Ruth Etting

The ballroom was filled with fashion’s throng, It shone with a thousand lights, And there was a woman who passed along, The fairest of all the sights, A girl to her lover then softly sighed, There’s riches at her command; But she married for wealth, not for lo...

Our little dream castle with every dream gone, Is lonely and silent, the shades are all drawn, And my heart is heavy as I gaze upon A cottage for sale The lawn we were proud of is waving in hay, Our beautiful garden has withered away, Where you planted roses,...

You left today but you didn’t say goodbye I wonder why I’m standing now where you made your vow So blue for you I could cry Leaves come tumbling down round my head Some of them are brown some are red Beautiful to see, but reminding me Of a faded summer love...

It’s just a little street Where old friends meet, I’d love to wander back Someday. To you, it may be old, And sort of tumbled down, But it means a lot to folks In my hometown. Although I’m rich or poor, I still feel sure I’m welcome as the flowers in May. I...

The man in the moon looked into my window And found me alone and blue The man in the moon told me something and told me to tell it to you. I've got a message from The Man In The Moon for you Just you He said to tell you there's a bench in the park for two, Ju...

Though, its like looking for a needle in a haystack Still I'll follow every little clue For I've got to find you It was a case of love at first sight The sparkle in your eyes, the splendor of the night It was a case of love at first sight, I know Life was so...

After you've gone and left me cryin' After you've gone, there's no denyin' You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had There'll come a time, now don't forget it There'll come a time when you'll regret it Someday, when you gro...

No one to talk with All by myself No one to walk with But I'm happy on the shelf Ain't misbehavin' I'm savin' my love for you I know for certain The one I love I'm through with flirtin' It's just you I'm thinkin' of Ain't misbehavin' I'm savin' my...

You took my kisses and you took my love You taught me how to care Am I to be just remnant Of a one side love affair All you took I gladly gave There’s nothing left for me to save All of me, why not take all of me? Can't you see I'm no good without you? Tak...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ We leave home expecting to find a blue bird, Hoping every cloud will be silver lined. But we all return, as we live we learn, That we left our happiness behind. The bird with feathers of blue Is waiting for you Back in your own backyard. You'll s...

I'm lost in the dark, Where is the spark For my love? I'm lost in the night, Holding the light Of my love. The heavens opened and closed, As well I might have supposed, And I am left in disabandon, So far removed from all that I had planned on. My days have g...

I have been a rover since I was a child, No one to love or care for me. Knocked around all over, kinda grew up wild – My home’s wherever I may be. Ain’t no someone yearnin’, wonderin’ where I be; I’m gone, but no one’s missin’ me; Ain’t no light a-burnin’ ev’r...

You’ll always have a roof above you, As long as there’s a sky. And if you have someone to love you, You’re sure of getting by. You don’t need a lot of log and stone, Build a home on happiness alone. With a thousand little stars, We can decorate the cei...

I keep trying to, I'm just dying to Get you out of my mind, But that's hard to do with somebody you love! I've denied it, I've tried to hide it, But every evening I find, You're the one that I keep thinking of I shouldn't mind if you find someone new, But I d...

Listen, big boy, Now that I've got you made, Goodness, but I'm afraid, Something's going to happen to you; Listen, big boy, You've got me hooked, and how, I would die if I should lose you now! Button up your overcoat, When the wind is free, Take good...

By the light of the silv’ry moon I want to spoon To my honey I’ll croon love’s tune Honey moon, keep a-shinin’ in June Your silv’ry beams will bring love’s dreams We’ll be cuddlin’ soon by the silv’ry moon Place? Park (Scene dark) Silv’ry moon is shining thro...

Life without a romance is a life that’s sad I’ve never had a love of my own Every day is just another day to me Why must I be alone Chasing shadows Chasing love dreams in vain While my heart keeps on singing Just a lonely refrain Chasing shadows All is cloud...

I was one of those hicks, That came here from the sticks, Trying to find the kind of fame The name of Broadway stands for, I was one of those fools, Who dreamed of riches and jewels, Now I awake, Find my mistake, I’ll get a break, Broadway’s a fake! I work in...

Close your eyes, Rest your head on my shoulder and sleep, Close your eyes, And I ‘ll close mine. Close your eyes. Let’s pretend that we’re both counting sheep, Close your eyes, Oh, this is divine. Music play Something dreamy for dancing While we’re here roma...

I beg to announce to you, With men I'm completely through, Finished with them all, big or small, short or tall! The door to my heart is shut, No more will I lose my nut Over movie stars, sheiks in Packard cars, I hate all the men! But: Could I care for that bi...

Big town you lured me, Big town you cured me, Tho’ others hate to say goodbye to you I’m leavin’ but I’ll never sigh for you. Big town you robbed me of ev’ry joy I knew. CHORUS Where is the song I had in my heart That harmonized with the pines, Anyone can see...

I love you that's what my heart is saying While every breeze is playing our Cuban love song I love you for all the joy you brought me The lovely night you taught me our Cuban love song One melody will always thrill my heart One kiss will cheer me when we're fa...

Those who dance and romance while they dance They seem so happy and gay Though they sing and they swing as they sway Somehow I can't feel that way For I'm dancing with tears in my eyes 'Cause the boy/girl in my arms isn't you Dancing with somebody new When it...

I was oh, so blue till you came along, Just to make my life a wonderful song, You brought sunshine just to brighten my loneliness. Is it any wonder in my happiness, I confess Do I want you Oh my! do I? Honey, 'deed I do! Do I need you? Oh my! do I? Honey, 'de...

Deep night, stars in the sky above, Moonlight, lighting our place of love, Night winds, seem to have gone to rest, Two eyes brightly with love are gleaming. Come to my arms, my dear one, my sweetheart, my own, Vow that you’ll love me always, and be mine alone...

I loved him, I lost him; He craved a thrill, I can't forget him; I love him still. It's over, all over, And yet, I find, That he's always on my mind. Tell me where he is, tell me where he goes, Tell me what he does, tell me who he knows, But don't tell him wha...

Easy come, easy go, that's the way, If love must have its day, then As it came, Let it go. No remorse, no regrets We should part exactly as we met Just easy come, easy go. Love has fooled us It has cooled us Once it's ruled us Now we're free We'll be happy...

Everything I have is yours, You're a part of me. Everything I have is yours, My destiny. I would gladly give the sun to you, If the sun were only mine. I would gladly give the earth to you, And the stars that shine. Everything that I possess I offer...

I know why I waited Know why I've been blue I've been waiting each day For someone exactly like you Why should I spend some money On a show or two When nobody sings these love songs Exactly like you You make me feel so grand I wanna give this world...

Falling in love again Never wanted to What am I to do? Can’t help it Love’s always been my game Play it how I may I was made that way Can’t help it Men cluster to me like moths around a flame And if their wings burn, I know I’m not to blame Falling in love...

You have me, I have you, What a consolation; Love is true, skies are blue, Love's a revelation. Funny how we find the sunshine, Funny how the skies turn blue, Funny, it all comes at one time; Funny, dear, what love can do. Everybody chases rainbows, Looking fo...

Forget your troubles and just, get happy You better chase all your cares away. Sing hallelujah come on, get happy Get ready for the judgment day. The sun is shinin’ come on, get happy The Lord is waitin’ to take your hand. Shout hallelujah come on, get happy W...

All dolled up in your glad rags, But tomorrow may turn to sad rags, And they call you Glad Rag Doll! I know that you’re admired, I know that you’re desired But only by the fellows who soon grow tired, My poor little Glad Rag Doll! You’re just a pretty little...

Goodnight my love, the tired old moon is descending Goodnight my love, my moment with you now is ending It was so heavenly, holding you, close to me It will be heavenly to hold you again in a dream The stars above have promised to meet us tomorrow Till then my...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ The day is over and it's cares and woes In peaceful sweet repose, will fade and die A dreamy dreamland beckons you and me How happy life would be if we could dream forever Good night sweetheart, till we meet tomorrow Good night sweetheart, sleep...

Is it a sin, is it a crime Loving you, dear like I do If it's a crime, then I'm guilty Guilty of loving you Maybe I'm wrong dreaming of you Dreaming the lonely night through If it's a crime, then I'm guilty Guilty of dreaming of you What can I do? What can I...

With the parting of the ways You took all my happy days And left me lonely nights. Morning never comes too soon I can face the afternoon But oh, those lonely nights. I feel your arms around me, Your kisses linger yet, You taught me how to love you, Now teach...

Gone is the romance and broken the vow We used to be sweethearts but what are we now? Happy-go-lucky you and broken-hearted me Man in the moon is sad as can be He looks down from heaven and what does he see? Happy-go-lucky you and broken-hearted me You go to...

Hello baby, how you been? Hello baby, where you been? I know why I met you, it's just because, I kept on believing in Santa Claus Hello baby, stick around. Hello baby, you were found. If you'll be my steady, I'm willing and ready Hello baby, Hello! 

Love found a pasture warm and fertile, When love came wand’ring to my heart; Here was something new, Oh, how close we grew. Life was all mistletoe and myrtle, I never dreamed we’d ever part. Then one bitter dawn, Sweet romance was gone; Now with people sympath...

When you're near me I feel so romantic When you're far away I'm always blue If you want me to remain romantic Here are all the things you'll have to do Hold me honey won't you hold he Hold me never let me go Take me honey won't you take me Never to forsake me...

When shadows fall and trees whisper day is ending, My thoughts are ever wending Home. When crickets call, my heart is forever yearning, Once more to be returning Home. When the hills conceal the setting sun, Stars begin a peeping one by one. Night covers al...

Verse: Somewhere, somewhere, I met my own ideal; Some sweet sweetheart with just the right appeal. One who cheered me when I was feeling blue, I’ve been wond’ring, was it you? Chorus: I remember you from somewhere, Somewhere in the used-to-be; I remember you...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ I wished on the moon For something I never knew Wished on the moon For more than I ever knew A sweeter rose, a softer sky, An April day That would not dance away Every night was long and gloomy, Shadows gathered in the air No one ever liste...

I'll get by As long as I have you Though there be rain And darkness too I'll not complain I'll see it through Poverty May come to me, it's true But what care I Say, I'll get by As long as I have you. But what care I Say, I'll get by As long as I have you. 

I'll never be the same Stars have lost their meaning for me I'll never be the same Nothin's what it once used to be And when the songbirds that sing Tell me it's spring I can't believe their song Once love was king But kings can be wrong I'll never be the sam...

I used to be my Mother's baby When I was near, my Dad went wild Whenever we had company They'd bounce me on their knee The neighbours thought I was a darling child Once I was everybody's baby But right now I'm lonesome as can be You see I'm nobody's ba...

I’m so blue I don’t know what to do. All day through I’m pining just for you I did wrong when I let you go away. And now I grieve about you night and day. I’m unhappy and dissatisfied, But I’d be happy if I had you by my side… If I could be with you I’d love...

There’s a little old church That’s covered with moss Where I held your hand tenderly I often go there to gaze at the cross And dream that you’ll come back to me How I’d love to hear the organ In the chapel in the moonlight While we’re strolling down the aisle...

Take a look at the flower in my buttonhole Take a look, say, and ask me why it’s there Can’t you see that I’m all dressed up to take a stroll? Can’t you tell that there’s something in the air? I’ve got a date Can’t hardly wait I’d like to bet She won’t be late...

Lovers depend on moonlight For a love affair Babies depend on mothers For their tender care Flowers depend on sunshine And the morning dew Each thing depends on something And I depend on you I can be happy, I can be sad I can be good or I can be bad It all de...

It had to be you, it had to be you. I wandered around, finally found the somebody who Could make me be true, could make me be blue, And even be glad just to be sad thinkin' of you. Some others I've seen might never be mean Might never be cross or try to be bo...

In my imagination, I'm finding consolation Somewhere along the Rio Grande Sadly I'm reminiscing, madly again I'm kissing Someone along the Rio Grande It happened in Monterey, a long time ago I met her in Monterey, in old Mexico Stars and steel guitars And lus...

Your sweet expression, the smile you gave me The way you looked when we met, It's easy to remember, but so hard to forget I hear you whisper „I’ll always love you” I know it's over and yet It's easy to remember, but so hard to forget With you I owned the ear...

You know it's a sin to tell a lie Still you keep saying "I love you" It may be true, I wish I knew But I'm giving my warning to you Be sure it’s true when you say “I love you” It’s a sin to tell a lie Millions of heart have been broken Just because these word...

‘Cause it’s been so long Since I held you tight When we said good night It’s been so long Honey, can’t you see What you’ve done to me? I’ve been in a kind of daze For days and days and days Feelin’ blue, missin’ you In, oh, so many ways ‘Cause it was so nice W...

Life holds nothing good for me Nothing good in store for me It’s been revealed My fate is sealed All my life I’ll be just a plaything No matter how hard I try or cry I must play the part of a gay thing Can’t save a dime Or do as I know should Just wasting my...

Ask the sky above And ask the earth below Why I’m so in love And why I love you so Couldn’t tell you though I tried do Just why I’m yours When you went away You left a glowing spark Trying to be gay as Whistling in the dark I am only what you make me Come take...

We spend our lives in groping for happiness I found it once and tossed it aside I paid for it with hours of loneliness I’ve nothing to hide I’d bury my pride for… Just one more chance To prove it’s you alone I care for Each night I say a little prayer for Jus...

Smile a while, Laugh in such a happy style That the world will stop and smile with you. Why not grin Even when the others win? Smile and take it on the chin when blue. Don't mind the raindrops. Wait till the rain stops. Say, you'll find the sun Laughing at li...

Blue sky, sunshine What a day to take a walk in the park Ice cream, daydream Till the sky becomes a blanket of stars What a day for a picnic Daisies and lots of red balloons And what a day for holdin’ hands And bein’ with you Lazy day just right for lovin’ aw...

Let me call you Sweetheart I’m in love with you. Let me hear you whisper that you love me too. Keep the lovelight glowing in your eyes so true Let me call you Sweetheart I’m in love with you! I am dreaming, dear, of you Day by day Dreaming when the skies are...

What care I who makes the laws of a nation Let those who will take care of its rights and wrongs What care I who cares for the world’s affairs As long as I can sing its popular songs Let me sing a funny song With crazy words that roll along And if my song can...

Life is a song, let's sing it together. Let's take our hearts and dip them in rhyme, Let's learn the words, let's learn the music together, Hoping the song lasts for a long, long time. Life is a song that goes on forever. Love's old refrain can never go wrong....

On a day like today We passed the time away Writing love letters in the sand How you laughed when I cried Each time I saw the tide Take our love letters from the sand CHORUS You made a vow that you would ever be true But somehow that vow meant nothing to you...

Love me or leave me and let me be lonely You won't believe me that I love you only I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else You might find the night time the right time for kissing But night time is my time for just reminiscing Regretting instead of...

We took a walk, we had a talk And let me tell you very confidentially The little walk, the little talk Has made me just as glad as glad as I can be I simply wanted to know Who she was loving and so We took a walk and had a talk And I discovered pretty soon tha...

~~~~♫♫♫ ~~~~ Sweetheart I love you Think the world of you But I'm afraid you don't care for me You never show it Don't let me know it Everyone says I'm a fool to be Pining the whole day through Why do you act like you do? You're mean to me Why must you be me...

Whether you are here or yonder, Whether you are false or true Whether you remain or wander, I'm growing fonder of you Even though your friends forsake you, Even though you don't succeed Wouldn't I be glad to take you, Give you the break you need More than...

It’s cost me a lot But there's one thing that I've got It's my man Cold and wet, tired, you bet But all that I soon forget With my man He's not much on looks And no hero out of books He's my man Two or three girls has he That he likes as well as me But I l...

I knew the time had to come When I'd be held under your thumb I'm like a pawn in your hand Moved and compelled, at your command Whether it's for bad or for good I would never change it if I could Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong Maybe I'm weak, maybe I'm stro...

Verse: Through the ages comes a cry, A woman’s cry of despair. Others know it, so do I, Oh, why did you make me care? Chorus: No more sun in the sky above, Clouds are all I see, There’s no more love, In your heart for me. No more birds sing their melody, In...

You came to me From out of nowhere. You took my heart And found it free. Wonderful dreams Wonderful schemes From nowhere Made every hour Sweet as a flower to me. And if you should go Back to your nowhere Leaving me with a memory. I’ll always wait for your retu...

I don’t know why but the thrill is gone And what was, can’t go on I only know that the flame is cold Love was young, now it’s old Overnight I found you and overnight I lost you It was sublime now it’s time to stop, goodbye Love is dead, long live love The spa...

Just picture a penthouse way up in the sky With hinges on chimneys for stars to go by A sweet slice of Heaven for just you and I When we’re alone. From all of society we’ll stay aloof And live in propriety there on the roof. Two heavenly hermits we will be in...

I wander out yonder o'er the hills Where the mountains high Seem to kiss the sky Someone is out yonder, o'er the hills Waiting patiently, Waiting just for me Ramona, I hear the mission bells above Ramona, they're ringing out our song of love I press you, care...

A pale new moon, a sky of blue And here am I but where are you? A dream of love would soon come true If I could reach the moon and you The moon and you appear to be So near and yet so far from me And here am I on a night in June Reaching for the moon and yo...

Live was as calm as a summer sea When silver moonlight beams And then a new love beckoned me Wrecking the ship of my dreams Riptide caught in a riptide, torn between two loves The old and the new Riptide lost in a riptide Where will it take me what shall I do...

There’s an old superstition ‘way down south Ev’ry darkie believes that trouble won’t stay If you shake it away When they hold a revival way down south Ev’ry darkie with care and trouble that day Tries to shake it away Shaking the blues away, unhappy news away...

Snow time ain't no time to stay outdoors and spoon, So shine on, shine on harvest moon, for me and my gal. The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see, For the moon refused to shine. Couple sitting underneath a willow tree, For love they did pine. Littl...

They ask me how I knew My true love was true I of course replied 'Something here inside Cannot be denied' They said 'Someday you'll find All who love are blind When your heart's on fire You must realize Smoke gets in your eyes' So I chaffed them And I gaily...

Climb upon my knee, Sonny Boy Though you’re only three, Sonny Boy You’ve no way of knowing, there’s no way of showing What you mean to me, Sonny Boy When there are gray skies, I don’t mind the gray skies You make them blue, Sonny Boy Friends may forsake me, le...

The song a robin sings, Through years of endless springs, The murmur of a brook at evening tides. That ripples through a nook where two lovers hide. That great symphonic theme, That's Stella by starlight, And not a dream, My heart and I agree, Shes everything...

I work at the Palace Ballroom, But, gee that Palace is cheap; When I get back to my chilly hall room I'm much to tired to sleep. I'm one of those lady teachers, A beautiful hostess, you know. The kind the Palace features And exactly a dime a throw. Ten cents...

You took my lips and sprinkled them with twilight, Oh what a night, the night that love was born! You took my eyes and thrilled them with a June night; I blessed the night, that night when love was born! The trees did cover dawn beside a silver stream, With l...

If I could find him, the right kind of man, He’d make me mind him, the right kind of man, I could be slaving, behaving all the day long, Wouldn’t do wrong! I’d feed him kisses in Spring or in Fall, No other missus could tempt him at all. I’d always drive him,...

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 lin...

Oh, there's a lull in my life The moment that you go away There is no night, there is no day The stars are still on high but they don't twinkle any more; Why does it seem They've lost their gleam? Somehow the lovely flowers have no fragrance any more; Where i...

Hm-there’s something in the air That warns me to beware tonight There’s something in the air Hm-There’s music in the breeze I never saw the stars so bright There’s something in the air Tho I find there’s danger in your eyes, The thrill is new I’ve been blind,...

Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get wearied Wearing that same old miniskirt dress But when she gets weary You try a little tenderness Oh man that Un hunh I know shes waiting Just anticipating The thing that youl never never possess No no no But w...

What can I do to prove it to you that I’m sorry I didn’t mean to ever be mean to you If I didn’t care I wouldn’t feel like I do I was so wrong, right or wrong I don’t blame you Why should I take somebody like you and shame you I know that I made you cry and I...

I loved from that man from the start, And way down deep in his heart, I know he loves me, heaven knows why, And when he tells me he can’t live without me, What wouldn’t I do for that man? He’s not an angel or saint, And what’s the odds if he ain’t? With all h...

When the organ play’d at twilight The song that reached my heart It seem’d to me I heard you sigh Say ‘Au-revoir” but not “Goodbye” Again you said “I’ll love you Although we’re far apart” When the organ play’d at twilight The song that reach’d my heart 

In your smiling eyes, I see paradise, When you're close to my heart, Never thought I could, Never dreamed I would, Miss you when we're apart. Maybe you've doubted me too, Here's how I feel about you. When you're gone, I wonder on, To all the world I'm like a...

Willow weep for me Willow weep for me Bend your branches green along the stream that runs to sea Listen to my plea Hear me willow and weep for me Gone my lovers dream Lovely summer dream Gone and left me here to weep my tears into the stream Sad as I can be H...

I’m wistful and blue, In spite of all I can do, I keep on thinking of you The joy you once meant to me, Just a sweet memory, I gave you my best, But you were just like the rest 

With my eyes wide open I’m dreaming Can it be true I’m holding you close to my heart? With my eyes wide open I’m dreaming You’re with me now sharing a vow never to part I’m so afraid to close my eyes Afraid that I’ll find This lovely thrill Is just a silly il...

My darling, I’m lonely, now that you’re gone. Please come back to me. You are the answer to my prayer, I want to love you And I swear to live my life with one desire, you. I believed the sweet things that you said. You lied to me and instead, You broke my hear...

You made me love you I didn’t wanna do it I didn’t wanna do it You made me want you And all the time you knew it I guess you always knew it You made me happy sometimes You made me glad But there were times You made me feel so bad You made me cry for I didn’t...

I'm not a poet, How well I know it, I've never been a raver, But when I speak of you, I rave a bit, it's true. I'm wild about you, I'm lost without you, You give my life its flavor, What sugar does for tea, That's what you do for me. You're the cream in my c...

Never could carry a tune Never knew where to start You came along when everything went wrong And put a song in my heart Dear, when you smiled at me, I heard a melody It haunted me from the start Something inside of me started a symphony Zing! Went the strings...