey, squeeze me to that Mendelssohn strain
Kiss me like you would your mother
One good kiss deserves another
That's the only music that was ever meant for me
That tantalizin', hypnotizin', mesmerizin' Mendelssohn tune
[2nd verse:]
Don't you stand there, honey, can't you hear me sighin'?
Is you gwine to wait until I'm almost dyin'?
Umm! Umm! Oh, that Mendelssohn Spring Song tune
Get yourself acquainted with some real live wooin'
Make some funny noises like there's something doin'
Umm! Umm! Oh, that Mendelssohn tune
My honey

Top Irving Berlin, That Kazzatsky Dance

[1st verse:]
Abie darling dear, can't you hear very clear
They're playing that Kazzatsky dance
Cohen with his hand leads the band
Ain't it grand
I tell you Abie take a chance
Take me by the wrist with your fist, make a twist
Or else I'll go right in a trance
Come and give your baby just one glance
And we'll do that Yiddisher dance
[Refrain:]
Oi, that Kazzatsky dance
It makes me lose my sense
Come and get handy, it's dandy, dandy
Kiss me Kid, I'm candy
Oi, that Kazzatsky dance
I'm going in a trance
I love my ham and cabbage kid
But Oi, that Yiddisher
That Yiddisher
Oi, that Kazzatsky dance
[2nd verse:]
Abie hurry up, take your time, hurry up
I want to dance fast, please go slow
Darling run away, better stay, while they play
Because I hate you, love you so
Look at what you did, oh you kid in the lid
I'm going crazy like a loon
Make some spooning with a silver spoon
While they play that Yiddisha tune

Top Irving Berlin, That Hula Hula

[1st verse:]
Underneath the sad Hawaiian moon
Where the sad Hawaiians love to spoon
While the Ukeleles strum a tune
Ev'ry evening you can see them doing
[Refrain:]
That Hula Hula
Have you seen them do the Hula
In Honolula
The way they do?
I know if you knew
How to do the Hula Hula
You'd be in Honolula
Doing the Hula, too
[2nd verse:]
I can teach you how to do the dance
Tell me, would you like to take a chance?
Shake your hands, quietly advance
In another minute you'll be doing

Top Irving Berlin, That Dying Rag

[1st verse:]
Honey, I'm sinkin' fast
Soon I will breathe my last
Fever is very high
Doctor said I will die
'Fore I take my long, long rest
Grant me, dear, one request
'Member that afternoon
We heard that dreamy tune
When you remarked to me
Who wrote that melody
That's the air I want to share before I die
[Refrain:]
Honey dear, I must be going I fear
I feel the finish is near
Please bring your cello in here
While I see just play the sweet melody
And honey, call it for me
'That Dying Rag'
[2nd verse:]
Honey, don't hesitate
Soon it will be too late
Heavenly gates I see
St. Peter's calling me
Thank the Lord I'm gwine to go
Up above, not below
Right on my tombstone, dear
Put this inscription clear
'Buried without disgrace
Died with a smiling face'
Honey say I passed away without a care

Top Irving Berlin, Thank You, Kind Sir! Said She

[1st verse:]
Crowded thoroughfare, people here and there
Dashing up the Avenue
Maiden young and shy, quickly passing by
Something comes in contact with her shoe
Someone's fallen down, slipped upon the ground
It happens on a slipp'ry street
Kind young gent who saw the accident
Helps the charming lady to her feet
[Refrain:]
'Thank you, kind sir,' said she
'Welcome, sweet Miss,' said he
'May I not escort you home?'
'You may not, I'll go alone
I've a husband,' said she
'And I've a wife, Miss,' said he
'You needn't call me up,' said she
'My phone is one, two, three'
'Thank you,' said he
[2nd verse:]
Scene, a near cafe, couple chatting gay
Same young maiden shy and sweet
On the he-male end sits her fellow friend
Same young man who helped her to her feet
Maiden softly speaks, 'I've been sad for weeks
My darling husband failed last year
I'm in debt right up to here, you bet'
Fellow whispers something in her ear
[2nd refrain:]
'Thank you, kind sir,' said she
'Welcome, sweet Miss,' said he
'May I not escort you home?
I would hate to go alone'
'I live here, sir,' said she
'And so do I, Miss,' said he
'Don't dare to call me,' said she
'I'm always in at three'
'Thank you,' said he

Top Irving Berlin, Telling Lies

[1st verse:]
Moon was slyly peeping from above
On a summer's night
Sally Brown and Joe were making love
'Neath the pale moonlight
Sally said, 'I think I'd better go'
As she rolled her eyes
But foxy little Joe
Said, 'There's a game I know
Called telling lies'
[Refrain:]
Telling lies
Telling lies
Say you never want to be
Near to me
Dear to me
Telling lies, close your eyes
Then a kiss or two
I'll steal and give them back to you
While telling lies
[2nd verse:]
Little Sally Brown and Joe were wed
She became his bride
'I will never marry you,' she said
Then the knot was tied
Ev'ry morn he kisses her goodbye
Leaves her all alone
But 'fore he goes away
These words he'll always say,
'I won't come home'

Top Irving Berlin, Teach Me How To Love

[1st verse:]
[Girl:]
I had a diff'rent teacher ev'ry year
They taught me ev'rything and yet I fear
My education's been neglected, dear
They never taught me to love
[Boy:]
I don't know that much about Geography
Grammar, Arithmetic or History
But I know ev'rything about love from A to Z
[Refrain:]
[Girl:] Teach me how to love, I'd like to know, sir
[Boy:] If you want to love, come over closer
[Girl:] Do you know the game, dear?
[Boy:] That's my middle name, dear
[Girl:] Call me turtle dove, I'd like to hear it
[Boy:] It will fit you like a glove
[Girl:] I'd like to know a teeny weeny bit about it
[Boy:] I could explain it to you, if your lips were pouted
[ENSEMBLE:] Look at 'em doin' it!
[Boy:] Hold steady!
[ENSEMBLE:] Look at 'em doin' it!
[Girl:] Oh, oh, it's very good, Eddy
Won't you teach me some more?
[2nd verse:]
[Girl:] How many lessons do you think I'll need?
[Boy:] Not many lessons if you'll only heed
[Girl:] You know a lot about it, yes, indeed
[Boy:] I've taken lessons for years
[Girl:] I'd like to understand it through and through
[Boy:] Practice makes perfect, so it's up to you
[Girl:] I'm waiting
[Boy:] 'Twon't be long before you're a teacher, too

Top Irving Berlin, Take Off A Little Bit

[1st verse:]
The girls are over-dressing
It keeps the fellows guessing
I've heard them say the gowns today
Are really most distressing
Your ankle is detested
If you have over-dressed it
A man must see an inch or three
To keep him interested
An ankle now and then
Will catch the best of men
[Refrain:]
So take off a little bit
A tiny little bit and nothing more
Just raise your dress up a little bit
Don't let it drag along the floor
Because a banker, a broker, a lawyer, a sport
They always look longer when dresses are short
So take off a little bit
If you don't make a 'hit'
Take off a little bit more
[2nd verse:]
You'll be the main attraction
And put the boys in action
They'll linger nigh, you'll catch them by
Removing just a fraction
The chicken pickin' jury
Will go into a fury
If they can't see an inch or three
They all come from Missouri
'Twas said by someone wise
'It pays to advertise'

Top Irving Berlin, Take Me With You, Soldier Boy

Take me with you, soldier boy
Take me when you start
I won't take up too much space in your heart
I'll be with you, soldier boy
With you day and night
And I promise not to get in your way
I know there's a job to do but, somehow, you will find
A soldier does a better job with a girl on his mind
Let me be your lucky charm when you cross the sea
Someday, I'll return you safely to me

Top Irving Berlin, Take It In Your Stride

[Verse:]
Hey, there, you
You're on the top shelf
Your skies are blue
Pleased with yourself
Well, don't you get too cocky
The road is rocky
A-way up there
Life is sweet
Rosy and round
But keep your feet
Close to the ground
The weather won't be always fair
[Refrain:]
There'll be ups and there'll be downs
There'll be smiles and there'll be frowns
There'll be hopes and there'll be doubts, ins and outs
But whatever the fates decide
Take it in your stride
There'll be rain and there'll be sun
You'll have all and you'll have none
Hitch your wagon to a star, travel far
But you're in for a bumpy ride
Take it in your stride
There'll be friends both new and old
They'll blow hot and they'll blow cold
You'll be cheered and you'll be hissed, kicked and kissed
But whatever the fates decide
Take it in your stride
Don't get too big for your crown
What goes up may soon come down
Someone's waiting down below, set to go
Coming in on the rising tide
Take it in your stride

Top Irving Berlin, Sweeter Than Sugar (Is My Sweetie)

[1st verse:]
Listen to me, listen to me
I've got a whole lot to say
Listen to me, listen to me
Things have been coming my way
I met somebody
That's why I'm so happy today
Listen to me, listen to me
I want to holler and shout
Wait'll you see, wait'll you see
Wait'll you see me step out
With a load of charm
On my arm
Well worth raving about
[Refrain:]
Sweeter than sugar is my Sweetie
Sweeter than honey or jam
So sweet is she that when she kisses me
I don't put sugar in my coffee or tea
Candy, molasses or sweet cookie
Sweeter than all of the three
I would have that sweet little soul
Living in a sugar bowl
Sweeter than sugar is my Sweetie
Sweet as a sweetie could be
[2nd verse:]
Listen to me, listen to me
She's such a sweet little pet
Listen to me, listen to me
Right from the moment we met
My sweet tooth pained me
It hasn't stopped hurting me yet
Way out of town, way out of town
We'll spend the rest of our days
We'll settle down, we'll settle down
Just like a couple of Jays
We'll start raising Cain
Sugar cane
That's not all we'll raise

Top Irving Berlin, Sweet Marie, Make a Rag a time Dance Wid Me

[1st verse:]
Lissa to the sweet-a rag-a time
Ain't it nunga make you feel-a fine?
Ev'rybody dance, sleep-a like-a trance
Keep-a steady, get-a ready
One, two three Kid!
What's-a matta you no look-a wise?
Get-a busy, make-a goo goo eyes
Nunga make-a fake, just-a shake-a shake
Make-a jealous for the other guys
[Refrain:]
Sweet Marie
Make-a rag-a-time-a dance wid me?
Take a steam-a boat to Italy
On the rag-a line
Hey you wop-a, nunga stop-a
Kiss-a Tony, call 'em pop-a
One, two, three
I'm-a feel-a like-a 'Hully Gee'
Come dance rag time wid me
Oh, my sweet-a Marie
[2nd verse:]
What's-a matta you no wanna dance?
Nunga feel afraid to take a chance
Ev'rybody look, shout-a, 'Get da hook!'
I'm-a sad-a feel-a bad-a
Shake you'self Kid!
If you love-a Tony nice-a fine
Make-a noise-a like-a rag-a time
Hurry up-a quick, nunga take a week
If you nunga wanna never mind

Top Irving Berlin, I'm Playing With Fire

[Verse:]
I've heard about you
Each word about you
That ev'ryone has spoken
And from the things I hear
I should be careful, dear
They come and find me
And then remind me
Of all the hearts you've broken
But I'm in love with you
So what am I to do?
[Refrain:]
I'm playing with fire
I'm gonna get burned
I know it, but what can I do?
I know my heart must be content to go
Where it is sent, although
I may repent when I'm through
But what can I do?
I'm playing with fire
I'm gonna get burned
While merry-go-rounding with you
But I go for my ride
With my eyes open wide
I'm playing with fire
I know it, but what can I do?

Top Irving Berlin, Sweet Italian Love

[1st verse:]
Ev'ryone talk-a how they make-a da love
Call-a da sweet-a name-a like-a da dove
It makes me sick-a when they start in to speak-a
'Bout the moon 'way up above
What's-a da use to have-a big-a da moon?
What's-a da use to call-a dove?
If he no like-a she, and she no like-a he
The moon can't make them love
[Refrain:]
Sweet Italian love
Nice Italian love
You don't need the moon-a-light your love to tell her
In da house or on da roof or in da cellar
Dat's Italian love
Sweet Italian love
When you kiss-a your pet
And it's-a like-a spagett
Dat's Italian love!
[2nd verse:]
Ev'ryone say they like da moon-a da light
There's one-a man up in da moon all-a right
But he no tell-a that some other nice feller
Was-a kiss your gal last night
Maybe you give your gal da wedding-a ring
Maybe you marry, like-a me
Maybe you love your wife, maybe for all your life
But dat's only maybe
[2nd refrain:]
Sweet Italian love
Nice Italian love
When you squeeze your gal and she no say 'Please stop-a!'
When you got dat twenty kids what call you 'Papa!'
Dat's Italian love
Sweet Italian love
When you kiss one-a time
And it's-a feel like-a nine
Dat's Italian love!

Top Irving Berlin, Swanee Shuffle

[Verse:]
The Benevolent Orders of the Flat-Footed Waiters
Gave their annual ball
With the price of admission only one half a dollar
They just crowded the hall
Flat-footing around
They suddenly found
An original movement that they call the Swanee Shuffle
It's for you and for all
[Refrain:]
Learn to do the Swanee Shuffle
Nothing to the Swanee Shuffle
Against the beat, you make your feet
Swanee Shuffle along
If they're flat just make them flatter
Like a pancake on a platter
I'm telling you, it's easy to
Swanee Shuffle along
Just imitate the way a waiter
Walks with a plate of chow
You needn't wait to do it later
Why not now? I'll show you how
Come with me where Dixie marches
Marches on its fallen arches
And see them Swanee Shuffle along

Top Irving Berlin, Supper Time

Supper time
I should set the table
’cause it’s supper time
Somehow I’m not able
’cause that man o’mine
Ain’t comin’ home no more
Supper time
Kids will soon be yellin’
For their supper time
How’ll I keep from tellin’
Them that man o’mine
Ain’t comin’ home no more?
How’ll I keep explainin’ when they ask me where he’s gone?
How’ll I keep from cryin’ when I bring their supper on?
How can I remind them to pray at their humble board?
How can I be thankful when they start to thank the lord
Lord!
Supper time
I should set the table
’cause it’s supper time
Somehow I’m not able
’cause that man o’mine
Ain’t comin’ home no more

Top Irving Berlin, Spanish Love

(Vincent Bryan, Irving Berlin and Ted Snyder)
[1st verse:]
Love, never dying, love, ever sighing
Love, undenying love
Love, ever yearning, love, ever burning
Sweet fire from above
Love's mighty flame to my lonely heart came
'Tis a flame that will burn there forever evermore
Heaven above never knew greater love
Than the dear Spanish love I adore
[Refrain:]
Spanish love
Love that burns while it's chilling me
Thro' and thro' it is thrilling me
I would die for you willingly
Spanish love
With it's fire is instilling me
Flames of passion are filling me
Burning love that is killing me
[2nd verse:]
Dear one that I love, you shall be my love
Through all eternity
Time cannot change me, naught can estrange me
My king you'll ever be
Make me your own, let my heart be your throne
You will reign there alone, dear, forever and for aye
While time endures all my soul shall be yours
As I bow to your love's mighty sway

Top Irving Berlin, Stop, Stop, Stop (Come Over And Love Me Some More)

[1st verse:]
Honey, there's something buzzin' 'round my heart
Something that must be satisfied
My dearie
See that Morris chair
Standing over there
There's some room to spare
Now for some love prepare
Make yourself comf'table before we start
Tie yourself right up to my side
Sing me that lovin' song that goes something like
Ummm, umm, umm, umm
[Refrain:]
Cuddle and squeeze me honey
Lead me right to Cupid's door
Take me out upon that ocean called the 'Lovable Sea'
Fry each kiss in honey, then present it to me
Cuddle and please me honey
Anchor at that kissing shore
My honey, stop, stop, stop, stop, don't dare to stop
Come over and love me some more
[2nd verse:]
Hon' did I hear you say you're going home?
Just 'cause the clock is striking nine
My dearie
That clock at its best
Is an hour fast
Eight o'clock just past
Stay, let the party last
Surely you wouldn't leave me all alone
Just for to satisfy the time
Sing me that lovin' song that goes something like
Ummm, umm, umm, umm

Top Irving Berlin, Something To Dance About

[Verse:]
An old hand at giving parties
And I've learned an awful lot
The best reason for a party
And what keeps it boiling hot
An occasion when you've got
[Refrain:]
Something to dance about
Someone to dance it with
Something to dance it to
To a fox-trot or a waltz
Put on your dancing shoes
Here comes some happy news
Break up in twos and twos
To a fox-trot or a waltz
You and someone have parted
And your lonely heart yearns
While you're there broken hearted
Suddenly he returns
That's something to dance about
With someone to dance it with
Pick something to dance it to
To a fox-trot or a waltz
To a Charleston or a waltz
To a Tango or a waltz
[Blues tempo:]
Dance to the blues
Something to dance about
Someone to dance it with
Something to dance it to Blues
[Rhumba tempo:]
Dance it to a rhumba
[Coda:]
To a fox-trot, Charleston, Tango or a waltz
Ooh-ah, ooh-ah

Top Irving Berlin, Stop. Look. Listen.

[1st verse:]
Love will make a fool of any man, it has been said
No one can advise him, for his heart will rule his head
He names the wedding day, just throws himself away
Before the wedding all his friends will come to him and say
[1st refrain:]
Stop! Look! Listen to a friend's advice
Better look before you leap
Or you'll be in water deep
For God's sake don't get married, don't give up your name
Then he'll stop, look, listen to his friend's advice
But he'll go out and marry just the same
[2nd verse:]
Mister Brown, a widower, was handing out advice
To his son who fell in love with someone very nice
He whispered to the lad, 'To marry would be bad
I know just what I'm saying, take a tip from your old Dad
[2nd refrain:]
Stop! Look! Listen to a Dad's advice
She's a nice girl, that is true
But she'll never do for you
So tie a can to Cupid, lay him on the shelf'
Then he stopped, looked, listened to his Dad's advice
While his Dad went out and married her himself
[3rd verse:]
There's a railroad on Long Island not so far away
Accidents occur there almost ev'ry other day
The man who owns the line has said, 'The fault's not mine
Because at ev'ry railroad crossing you will find this sign
[3rd refrain:]
Stop! Look! Listen! Always safety first'
If there were no such display
You would pass along your way
But they insist you linger by the railroad track
So you stop, look, listen, then you hear a crash
And the next day your fam'ly's dressed in black
[Alternate line:]
But they want you to linger by the railroad track

Top Irving Berlin, Stop That Rag (Keep On Playing, Honey)

[1st verse:]
Do my ears deceive me or am I goin' mad?
Honey, please believe me, that my hearin' ain't bad
But something seems to tell me that I'm list'nin' to Rag
I've been suspectin' so all night
Tunes I've heard befo' was only music what ain't
Melody like this is what an artist can't paint
Go get me some ammonia 'cause I fear I must faint
I'm suffocating with delight
[Refrain:]
Stop dat rag, keep on playin', honey
Stop dat rag, hear me prayin', honey
Run away, I feel that I must be alone
But don't you dare to leave me, 'till the cows come home
Cease dat strain, please repeat it, honey
Once again, and I'll meet it, honey
Oh, I'm sad
No, I'm glad
Stop dat rag, I'm sayin'
I mean keep on playin'
Don't you dare to stop dat rag
[2nd verse:]
Call in some physician, 'cause I feel that I'm ill
Somehow or another, hon', my feet won't keep still
Please request that leaderman to keep a-playin' till
I cry enough, enough some more
Hon, I'll never forgive you, just for takin' me here
Take me miles and miles away from here anywhere
Just raise a hand to move me, mister man, if you dare
I'm satisfied to die right now

Top Irving Berlin, Stay Down Here Where You Belong

[1st verse:]
Down below
Down Below
Sat the devil talking to his son
Who wanted to go
Up above
Up above
He cried, 'It's getting too warm for me down here and so
I'm going up on Earth where I can have a little fun
The Devil simply shook his head and answered his son
[Refrain:]
Stay down here where you belong
The folks who live above you don't know right from wrong
To please their kings they've all gone out to war
And not a one of them knows what he's fighting for
'Way up above they say that I'm a Devil and I'm bad
Kings up there are bigger devils than your dad
They're breaking the hearts of mothers
Making butchers out of brothers
You'll find more hell up there than there is down below
[2nd verse:]
'Kings up there
They don't care
For the mothers who must stay at home
Their sorrows to bear
Stay at home
Don't you roam
Although it's warm down below, you'll find it's warmer up there
If e'er you went up there, my son, I know you'd be surprised
You'd find a lot of people are not civilized'

Top Irving Berlin, Song Of Freedom

[Verse:]
Freedom, freedom
That's my song for today
Listen to this American troubador from the U.S.A.
[Refrain:]
I'm singing a song of freedom
For all people who cry out to be free
Free to sail the seven seas
Free to worship as we please
If the birds up in the trees can be free
Why can't we?
I'm bringing a song of freedom
To all people wherever they may be
Free to speak and free to hear
Free from want and free from fear
Sons of freedom far and near who agree, sing with me
That all God's children shall be free
[As sung in film:]
[Verse:]
-Freedom! Freedom!
-Here comes the Freedom Man
On this day of independence
On this Independence Day
Listen to an American troubador from the U.S.A.
[Refrain:]
I'm singing a song of freedom
For all people who cry out to be free
Free to sail the seven seas
Free to worship as we please
If the birds up in the trees can be free
Why can't we?
I'm bringing a song of freedom
To all people wherever they may be
Free to speak and free to hear
Free from want and free from fear
Sons of freedom far and near who agree, sing with me
That all God's people shall be free

Top Irving Berlin, Someone's Waiting For Me (We'll Wait, Wait, Wait)

[1st verse:]
Henpeck O'Johnson and Henpeck O'Day
Made an appointment with Molly and May
Soon they were calling their wives on the phone
'Don't cook my supper for I won't be home'
Then in a 'Taxi' to some swell Cafe
They rode away to meet Molly and May
Waited and waited, grew intoxicated
O'Johnson then sang to O'Day
[Refrain:]
Someone's waiting for me
Someone's waiting for you
I'm waiting and you're waiting and wifey's waiting too
Are we down-hearted? No!
We have plenty of dough
WHAT! Go home to wifey?
Well, not on your lifey
We'll wait
Wait
Wait
[2nd verse:]
While they were waiting, a waiter named Binks
Waited for tips while they waited for drinks
Manhattan Cocktails and Highballs galore
Three extra waiters were put on the floor
Music was playing 'I'm coming home soon'
O'Day was praying for some other tune
Hours were flying, still they kept on buying
O'Johnson was crying again
[3rd verse:]
Missus O'Johnson and Missus O'Day
Happened to stroll in the same swell Cafe
They had grown tired of waiting at home
Went out and left both their flats all alone
Soon from a corner a voice hollered loud
'Give us another and treat the whole crowd'
Just then somebody broke up the whole party
'Twas Molly and sweet little May

Top Irving Berlin, Someone Just Like You

[1st verse:]
Same old moon, same old stars above
Same old couple pining, same old tale of love
Same game, still we must explain
The old, old story must be told
Now to get to their names, we'll call the fellow Joe
We could call him Harry, but Joe rhymes with Flo
Flo, Joe, now their names we know
We'll have them say
[Refrain:]
Someone just like you, dear
Just like you will do, dear
When I tell you true, dear
Can't you see?
Just your style, your size, dear
Just your smile, your eyes, dear
Someone just like you was meant for
Someone just like me
[2nd verse:]
Same old couple tarried, same old coming spring
Same old couple married, same old wedding ring
Flo, Joe, on thro' life they go
In clover, now the story's over
Ev'ry song and story has a happy two
Couldn't do without them, 'twould be something new
Same tale, never known to fail
When someone sighs

Top Irving Berlin, Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone

[1st verse:]
I left my darling
The other day
We started quarr'ling
I went away
But now I wish that I was back
I love my baby
Indeed I do
And who knows maybe
She loves me too
But that's just maybe
And that won't do
[Refrain:]
All that worries me
Is someone else may be there while I'm gone
In my dreams I see
A couple spooning on the lawn
That very thought
Just keeps me worried
I lay awake till the break of dawn
I must hurry back
'Cause someone else may be there while I'm gone
[2nd verse:]
I'm wild about her
That's why I'm blue
I hate to doubt her
The way I do
I may be wrong, I may be right
Altho' I worry
An awful lot
If I should hurry
Back to the spot
She may be waiting
She may be not

Top Irving Berlin, Some Little Something About You

[1st verse:]
I've met lots of girlies who were just my style
Girls whose charms most any boy would share
Girls who captivate you with their roguish smile
Girls you think beyond compare
When I saw the lovelight in your eyes, sweetheart
When you smiled on me so tenderly
Mischief making Cupid pierced me with his dart
Something told me you were meant for me
[Refrain:]
Some little something about you
Some little something, dear
Means I can't live without you
I always want you near
Some hidden charm makes me love you
Something I cannot see
And I know one thing, some little something
Means you're the girl for me
[2nd verse:]
Oft' I've wondered if another boy like me
Thinks there's something sweet about you too
I'll admit it's made me jealous as could be
That's because I love you true
Then again, I thought of what the poets say
'Faint heart never won a lady fair'
So I don't intend to wait another day
There's a cozy home that we can share

Top Irving Berlin, Snow

[As sung in film (more or less):]
Snow, it won't be long before we'll all be there with snow
Snow, I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snow
Snow, I long to clear a path and lift a spade of snow
Snow, oh, to see a great big man entirely made of snow
Where it's snowing
All winter through
That's where I want to be
Snowball throwing
That's what I'll do
How I'm longing to ski
Through the
Snow, those glist'ning houses that seem to be built of snow
Snow, oh, to see a mountain covered with a quilt of snow
What is Christmas with no snow
No white Christmas with no snow
Snow
I'll soon be there with snow
I'll wash my hair with snow
And with a spade of snow
I'll build a man that's made of snow
I'd love to stay up with you but I recommend a little shuteye
Go to sleep
And dream
Of snow, snow, snow, snow, snow

Top Irving Berlin, Learn To Sing A Love Song

[Verse:]
The world goes 'round to the sound of a love song
A melody for you and me
In ev'ry heart there's a part of a love song
'Twas ever so, 'twill ever be
[Refrain:]
Learn to sing a love song
And you'll remain forever young
Learn it in the springtime
When ev'ry song of love is sung
Time will fly
And bye and bye
When dreary winter comes along
You can sit by your fireside
Humming an old love song

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IRVING BERLIN'S 100th BIRTHDAY (COMPLETE) - CARNEGIE HALL {194}

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book (Album Completo Full)

Irving Berlin - Blue Skies

Fred Astaire - The Irving Berlin Songbook (full album)

THE GREAT AMERICIAN SONGBOOK - IRVING BERLIN - PART ONE

A look into the life of Irving Berlin, an interview with James Rocco

Irving Berlin "God Bless America" - The Ed Sullivan Show

Alexander's Ragtime Band - by Irving Berlin - Performed by Wayne King and His Orchestra

Anne Kaufman on Irving Berlin's Always

KENNEDY CENTER HONORS TRIBUTE TO IRVING BERLIN - "GOD BLESS AMERICA", 1987 {30})

Irving Berlin- on television (very RARE clip)

Madeline Kahn - You'd Be Surprised! (Irving Berlin's 100th anniversary 1988)

Irving Berlin - 'Oh, How I Hate to get up in the Morning'

IRVING BERLIN SONG All By Myself - Bobby Darin live 1962

'Irving Berlin' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 (2008)

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De-Lovely (2004)

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Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978)

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This Is the Army (1943)

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Famous quotes by Irving Berlin:

"The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success."

"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."

"Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it."

"Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies."

"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,"

"A pretty girl is like a melody That haunts you night and day Just like the strain Of a haunting refrain She'll start upon A marathon And run around your brain"

"The song is ended / But the melody lingers on."

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas"

"The world would not be in such a snarl,/ had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl."

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, / Just like the ones I used to know."

"Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life."

"Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies."

"There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny."

"I got lost but look what I found."

"After you get what you want you don't want it."

"There's no business like show business."

"There's no people like show people."

"You're not sick you're just in love."

"Talent is only the starting point."

Born: 1888-05-11

Died: 1989-09-22

IRVING BERLIN'S 100th BIRTHDAY (COMPLETE) - CARNEGIE HALL {194}

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book (Album Completo Full)

Irving Berlin - Blue Skies

Fred Astaire - The Irving Berlin Songbook (full album)

THE GREAT AMERICIAN SONGBOOK - IRVING BERLIN - PART ONE

A look into the life of Irving Berlin, an interview with James Rocco

Irving Berlin "God Bless America" - The Ed Sullivan Show

Alexander's Ragtime Band - by Irving Berlin - Performed by Wayne King and His Orchestra

Anne Kaufman on Irving Berlin's Always

KENNEDY CENTER HONORS TRIBUTE TO IRVING BERLIN - "GOD BLESS AMERICA", 1987 {30})

Irving Berlin- on television (very RARE clip)

Madeline Kahn - You'd Be Surprised! (Irving Berlin's 100th anniversary 1988)

Irving Berlin - 'Oh, How I Hate to get up in the Morning'

IRVING BERLIN SONG All By Myself - Bobby Darin live 1962

Tribute to Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin medley

Puttin On The Ritz - Irving Berlin - Pomplamoose

Irving Berlin - The Voice of the City

"Irving Berlin": "White Christmas"

Steppin' Out With My Baby - composer, Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin's 100th birthday celebration: Frank Sinatra

Irving Berlin Showstoppers arranged by John Higgins

Flashmob Moscow (Russia) : Putting on the ritz 2012