A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air, The monkey thought that everything was on the square. The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back, The monkey grabbed his neck and said, “Now listen, Jack…” Straighten up and fly right, Straighten up and stay right Straighten up and fly right […]
Category: Early Years
Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington – The A Train
You must take the “A” train To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem If you miss the “A” train You`ll find you missed the quickest way to Harlem Hurry, get on, now it`s coming Listen to those rails a-thrumming All aboard, get on the “A” train Soon you will be on Sugar Hill […]
Billie Holiday – Summertime
Summertime and the livin’ is easy Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high Oh, your daddy’s rich and your ma is good lookin’ So hush little baby, don’t you cry One of these mornings, you’re goin’ to rise up singin’ Then you spread your wings and you’ll take the sky But ’til that mornin’, […]
Louis Armstrong – On the Sunny Side of the Street
Walked with no one and talked with no one And I had nothing but shadows Then one morning you passed And I brightened at last Now I greet the day and complete the day With the sun in my heart All my worry blew away When you taught me how to say Grab your coat […]
Ella Fitzgerald – A Tisket, A Tasket
A-tisket A-tasket A brown and yellow basket I send a letter to my mommy On the way I dropped it I dropped it I dropped it Yes on the way I dropped it A little girlie picked it up And put it in her pocket She was truckin on down the avenue Not a single […]