So dear to my heart (Daniel / Morey)

So dear to my heart, that Septembery day
when that old shady lane we strolled
was just turning scarlet and gold
so dear to my heart

So dear to my heart, that Decembery day
when the first touch of frost and snow
had painted each tree in the grove
so dear to my heart (so dear to my heart)

I still can picture the flowers in a shower
and that picnic in July
and I still treasure each and every hour
of the years that had to fly

They're locked in my heart in a corner apart
while I tenderly hold the key
as long as I live they will be
so dear to my heart

Sometimes I let my fancy wander
'cross the vale of bygone years
and through the mist away off yonder
a familiar world appears

So dear to my heart, that September day
with the leaves turning brown and gold
when you were the dream I would hold
so dear to my heart

So dear to my heart, that December day
when we strolled down a snowwhite lane
the kiss that we shared will remain
so dear to my heart

And when it's springtime and fields are dressed with flowers
you're the sweetest flow'r in view
oh, how I treasure all the happy hours
and the dreams I shared with you

So dear to my heart, that September day
with the leaves turning brown and gold
when yo were the dream I would hold
so dear to my heart

It's whatcha do with whatcha got (Raye / de Paul)

It's whatcha do with whatcha got
and never mind how much you got
it's whatcha do with whatcha got
they pays off in the end

You gotta start with whatcha got
if what ya got ain't such a lot
to make the most of whatcha got
here's what I recommend

Ya start by a-tryin'
and applyin' your best
if you try there ain't no denying
there's a way to feather your nest

You gotta add how whatcha do
and multiply by whatcha do
you think you can't win but you do
and you get back dividends

It's whatcha do with whatcha got
and never mind how much ya got
it's whatcha do with whatcha got
they pays off in the end

It's the means you "applyeth"
that raises your stock
look what David did to Goliath
with a little old hunk of rock

It's whatcha do with whatcha got
and never mind how much ya got
it's whatcha do with whatcha got
they pays off in the end

Now looke here, son, stop a-sittin'
gettin' somewhere takes some gettin'
you can't sit and 'spect to get it

Now the road to fame takes muscle
lots of work and lots of hustle
so start right in and hit it

Now if at first you don't succeed
a lot of spunk is what you need
where someone else will take the lead
so try, try, try again

Just get up when you fall down
and don't be forlorn
look how Joshua busted that wall down
with a little old measly horn

It's whatcha do with whatcha got
and never mind just how much ya got
it's whatcha do with whatcha got
they pays off in the end
they pays off in the end

Lavender blue (dilly dilly) (Daniel / Morey)

Great grandfather met great grandmother
when she was a shy young girl
and great grandfather won great grandmother
with words more or less like this:

Lavender blue, dilly dilly, lavender green
if I were king, dilly dilly, I'd need a queen (I told you so)
who told me so, dilly dilly, who told me so ?
I told myself, dilly dilly, I told you so

If your dilly dilly heart feels a dilly dilly way
'n if you'll answer "yes"
in a pretty little church on a dilly dilly day
you'll be wed in a dilly dilly dress of

Lavender blue, dilly dilly, lavender green
then I'll be king, dilly dilly, and you'll be my queen

Billy Boy (trad.)

Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy ?
oh, where have you been, charming Billy ?
I have been to seek a wife
she's the joy of my life
she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Is she often seen at church, Billy Boy, Billy Boy ?
is she often seen at church, charming Billy ?
yes, she's often seen at church
with a bonnet white as birch
she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Can she make a cherry pie, Billy Boy, Billy Boy ?
can she make a cherry pie, charming Billy ?
she can make a cherry pie
quick as a cat can wink an eye
she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

How old is she, Billy Boy, Billy Boy ?
how old is she, charming Billy ?
three times six and four times seven
twenty-eight and eleven
she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother
she's a young thing and cannot leave her mother

Stick-to-it-ivity (Daniel / Morey)

Now where there's a will there's a way to do it
but you'll never get there if you don't stick to it
now let me tell you about a fella who had the right stuff
and wouldn't give up even when the goin' got rough

Christopher Columbus livin' in Spain
showed capacity for usin' his brain
studied his geography, had it down pat
said: "I'm gonna prove that the world ain't flat"

Because she thought he was right
Queen Isabella one night
gave him three small boats, one, two, three

Now uh, the boats were kinda leaky, started to sail
came a hurricane, a furious gale
waves were a-lashin', future looked black
sailors started yellin' : "Chris, turn back"
on that eventful day
what did Columbus say

Why, I said : stick-to-it-ivity if you got that stuff
called stick-to-it-ivity, you're gonna do all right
old man adversity gonna have his bluff called
stick-to-it-ivity, never lost a fight

Yes siree (yes siree), yes siree (yes siree)
you can clear the deck for opportunity
by applyin' stick-to-it-ivity if ya got that stuff called
stick-to-it-ivity, you're gonna do all right, we're gonna do all right

Now, don't think Columbus was the only one
who did what folks said couldn't be done
so when folks say :"'taint no use"
remember Robert Bruce

Robert was the bravest king Scotland has ever known
came the enemy to threaten his throne
twice he went to battle, twice he met defeat
headed for the Highlands in retreat

He thought he'd give up the fight
but it so happened one night
he saw a spider at work
back and forth and back, up and down and up

Spider kept a-swingin', swingin' on his thread
tried to hook it to a limb overhead
Spider kept a-missin' every time he tried
"you're never going to make it", Robert cried
on that eventful day
what did the spider say

Says I, Robert, me lad, stick-to-it-ivity if ya got that stuff called
stick-to-it-ivity, you're going to do all right
old man adversity going to have his bluff called
stick-to-it-ivity, never lost a fight

Yes siree (yes siree), yes siree (yes siree)
you can clear the deck for opportunity
by applyin' stick-to-it-ivity if you've got that stuff called
stick-to-it-ivity, you're going to do all right, we're gonna do all right

Yes siree, yes siree
you can clear the deck for opportunity
by applyin' stick-to-it-ivity if you've got that stuff called
stick-to-it-ivity, you're going to do all right, you're going to do all right

The Country Fair (Tormé / Wells)

Ho-dee-I, ho-dee-ay
what a great big wonderful day
not a care in the air
everybody you know, from Matilda to Joe
will be there at the county fair

Ho-dee-ay, ho-dee-I
what a great big beautiful sky
all the clowns like the crowds
you can bet will be dressed in their brightest and best
for their stay at the county fair

The teenage misters
will be shooin' little sisters to the ferris wheel up above
and they'll be gettin'
their best gals for pettin' in the tunnel of love

Ho-dee-I, ho-dee-ay
come and throw your troubles away
just a grin gets you in
on this day of the year, when there's nothing but cheer
to share at the county fair

Ol' Dan patch (and other little songs) (Daniel / Morey)

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