Ira Gershwin : selected lyrics /
Overview: The collaboration of Ira and George Gershwin was one of the summits of American popular music. Ira Gershwin's lyrics-with their stylish simplicity, exuberant comic invention, and colloquial eloquence-have entered the culture, and Robert Kimball has collected the most memorable of them...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Library of America,
2009
[New York] : 2009 New York : 2009 |
| Series: | American poets project ;
29 American poets project ; 29 American poets project 29 |
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Table of Contents:
- You May Throw All the Rice You Desire
- The Real American Folk Song (Is a Rag)
- I'm Tickled Silly
- Mischa, Jascha, Toscha, Sascha
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Oh, Lady, Be Good!
- The Half of It, Dearie, Blues
- Little Jazz Bird
- The Man I Love
- These Charming People
- Sweet and Low-Down
- Gather Ye Rosebuds
- Sunny Disposish
- Do, Do, Do
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- Strike Up the Band
- 'S Wonderful
- My One and Only
- The Babbitt and the Bromide
- The World Is Mine
- How Long Has This Been Going On?
- New York Serenade
- I've Got a Crush on You
- I Don't Think I'll Fall in Love Today
- What Causes That?
- Home Blues
- Soon
- Bidin' My Time
- Could You Use Me?
- Embraceable You
- Sam and Delilah
- I Got Rhythm
- But Not For Me
- Delishious
- Love Is Sweeping the Country
- Of Thee I Sing
- Who Cares?
- I've Got To Be There
- Isn't It a Pity?
- Freud and Jung and Adler
- Union Square and Down With Everyone Who's Up
- Mine
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Island in the West Indies
- Words Without Music
- The Economic Situation
- I Can't Get Started
- (I've Got) Beginner's Luck
- They All Laughed
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
- I Can't Be Bothered Now
- Things Are Looking Up
- A Foggy Day (in London Town)
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Love Walked In
- I Was Doing All Right
- Love Is Here to Stay
- I Love To Rhyme
- By Strauss
- Tchaikowsky (and Other Russians)
- The Saga of Jenny
- My Ship
- Midnight Music
- Long Ago and Far Away
- The Duchess's Song - "Sing Me Not a Ballad"
- Ode - "A Rhyme for Angela"
- There's Nothing Like Marriage for People
- The Land of Opportunitee
- Good-Bye to All That
- Changing My Tune
- Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did?
- The Back Bay Polka
- Shoes With Wings On
- Manhattan Downbeat
- There Is No Music
- In Our United State
- Applause, Applause
- Gotta Have Me Go with You
- It's a New World
- The Man That Got Away
- You may throw all the rice you desire
- The real American folk song (is a rag)
- I'm tickled silly
- Mischa, Jascha, Toscha, Sascha
- Fascinating rhythm
- Oh, lady, be good!
- The half of it, dearie, blues
- Little jazz bird
- The man I love
- These charming people
- Sweet and low-down
- Gather ye rosebuds
- Sunny disposish
- Do, do, do
- Someone to watch over me
- Strike up the band
- 'S wonderful
- My one and only
- The Babbitt and the Bromide
- The world is mine
- How long has this been going on?
- New York serenade
- I've got a crush on you
- I don't think I'll fall in love today
- What causes that?
- Home blues
- Soon
- Bidin' my time
- Could you use me?
- Embraceable you
- Sam and Delilah
- I got rhythm
- But not for me
- Delishious
- Love is sweeping the country
- Of thee I sing
- Who cares?
- I've got to be there
- Isn't it a pity?
- Freud and Jung and Adler
- Union Square and Down with everyone who's up
- Mine
- It ain't necessarily so
- Island in the West Indies
- Words without music
- The economic situation
- I can't get started
- (I've got) beginner's luck
- They all laughed
- They can't take that away from me
- Let's call the whole thing off
- I can't be bothered now
- Things are looking up
- A foggy day (in London Town)
- Nice work if you can get it
- Love walked in
- I was doing all right
- Love is here to stay
- I love to rhyme
- By Strauss
- Tchaikowsky (and other Russians)
- The saga of Jenny
- My ship
- Midnight music
- Long ago and far away
- The duchess's song--"Sing me not a ballad"
- Ode--"A rhyme for Angela"
- There's nothing like marriage for people
- The land of opportunitee
- Good-bye to all that
- Changing my tune
- Aren't you kind of glad we did?
- The Back Bay Polka
- Shoes with wings on
- Manhattan downbeat
- There is no music
- In our United State
- Applause, applause
- Gotta have me go with you
- It's a new world
- The man that got away