Ann Reed & Dan Chouinard Monthly Monday
YouTube Sing-Along
7pm June 21 2021 live from Ann's backyard
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b. June 28 1902 Richard Rodgers (m): OH! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING 1943
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 dayI've got a beautiful feelin' Everything's goin' my way
All the cattle are standin' like statues
All the cattle are standin' like statues
They don't turn their heads as they see me ride by
But a little brown maverick is winkin' her eye
Oh, what a beautiful mornin’Oh, what a beautiful dayI've 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 an ol' weepin' willer is laughin' at me
Oh, what a beautiful mornin’Oh, what a beautiful dayI've got a beautiful feelin' Everything's goin' my wayOh what a beautiful day
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June 21: summer solsticeSWIMMING SONG (Loudon Wainwright) 1976
This summer I went swimmingThis summer I might have drownedBut I held my breath, kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around,Moved my arms around
This summer I did the backstrokeAnd you know that that's not all
I did the breaststroke, the butterflyAnd the old Australian Crawl
The old Australian Crawl
This summer I swam in a public placeAnd a reservoir to boot
At the latter I was informalAt the former I wore my suit
I wore my swimming suit
This summer I did swan-divesAnd jack-knives for you all
And once when you weren't lookingI did a cannon-ballDid a cannon-ball
This summer I went swimming
This summer I might have drownedBut I held my breath, kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around,Moved my arms around
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b. June 7 1917 Dean Martin (Dino Crocetti)EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY 1964
Everybody loves somebody sometimeEverybody falls in love somehow
Something in your kiss just told meThat sometime is now
Everybody finds somebody someplaceThere's no telling where love may appear
Something in my heart keeps sayingMy someplace is here
If I had it in my powerI'd arrange for every girl
To have your charmsThen every minute, every hour
Every boy would find What I found in your arms
Everybody loves somebody sometimeAnd although my dream was overdue
Your love made it all worth waitingFor someone like you
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b. June 9 1915 Les PaulMOCKIN' BIRD HILL 1951
When the sun in the morningPeeps over the hill
And kisses the roses 'round my windowsill
Then my heart fills with gladnessWhen I hear the trill
Of the birds in the treetops on Mockin' Bird Hill
Tra-la-la, twiddly-dee-dee
It gives me a thrillTo wake up in the morning
to the mockingbird's trillTra-la-la, twiddly-dee-dee
There's peace and goodwillYou're welcome as the flowers
on Mockin' Bird Hill
When it's late in the eveningI climb up the hill
And survey all my kingdom while everything's stillOnly me and the sky
and an old whippoorwillSingin' songs in the twilight
On Mockin' Bird Hill
Tra-la-la, twiddly-dee-dee It gives me a thrill
To wake up in the morning to the mockingbird's trill
Tra-la-la, twiddly-dee-deeThere's peace and goodwill
You're welcome as the flowers on Mockin' Bird Hill
Tra-la-la, twiddly-dee-deeThere's peace and goodwill
You're welcome as the flowersOn Mockin' Bird Hill
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b. June 9 1891 Cole PorterIT'S DE-LOVELY 1936
The night is youngThe skies are clear
And if you want to go walking, dearIt's delightful! It's delicious!
It's de-lovely!
I understand the reason whyYou're sentimental, 'cause so am I
It's delightful! It's delicious! It's de-lovely!
You can tell at a glance
What a swell night this is for romanceYou can hear dear
Mother Nature murmuring low:"Let yourself go!"
So please be sweet, my chickadeeAnd when I kiss you, just say to me
It's delightful! It's delicious!It's delectable! It's delirious!
It's dilemma! It's de-limit! Its deluxe!It's de-lovely!
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b. June 10 1904 Frederick Loewe (m)I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT 1956
Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed! My head's too light
To try to set it down! Sleep! Sleep!
I couldn't sleep tonight Not for all the jewels in the crown!
I could have danced all night! I could have danced all night!
And still have begged for more I could have spread my wings And done a thousand things
I've never done before
I'll never know What made it so exciting
Why all at once My heart took flight
I only know when he Began to dance with me
I could have dancedDanced, danced
All night!
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b. June 10 1922 Judy Garland (Frances Gumm)YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU 1913 / 1938
Dear Mister GableI am writing this to you
And I hope that you will read itSo you know
My heart beats like a hammerAnd I stutter and I stammer
Every time I see you at the picture showI guess I'm just another fan of yours
And I thought I'd write and tell you soOh, oh, oh
You made me love youI didn't wanna do itI didn't wanna do it
You made me love youAnd all the time you knew itI guess you always knew it
You made me happy sometimesYou made me glad
But there were times, sirYou made me feel so sad
You made me sigh 'causeI didn't wanna tell youI didn't wanna tell you
I think you're grand, that's trueYes I do, 'deed I do
You know I do
I must tell you what I'm feelingThe very mention of your name
Sends my heart reelingYou know you made me love you
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b. June 14 1895 Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike"WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR 1939
When you wish upon a starMakes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desiresWill come to you
If your heart is in your dreamNo request is too extreme
When you wish upon a starAs dreamers do
Fate is kindShe brings to those who love
The sweet fulfillment ofTheir secret longing
Like a bolt out of the blueFate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a starYour dreams come true
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b. June 18 1913 Sammy Cahn (lyr) IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME 1945
Never thought that you would be standing here so close to me
there's so much I feel that I should say but words can wait until some other day
Kiss me once, then kiss me twiceThen kiss me once againIt's been a long, long time
Haven't felt like this, my dearSince can't remember whenIt's been a long, long time
You'll never know how many dreamsI've dreamed about you
Or just how empty they all seemed without you
So kiss me once, then kiss me twiceThen kiss me once againIt's been a long, long time
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b. June 18 1942 (James) Paul McCartneyI WILL 1968
Who knows how long I've loved you?You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime?If you want me to
I will
For if I ever saw youI didn't catch your name
But it never really matteredI will always feel the same
Love you forever and foreverLove you with all my heart
Love you whenever we're togetherLove you when we're apart
And when at last I find youYour song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear youMake it easy to be near you
For the things you do Endear you to me
Oh, you know I willI will
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b. June 20 1942 Brian WilsonCALIFORNIA PEOPLE 1965
Well east coast people are hipI really dig those styles they wear
And the southern people with the way they talkThey knock me out when I'm down there
The midwest farmers' childrenReally make you feel alright
And the northern people with the way they kissThey keep their sweethearts warm at night
I wish they all could be CaliforniaI wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California people
The west coast has the sunshineAnd the people all get so tanned
I dig the latest swimsuit on Hawaii island dwellersBy a palm tree in the sand
I've been all around this great big worldAnd I've seen all kind of people
Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the statesBack to the cutest people in the world
I wish they all could be CaliforniaI wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California people
People, people, people, yeahWish they all could be California
People...
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Top hit this week 50 years ago:1971: I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE / IT'S TOO LATE
(Carole King)
Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the timeThere's something wrong here there can be no denying
One of us is changingOr maybe we've just stopped trying
And it's too late baby, now it's too lateThough we really did try to make it
Something inside has died and I can't hideAnd I just can't fake it
It's too late, babyIt's too late now, darling
It's too late
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b. June 23 1929 June Carter CashRING OF FIRE 1962
Love is a burning thingAnd it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desireI fell into a ring of fire
I fell into a burning ring of fireI went down, down, down
And the flames went higherAnd it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
I fell into a burning ring of fireI went down, down, down
And the flames went higherAnd it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
The taste of love is sweetWhen hearts like ours meet
I fell for you like a childOh, but the fire went wild
I fell into a burning ring of fireI went down, down, down
And the flames went higherAnd it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire, the ring of fire
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b. June 30 1917 Lena Horne b. Jan 9 1941 Joan Baez
OH FREEDOM
Oh freedom, oh freedomOh freedom over me
And before I'd be a slave I'll be buried in my graveAnd go home to my Lord
and be free
No more weeping...
There'll be shouting...
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June 6 1944, D-Dayb. June 18 1913 Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
I'LL BE SEEING YOU 1938 / 44
I’ll be seeing youIn all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embracesAll day through
In that small cafeThe park across the wayThe children's carousel
The chestnut treeThe wishing well
I’ll be seeing youIn every lovely summer's day
In everything that's bright and gayI’ll always think of you that wayI’ll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is newI’ll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
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