Films
When the dog bites,
when the bee stings,
when I'm feeling sad…
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad
"My Favorite Things"
- The Sound of Music (1959), film 1965
lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
While I'm alone and blue as can be
Dream a little dream of me
"Dream a Little Dream of Me" (1931)
lyrics by Gus Kahn
I got rhythm,
I got music,
I got my man
who could ask for anything more
"I Got Rhythm" (1930)
lyrics by Ira Gershwin
We'll take a cup of kindness yet
for auld lang syne
"Auld Lang Syne" (1788)
Robert Burns, based on 1711 ballad by James Watson
Fish are jumpin'
and...
the cotton is high
"Summertime"
- Porgy and Bess (1935)
lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Where troubles melt like lemon drops away above the chimney tops...
that's where you'll find me
"Over the Rainbow"
- The Wizard of Oz (1939)
lyrics by Yip Harburg
Nobody else gave me a thrill
with all your faults...
... I love you still
"It Had To Be You" (1924)
lyrics by Gus Kahn
Without your love
it's a honky tonk parade;
without your love…
It's a melody played in a penny arcade
"It's Only A Paper Moon" (1933)
lyrics by Yip Harburg and Billy Rose
Been invited on dates
might have gone but what for
Awf'ly different without you…
Don't get around much anymore
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (1942)
lyrics by Bob Russell
Music 1940 by Duke Ellington as "Never No Lament"
I'm wild again, beguilded again,
a simpering, whimpering child again…
bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
"Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered"
- Pal Joey (1940)
lyrics by Lorenz Hart
We will dance the Hoochee Koochee
I will be your tootsie wootsie if you will...
...Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis, meet me at the fair
"Meet Me In St. Louis, Louis" (1904)
lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling
Meet Me In St. Louis (film 1944)
I just might have a problem that you'll understand…
we all need somebody to lean on
"Lean On Me" (1972)
By Bill Withers
Give your heart and soul to me
And life will always be...
... La Vie en rose
original French lyrics by Edith Piaf (1947)
English lyrics by Mac David (1950)
Never thought my heart could be so yearn-y
why did I decide to roam?
Gotta take this sentimental journey,
Sentimental journey home
"Sentimental Journey" (1944)
lyrics by Bud Green
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'"
- Oklahoma! (1943)
lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Whatever will be, will be
the future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
"Que Sera, Sera" (1955)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
lyrics by Ray Evans
I'm forever blowing ...
bubbles
"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" (1919)
lyrics credited to Jaan Kenbrovin, a collective pseudonymn for James Kendis, James Brokman, and Nat Vincent
And though I'm not a great romancer
I know that I'm bound to answer...
when you propose, anything goes
"Anything Goes" (1934)
by Cole Porter
Those were the days my friend...
... we thought they'd never end
"Those Were The Days"
lyrics by Gene Raskin (1968)
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he grow to be so tall?
Wasn't it yesterday when …
they were small?
"Sunrise, Sunset"
- Fiddler On the Roof (1964), film 1971
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Keep that breathless charm
won't you please arrange it
'cause I love you...
Just the way you look tonight
"The Way You Look Tonight" - Swing Time (1936)
lyrics by Dorothy Fields
You are the sunshine of my life
That's why I'll always be/stay around
"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (1973)
by Stevie Wonder
And then there suddenly appeared before me
the only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper, please adore me,
and when I looked…
the moon had turned to gold
"Blue Moon" (1934)
lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Why she had to go
I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
"Yesterday" (1965)
Paul McCartney, credited to Lennon-McCartney
Put down the knitting
The book and the broom
It's time for a holiday
Life is a cabaret, old chum, Come to the cabaret
"Cabaret"
- Cabaret (1966), film 1972
Lyrics by Fred Ebb