Vicino al mare facciamo l’amore,
a cuore a cuore
ci divertiamo.
? marinara questa bellezza
e su questa bellezza io voglio morire.

~ an original Italian melody
Arranged and adapted by Ray Charles and Nick Perito
with additional Italian adaptation by Salvatore Gambardella

O holy night
the stars are brightly shining
It is the night
of the dear Saviour’s birth!

Long lay the world
in sin and error pining
’till He appeared
and the soul felt it’s worth!

A thrill of hope
the weary world rejoices,
for yonder breaks
a new an’ glorious morn!

Fall on your knees
O hear the angel voices
O night divine
O night, when Christ was born

O night divine O night,
O night divine!

Fall on your knees
O hear the angel voices
O night divine
O night, when Christ was born

O night divine O night,
O night divine!

O holy night
O night divine

Music by Adolphe Charles Adam, 1803-1856
Words by Placide Cappeau de Roquemaure, 1847 – Tr. John Sullivan Dwight

This is the story
’bout Perry who came home
late one night!
Must have been about a
two or three am,
something like that!
Gotta get me some sleep,
he yawned as he turned out the light!
Haaw!
I guess I was too tired to do any reading!
Whether he dreamed what happened,
or if he really heard it,
he wouldn’t bet
but he swears it sounded like two cats
singin’ a duet!
Come y’out, come y’out, come y’out my pretty kitten
This is me, your boyfriend “Tom” ( N’yot N’yow! )
Ah! come y’out, come y’out, come y’out my pretty kitten
This is old Tom, “Tom” the atom-bomb! ( N’yot N’yow! )
We assure you we’d come y’out
if only we knew how
They tell us that you really are
the cat’s “MEOW”!
Ah! come y’out, come y’out, come y’out my pretty kitten
Now? ( N’yot N’yow! ) Oh!
Come y’out, come y’out,
come y’out our croonin’ kitten
We will serenade the moon! N’yot N’yow!
Come y’out, come y’out,
come y’out our little kitten
We will sing a little tune! N’yot N’yow!
When the folks got home tonight at twelve or thereabout
They locked the door and they forgot to put me-owt!
Oowah! “Alone from night to night you’ll find me!”
Come y’out, come y’out,
come y’out our croonin’ kitten
Mee-owh! Heh heh
OK, now!

Words and Music by Dick Manning

Keep it gay, keep it light, keep it fresh, keep it fair,
let it bloom every night, give it room, give it air
Keep your love a lovely dream an’ never wake it
make it happy an’ be happy as you make it!

Let it sing like a nightingale in May, keep it gay
keep it free or you’ll frighten it away!
Take it easy and enjoy it, while you take it
Keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it gay!

< instrumental break >

Keep it gay ( keep it gay! ) keep it light ( keep it light! )
keep it fresh ( keep it fresh! ) keep it fair ( keep it fair! )
let it bloom ( let it bloom! ) every night ( every night! )
give it room, give it air
Keep your love a lovely dream an’ never wake it
make it happy an’ be happy as you make it!

Let it sing like a nightingale in May, keep it gay
keep it free or you’ll frighten it away!
Take it easy and enjoy it, while you take it
Keep it gay, keep it gay, keep it gay!

Music by Richard Rodgers
and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

In your Easter bonnet
with all the frills upon it,
you’ll be the grandest lady
in the Easter Parade!

I’ll be all in clover,
and when they look you over
I’ll be the proudest fella
in the Easter Parade!

On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue,
the photographers will snap us
and you’ll find that you’re
in the rotogravure.

Oh, I could write a sonnet
about your Easter bonnet
and of the girl I’m taking
to the Easter Parade!

< instrumental break >

Oh, I could write a sonnet
about your Easter bonnet
and of the girl I’m taking
to the Easter Parade!

Words and Music by Irving BerlinCheck out more Lyrics from Perry Como. 
Write a comment and let everybody know what you think this song is about!

When I was but a youngster
Christmas meant one thing,
that I’d be getting lots of toys that day

I learned a whole lot different
when Mother sat me down
and taught me to spell ‘Christmas’ this way:

‘C’ is for the Christ child, born upon this day
‘H’ for herald angels in the night
‘R’ means our Redeemer
‘I’ means Israel
‘S’ is for the star that shone so bright
‘T’ is for three wise men, they who travelled far
‘M’ is for the manger where He lay
‘A’ ‘s for all He stands for
‘S’ means Shepard’s came

And that’s why there’s a Christmas day!



And that’s why there’s a Christmas day!

Music by Eddy Arnold
with lyrics by Jenny Lou Carson, 1949

( Doodle oodle ooh doo, doodle oodle ooh doo,
doodle oodle ooh doo, doo ! )

What’cha doin’ Hutton?
Doodlin’ . . . can you doodle?
Can I doodle? ~ I can’t get it outta my noodle!

How come?

‘Cause I love you a bushel an’ a peck,
a bushel an’ a peck and a hug around the neck ( Ouch! )
Hug around the neck and a barrel an’ a heap,
barrel an’ a heap an’ I’m talkin’ in my sleep!
About you! ( About me? ) Yes, about you!
My heart is leapin’, havin’ trouble sleepin’ !
‘Cause I love you a bushel an’ a peck,
you bet your purdy neck I do!

( Doodle oodle ooh doo, doodle oodle ooh doo,
doodle oodle ooh doo, doo ! )

Do you like me Perry? Oh very, do you like me Hutton?
Like a glutton! So, where’s your “Como” button?
Oh! I love you a bushel an’ a peck ( How much? )
a bushel an’ a peck though you make my heart a wreck!
Make my heart a wreck and you make my life a mess,
make my life a mess, yes a mess of happiness!
About you! ( About me? ) Yes, about you!
You’re gonna grieve me, if an’ you ever leave me!
‘Cause I love you a bushel an’ a peck,
you bet your purdy neck I do!

( Doodle oodle ooh doo, doodle oodle ooh doo,
doodle oodle ooh doo, doo ! )

Heh heh, it’s gettin’ kinda quiet around here!
Oh! we can fix that Perry boy! Let’s go!
I love you a bushel an’ a peck,
a bushel an’ a peck and it beats be all to heck,
beats me all to heck how I’ll ever tend the farm
ever tend the farm when I wanna keep my arms about you!
About you, the cows an’ chickens, let em go to the dickens
‘Cause I love you a bushel an’ a peck,
you bet your purdy neck I do!

( Doodle oodle ooh doo, doodle oodle ooh doo,
doodle oodle ooh doo, doo ! )

. . . it’s gettin’ kinda quiet again!

( Doodle oodle ooh doo, doodle oodle ooh doo,
doodle oodle ooh doo, doo ! )

. . . an octave lower please!

( Doodle oodle ooh doo, doodle oodle ooh doo,
doodle oodle ooh doo, doo ! )

Words and Music by Frank Loesser, 1950

When Johnny Jones was serenading Mary,
He sure could quote a lot of poetry,
But he?d much rather tell her,
What he learned in his speller,
When they both attended PS 33!

A ~ You?re adorable . . .
B ~ You?re so beautiful . . .
C ~ You?re a cutie full of charms . . .
D ~ You?re a darling and . . .
E ~ You?re exciting . . .
F ~ You?re a feather in my arms . . .
G ~ You look good to me . . .
H ~ You?re so heavenly . . .
I ~ You?re the one I idolize . . .
J ~ We?re like Jack and Jill . . .
K ~ You?re so kiss-able . . .
L ~ Is the love-light in your eyes . . .
M, N, O, P . . .
You could go on all day . . .
Mmmmmmm!
Q, R, S, T . . .
Alphabetically speaking you?re OK!
U ~ Made my life complete . . .
V ~ Means you?re awfully sweet . . .
W, X, Y, Z . . .
It?s fun to wonder through,
The alphabet with you,
To tell . . . ( us what ? )
I mean . . . ( Uh Huh! )
To tell you what you mean to me!
( We love you alphabetically! )

Music and Lyrics by Sidney Lipman, Fred Wise
and Buddy Kaye, 1948