Lyrics on Several Occasions: A Selection of Stage & Screen Lyrics Written for Sundry Situations, and Now Arranged in Arbitrary Categories : to which Have Been Added Many Informative Annotations & Disquisitions on Their why & Wherefore, Their Whom-for, Their How, and Matters Associative

Ira Gershwin

Hal Leonard Corporation, 1997 - Music - 384 pages

This is a great deal more than just a collection of lyrics. Gershwin groups them under such headings as 'The Not Impossible He', 'The Important Male', 'The Important Female', 'Euphoria Revisited', and many others. Then he follows each lyric with a commentary that is at once scholarly, witty and of the greatest historical interest. While the lyrics have remained with us ever since they were first sung, they are enriched by these other words that are, happily, available once again.

Contents

• THE MAN I LOVE: 3
• LOOKING FOR A BOY: 8
• MY SONINLAW: 11
• SURE THING: 14
• Divers Duets: 17
• ARENT YOU KIND OF GLAD WE DID?: 19
• THE BABBITT AND THE BROMIDE: 23
• COULD YOU USE ME?: 26
• EMBRACEABLE YOU: 29
• THE HALF OF IT DEARIE BLUES: 32
• I DONT THINK ILL FALL IN LOVE TODAY: 35
• IF I BECAME THE PRESIDENT: 38
• THAT CERTAIN FEELING: 40
• The Possessive Case: 45
• THEY CANT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME: 47
• MY SHIP: 49
• HE HASNT A THING EXCEPT ME: 51
• WHO CARES?: 54
• MINE: 56
• MY ONE AND ONLY HIGHLAND FLING: 59
• With Place Names: 63
• A FOGGY DAY IN LONDON TOWN: 65
• THE BACK BAY POLKA: 68
• FLORENCE IT: 71
• PARIS FR: 73
• ISLAND IN THE WEST INDIES: 76
• SWEET NEVADA: 78
• THERES A BOAT DATS LEAVIN SOON FOR NEW YORK: 82
• The Importunate Male: 85
• OH LADY BE GOOD: 87
• PUT ME TO THE TEST: 90
• IVE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU: 93
• NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT: 96
• I CANT GET STARTED: 98
• The Importunate Female: 101
• I CANT GET STARTED: 103
• SING ME NOT A BALLAD: 105
• GOTTA HAVE ME GO WITH YOU: 108
• SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME: 110
• A Quartet of Trios: 115
• THESE CHARMING PEOPLE: 117
• DONT BE A WOMAN IF YOU CAN: 121
• WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY: 125
• THE COZY NOOK TRIO: 128
• A Quintet of Findings: 133
• IVE GOT BEGINNERS LUCK: 135
• DISSERTATION ON THE STATE OF BLISS or LOVE AND LEARN BLUES: 137
• LOVE WALKED IN: 139
• THE SEARCH IS THROUGH: 141
• THIS IS NEW: 143
• A Sextet of Irreverence: 145
• IT AINT NECESSARILY SO: 147
• BLAH BLAH BLAH: 151
• ON AND ON AND ON: 154
• STIFF UPPER LIP: 156
• UNION SQUARE: 159
• THE UNION LEAGUE: 164
• Not for a Musicologist: 167
• BY STRAUSS: 169
• FASCINATING RHYTHM: 172
• HARLEM RIVER CHANTY: 175
• MISCHA JASCHA TOSCHA SASCHA: 177
• THE REAL AMERICAN FOLK SONG Is a Rag: 180
• SWEET AND LOWDOWN: 182
• THAT LOST BARBER SHOP CHORD: 184
• TSCHAIKOWSKY and Other Russians: 186
• A Set of Sagas: 191
• THE BALLAD OF BABY FACE MCGINTY Who Bit Off More Than He Could Chew: 193
• THE JOLLY TAR AND THE MILKMAID: 196
• THE PRINCESS OF PURE DELIGHT: 200
• SAM AND DELILAH: 203
• THE SAGA OF JENNY: 205
• A Gathering of Guidance: 211
• CLAP YO HANDS: 213
• LOSE THAT LONG FACE: 216
• ONE LIFE TO LIVE: 217
• SLAP THAT BASS: 221
• STRIKE UP THE BAND: 224
• Ladies in Lament: 229
• BOY WHAT LOVE HAS DONE TO ME: 231
• BUT NOT FOR ME: 234
• IN THE MANDARINS ORCHID GARDEN: 237
• JILTED JILTED: 239
• THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY: 241
• WORDS WITHOUT MUSIC: 245
• Sound Effects: 249
• S WONDERFUL: 251
• APPLAUSE APPLAUSE: 254
• THEY ALL LAUGHED: 257
• DO DO DO: 260
• LETS CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF: 263
• The Element of Time: 267
• BIDIN MY TIME: 269
• SOON: 272
• LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY: 274
• HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?: 277
• FOR YOU FOR ME FOR EVERMORE: 281
• LOVE IS HERE TO STAY: 283
• Turns with Terpsichore: 285
• SHALL WE DANCE?: 287
• SHOES WITH WINGS ON: 289
• IN THREEQUARTER TIME: 291
• I CANT BE BOTHERED NOW: 293
• ILL BUILD A STAIRWAY TO PARADISE: 294
• The State of the Union: 297
• IN OUR UNITED STATE: 299
• LOVE IS SWEEPING THE COUNTRY: 303
• A KISS FOR CINDERELLA: 306
• THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITEE: 309
• A Miscellany of Acclaim: 317
• A RHYME FOR ANGELA: 319
• THE LORELEI: 324
• TRIBUTES TO LIZA ELLIOTT: 327
• THE ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER: 330
• ALESSANDRO THE WISE: 333
• WINTERGREEN FOR PRESIDENT: 336
• Euphoria Revisited: 339
• I GOT RHYTHM: 341
• THINGS ARE LOOKING UP: 344
• THERES NOTHING LIKE MARRIAGE FOR PEOPLE: 347
• OF THEE I SING BABY: 351
• WHOS COMPLAINING?: 354
• I GOT PLENTY O NUTHIN: 358
• AFTERWORD: 362
• LEnvoi: 363

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lyrics on Several Occasions: A Selection of Stage & Screen Lyrics Written for Sundry Situations, and Now Arranged in Arbitrary Categories : to which Have Been Added Many Informative Annotations & Disquisitions on Their why & Wherefore, Their Whom-for, Their How, and Matters Associative; Limelight Series
• Author: Ira Gershwin
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation, 1997
• ISBN: 087910094X, 9780879100940
• Length: 384 pages
• Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Musicals; Music / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal