As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
November 3rd 1941 with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires.
Words by Gus Kahn, music by Jerome Kern.
You are oh! so close to me
I hold you tenderly
And hear you say, „I love you“
Then I find that I’m only daydreaming
But I don’t mind if I‘m only daydreaming
If dreams can bring so near to me
The things so dear to me
The lips that say, „I love you“
Then I know that I’ll go on daydreaming
Until my daydreams all come true...
(repeat once)
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
September 3rd 1941 with Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke and the Modernaires.
Words by Stanley Joseloff, music by Sidney Lippman.
Dear Arabella, this Army life’s okay
But Arabella, I miss you more each day
While I’m parading and reducing fore-and-aft*
I hope that your love won’t get cold in the draft
Kindly remember wherever you may be
You’re your private’s private property
Dear Arabella,
Remember I’m your fella
And you’re mine, all mine...
Hey, Sergeant, hold my mop and pail
Won’t you clean up while I go and get my mail
You got a letter from Arabella
Well, I’m Arabella’s fella
There‘s an Airmail Special on its way
She writes the same thing ev’ry day...:
„Dear Private Johnny, don’t worry over me
´Cause, Private Johnny, I’m faithful as
can be
I keep your picture by the sofa near the fire
For me and my boyfriends to sit and admire
They may want kisses but I am always true
I close my eyes and make believe it’s you"
So, lucky fella,
You can depend on Arabella
"Drop me a line,
Tall, dark and private",**
Arabella, my Arabella,
Oh, won’t you tell me that you’re mine!
*: This is a navy expression. When the ship
needs a good complete cleaning you clean it front to back [fore and aft].
What is being said here is that he is losing weight front and back by marching.
(notes by Andy Davison)
**: Instead of saying, „Drop me a line, tall,
dark and handsome“, which is what Mae West used to say (the sex symbol
of the early 30s („Is this a gun in your pocket or are you just glad to see
me?“)).
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
January 8th 1942 with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires.
Written by Maury Coleman Harris.
Dear Mom, the weather today was cloudy and damp
Your package arrived but was missing a stamp
Your cake made a hit with all the boys in the
camp
How they love it, Dear Mom...
The food is okay, don’t worry your head
I sleep pretty well but I miss my old bed
And oh! how I wish they‘d make this Army co-ed*
Still I love it
If you should run into
A certain you-know-who
Please do this for me
Give her a kiss for me
Tell her to write me
Nightly...
Dear Mom, that’s all for tonight, the bugle
just blew
Tomorrow’s a big day with plenty to do
I like it here but I’m kind of homesick for you
For I love you, Dear Mom...!
(repeat once)
(*: "Co-Educational training which involves
teaching boys and girls together In an army barracks - no way..." ---Notes
by Andy Davison)
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
July 14th 1942 with Skip Nelson.
Words by Johnny Mercer, music by Jerome Kern.
(From the movie „You Were Never Lovelier“)
Dearly beloved, how clearly I see
Somewhere in heaven you were fashioned for me,
Angel eyes knew you
Angel voices led me to you
Nothing could save me, fate gave me a sign
I know that I'll be yours come shower or shine
So I say merely,
„Dearly beloved, be mine..!“
(repeat once)
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
August 11th 1941 with Tex Beneke and the Modernaires.
Words by Jimmy Shirl, music by Henry Manners.
Sweeter than sweet
There is none to compete with Delilah
Armful of charm and a four dream alarm*, that’s
Delilah
Angels tip their halos
The moons straightens his tie
And weeping willows smile
As she goes by, my...
Rarer than rare,
All my life I would share
With Delilah
Heaven would be
Anywhere I could see
My Delilah
I’ll grow strong as Samson
When she whispers, „I do“,
I’ll hand her the moon and declare,
„Delilah, it’s for you!“
(repeat once)
*: (When there is a fire, the firefighting group
starts off with one alarm and uses appropriate equipment. If the fire continues
to spread more alarms are sounded. The worst fire calls for four alarms,
at least here they do. Delilah is a maximum dream girl! ---Notes by Andy
Davison).
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
March 30th 1940 with Ray Eberle.
Words by Johnny Burke, music by Harry Warren.
Here goes, looks like I’m falling
Call me „Devil May Care“
I know it shouldn’t be
But you know me, pal
I‘ll take a dare
Who knows, but this time
I may be lucky
This may be on the square
Here goes, it’s an adventure
Just call me “Devil May Care“!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
July 12th 1939 with Marion Hutton.
Initially performed in the 1939 film "The Wizard
of Oz"
Words by E. Y. Harburg, music by Harold Arlen.
Ding-dong, the witch is dead,
Which old witch? The wicked witch,
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead,
Wake up, you sleepyhead, rub your eyes, get ouf
of bed
Wake up, the wicked witch is dead.
She’s gone where the goblins go, below, below
Yahoo, let’s open up and sing and ring the bells
out,
Ding-dong, the merry-oh, sing it high, sing
it low,
Let them know the wicked witch is dead!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
November 8th 1940 with Ray Eberle.
Words by Johnny Burke, music by James Van Heusen.
(Originally from the movie „Love Thy Neighbor“)
We used to say our love will stay
Until the cows come home
And then the cows came home
Do you know why?
We used to say we’ll love this way
Till Hades freezes over
And then it just froze over
Do you know why?
We thought we had the future dancing a jig for
us
Do you suppose our little dreams got too big for
us?
We used to say our love will stay
Forever and anon
And now forever’s gone,
Darling, do you know why?
Neither do I...
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
May 20th 1941 with Ray Eberle.
Words by Lew Brown, music by Ray Henderson.
Her name is Marie, his name is Pierre
They gaze at a garden so bleak and so bare
A garden that once was so lovely and fair
And he sighs as he dries her tear-dimmed eyes,
„Don’t cry, cherie,
Your garden will bloom once more
The fleur-de-lis* will rise again
And smile up to the skies again
Let‘s try, cherie,
To make our garden lovelier than before
Don‘t cry, cherie,
After all, our hearts are free,
If I‘ll have you and you‘ll have me
Our garden will bloom once more...!“
(*: The royal escutcheon of France)
Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone
Else but Me)
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
February 18th 1942 with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton and the Modernaires.
Written by Lew Brown, Charles Tobias and Sammy
Stept. (From the movie “Private Buckaroo“)
Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone
else but me
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me
No, no, no!
Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone
else but me
Till I come marchin' home!
Don't go walkin' down Lover's Lane with
anyone else but me
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me
No, no, no!
Don't go walkin' down Lover's Lane with
anyone else but me
Till I come marchin' home!
I just got word from a guy who heard
from the guy next door to me
The girl he met just loves to pet and it
fits you to a tee
So, don't sit under the apple tree with
anyone else but me
Till I come marchin' home!
Don't give out with those lips of yours
to anyone else but me
Anyone else but me, anyone else but me
No, no, no!
Watch the girls on the foreign shores, you'll
have to report to me
When you come marchin' home!
Don't hold anyone on your knee, you better
be true to me
You better be true to me, you better be
true to me
Don't hold anyone on your knee, you're gettin'
the third degree
When you come marchin' home!
You're on your own where there is no
phone and I can't keep tab on you
Be fair to me, I'll guarantee this is one
thing that I'll do:
I won't sit under the apple tree with anyone
else but you
Till you come marchin' home!
Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone
else but me
I know the apple tree is reserved for you
and me
And I'll be true till you come marchin'
home!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
October 20th 1941 with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires.
Written by Craig Lee, Al Rinker and Judy Freeland.
Won’t you come with me to Dreamsville, Ohio
There‘s no better place to dream
There’s a winding lane that leads you
Down to a stream
When the moon comes up in Dreamsville, Ohio
And it lights the town below
Then you know the sweetest moments you’ll ever
know...
You‘ll find a kissing rock that stands beside
a wishing well
But you must seal every wish with a kiss
Or you’ll break the spell
There’s a happiness in Dreamsville, Ohio
Even money couldn‘t buy
All that’s missing down in Dreamsville
Is you and I...
There’s a happiness in Dreamsville
Even money couldn‘t buy
All that’s missing down in Dreamsville
Is you and I!