Bidin' My Time

But I’m Bidin’ My Time;‘Cause that’s the kinda guy I’mWhile other folks grow dizzyI keep busyBidin’ My Time. Next year, next year,Somethin’s bound to happen;This year, this year,I’ll just keep on nappin’ And Bidin’ My Time‘Cause that’s the kinda guy I’m.There’s no regrettin’When I’m settin’Bidin’ My Time.


For You, For Me For Evermore

Paradise can not refuse usNever such a happy pair Everybody must excuse usIf we walk on air All the shadows now will lose usLucky stars are everywhere As a happy beingHere’s what I’m forseeing For you, for me, forever moreIt’s bound to be forever more It’s plain to seeWe found, by finding each otherThe love […]


Bewitched

After one whole quart of brandyLike a daisy, I’m awakeWith no Bromo-Seltzer handyI don’t even shake Men are not a new sensationI’ve done pretty well I thinkBut this half-pint imitationPut me on the blink I’m wild again, beguiled againA simpering, whimpering child againBewitched, bothered and bewildered – am I Couldn’t sleep and wouldn’t sleepWhen love […]


A-Tisket A-Tasket

A-tisket a-tasketA green-and-yellow basketI bought a basket for my mommieOn the way I dropped it I dropped it, I dropped itYes, on the way I dropped itA little girlie picked it upAnd took it to the market She was truckin’ on down the avenueWithout a single thing to doShe was peck, peck, peckin’ all aroundWhen […]


Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

I don’t want youBut I hate to lose youYou’ve got me in betweenThe devil and the deep blue sea I forgive you‘Cause I can’t forget youYou’ve got me in betweenThe devil and the deep blue sea I ought to cross you off my listBut when you come a-knocking at my doorFate seems to give my […]


Crying In The Chapel

You saw me crying in the chapelThe tears I shed were tears of joyI know the meaning of contentmentI am happy with the Lord Just a plain and simple chapelWhere all good people go to prayI prayed the Lord that I’ll grow strongerAs I live from day to day I searched and I searched but […]


Clap Yo' Hands

Verse POTTER:Come on, you children, gather around –Gather around, you children.And we will lose that evil spiritCalled the voodoo.Nothin’ but trouble, if he has found, If he has found you, children –But you can chase the hoodooWith the dance that you do.Let me lead the way.Jubilee today!He’ll never hound you;Stamp on the ground, you children!Come […]


Come Rain Or Come Shine

I’m gonna love you, like nobody’s loved youCome rain or come shineHigh as a mountain, deep as a riverCome rain or come shineI guess when you met meIt was just one of those thingsBut don’t you ever bet me‘Cause I’m gonna be true if you let meYou’re gonna love me, like nobody’s loved meCome rain […]