Auld Lang Syne

Home , Fools Fall in Love, Oh Lonesome Me

BIG SING 85 1/27/18 (all medleys can be found on my site on the “2 page medleys” page)

REVISED (Deleted Town Without Pity and replaced it with I’ve Told Every Little Star)

Auld Lang Syne-harmonica Take Me Home, Country Roads-banjo uke I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free I'd Like to Teach the World To Sing Put a Little Love In Your Heart Oh Lonesome Me-harmonica-banjo, harmonica Bye, Bye, Blues/I Want a Girl/When You Wore…etc- banjo uke Papa Loves Mambo/Blame It On the Bossa Nova You’re Just In Love I’ve Told Every Little Star Around the World/Always Chattanooga Choo Choo/Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy You Don’t Know Me Ticket To Ride/Please Please Me You Are the Sunshine of My Life-no key change Laughter In the Rain All Shook Up Why Do Fools Fall In Love-F-with key change

You’re Nobody Til Somebody Loves You-F- banjo uke You’re Sixteen/Singin’ the Blues Too Young/Mona Lisa

AULD LANG SYNE (Song for New Year) 4/4 1…2…123

Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne

We’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.

TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS 4/4 1…2…1234

Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River All my memories, gather ‘round her, miner’s lady, stranger to blue water

Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, growin’ like a breeze Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye

Country roads, take me home to the place I be-long:

REPEAT (2nd verse) West Vir-ginia, mountain momma, take me home, country roads

I hear her voice, in the mornin’ hours she calls me, radio re-minds me of my home far away

Drivin’ down the road I get a feelin’ that I should have been home yesterday, yester-day

Country roads, take me home to the place I be-long:

West Vir-ginia, mountain momma, take me home, country roads… take me home, country roads

I WISH I KNEW HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE

I wish I knew how it would feel to be free

I wish I could break all these chains holding me

I wish I could say all the things that I should say

Say 'em loud say 'em clear for the whole wide world to hear

I wish I could share all the love that's in my heart

Re-move all the bars that keep us a-part

And I wish you could know what it means to be me

Then you'd see and a-gree that every man should be free

p.2 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

I wish I could give all I'm longing to give

I wish I could live like I'm longing to live

I wish I could do all the things that I can do

Though I'm way over - due, I'd be start-ing a-new

I wish I could be like a bird in the sky

How sweet it would be if I found I could fly

Well I'd soar to the sun and look down at the sea

Then I'd sing 'cause I'd know, yes I'd sing 'cause I'd know

Oh I'd sing 'cause I'd know how it feels to be free

I’D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING 4/4 1…2…123

I’d like to build the world a home and furnish it with love,

Grow apple trees and honey bees and snow-white turtle doves.

I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony

I’d like to hold it in my arms and keep it company

CHORUS:

That’s the song I hear, let the world sing to-day,

A song of peace that echoes on and never goes away

I’d like to see the world for once all standing hand in hand

And hear them echo thru the hills for peace throughout the land. (REPEAT CHORUS AND 3RD VERSE)

PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART 4/4 1...2...1234 -Jackie DeShannon, Randy Myers, Jimmy Holiday

Intro: | | |

Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand. Put a little love in your heart.

You see it's getting late, oh please don't hesitate. Put a little love in your heart.

And the world will be a better place, and the world will be a better place

For you and me, you just wait and see.

Another day goes by, and still the children cry. Put a little love in your heart.

If you want the world to know, we won't let hatred grow. Put a little love in your heart.

And the world will be a better place. all the world will be a better place

For you and me, you just wait and see. Wait and see!

p.2. Put a Little Love In Your Heart

Take a good look around, and if you're looking down, put a little love in your heart.

I hope when you decide, kindness will be your guide. Put a little love in your heart.

And the world will be a better place and the world will be a better place

For you and me, just wait and see.

Put a little love in your heart. (Each and every day) Put a little love in your heart. (There's no other way)

Put a little love in your heart. (It's up to you) Put a little love in your heart.

OH, LONESOME ME 4/4 1...2...1234

Intro: 4 4 8 8 4 4

Everybody's goin' out and havin' fun. A bad mistake I'm makin' by just hangin' 'round.

I'm just a fool for stayin' home and havin' none. I know that I should have some fun and paint the town

I can't get over how she set me free. Oh, lonesome me. (2nd verse) A lovesick fool that's blind and just can't see, oh, lonesome me

I'll bet she's not like me, she's out and fancy free, flirting with the boys with all her charms

But I still love her so and, brother, don't you know I'd welcome her right back here in my arms

Well, there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues,

Forget about the past and find some-body new.

I've thought of every-thing from A to Z. Oh, lonesome me, oh, lonesome me, oh, lonesome me.

BYE BYE BLUES (1925) 4/4 1…2…1234 (slow count)

Bye, bye, blues, bye, bye, blues. Bells ring, birds sing, sun is shining, no more pining

Just we two, smiling through. Don’t sigh, don’t cry, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, blues.

I WANT A GIRL (1911)

I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old Dad

She was a pearl and the only girl that Daddy ever had

A real old fashioned girl with heart so true, one who loves nobody else but you.

Oh, I want a girl just like the girl that married dear old Dad

WHEN YOU WORE A TULIP (1914)

When you wore a tulip, a sweet yellow tulip, and I wore a big red rose

When you caressed me, ‘twas then Heaven blessed me, what a blessing no one knows

You made life cheery, when you called me dearie, ‘twas down where the blue grass grows

Your lips were sweeter than julep, when you wore that tulip, and I wore a big red rose.

PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME, HONEY (1910)

Put your arms around me, Honey, hold me tight. Huddle up and cuddle up with all your might

Oh! Oh! Won't you roll those eyes? Eyes that I just idol-ize

When they look at me, my heart begins to float, then it starts a-rockin' like a motor boat

Oh! Oh! I never knew any girl like you

Put your arms around me, Honey, hold me tight. Huddle up and cuddle up with all your might

Oh! Oh! Won't you roll those eyes? Eyes that I just idol-ize

When they look at me, my heart begins to float, then it starts a-rockin' like a motor boat

Oh! Oh! I never knew any girl like you, any girl like you!

PAPA LOVES MAMBO-Hoffman/Manning/Reichner 4/4 1…2…1234

Intro: | | | | | (X2)

Papa loves mambo, mama loves mambo Papa loves mambo (papa loves mambo), mama loves mambo (mama loves mambo)

Look at ‘em sway with it, gettin’ so gay with it, shoutin’ “Ole” with it, wow! (2nd verse) Papa does great with it, swings like a gate with it, evens his weight with it now!

He goes to, she goes fro, he goes fast, she goes slow, he goes left, she goes right

Papa’s lookin’ for mama, but mama is nowhere in sight!

Papa loves mambo, mama loves mambo Papa loves mambo (papa loves mambo), mama loves mambo (mama loves mambo)

Havin’ their fling again, younger than Spring again, feelin’ that zing again, wow! (3rd verse) Don’t let her rumba, and don’t let her samba, ‘cause papa loves mama to-night!

He goes to, she goes fro, he goes fast, she goes slow, he goes left, she goes right

Papa’s lookin’ for mama, but mama is nowhere in sight!

(Papa loves mambo) mambo papa, (mama loves mambo) mambo mama

(Don’t let her rumba, and don’t let her samba), papa.…….loves the mambo to-night!

BLAME IT ON THE BOSSA NOVA-Cynthia Weil/Barry Mann

I was at a dance when she caught my eye, standin' all a-lone lookin' sad and shy Now I'm glad to say she's my bride to be, and we're gonna raise a fami-ly

We began to dance, swaying to and fro, and soon I knew I'd never let her go And when our kids ask how it came a-bout, I'm gonna say to them without a doubt

Blame it on the bossa nova with its magic spell

Blame it on the bossa nova that she did so well

Oh, it all began with just one little dance, but then it ended up a big romance

Blame it on the bossa nova, the dance of love

(Now was it the moon?) No, no, the bossa nova, (Or the stars a-bove?) No, no, the bossa nova

1. (Now was it the tune?) Yeah, yeah, the bossa nova (The dance of love)

2. (Now was it the tune?) Yeah, yeah, the bossa nova The dance of love!

YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE-Irving Berlin 4/4 1...2...1234

Intro: / / / / / / / /

I hear singing and there's no one there, I smell blossoms and the trees are bare You don't need analyzing, it is not so surprising, that you feel very strange but nice

All day long I seem to walk on air, Your heart goes pitter patter, I know just what's the matter,

I wonder why? I wonder why? because I've been there once or twice

I keep tossing in my sleep at night, Put your head on my shoulder, you need someone who's older

And what's more I've lost my appetite A rubdown with a velvet glove

Stars that used to twinkle in the skies There is nothing you can take to relieve that pleasant ache

1. (2nd verse) & 2. (together) Are twinkling in my eyes, I wonder why You're not sick, you're just in love.

3. Stars that used to twinkle in the skies There is nothing you can take to relieve that pleasant ache

Are twinkling in my eyes, I wonder why You're not sick, you're just in love.

I’VE TOLD EVERY LITTLE STAR 4/4 1…2…1234 -Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein

Intro: (X3), Dum da dum da, da, da, ……, why haven’t I told you? Oh, baby,

( ) x2 I’ve told every little star just how sweet I think you are. Why haven’t I told you?

I’ve told ripples in a brook, made my heart an open book. Why haven’t I told you?

Friends ask me, am I in love? I always answer, “yes.”

Might as well con-fess, if the answer’s yes.

( )x2 Maybe you may love me too, oh, my darling, if you do, why haven’t you told me?

Interlude:

Friends ask me, am I in love? I always answer, “yes.”

Might as well con-fess, if the answer’s yes.

fade Maybe you may love me too, oh, my darling, if you do, why haven’t you told me?

AROUND THE WORLD-Harold Adamson/Victor Young 3/4 123 12

Intro: (each gets 3 beats)

A-round the world I've searched for you.

I traveled on when hope was gone to keep our rendez-vous

I knew some-where, some-time, some-how,

You'd look at me and I would see the smile you're smiling now

It might have been in County Down,

Or in New York, in Gay Pa-ree, or even London Town

No more will I go all a-round the world, for I have found my world in you

ALWAYS-Irving Berlin

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.

CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO-Harry Warren Intro: Last line

Pardon me boy, is that the Chattanooga Choo Choo,

Track twenty-nine, well, you can give me a shine.

I can afford to board the Chattanooga Choo Choo,

I've got my fare, and just a trifle to spare.

You leave the Pennsylvania station 'bout a quarter to four

Read a maga-zine and then you're in Balti-more

Dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer, than to have your ham and eggs in Caro- lina

When you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar

Then you know that Tennessee is not very far,

Shovel all the coal in, gotta keep it rollin', woo, woo, Chattanooga there you are

There's gonna be a certain party at the station, in satin and lace, I used to call funny face

She's gonna cry until I tell her that I'll never roam

So Chattanooga Choo Choo won't you choo choo me home. CHATTANOOGA SHOESHINE BOY-Harry Stone/Jack Stapp

Have you ever passed the corner of Fourth and Grand Well he charges you a nickel just to shine one shoe

Where a little ball of rhythm has a shoeshine stand He makes the oldest kind of leather look like new

People gather round and they clap their hands, he's a great big bundle of joy You feel as though you wanna dance when he gets through, he's a great big bundle of joy

He pops a boogie woogie rag, the Chattanooga shoeshine boy (2nd verse) He pops a boogie woogie rag, the Chattanooga shoeshine boy

It's a wonder that the rag don't tear the way he makes it pop

You oughta see him fan the air with his hoppity-hippity-hippity-hoppity-...hop, hop, hop

He opens up for business when the clock strikes nine

He likes to get 'em early when they're feelin' fine

Everybody gets a little rise and shine with a great big bundle of joy

He pops a boogie woogie rag, Chattanooga shoeshine boy

He pops a boogie woogie rag, Chattanooga shoeshine boy YOU DON’T KNOW ME 4/4 1234 123 (SLOWLY)

You give your hand to me and then you say hello,

And I can hardly speak, my heart is beating so

And any-one can tell you think you know me well, but you don’t know me.

No, you don’t know the one who dreams of you at night

And longs to kiss your lips, and longs to hold you tight

To you I’m just a friend, that’s all I’ve ever been, but you don’t know me. CHORUS:

For I never knew the art of making love, though my heart ached with love for you

A-fraid and shy, I let my chance go by, the chance that you might love me too.

You give your hand to me and then you say goodbye,

I watch you walk away beside the lucky guy

1 chorus You’ll never, never know the one who loves you so, no you don’t know me.

2 You’ll never, never know the one who loves you so, no you don’t know me.

TICKET TO RIDE-Lennon/McCartney 4/4 1...2...1234

Intro: | | | X2

I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today, yeah! She said that living with me is bringing her down, yeah!

The girl that's driving me mad is going a-way She would never be free when I was a-round

She's got a ticket to ride, she's got a ticket to ride

1. She's got a ticket to ride, and she don't care. (2nd verse)

2. She's got a ticket to ride, and she don't care.

I don't know why she's riding so high, she oughta think twice, she oughta do right by me

Be-fore she gets to saying goodbye, she oughta think twice, she oughta do right by me (Repeat 1st verse)

3. She's got a ticket to ride, and she don't care.

My baby don't care. My baby don't care. My baby don't care

PLEASE PLEASE ME

Last night I said these words to my girl, You don't need me to show the way, love

I know you never even try, girl, Why do I always have to say, love?

C'mon (C'mon) C'mon (C'mon) C'mon (C'mon) C'mon (C'mon) C'mon (C'mon) C'mon (C'mon) C'mon (C'mon) C'mon (C'mon)

Please please me, whoa yeah, like I please you (2nd verse) Please please me, whoa yeah, like I please you (stay on Bb)

I don't wanna sound complaining,

But you know there's always rain in my heart (in my heart).

I do all the pleasing with you it's so hard to reason

With you, whoa yeah, why do you make me blue?

Last night I said these words to my girl,

I know you never even try, girl,

C'mon (C'mon) C'mon (C'mon) C'mon (C'mon) C'mon (C'mon)

Please please me, whoa yeah, like I please (X3) you

YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE-Stevie Wonder 4/4 1...2...1234

You are the sunshine of my life, that's why I'll always be a-round,

You are the apple of my eye, forever you'll stay in my heart

I feel like this is the be-ginning, though I've loved you for a million years,

And if I thought our love was ending, I'd find myself drowning in my own tears

CHORUS

You must have known that I was lonely, because you came to my res-cue,

And I know that this must be heaven, how could so much love be in-side of you?

You are the sunshine of my life, that's why I'll always be a-round,

You are the apple of my eye, forever you'll stay in my heart

You'll stay in my heart, you'll stay in my heart LAUGHTER IN THE RAIN-Neil Sedaka 4/4 1...2...1234

Intro: / / X2

Strolling along country roads with my baby, it starts to rain, it be-gins to pour

With-out an umbrella we're soaked to the skin, I feel a shiver run up my spine

I feel the warmth of her hand in mine

Oo, I hear laughter in the rain, walking hand in hand with the one I love

Oo, how I love the rainy days and the happy way I feel in-side

After a while we run under a tree, I turn to her and she kisses me

There with the beat of the rain on the leaves, softly she breathes and I close my eyes

Sharing our love under stor - my skies

Oo, I hear laughter in the rain, walking hand in hand with the one I love

Oo, how I love the rainy days and the happy way I feel in-side

And the happy way I feel in-side, and the happy way I feel in-side.

ALL SHOOK UP 4/4 1…2…123

A-well-a bless my soul what’s wrong with me, I’m itching like a man on a fuzzy tree

My friends say I’m acting queer as a bug, I’m in love, UH! I’m all shook up

Mm mm mm mm mm, yeah yeah yeah

My hands are shakey and my knees are weak, I can’t seem to stand on my own two feet

Who do you thank when you have such luck? I’m in love, UH! I’m all shook up

Mm mm mm mm mm, yeah yeah yeah

CHORUS:

Please don’t ask me what’s on my mind, I’m a little mixed up but I’m feeling fine My tongue gets tied when I try to speak, my insides shake like a leaf on a tree

When I’m near that girl that I love best, my heart beats so it scares me to death! There's only one cure for this body of mine, that's to have that girl that I love so fine!

When she touched my hand, what a chill I got, her kisses are like a volcano on top

I’m proud to say that she’s my buttercup, I’m in love, UH! I’m all shook up.

Mm mm mm mm mm, yeah yeah yeah

1. Mm mm mm mm mm, yeah yeah yeah (CHORUS- “My tongue gets tired….”)

2. Mm mm mm mm mm, yeah yeah, I’m all shook up!

WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE 4/4 1…2…1234

Oo wah, oo wah, oo wah, oo wah, oo wah, oo wah,

STOP Why do fools fall in love?

Why do birds sing so gay, and lovers a-wait the break of day,

Why do they fall in love?

Why does the rain fall from up a-bove, why do fools fall in love,

Why do they fall in love?

Love is a losing game, love can be a shame; I know of a fool you see, for that fool is me.

Tell me why------y tell me

Why

Why Do Fools p.2

Why do birds sing so gay, and lovers a-wait the break of day,

why do they fall in love?

Why does the rain fall from up a-bove, why do fools fall in love,

Why do they fall in love?

Why does my he---art skip a crazy beat? For I know…… it will reach de-feat

Tell me why------y tell me

Why

Why…. do fools…. fall in love, fall in love,

Fall in love, fall in love? 1234567

YOU’RE NOBODY TILL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU

4/4 1…2…123

You’re nobody till somebody loves you

You’re nobody till somebody cares.

You may be king, you may possess the world and its gold

But gold won’t bring you happiness when you’re growing old (you gotta remember that)

The world still is the same, you’ll never change it

As sure as the stars shine above

You’re nobody till somebody loves you

So find yourself somebody to love.

YOU’RE SIXTEEN 4/4 1…2…123

Intro:

You come on like a dream, peaches and cream, lips like strawberry wine.

You're six-teen, you're beautiful and you're mine.

You're all ribbons and curls, ooh, what a girl, eyes that sparkle and shine.

You're six-teen, you're beautiful and you're mine.

You're my baby, you're my pet, we fell in love on the night we met.

You touched my hand, my heart went pop, and, ooh, when we kissed, I could not stop.

You walked out of my dreams, and into my arms, now you're my angel di-vine.

You're six-teen, so beautiful, and you're mine,

Mine all mine. You’re six-teen, so beautiful, and you’re mine.

SINGING THE BLUES

Well, I never felt more like singing the blues, Well, I never felt more like crying all night

‘Cause I never thought that I’d ever lose your love, dear, ‘Cause everythin’s wrong, and nothin’ ain’t right with-out you,

Why’d you do me this way REPEAT (2nd verse) You got me singing the blues C F C C7

CHORUS:

The moon and stars no longer shine, the dream is gone I thought was mine

There’s nothing left for me to do but cry-y-y-y over you

Well, I never felt more like running away,

But why should I go ‘cause I couldn’t stay with-out you, you got me singing the blues.

TOO YOUNG-Sydney Lippman/Sylvia Dee 4/4 1...2...123 (without intro)

They try to tell us we're too young, too young to really be in love

They say that love's a word, a word we've only heard

But can't be-gin to know the meaning of

And yet we're not too young to know, this love will last, though years may go

And then some day they may re-call, we were not too young at all.

Yes, then some day they may re-call, we were not too young at all. (slow way down!)

MONA LISA-Ray Evans/Jay Livingston

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa men have named you; you're so like the lady with the mystic smile.

Is it only 'cause you're lonely men have blamed you

For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?

Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa, or is this the way you hide a broken heart?

Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep; they just lie there, and they die there.

Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa, or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art.

Mona Lisa, Mona Li - i - sa.