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Berlin Irving
Follow The Fleet (1936)
But Where Are You?
All alone I am yearning to be with you again
For a spark is still burning, it will ever remain
But I'm yearning in vain

The moon is high, the sky is blue

How'dja like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
How'dja like to spend the holiday away across the sea?
How'dja like to spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
How'dja like to hang a stocking on a great big coconut tree?

How'd you like to stay up late like the islanders do?
Wait for Santa to sail in with your presents in a canoe
If you ever spend Christmas on Christmas Island

There's nothing else I'd rather do
Than to sit around and talk to you
And reminisce about a simpler time
The music that we made
Was simple but it stayed
In my memory and
On my mind

What do you do in the evening,
When you don't know what to do?
Read a book, play a game,
Every night it's just the same!

What do you say if I tell you
How to keep from feeling blue,
My advice is good to stay,

I want to be seduced, I want a woman to take me out to dinner for two
I'd like to see her eyes gettin' moody,
Flirtin' with the thought of what flirtin' ought to do
I'd like to be real cool, let her think about gettin' little me in bed
Has a chat about Magna Charta, or Puerto Vallarta, or somethin' Gandhi said.

I might demur politely, falter slightly, if she tried to fondle my knee,
But I'm relatively certain I'd compromise if I know me.

MAIN STREET
Lee Morse / Bob Downey

Lee Morse & her Blue Grass Boys
recorded September 28th 1928
New York

I'm so tired and lonesome too,

Without my walking stick, I'd go insane
I can't look my best I feel undressed without my cane.
Must have my walking stick 'cause it may rain
When it pours can't be outdoors without my cane.

If I ever left my house without my walking stick
Well it would be something I could never explain
Oh the thing that makes me click, on lovers lane

Well I went down South for to see my gal
Polly Wolly Doodle all the day
She got curly eyes, laughing hair
Polly Wolly Doodle all day
Fare thee well, fare thee well, Fare thee well my fairy fay
I'm going to Lou'siana for to see my Susianna
Polly wolly doodle all the day

Shadows slowly creeping, down the prairie trail. Everything is sleeping, all but the nightingale. Soon the moon will be climbing across the blue, blue sky, night winds slow and haunting. This prairie lullaby. Tumble to bed, my child, my little old sleepy head, the stars are in the sky. Now that your prayers are said, my little old sleepy head to this prairie lullaby. Saddle up your ponies, to sail with you, lead you down a trail of dreams. Stumble to bed, my child, my little old sleepy head, to this prairie lullaby. Saddle up your ponies to sail with you, lead you down a trail of dreams. Now that your prayers are said, you can get to bed, to this prairie lullaby.

You ask me why I'm always teasing you,
You hate to have me call you Pretty Baby;
I really thought that I was pleasing you,
For you're just a baby to me.
Your cunning little dimples and your baby stare,
Your baby talk and baby walk and curly hair;
Your baby smile makes life worth while,
You're just as sweet as you can be.

I want to be seduced,
I want a woman to take me out to dinner for two
I'd like to see her eyes gettin' moody,
Flirtin' with the thought of what flirtin' can lead to
I'd like to be real cool, have her think about gettin' little me in bed
Have a chat about Magna Charta, or Puerto Vallerta, or somethin' Gandhi said
I might demur politely, falter slightly, if she tries to fondle my knee,
But I'm relatively certain I'd compromise if I know me.

She ain't Rose, but she ain't bad
She ain't easy, but she can be had
So can I when she whispers in my ear
She ain't Rose, she ain't bad, and Rose ain't here

She ain't Rose, but she's alright
She's helped me through so many lonely nights
I always feel so glad to have her near

Any time you choose, kick off your shoes,
Rest your weary eyes and catch up with the news;
A favorite book will be the perfect company
So relax.

Forget about the blues - you're doin' fine.
Leave your cares and worries far behind,
Loosen up your tie, let the world speed by,