Unreleased Songs

The Mills Brothers Unreleased Songs Lyrics
1.Daddy's Little Girl

Lyricist:Bobby Burke, Horace Gerlach

You're the end of the rainbow, my pot of gold
You're daddy's little girl to have and hold
A precious gem is what you are
You're mommy's bright and shining star

You're the spirit of Christmas, my star on the tree
You're the Easter Bunny to mommy and me
You're sugar, you're spice, you're everything nice
And you're daddy's little girl

You're the end of the rainbow, my pot of gold
You're daddy's little girl to have and hold
A precious gem is what you are
You're mommy's bright and shining star

You're the spirit of Christmas, my star on the tree
You're the Easter Bunny to mommy and me
You're sugar, you're spice, you're everything nice
And you're daddy's little girl


2.Across the Alley from the Alamo

Lyricist:Joe Greene

Across the alley from the Alamo
Lived a pinto pony and a Navajo
Who sang a sort of Indian 'Hi-de-ho'
To the people passin' by

The pinto spent his time a-swishin' flies
And the Navajo watched the lazy skies
And very rarely did they ever rest their eyes
On the people passin' by

One day, they went a-walkin'
Along the railroad track
They were swishin' not a-lookin'
Toot, toot, they never came back

Oh, across the alley from the Alamo
When the summer sun decides to settle low
A fly sings an Indian 'Hi-de-ho'
To the people passin' by

Across the alley from the Alamo
Lived a pinto a-pony and a Navajo
Who used to bake frijoles in cornmeal dough
For the people passin' by

They thought that they would make some easy bucks
By washin' their frijoles in Duz and Lux
A pair of very conscientious clucks
To the people passin' by

Then they took this cheap vacation
Their shoes were polished bright
Though they never heard the whistle
Toot, toot, they're clear out of sight

Oh, across the alley from the Alamo
When the starlight beams its tender glow
The beams go to sleep and then there ain't no dough
For the people passin' by

One day, they went a-walkin'
Along the railroad track
They were swishin' not a-lookin'
Toot, toot, they never came back

Oh, across the alley from the Alamo
When the summer sun decides to settle low
A fly sings an Indian 'Hi-de-ho'
To the people passin' by

Across the alley from the Alamo


3.Cab Driver

Cab driver drive by Mary's place,
I just wanna chance to see her face.
I hope God to meet her any place,
Cab driver drive by Mary's place.

Cab driver once more round the block,
Never mind the ticket or the clock.
I only wish we could have had a talk,
Cab driver once more round the block.

Cab driver once more down her street,
There's a little place we use to meet.
That's where I laid my future at her feet,
Cab driver once more down her street.

Cab driver take care by her door,
I just want to hold her in my arms once more.
And then maybe just like we were before,
Cab driver take care by her door.

Cab driver you better take me home,
I guess that I was meant to be alone.
I hope God gives me a lover of my own,
Cab driver you better take me home.

Cab driver you better take me home,
Cab driver you better take me home.


4.I'll Be Around

I'LL BE AROUND
The Mills Brothers
(Alex Wilder)

I'll be around,
No matter how
You treat me now
I'll be around from now on.

Your latest love
Can never last,
And when its past,
I'll be around when he's gone

Good-bye again,
And if you find a love like mine
Just now and then,
Oh drop a line to say you 're feeling fine

And when things go wrong
Perhaps you'll see
You're meant for me
So I'll be around when he's gone.

Good-bye again,
And if you find a love like mine
Just now and then,
Oh drop a line to say your feeling fine

And when things go wrong
Perhaps you'll see
You're meant for me
So I'll be around when he's gone.


5.I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm

Lyricist:Irving Berlin

The snow is snowing and the wind is blowing
But I can weather the storm
What do I care how much it may storm?
For I've got my love to keep me warm

I can't remember a worse December
Just watch those icicles form
Oh, what do I care if icicles form?
Oh, I've got my love to keep me warm

Off with my overcoat, off with my glove
I need no overcoat, I'm burning with love

My heart's on fire, the flame grows higher
So, I will weather the storm
What do I care how much it may storm?
Oh, I've got my love to keep me warm

The snow is snowing, the wind is blowing
But I can weather the storm
What do I care how much it may storm?
Oh, I've got my love to keep me warm

I can't remember a worse December
Just watch those icicles form
What do I care if icicles form?
Ho, ho, ho, I've got my love to keep me warm

Off with my overcoat, off with my glove
I need no overcoat, I'm burning with love

My heart's on fire, the flame grows higher
So, I will weather the storm
What do I care how much it may storm?
Oh, I've got my love to keep me warm


6.Nevertheless

Nevertheless
The Mills Brothers
(Bert Kalmar-Harry Ruby) 1931, and featured in the Kalmar-Ruby
story
'Three Little Words' about 1951, when the song hit #1 status on
the Hit
Parade.

Maybe I'm right, and maybe I'm wrong
Maybe I'm weak and maybe I'm strong
But nevertheless I'm in love with you

Maybe I'll win and maybe I'll lose
Maybe I'm in for crying the blues
But nevertheless I'm in love with you

Somehow I know at a glance
The terrible chances I'm taking
Fine at the start, then left with a heart that is breaking

Maybe I'll live a life of regret,
And maybe I'll give much more than I'll get
But nevertheless, I'm in love with you

Somehow I know at a glance
The terrible chances I'm taking
Fine at the start, then left with a heart that is breaking

Maybe I'll live a life of regret,
And maybe I'll give much more than I'll get
But nevertheless, I'm in love with you

But nevertheless, I'm in love with you

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7.Paper Doll

Lyricist:J. Black

I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own
A doll that other fellows cannot steal
And then the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes
Will have to flirt with dollies that are real

When I come home at night she will be waiting
She'll be the truest doll in all this world
I'd rather have a paper doll to call my own
Than have a fickle-minded real live girl

I guess I had a million dolls or more
I guess I've played the doll game o'er and o'er
I just quarreled with Sue, that's why I'm blue
She's gone away and left me just like all dolls do

I'll tell you boys, it's tough to be alone
And it's tough to love a doll that's not your own
I'm through with all of them, I'll never fall again
Say boy, whatcha gonna do?

I'm gonna buy a paper doll that I can call my own
A doll that other fellows cannot steal
And then the flirty, flirty guys with their flirty, flirty eyes
Will have to flirt with dollies that are real

When I come home at night she will be waiting
She'll be the truest doll in all this world
I'd rather have a paper doll to call my own
Than have a fickle-minded real live girl


8.The Glow Worm

Lyricist:J. Mercer, L.c. Robinson, P. Lincke

Shine little glow worm, glimmer, glimmer
Shine little glow worm, glimmer, glimmer
Lead us lest too far we wander
Love's sweet voice is calling yonder

Shine little glow worm, glimmer, glimmer
Hey, there don't get dimmer, dimmer
Light the path below, above
And lead us on to love

Glow little glow worm, fly of fire
Glow like an incandescent wire
Glow for the female of the species
Turn on the AC and the DC

This night could use a little brightnin'
Light up you little ol' bug of lightnin'
When you gotta glow, you gotta glow
Glow little glow worm, glow

Glow little glow worm, glow and glimmer
Swim through the sea of night, little swimmer
Thou aeronautical boll weevil
Illuminate yon woods primeval

See how the shadows deep and darken
You and your chick should get to sparkin'
I got a gal that I love so
Glow little glow worm, glow

Glow little glow worm, turn the key on
You are equipped with taillight neon

I don't know who you took a shine to
Or who you're out to make a sign to
I got a gal that I love so

Glow little glow worm, glow
Glow little glow worm, glow
Glow little glow worm, glow
Glow little glow worm, glow!


9.Till Then

Lyricist:Sol Marcus, Edward Seiler, Guy B. Wood

Till then, my darling, please wait for me
Till then, no matter when it will be
Some day, I know I'll be back again
Please wait, till then

Our dreams will live though we are apart
Our love, I know it'll keep in our hearts
Till then, when of the world will be free
Please wait for me

Although there are oceans we must cross
And mountains that we must climb
I know every gain must have a loss
So pray that our loss is nothing but time

Till then, let's dream of what there will be
Till then, we'll call on each memory
Till then, when I will hold you again
Please wait till then

Although there are oceans we must cross
And mountains that we must climb
I know every gain must have a loss
So pray that our loss is nothing but time

Till then, let's dream of what there will be
Till then, we'll call on each memory
Till then, when I will hold you again
Please wait till then


10.You Always Hurt the One You Love

Lyricist:Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts

You always hurt the one you love
The one you shouldn't hurt at all
You always take the sweetest rose
And crush it till the petals fall

You always break the kindest heart
With a hasty word you can't recall
So if I broke your heart last night
It's because I love you most of all

You always hurt the one you love
The one you shouldn't hurt at all
You always take the sweetest rose
And crush it till the petals fall

You always break the kindest heart
With a hasty word you can't recall
So if I broke your heart last night
It's because I love you most of all

You always hurt the one you love
The one you shouldn't hurt at all
You always take the sweetest rose
Crush it, till the petals fall

You always break the kindest heart
With a hasty word you can't recall
So if I broke your heart last night
It's because I love you most of all


11.Here Lies Love

Lyricist:Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin

Night winds, cold & melancholy
Wail a blue from holly
Oh, my tragedy
Like a misery meant for only me
While I linger weary 'neath a willow tree

Right here our romance was started
Here again we parted
When I set you free
All my thoughts are jumbled
And everything is blurred
Oh, all the world has crumbled, shattered by a word

The end has come, my heart is numb
It was like a volt from the blue above
I can't believe it but you're gone, darling
And here lies love

The sky is dark and I hear a lark
He sounds as sad as a mournful dove
The dew appears like the tears of dawn
Darling, for here lies love

All my dreams lost beyond recall
Dreams of spring blessed within the fall
You gave lips, you gave arms, I gave all

I ought to cry, my eyes are dry
There's only one thing I'm conscious of
I only know that I can't go on
Darling, here lies love

The end has come and my heart is numb
It was like a volt from the blue above
I can't believe it but you're gone, darling
And here lies love

I only know that I can't go on
Darling, for here lies love


12.Dedicated To You

Lyricist:Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret

If I should write a book for you
That brought me fame and fortune too
That book would be like my heart and me
Dedicated to you

And if I should paint a picture too
That showed the loveliness of you
My art would be like my heart and me
Dedicated to you

To you because your love is the beacon
That lights up my way
To you because with you I know
A lifetime could be just one heavenly day

If I should find a twinkling star
One half so wondrous as you are
That star would be like my heart and me
Dedicated to you

To you because your love is a beacon
That lights up my way
To you because with you I know
A lifetime could be just one heavenly day

If I should find a twinkling star
One half so wondrous as you are
That star would be like my heart and me
Dedicated to you


13.Tiger Rag

Lyricist:Harry Decosta, Eddie Edwards, James Larocca, Henry Ragas,
Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields

Hold that tiger, hold that tiger
Hold that tiger, hold that tiger
Hold that tiger, hold that tiger
Hold that tiger

Where's that tiger? Where's that tiger?
Here's that tiger
Where's that tiger? Here's that tiger
Where's that tiger? There's that tiger

Hold that tiger, hold that tiger
Hold that tiger, hold that tiger
Hold that tiger, hold that tiger
Hold that tiger

Where's that tiger? Where's that tiger?
Here's that tiger
Where's that tiger? Here's that tiger
Where's that tiger? There's that tiger
Hold that tiger


14.Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)

Lyricist:Jimmie Hodges

I know that someday you'll want me to want you
When I'm in love with somebody else
You expect me to be true and keep on loving you
Though I'm feeling blue, you think I can't forget you

Until someday you'll want me to want you
When I am strong for somebody new
And though you don't want me now, I'll get along somehow
And then I won't want you

I know that someday you'll want me to want you
When I'm in love with somebody else
You expect me to be true and keep on loving you
Though I am feeling blue, you think I can't forget you

Until someday you'll want me to want you
When I am strong for somebody new
And though you don't want me now, I'll get along somehow
And then I won't want you


15.Please Don't Talk about Me When I'm Gone

Lyricist:Sidney Clare, Bee Palmer, Sammy H. Stept

Please don't talk about me when I'm gone
Oh, honey though our friendship ceases from now on
And listen, if you can't say anything real nice
It's better not to talk at all, is my advice

We're parting, you go your way, I'll go mine
It's best that we do
Here's a kiss
I hope that this brings lots of luck to you

Makes no difference how I carry on
Remember, please don't talk about me when I'm gone

Oh, honey though our friendship ceases from now on
It's better not to talk at all, is my advice

We're parting, you go your way, I'll go mine
And it's best that we do
Here's a kiss
I hope that this brings lots of luck to you

Makes no difference how I carry on
And remember, please don't talk about me when I'm gone
I'm gone


16.Goodbye Blues

Lyricist:Dorothy Fields, Arnold Johnson, Jimmy Mchugh

Goodbye blues, goodbye blues
Lost two loving arms I used to use
Lonesome nights, low down news
Now she might be I don't know whose
I've got those old goodbye blues


17.When You Were Sweet Sixteen

Lyricist:James Thornton

I love you as I never loved before
Since first I met you on the village green
Come to me here my dream of love is o'er
I love you as I love you, when you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen

I love you as I never loved before
Since first I met you on the village green
Come to me here my dream of love is o'er
I love you as I love you, when you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen

I love you as I never loved before
Since first I met you on the village green
Come to me here my dream of love is o'er
I love you as I love you, when you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen


18.Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)

Lyricist:Bert Kalmar, Harold Ruby

Maybe I'm right and maybe I'm wrong
And maybe I'm weak and maybe I'm strong
But nevertheless, I'm in love with you

Maybe I'll win and maybe I'll lose
And maybe I'm in for crying the blues
But nevertheless, I'm in love with you

Somehow I know at a glance
The terrible chances I'm taking
Fine at the start, then left with a heart that is breaking

Maybe I'll live a life of regret
And maybe I'll give much more than I'll get
But nevertheless, I'm in love with you

Somehow I know at a glance
The terrible chances I'm taking
Fine at the start, then left with a heart that is breaking

Maybe I'll live a life of regret
And maybe I'll give much more than I'll get
But nevertheless, I'm in love with you

But nevertheless, I'm in love with you


19.Just A Closer Walk With Thee

Lyricist:Clyde Foley

I am weak but Thou art strong
Jesus, keep me from all wrong
I'll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee

Just a closer walk with Thee
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea
Daily walking close to Thee
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be

Through this world of toil and snares
If I falter, Lord, who cares?
Who with me my burden shares?
None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee

Just a closer walk with Thee
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea
Daily walking close to Thee
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be


20.Don't Be A Baby, Baby

Lyricist:B Kaye, H Steiner

Don't be a baby, baby
'Bout a love that passed you by
But if you have to, baby
Go ahead and have your cry

I'll be your baby, baby
Truer than the one you knew
And someday maybe, maybe, baby
You will learn to love me too

Don't be a baby, baby
'Bout a love that passed you by
But if you have to, baby
Go ahead and have your cry

I'll be your baby, baby
Truer than the one you knew
And someday maybe, baby, baby
You will learn to love me too

Don't be a baby, baby
'Bout a love that passed you by
But if you have to, baby
Go ahead and have your cry

I'll be your baby, baby
Truer than the one you knew
And someday maybe, maybe, baby
You will learn to love me too


21.Rockin' Chair

Lyricist:Hoagy Carmichael

Old rocking chair's got me, my cane by my side
Fetch me that gin, son, 'fore I tan your hide
Can't get from this cabin, goin' nowhere
Just set me here grabbin' at the flies 'round this rocking chair

My dear, old aunt Harriet, in Heaven she be
Send me sweet chariot, for the end of the trouble I see
Old rocking chair gets it, judgment day is here
Chained to my rocking chair

Old rocking chair's got me, son
(Rocking chair got you father)
And my cane by my side
(Yes, your cane by your side)

Now fetch me that old gin, son
(Ain't got no gin, father)
'Fore I tan your hide, now
(You're gonna tan my hide)

You know, I can't get from this old cabin
(What cabin? Joking)
And I ain't goin' nowhere
(Why ain't you goin' nowhere?)

Well, just sittin' me here grabbin'
(Grabbin')
At these flies 'round this old rocking chair
(Rocking chair)

Now you remember dear old Aunt Harriet
(Aunt Harriet)
How long in Heaven she be?
(She's up in Heaven)

Send me down, send me down, sweet chariot
(Sweet chariot)
For the end of this trouble I see
(I see, daddy)

Old rocking chair gets it, son
(Rocking chair get it, father)
And judgment day is here, too
(Your judgment day is here)
And I'm chained to my rocking, old rocking chair


22.I Don't Know Enough about You

Lyricist:Dave Barbour, Peggy Lee

I know a little bit about a lot of things
But I don't know enough about you
Just when I think you're mine you try a different line
And baby what can I do?

I read the latest news, no buttons on my shoes
But baby, I'm confused about you
You get me in a spin, oh, what a stew I'm in
'Cause I don't know enough about you

Jack-of-all-trades, master of none
And isn't it a shame?
I'm so sure that you'd be good for me
If you'd only play my game

You know I went to school and I'm nobody's fool
That is to say until I met you
I know a little bit about a lot of things
But I don't know enough about you

I know a little bit about a lot of things
But I don't know enough about you
Just when I think you're mine, you try a different line
And baby what can I do?

I read the latest news, no buttons on my shoes
But baby, I'm confused about you
You get me in a spin, oh, what a stew I'm in
'Cause I don't know enough about you

Oh, jack-of-all-trades, master of none
And isn't it a shame?
I'm so sure that you'd be good for me
If you'd only play my game

You know I went to school and I'm nobody's fool
That is to say until I met you
I know a little bit about a lot of things
But I don't know enough, baby 'bout you


23.If I Had My Way

Lyricist:James Kendis, Lou Klein

If I had my way, Dear, forever there'd be
A garden of roses for you and for me
A thousand and one things, Dear, I would do
Just for you, only you

If I had my way, we would never grow old
And sunshine I'd bring ev'ry day
You would reign all alone like a
Queen on a throne
If I had my way


24.On the Banks of the Wabash

Lyricist:Paul Dresser

Oh, the moonlight's fair tonight along the Wabash
From the fields there comes the breath of new mown hay
Through the sycamore the candle lights are gleaming
On the banks of the Wabash, far away

Oh, the moonlight's fair tonight along the Wabash
From the fields there comes the breath of new mown hay
Through the sycamore the candle lights are gleaming
On the banks of the Wabash, far away

Oh, the moonlight's fair tonight along the Wabash
From the fields there comes the breath of new mown hay
Through the sycamore the candle lights are gleaming
On the banks of the Wabash, far away
On the banks of the Wabash, far away


25.Jungle Fever

Lyricist:Howard Dietz, Walter Donaldson

I got that fever that jungle fever
You know the reason that I long to go

Dusky maiden, dark haired siren
Congo sweetheart
I'm comin' back to you

Wild eyed woman, native dreamgirl
Jungle fever is in my blood for you

Every hear a kettle drum
Pounding out of beat
Ever fight the silence
And the madness and the heat
That's the thrill I'm cravin'
And the music is so sweet

Oh, the congos callin'
And I'm longin' to go


26.Nobody's Sweetheart

Lyricist:Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn, Bill Meyers, Elmer Schoebel

You're nobody's sweetheart now
'Cause nobody wants you, somehow
Fancy, silken grown
You'd be out of place in your own home town

When you walk down that old avenue
I just can't believe that it's you
Painted lips, painted eyes
Wearin' a bird of paradise
Well, it all seems wrong somehow
But you're nobody's sweetheart now

You're nobody's sweetheart now
'Cause nobody wants you, somehow
Fancy, silken grown
You'd be out of place in your own home town

When you walk down that old avenue, oh ho
I just can't believe that it's you
Painted lips, painted eyes
Wearin' a bird of paradise
Well, it all seems wrong somehow
But you're nobody's sweetheart now


27.Opus One

Lyricist:Larry Banks, Milton Bennett

Oh, baby, I'm a-rackin' my brain, to think of a name
To give to this tune, so Perry can croon
And maybe old Bing will give it a fling
And that'll start everyone hummin' the thing

The melody's dumb, repeat and repeat
But if you can swing, it's got a good beat
And that's the main thing, to make it complete
'Cause everyone's swingin' today

So we call it 'Opus One'
It's not for Sammy Kaye, hey, hey, hey
It's 'Opus One'
It's got to swing, not sway, baby

If Mr. Les Brown can make it renowned
And Ray Anthony could rock it for me
There's never a doubt, you'll knock yourself out
Whenever you get near 'Opus One'

I'm rackin' my brain to think of a name
To give to this tune, so Perry can croon
And maybe old Bing will give it a fling
And that'll start everyone hummin' the thing

The melody's dumb, repeat and repeat
But if you can swing, it's got a good beat
And that's the main thing, to make it complete
'Cause everyone's swingin' today

So we call it 'Opus One'
It's not for Sammy Kaye, hey, hey, hey
It's 'Opus One'
It's got to swing, not sway, baby

If Mr. Les Brown can make it renowned
And Ray Anthony could rock it for me
No doubt out, it's 'Opus One'


28.Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet

Lyricist:Stanley Murphy, Percy Wenrich

Put on your old grey bonnet with the blue ribbons on it
And we'll hitch old dobbin to the shay
And through fields of clover
We'll ride up to Dover on our golden wedding day

Old gray bonnet, ribbons on it
All dobbin', shay
Fields of clover, down the Dover
Golden wedding day

Put on your old grey bonnet with the blue ribbons on it
And we'll hitch old dobbin to the shay
And through fields of clover
We'll ride up to Dover on our golden wedding day

Grey bonnet, ribbons on it
All dobbin, shay
Fields of clover, down the Dover
Golden wedding day

Golden wedding day
Golden wedding day
Gonna go down on our golden wedding day