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“When I say hey, you say hooo!”
Edmund Hockridge Sings For You (Thanks to Lp cover lover Lemoncat for sending in)
Big bad woof
Woof Whistler and his Dog – Woof Whistler & His Terriers [1960] I Had A Little Dog & His Name Was Buff/How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?/Don’t You Care, Little Doggie/Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?/Old Shep/Dogs As Companions/Sittin’ On A Log/Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me A Bow-Wow/My Dog Has Fleas/Old Dog Tray/My Dog Loves Your Dog/Lassie Theme/Hark, Hark, The Dogs Do Bark/My Little Pup With The Patent Leather Nose/There Must Be A Heaven For That Little Dog Of Mine/First Friend
And your bird can sing
“Skylark” Jackie Paris Brunswick Records. (1955)
Only Yesterday, If Love Is Good To Me.
(JACKIE PARIS, vocal; NORMAN LEYDEN, leader, arranger; BILLY TAYLOR, piano; TRIGGER ALBERT, bass; CARMEN MASTERN, guitar; BUNNY SHAWKER, drums; HYMIE SCHERTZER, alto; AL KLINK, tenor; plus 4 strings.)
I Had A talk with A Daisy , Skylark, Idle Gossip.
(JACKIE PARIS, vocal; NEAL HEFTI, leader, arranger; BILLY TAYLOR, piano; SANDY BLOCK, bass; ED GRADY, drums; GEORGE BARNES, guitar; HARRY BRAUER, vibes; plus 10 strings.)
I love this song. Gene Ammons does a nice instrumental version, but everyone has done it. Johnny Mercer wrote the words (allegedly for Judy Garland with whom he had an affair) and Hoagy Carmichael wrote the music. It was published in 1942.
Skylark
Have you anything to say to me
Won’t you tell me where my love can be
Is there a meadow in the mist
Where someone’s waiting to be kissed
Oh skylark
Have you seen a valley green with spring
Where my heart can go a-journeying
Over the shadows and the rain
To a blossom-covered lane
And in your lonely flight
Haven’t you heard the music in the night
Wonderful music
Faint as a will o’ the wisp
Crazy as a loon
Sad as a gypsy serenading the moon
Oh skylark
I don’t know if you can find these things
But my heart is riding on your wings
So if you see them anywhere
Won’t you lead me there
Oh skylark
Won’t you lead me there