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Let me sing                                                                        Let Me Sing and I'm Happy
A happy song
With crazy words
That roll along
And if my song can start your laughing
I'm happy
        Happy!
Let me sing a sad refrain
A broken heart that loved in vain,
And if my song can start your crying
I'm happy
Let me croon
A low down tune
To lift you out of your seat
And if my song
Can reach your shoes
And start you tapping your feet

Sing Hallelujah Hallelujah                                                   Hallelujah
And you'll shoo the blues away
When cares pursue ya
Hallelujah
Sees you through
The darkest day
Satan lies a-waitin'
And creatin' skies of grey

When I got to Satan's door                                                Blow Gabriel, Blow
I heard you blowing on your horn once more
So blow Gabriel, blow
Blow Gabriel, blow

I want to join your happy band                                           Strike up the Band
Let the drums roll out
Let the trumpets call
While the people shout
Strike up the band
Let the cybmals ring
Calling one and all
To the martial swing
Strike up the band
There is work to be done to be done
There's a war to be won to be won
Come you son of a gun of a gun
Take a stand
Fall in line yeah boy
Come along lets go
Hey, leader strike up

Before the parade passes by                                              Before the Parade Passes By
I'm gonna go and taste
Saturday's highlife
Before the parade passes by
I'm going to get some life back into my life
I'm ready to move out in front
I've had enough of just passing by life
With the rest of them
With the best of them
I'm going to hold my head up high

Be a clown                                                                        Be a Clown
Be a clown
All the world loves a clown
With his pants fallin' down

Or the dance that's a dream of romance                             That's Entertainment
Or the scene, when the villain is mean
The world is a stage
The stage is a world

Give my regards to Broadway                                           Give My Regards to Broadway
Remember me to Herald Square
Tell all the gals

On the avenue I'm taking you to                                         42nd Street

That I will soon be there                                                     Give My Regards to Broadway
Whisper of how I'm yearning
To mingle with that old time throng
So give my regards to Broadway

Broadway                                                                          Broadway
How great you are
I'll leave the farm and all its charm
To be a Broadway star
Bright lights, white lights
Where the neons glow
My bags are packed
I've got my act
So all aboard, come on lets go

All aboard, all aboard, all aboard                                        The Atchison-Topeka and the Santa Fe
Can you hear that whistle down the line
I figure that it's engine number 49
She's the only one that'll sound that way
On the the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe
Ooo-oo-oo  oo-oo-oo-oo
Hey Jim, you'd better get the rig
Ooo-oo-oo  oo-oo-oo-oo
She's got a list of passengers that's mighty big

Toot toot tootsie, goodbye                                                  Toot, Toot, Tootsie
Toot toot tootsie, don't cry
I'm on a train that takes me
Away from you
Oh, you'll never know how sad that makes me
Kiss me Tootsie and then
Kiss me over again
I'll watch for the mail
I'll never fail
If you don't get a letter then you'll know I'm in jail

San Francisco, open your golden gate                                         San Francisco
You'd let no stranger wait outside your door
San Francisco, here is your wandering one
Sayin' I'll wander no more
Other places make me love you best
Tell me you're the heart of all the golden west

Meet me in St Louis, Louis                                                 Meet Me in St Louis
Meet me at the fair
Don't tell me the lights are shining
Any place but

Nothing could be finer                                                        Carolina in the Morning
Than to be in Carolina
In the morning
And nothing could be sweeter
Than my sweetie
When I meeet her in the mornin'
And if I had Aladdin's lamp
For only a day
I'd make a wish
And here's what I'd say

Oh Rock-a-bye my baby with a Dixie Melody                    Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody
When you croon, croon a tune
Right from the heart of Dixie
Just hang that cradle, Mammy mine
Right on the Mason Dixon Line
And swing it from Virginia
To Tennessee
With all the love that's in ya
Weep no more my lady
Sing that song again for me
Sing, Old Black Joe, just as though you had me on your

Swanee, how I love ya, how I love ya,                               Swanee
My dear old

Baby face,  I'm up in heaven when I'm in your fond embrace        Baby Face

Me, my sweet embraceable                                                Embracable You

You and the night and the music                                          You and the Night and the Music
Thrill me, but will we be true
After the night and the music dies will I have

Will I have rhythm,                                                             I Got Rhythm
Will I have music,
Will I have my gal,
Who could ask for anything more?

This is the love I give to you                                                 More
And more
I know I've never lived before
And my heart is very sure
No one else could love

You've made my life so glamorous                                      S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous
You can't blame me for feeling amorous
Oh s'wonderful, s'marvellous
That you should care for

Me and my shadow                                                           Me and My Shadow
All alone and feeling

Blue skies, smiling at me                                                     Blue Skies
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see

After you've gone                                                               After You've Gone
And left me crying
After you’ve gone
There's no denying
Some day when you grow lonely
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
After you've gone
After you’ve gone

I'll go my way by myself                                                      By Myself
Here's where the comedy ends
I'll try to deny myself
Love and laughter and friends
I'll face the unknown
I'll build a world of my own

Love, love changes                                                             Love Changes Everything

Everything's coming up roses                                                     Everything's Coming up Roses

And if you're real good                                                      Let Me Entertain You
I'll make you feel good
I want your spirits to climb

So let me sing a happy song                                                      reprise of Let Me Sing and I'm Happy
With crazy words
That roll along
And if my song can make you
H - A - P - P

Why was I born?                                                                Why Was I Born?

To make you                                                                            reprise of Let Me Sing and I'm Happy
Happy
Happy
To make you
HAPPY
 
 

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