Sings Rodgers And Hammerstein

Frank Sinatra Sings Rodgers And Hammerstein Lyrics
1.Oh! What A Beautiful Mornin'

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Alec Wilder
Artist:Frank Sinatra/Chorus

There's a bright golden haze on the meadow
There's a bright golden haze on the meadow
The corn is as high as an elephant's eye
And it looks like it's climbing clear up to the sky

Oh, what a beautiful mornin', oh what a beautiful day
I got a beautiful feelin' everything's goin' my way

All the sounds of the earth are like music
All the sounds of the earth are like music
The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree
And the little ole willow is laughin' at me

Oh, what a beautiful mornin', oh, what a beautiful day
I got a beautiful feelin' everything's goin' my way


Oh, what a beautiful mornin', what a beautiful day
I got a beautiful feelin' everything's goin' my way


2.People Will Say We're In Love

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Alec Wilder
Artist:Frank Sinatra/The Bobby Tucker Singers

Don't throw bouquets at me
Don't please my folks too much
Don't laugh at my jokes too much
People will say we're in love

Don't sigh and gaze at me
Your sighs are so like mine
And your eyes mustn't glow like mine
People will say we're in love

Don't start collecting things
Give me my rose and my glove

Well, sweetheart, they're suspecting things
People will say we're in love


3.The Surrey With The Fringe On Top

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers

When I take you out tonight with me, honey, here's the way it's
gonna be,
You will sit behind a team of snow-white horses in the slickest
gig you'll ever see.

Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry when I take you out in
the surrey,
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top.
Watch that fringe and see how it flutters when I drive them high
steppin' strutters,
Nosy folks will peep through the shutters and their eyes will
pop.
Those wheels are yellow, the upholstery's brown, the dashboard's
genuine leather.
With nice bright curtains that can roll right down in case
there's a change in the weather.
Two bright side lights winking and blinkin, ain't no finer rig
I'm a-thinking,
You can keep your rig if you're thinking that I care to swap
For that shiny little surrey with the fringe on the top.

(Would you say the fringe was made of silk?) Wouldn't have no
other kind but silk.
(Has it really got a team of snow-white horses?)
One's like snow, the others more like milk (so you can tell 'em
apart)
All the world would fly in a flurry, when I take you out in the
surrey,
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top.
When we hit that road hell for leather, cats and dogs all dance
in the heather.
Birds and frogs will sing all together and the toads will hop.
The wind will whistle as we rattle along, the cows will moo in
the clover
The river will ripple out a whispered song, and whisper it over
and over.
Don't you wish you'd go on forever, don't wish you'd go on
forever,
Don't you wish you'd go on forever and would never stop
In that shiny little surrey with fringe on the top


4.Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Alec Wilder
Artist:Frank Sinatra/Orchestra

There's a bright golden haze on the meadow
There's a bright golden haze on the meadow
The corn is as high as an elephant's eye
And it looks like it's climbing clear up to the sky

Oh, what a beautiful mornin', oh what a beautiful day
I got a beautiful feelin' everything's goin' my way

All the sounds of the earth are like music
All the sounds of the earth are like music
The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree
And the little ole willow is laughin' at me

Oh, what a beautiful mornin', oh, what a beautiful day
I got a beautiful feelin' everything's goin' my way


Oh, what a beautiful mornin', what a beautiful day
I got a beautiful feelin' everything's goin' my way


5.If I Loved You

Written:Oscar Hammerstein Ii/Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

If I loved you, time and again I would try to say
All I'd want you to know
If I loved you, words wouldn't come in an easy way
'round in circles I'd go
Longin' to tell you but afraid and shy
I'd let my golden chances pass me by

Soon you'd leave me, off you would go in the mist of day
Never, never to know
How I'd love you
If-I-loved-you


6.You'll Never Walk Alone

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Nelson Riddle
Artist:Frank Sinatra/The Ken Lane Singers

When you walk through a storm hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of a storm is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown.

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart
And you'll Never Walk Alone,
You'll Never Walk Alone.


7.Soliloquy

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

I wonder what he'll think of me
I guess he'll call me the 'old man'
I guess he'll think I can lick
Ev'ry other feller's father
Well, I can!

I bet that he'll turn out to be
The spittin' image of his dad
But he'll have more common sense
Than his puddin-headed father ever had

I'll teach him to wrassle
And dive through a wave
When we go in the mornin's for our swim
His mother can teach him
The way to behave
But she won't make a sissy out o' him
Not him! Not my boy! Not Bill!
Bill. I will see that he is named after me, I will.
My boy, Bill! He'll be tall
And tough as a tree, will Bill!

Like a tree he'll grow
With his head held high
And his feet planted firm on the ground
And you won't see nobody dare to try
To boss or toss him around!
No pot-bellied, baggy-eyed bully'll toss him around

I don't give a damn what he does
As long as he does what he likes!
He can sit on his tail
Or work on a rail
With a hammer, hammering spikes!
He can ferry a boat on a river
Or peddle a pack on his back
Or work up and down
The streets of a town
With a whip and a horse and a hack

He can haul a scow along a canal
Run a cow around a corral
Or maybe bark for a carousel
Of course it takes talent to do that well

He might be a champ of theheavyweights
Or a feller that sells you glue
Or President of the United States
That'd be all right, too
His mother would like that
But he wouldn't be President unless he wanted to be
Not Bill!

My boy, Bill! He'll be tall
And as tough as a tree, will Bill
Like a tree he'll grow
With his head held high
And his feet planted firm on the ground
And you won't see nobody dare to try
To boss or toss him around!
No fat-bottomed, flabby-faced, pot-bellied, baggy-eyed
bastard'll boss
him around

And I'll be damned if he'll marry the boss' daughter
A skinny-lipped virgin with blood like water
Who'll give him a peck
And call it a kiss
And look in his eyes through a lorgnet
Say, why am I talkin' on like this?
My kid ain't even been born, yet!

I can see him when he's seventeen or so
And startin' to go with a girl
I can give him lots of pointers, very sound
On the way to get 'round any girl
I can tell him ...
Wait a minute!
Could it be?
What the hell!
What if he is a girl?
What would I do with her?
What could I do for her?
A bum with no money!
You can have fun with a son
But you got to be a father to a girl

She mighn't be so bad at that
A kid with ribbons in her hair!
A kind o' neat and petite
Little tin-type of her mother!
What a pair!

I can just hear myself bragging about her!
My little girl
Pink and white
As peaches and cream is she
My little girl
Is half again as bright
As girls are meant to be!
Dozens of boys pursue her
Many a likely lad does what he can to woo her
From her faithful dad

She has a few
Pink and white young fellers of two and three
But my little girl
Gets hungry ev'ry night and she come home to me!

My little girl, my little girl!
I got to get ready before she comes!
I got to make certain that she
Won't be dragged up in slums
With a lot o' bums like me
She's got to be sheltered
And be dressed in the best money can buy!
I never knew how to get money
But, I'll try, by God! I'll try!
I'll go out and make it or steal it
Or take it or die!


8.It Might As Well Be Spring

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Nelson Riddle

I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm
I'm as jumpy as puppet on a string
I'd say that I had spring fever
But I know it isn't spring
I am starry eyed and vaguely discontented
Like a nightingale without a song to sing
O why should I have spring fever
When it isn't even spring

I keep I were someone else
Walking down a strange new street
And hearing words that I've never head
From a girl I've yet to meet
I'm as busy as spider spinning daydreams
Spinning spinning daydreams
I'm as giggy as a baby on a swing

I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud
Or a robin on the wing
But I feel so gay in a melancholy way
That it might as well be spring
It might as
Well be
Spring


9.That's For Me

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers

The light-hearted gay
Kind of charm you display
That's for me.
The wonderful sly
Little trick with your eye
That's for me.
What a feather in my hat
If I could gratify your wish;
Do you like the movies,
Or what is your favorite dish?
The tilt of your chin,
When you chuckle or grin
That's for me
You might as well know
That wherever you go,
There I'll be
Just to make sure you keep your heart
Alone and fancy free.
No one else can have it; that's for me


10.A Fellow Needs A Girl

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

A fellow needs a girl to sit by his side, at the end of a weary
day.
To sit by his side and listen to him talk and agree with the
things he'll say.
A fellow needs a girl to hold in hid arms when the rest of the
world goes wrong,
To hold in his arms and know that she believes that her fellow
is wise and strong.

When things go right, and his job's well done,
He wants to share the prize he's won.
If no one shares and no one cares,
Where is the fun of a job well done? Or a prize you've won?
A fellow needs a home, his own kind of home, but to make this
dream come true,
A fellow needs a girl, his own kind of girl, my kind of girl is
you.


11.So Far

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

We have nothing to remember so far, so far,
So far we haven't walked by night and shared the light of a
star.
So far your heart has never fluttered so near, so near
That my own heart alone could hear it.

We haven't gone beyond the very beginning,
We've just begun to know how lucky we are.
So we have nothing to remember so far, so far.
But now I'm face to face with you and now at last we've met,
And now we can look forward to the things we'll never forget.

(musical interlude)

We haven't gone beyond the very beginning,
We've just begun to know how lucky we are
So we have nothing to remember so far, so far.
But now I'm face to face with you, and now at last we've met,
And now we can look forward to the things we'll never forget.


12.Younger Than Springtime

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Billy Strange

Younger than springtime are you, softer than starlight are you,
Warmer than winds of June are the gentle lips you gave me.
Gayer than laughter are you, sweeter than music are you,
Angel and lover, heaven and earth are you to give me.
And when your youth and joy invade my soul,
And fill my heart as now they do, then
Younger than springtime am I, gayer than laughter am I,
Angel and lover, heaven and earth am I with you.


13.Some Enchanted Evening

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:H.B.Barnun

Some enchanted evening you may see a stranger
You may see a stranger across a crowded room
And somehow you know, you know even then
That somewhere you'll see her again and again

Some enchanted evening, someone may be laughing
You may hear her laughing across a crowded room
And night after night, as strange as it seems
The sound of her laughter will sing in your dreams

Who can explain it, who can tell you why
Fools give you reasons, wise men never try

Some enchanted evening, when you find your true love
When you feel her call you across a crowded room
Then fly to her side and make her your own
Or all through your life you may dream all alone

Once you have found her, never let her go
Once you have found her, never let her go


14.Bali Ha'i

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers

Most people live on a lonely island,
lost in the middle of a foggy sea
most people long for another island
one where they know they would like to be.

Bali Ha'i may call you,
Any night, any day,
In your heart you'll hear it call you,
'Come away, come away . . .'

Bali Ha'i will whisper,
On the wind of the sea,
'Here am I your special island'
'Come to me, come to me . . .'

Your own special hopes,
Your own special dreams,
Bloom on the hillside,
And shine in the streams . . .

If you try you'll find me
Where the sky meets the sea
Here am I your special island
Come to me, come to me . . .

Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i

Someday you'll see me,
Floating in the sunshine,
My head's sticking out from a low flying cloud . . .

You'll hear me call you,
Singing through the sunshine
Sweet and clear as can be . . .

'Come to me, Bali Ha'i'
'Come to me'
'Come to me'

Bali Ha'i . . .


15.Hello Young Lovers

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Gordon Jenkins

Hello young lovers who ever you are
I hope your troubles are few
All my good wishes go with you tonight
I've been in love like you

Be brave young lovers and follow your star
Be brave and faithful and true
Cling very close to each other tonight
I've been in love like you

I know how it feels to have wings on your heels
And fly down the street in a trance
You fly down a street on a chance that you'll meet
And you meet not really by chance

Don't cry young lovers what ever you do
Don't cry because I'm alone

All of my memories are happy tonight
I've had a love of my own

I've had a love of my own like yours
I've had a love of my own


16.We Kiss In A Shadow

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

He:We kiss in the shadow, we hide from the moon,
Our meetings are few and over too soon.
She:We speak in a whisper, afraid to be heard,
When people are near, we speak not a word.
He: Alone in our secret, together we cry
For one smiling day to be free.
To kiss in the sunlight, and say to the sky,
Behold and believe what you see,
Behold how my lover loves me.

(musical interlude)

She: We speak in a whisper, afraid to be heard,
When people are near, we speak not a word.
He: Alone in our secret, together we cry
For one smiling day to be free.
Both: To kiss in the sunlight, and say to the sky,
Behold and believe what you see,
Behold how my lover loves me.


17.I Whistle A Happy Tune

Lyrics:Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Music:Richard Rodgers
Arranger:Axel Stordahl

Whenever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect
And whistle a happy tune so no one will suspect I'm afraid.
While shivering in my shoes, I try to tell each toe
To whistle a happy tune and no one ever knows I'm afraid.
The result of this deception is very strange to tell,
For when I fool the people I fear, I fool myself as well.
I whistle a happy tune, and every single time,
The happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid.
Make believe you're brave, that's the trick to take you far,
You may as brave as you make believe you are

(whistle)

You may as brave as you make believe you are.

The result of this deception is very strange to tell,
For when I fool the people I fear, I fool myself as well.
I whistle a happy tune, and every single time,
The happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid.
Make believe you're brave, that's the trick to take you far,
You may as brave as you make believe you are

(whistle)

You may as brave as you make believe you are.