The Hit Singles Collection

Bobby Darin The Hit Singles Collection Lyrics
1.Splish Splash

Splish Splash
Bobby Darin
Splish Splash, I was takinU a bath
Long about a Saturday night
A rub-a-dub, just relaxinU in the tub
ThinkinU everything was alright
Well, I stepped out the tub, put my feet on the floor,
I wrapped the towel around me and I
Opened the door, and then I
Splish, Splash! I jumped back in the bath.
Well how was I to know there was a party going on?
They was a-splishinU and a-splashinU,
Reelin with the feelin, movinU and a-groovinU,
Bing bang, I saw the whole gang
DancinU on my living room rug, yeah!
Flip flop, they was doinU the bop
All the teens had the dancinU bug
There was lollipop with-a Peggy Sue
Good Golly, Miss Molly was-a even there, too!
A-well-a, Splish Splash, I forgot about the bath
I went and put my dancinU shoes on, yay...
I was a rollinU and a strollinU, reelinU with the feelinU,
moving and a groovin, splishinU
and a splashinU, yeah!
Yes, I was a-splishinU and a splashinU...
I was a-rollinU and a-strollinU...
Yeah, I was a-movinU and a-groovinUI
We was a-reelinU with the feelinUI
We was a-rollinU and a-strollinUI
MovinU with the groovinU
Splish splash, yeah!


2.Early In The Morning

When a girl reach the age of 18
She begins to think she's grown,
And hat's the kind of little girl
You can never find at home.

Come and see me early in the morning,
Just about the break of day.
Want to see me hug my pillow
Where my baby used to lay?

One drink of wine,
Two drinks of gin.
Pretty young got me
In the shape I'm in.

Chorus

I pass by the juke joint,
Look through the door.
She's doing the boogie-woogie
In the middle of the floor.

Chorus

First Verse

Chorus


3.Queen Of The Hop

Lyrics:Walden-Tweed
Music:Woody Harris

Well, you can talk about your Julie and your Peggy Sue.
You can keep your Miss Molly and your Mary Lou.
Can your prom do the chicken or doin' the bop?
I got a girl they call the queen of the hop.

Oh well I love my queen.
Do you know who I mean?
Sweet little sixteen
Yes, that's my queen.

Well, she wears short shorts and a rock 'n roll shoes.
You ought to see her dance to the yellow dog blues.
She's my sugar time baby, I'm her lollipop,
An' everybody knows I love my queen of de hop


Oh well she tunes in to Bandstand every day
To watch the kids dancin' 'cross the USA.
She don't care 'bout a thing 'ceptin rock 'n roll.
My baby drives me crazy when she does the stroll. yeah

Well she tunes in to Bandstand every day
To watch the kids dancin' 'cross the USA.
She don't care 'bout a thing 'ceptin' rock and roll.
My baby drives me crazy when she does the stroll.


Well, that's my queen.
Yes, that's my queen.
Oh, well that's my queen.
Yes, that's my queen.


4.Plain Jane

Lyrics:Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman
Music:Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman

My plain Jane never wear
A-no lipstick or paint
You know she'll never try
To be what she ain't.

Come early in the mornin'
You can hear the fellas call woo!
Well, plain Jane won't-cha come out tonight
So we can have a ball.

Help me now

Plain Jane won't-cha come out tonight
Come out tonight, come out tonight
Plain Jane won't-cha come out tonight
An' spend some time with me.

Her mouth's a little too wide
And her nose a wee bit long
And when you take a good look at her
Her shape seems all wrong.

But, she got this certain somethin'
That's so hard to define
And I wish that certain somethin'
Was mine, all mine, all mine woo!

Well, now plain Jane won't-cha come out tonight
Come out tonight, come out tonight
A-plain Jane won't-cha come out tonight
Spend some time with me.

Ooh, wee!
Oh, yeah!

I used to go with glamour girls
Who wore silks day and night
But plain Jane's gotta cotton dress
And it don't fit her right.

I could never, never tell you
Why I love her like I do
But if you took her out for one fine night
You'd feel the same way too.

Won't-cha now

Plain Jane won't-cha come out tonight
Come out tonight, come out tonight
Plain Jane won't-cha come out tonight
An' spend some time with me.

I said spend the time with me
Woo plain Jane
I love her just the same
Oh plain Jane.


5.Dream Lover

Every night I hope and pray
A dream lover will come my way
A girl to hold in my arms
And know the magic of her charms
Because I want a girl to call my own
I wanna dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone

Dream lover where are you
With a love oh so true
And a hand that I can hold
To feel you near as I grow old
Because I want a girl to call my own
I wanna dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone

Someday I don't know how
I hope you'll hear my plea
Some-way I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me

Dream lover until then
I'll go to sleep and dream again
That's the only thing to do
Until all my lover's dreams come true
Because I want a girl to call my own
I wanna dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone

Dream lover until then
I'll go to sleep and dream again
That's the only thing to do
Until all my lover's dreams come true
Because I want a girl to call my own
I wanna dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone
Please don't make me dream alone
I beg you don't make me dream alone
No I don't want to dream alone.....


6.Mack the Knife

Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, yeah
And he shows them, pearly white
Just a jack knife has old Mack Heath, Babe
And he keeps it out of sight

You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves though wears old Mack Heath, babe
So there's never, never a trace of red

Now, on the sidewalk, Ooh Sunday mornin', ah ha
Lies a body just oozin' life, eek
And someone's sneakin' 'round the corner
Could that someone be Mack the Knife

There's a tug boat down by the river don't you know
Well, the cement bags just a droopin' on down
Oh, that cement is just, it's there for the weight, yeah
Five will get you ten ol' Mackey's back in town

Now, did you hear about Louie Miller
He disappeared, babe, after drawin' out
All his hard earned cash
And now Mack Heath Spends just like a sailor
Could it be our boys done something rash

Now Jenny Diver, Soupy Tawdry,
Ohh, Miss Lonnie Linya, And Ol' Lucy Brown
Oh, the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Mackey's back in town

I said Jenny Diver, Whoa Soupy Tawdry
Look out for Miss Lonnie Linya and Ol' Lucy Brown
Yes, That Line forms on the right, babe
Now that Mackey's back in town

Look out ol' Mackey is back


7.Beyond The Sea

Somewhere beyond the sea
Somewhere waiting for me
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailing

Somewhere beyond the sea
She's there watching for me
If I could fly like birds on high
Then straight to her arms
I'd go sailing

It's far beyond the stars
It's near beyond the moon
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon

We'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing

I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet (I know we'll meet) beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing

No more sailing
So long sailing
Bye, bye sailing...


8.Clementine

Lyrics:Woody Harris
Music:Woody Harris

In a cavern
Down by a canyon
Excavatin' for a mine
There lived a miner
From North Carolina
And his daughter
Chubby Clementine.

Now, every mornin'
Yeah just about dawnin'
When the sun
Began to shine
You know she would rouse up
Wake all-a-dem cows up
And walk 'em down to her Daddy's mine.

I took the footbridge
Way 'cross the water
Though she weighed
Two ninety-nine
The old bridge trembled
And disassembled oops!
Dumped her into the foamy brine.

Hey crack like thunder hut, hut
You know she went under hut, hut
Blowin' bubbles down the line
Hey! I'm no swimm'a
But were she slimm'a
I might'a saved
That Clementine.

Ho she broke the record
Way under water
I thought that she was doin' fine
I wasn't nervous
Not until the service
That they held
For Clementine.

Hey you sailor hut, hut
Way out in your whaler
A-with your harpoon an' your trusty line
If she shows now,yell...
A-there she blows now!
It just may be
Chunky, Clementine.

One more time!

Oh, my darlin' oh, my darlin'
Oh, my darlin' oh, my darlin'
Oh, my darlin' sweet Clementine
You may be gone but
You're not forgotten
Fare thee well
So long
Clementine
Bye!


9.Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey

Won't you come home, Bill Bailey, won't you come home
I've moaned the whole night long
I'll do the cookin', honey, I'll pay the rent
I know I done you wrong
You remember that rainy evenin'
I threw you out....with nothin' but a fine tooth comb
Ya, I know I'm to blame, now... ain't it a shame
Bill Bailey, won't you please come home

(instrumental break)

Won't you come home, Bill Bailey, won't you come on home
I've moaned that whole day long
I'll do all the cookin' honey, I'll even pay the rent
I know, that I have done you, oh so, wrong

You remember that rainy evenin'
I throwed you out, with nothin but a fine tooth comb
I know I'm to blame, now... ain't it a shame
So baby, won't you please come

I said now, won't you please come

Bill Bailey, won't you please.... come on home


10.Artificial Flowers

Alone in the world was poor little Anne
As sweet a young child as you'd find.
Her parents had gone to their final reward
Leavin' their baby behind.

(Did you hear?)
This poor little child was only nine years of age
when mother and dad went away;
Still she brav-el-y worked
At the one thing she knew
to earn her few pennies a day.

She made artificial flowers, artificial flowers,
Flowers for ladies of fashion to wear;
She made artificial flowers, you know those artificial flowers,
Fashions from Annie's despair.

With paper and shears, with some wire and wax
She made up each tulip and mum.
As snowflakes drifted into her tenement room
Her baby little fingers grew numb.

From makin' artificial flowers, those artificial flowers
Flowers for ladies of high fashion to wear.
She made artificial flowers, artificial flowers
Made from Annie's despair.

They found little Annie all covered in ice
Still clutchin' her poor frozen shears
Amidst all the blossoms she had fashioned by hand
And watered with all her young tears.

There must be a heaven where little Annie can play
In heavenly gardens and bowers.
And instea-a-ad of a halo she'll wear 'round her head
A garland of genuine flowers.

No more artificial flowers;
Throw away those artificial flowers,
Flowers for ladies of society to wear.
Throw away those artificial flowers,
Those dumb-dumb flowers,
Fashioned from Annie's,
Fashioned from A-a-a-annie's
Des-pa-a-a-air.
(Give her the real thing!)


11.Lazy River

Up a lazy river by the old mill run
Lazy river in the noon day sun
Linger awhile in the shade of a tree
Throw away your troubles, dream with me.

Up a lazy river where the robin's song
Wakes the mornin', we roll along.
Make me blue skies above,
Everyone's in love
Up a lazy river, how happy we'll be
Up a lazy river with me.

Up a lazy river by the old mill run
That lazy, lazy river in the noonday sun
You can linger for a while in the shade of a tree.
Throw!, away your troubles, baby, dream a dream of me.

Up a lazy river, where the robin's song
Wakes a bright new mornin' where we can roll along.
There may be blue skies up above
But as long as we're in love
Yeah, we'll be up a lazy river, how happy we could be,
Up a lazy river with me.

(from the half way mark !)

Yeah, up a lazy river where the robin's song
Awakes a brand new mornin', we can roll along.
A-a-a, there are blue skies up above
And as long as we're in love,
We'll be up a lazy river,
Up a crazy lazy river,
Up a lazy river,
I ain't goin' your way,
Get outta my way,
Up a lazy river with me....


12.You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby

Written:Johnny Mercer/Harry Warren

Oh you know, you know, you know, you know

You must a been a beautiful baby
You must a been a beautiful child
When you were only startin'
To go to kindergarten
I bet you drove those other childs wild!

Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah

An' when it came to winnin' blue ribbons
Well I bet you taught the other kids how
Well, I can see the judge's eyes
As they handed you the prize
I bet you took the cutest bow!

Yeah! You must a been a beautiful baby
'cause baby won't you look at you now.

Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah

You must a have been a beautiful baby
You must a have been a beautiful child
When you were only startin'
To go to kindergarten
I know you drove the other childs wild.

An' I wasn't even there.

An' when you came to winnin' blue ribbons
Hey I know you taught those other kids how
Well, I can see the judge's eyes
As they handed you the prize
I know you made the cutest bow!

Yeah! You must a been a beautiful baby
cause baby won't you look at you now.

Oh, I mean I mean oh, beautiful
Oh, beautiful
Oh, beautiful
Oh, beautiful
Oh, beautiful
Oh, beautiful
Aah, I know you're beautiful too beautiful for words ...


13.Irresistible You


14.Multiplication

Lyrics:Bobby Darin
Music:Bobby Darin

When you see a gentleman bee
Round a lady bee buzzin'
Just count to ten then count again
There's sure to be an even dozen.

Multiplication
That's the name of the game
And each generation
They play the same.

Now, there was two butterflies castin' their eyes
Both in the same direction
You'd never guess that one little yes
Could start a butterfly collection.

Multiplication
That's the name of the game
And each generation
They play the same.

Let me tell ya now

I say one and one is five
You can call me a silly goat
But, ya take two minks add two winks
Ahhh ya got one mink coat.

When a girl gets coy in front of a boy
After three or four dances
Ah you can just bet she'll play hard to get
To multiply her chances.

Multiplication
That's the name of the game
And each generation
You know they play the same.

Hear me talkin' to ya

Mother Nature's a clever girl
She relies on habit
Ya take two hares with no cares
Pretty soon you got a room full of rabbits.

Parakeets in-between tweets
Sometimes get too quiet
Uh-oh but, have no fear 'cause soon you'll hear
A parakeet's riot just try it.

Multiplication
That's the name of the game
And every generation
You know they play the same.

Yes ... it's multiplication
That's the name of the game
And each generation
They play the same.


15.What'd I Say

Tell your momma, tell your pa,
Gonna move you back to Arkansas.
All right, baby what'd I say?
Whoa, all right, baby what'd I say?

Oh baby, oh baby.
All right, baby, what'd I say?
Baby, what'd I say?
Oh, all right, yeah.

Baby, what'd I say?
Yeah, what'd I say?
Baby, what'd I say?
Baby, what'd I say?
Oh, what'd I say?
Baby, what'd I say?

Ah well, ah hey, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
All right, baby.


16.Things

Lyrics:Bobby Darin
Music:Bobby Darin

Ev'ry night I sit here by my window (window)
Starin' at the lonely avenue (avenue)
Watching lovers holdin' hands 'n' laughin' (laughin')
And thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do

CHORUS
(Thinkin' of things) Like a walk in the park
(Things) Like a kiss in the dark
(Things) Like a sailboat ride
(Yeah-yeah) What about the night we cried?
Things like a lover's vow
Things that we don't do now
Thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do

Memories are all I have to cling to (cling to)
And heartaches are the friends I'm talkin' to (talkin' to)
When I'm not thinkin' of-a just how much I love you (love you)
Well, I'm-a thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do

CHORUS

I still can hear the jukebox softly playin' (playin')
And the face I see each day belongs to you (belongs to you)
Though there's not a single sound and there's nobody else around
Well, it's-a just me thinkin' of the things we used to do

CHORUS

And the heartaches are the friends I'm talkin' to
Ya got me thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do

FADE
Starin' at the lonely avenue


17.You're The Reason I'm Living

You're the reason I'm livin'...

You're the breath that I take
You're the stars in my heaven
You're the sun when I wake.

You're the reason I'm livin'...

Whoa... you carry me through
All of life's little burdens
I'd be lost without you.

A long, long time ago
When I was down
Whoa... you picked me up
And showed me
True love still could be found.

You're the reason I do things
You're the things that I do
You're the reason I'm livin'
I'd be lost without you.

Come and tell me again...

You're the reason I'm livin'...

Whoa... you carry me through
All of life's little burdens
I'd be lost without you.


18.18 Yellow Roses

Eighteen yellow roses came today
Eighteen yellow roses in a pretty bouquet
When the boy came to the door
I didn't know what to say
But, eighteen yellow roses came today.

I opened up the card to see what it said
I couldn't believe my eyes
When I had read
Though you belong to another I love you anyway
Yes, eighteen yellow roses came today.

I never doubted your love for a minute
I always thought that you would be true
But now this box and the flowers in it
I guess there's nothin' left for me to do.

But ask to meet the boy that's done this thing
And find out if he's got plans to buy you a ring
'cause eighteen yellow roses
Will wilt and die one day ...

But... a father's love will never fade away
Will never fade away...


19.If I Were A Carpenter

If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway
And have my baby?

If a tinker were my trade
Would you still find me
Carryin' the pots I made
Followin' behind me?

Save my love through loneliness
Save my love through sorrows
I've given you my onliness
Give me your tomorrows.

If I worked my hands in wood
Would you still love me?
Answer me, babe, 'Yes, I would.
I would put you above me.'

If I were a miller... yeah...
At a mill wheel grindin'
Would you miss your colored blouse
Little girl, your soft shoe shinin'?

If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway
And you have my baby?

Would you marry me anyway
And have my baby?


20.Lovin' You