Wanna Hat With Cherries                                      
We Can Live On Love
We’re The Couple In The Castle
Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam)
What’s The Matter With Me
What’s Your Story Morning Glory
When Johnny Comes Marchin‘ Home
When That Man Is Dead And Gone
When The Roses Bloom Again
When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
When You Wish Upon A Star
Who’s Sorry Now?
(Why Couldn’t It Last) Last Night
Wishing (Will Make It So)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Wanna Hat With Cherries

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on June 27th 1939 with Marion Hutton.
Written by Larry Clinton, Joe Carringer and Betty Lynn.
 

Mommie, I wanna hat with cherries
I want the big fat berries
If I must have a lid
Daddy said I did, oh....

Mommie, don’t wanna chocolate sodie
Don’t wanna shiny apple
You know I’m just a kid, just a kid...

Can’t you see, Mommie dear,
It would help my looks
Daddy said in a hat
I’d be cute as Baby Snooks*...

So, Mommie, don’t wanna chocolate sodie
Don’t wanna shiny apple
To cover up my head, I said
I wanna hat with cherries,
Big red squashy berries,
Like the time with the chocolate cake
Will I get such a tummy ache?
Cause I’m gonna eat those cherries!

(*: Baby Snooks was a 40s radio personality, „a destructive little monster
that always got into trouble“ -Andy Davison-)
 


We Can Live On Love

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on May 25th 1939 with Marion Hutton.
Words by Al Dubin, music by Jimmy McHugh. (From the Shubert Broadway Production „Streets of Paris“)
 

We haven’t got a pot to cook in
No  looking glass to look in
But our dreams are sweet
We seldom eat
We can live on love...

We haven‘t got a bed to sleep in
To count our little sheep in
But our hopes are great
And we can wait while we live on love....

 Though you may feel we ought to deal
With such realitites:
No house, no lot, no car  - so what?
That’s trivialities!

We haven‘t got a check to cash in
No pot to put our hash in
But we‘ve got that thing
That comes in spring:
We can live on love!
 


We’re The Couple In The Castle

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on November 24th 1941 with Ray Eberle.
Words by Frank Loesser, music by Hoagy Carmichael.
 

We're at Nineteen Moonbeam Terrace,
Overlooking Starlight Square,
We're the couple in the castle
Way up high in the air
On the corner there's a cloud bank,
and we bank our millions there
We're the couple in the castle in the air

One day, a daydream came stealing
Through the gloomy part of town
Well, that daydream brought us way up here
And we'll never come down

Call us Lord and Lady Stardust,
Call us crazy, we don't care,
We're the couple in the castle
In the air...!
 


Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam)

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on August 1st 1939 with Marion Hutton and Band.
Written by Eddie Durham and Taps Miller.
 

Band:
Wham, Re-Bop-Boom-Bam,

Marion Hutton:
I can swing and I can jam

Band:
Wham, Re-Bop-Boom-Bam,

MH:
I’m a killer-diller, yes, I am!

Band:
Wham, Re-Bop-Boom-Bam,

MH:
When you learn it you’ll be proud

Band:
Wham, Re-Bop-Boom-Bam,

MH:
Join the crowd and swing out loud!

Some folks say that Swing won’t stay
And it’s dying out
But I can prove it’s in a groove
And they don’t know what they‘re talking about

Band:
Wham, Re-Bop-Boom-Bam,

MH: It’s easy to do like the Suzie Q*

Band:
Wham, Re-Bop-Boom-Bam,

MH:
If I can do it, you can, too!

(*: The Suzie Q was a popular dance step at that time)
 


What’s The Matter With Me

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on January 15th 1940 with Marion Hutton.
Written by Terry Shand and Sam L. Lewis.
 

What’s the matter with me
Nobody loves me
I just happen to be unlucky in love
It seems that every time I make a date
I know from the start
Someone’s gonna break the date
And break my heart...

What’s the matter with me
I’m awfully moody
Must my love affairs be
Like Punch and Judy
I always walk with myself,
Talk with myself,
And my heart and I agree
I’m not hard to take,
So for heaven’s sake,
What’s the matter with me...?
 


What’s Your Story Morning Glory

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on August 8th 1940 with Tex Beneke.
Written by Mary Lou Williams, Jack Lawrence and Paul Webster.
 

What’s your story morning glory
What makes you look so blue?
The way that you been actin‘,
I don’t know what to do
For I love you, sure as one and one makes two,
What’s your story morning glory
Got a feeling there’s a lot you’re concealin‘
So won‘t you tell me that you love me too...

What’s your story morning glory
You got me worried, too
The postman came this morning
And he left a note for you
Did you read it? Uh...
Then you know that I love you
What’s your story morning glory
If I guess it, darling, will you confess it?
Oh, won’t you tell me that you love me too...!
 


When Johnny Comes Marchin‘ Home

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on February 18th 1942 with Marion Hutton, Tex Beneke and the Modernaires.
Written by Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore in 1863; Lyrics and Adaptation: Bill Finegan, Hal Dickenson and Bill Conway (The latter two from the Modernaires).
 

When Johnny comes marchin‘ home again, hooray, hooray
We’ll give him a hearty welcome then, hooray, hooray
All the men will cheer and the boys will shout
The girls dress up and they‘ll all turn out
And we’ll all feel gay when Johnny comes marchin‘ home

Get ready for the jubilee, hooray, hooray
He’ll get three cheers from you and me, hooray, hooray
Uncle Sam will prove he’s still the champ,
We‘ll close up shop and break up camp
And we’ll all feel gay when Johnny comes marchin‘ home...!
 


When That Man Is Dead And Gone

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on February 19th 1941 with Tex Beneke and the Modernaires.
Written by Irving Berlin.
 

Satan, Satan, thought up a plan
Dressed as a man,
Walkin‘ the Earth, and since he began
The world is hell for you and me
But what a heaven it will be

When that man is dead and gone
When that man is dead and gone
We‘ll go dancin‘ down the street
Kissin‘ ev’ryone we meet
When that man is dead and gone...

What a day to wake upon
What a way to greet the dawn
Some fine day the news will flash,
Satan with a small moustache*
Is asleep beneath the lawn“
When that man is dead and gone...

What a lucky day to wake upon
What a happy way to greet the dawn
Some fine day the news will flash,
Satan with a small moustache
Is asleep beneath the lawn“
When that man is dead and gone
When that certain man is dead and gone, gone, gone
When that man is
Dead ---
And ---
Gone!!!

(*: Surely you've figured out who that "certain man" is: None other than Adolf Hitler, of course!)
 


When The Roses Bloom Again

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on January 8th 1942 with Ray Eberle.
Words by Nat Burton, music by Walter Kent.
 

When the roses bloom again
And the fields feel the plow
We will meet again, sweetheart, somehow
When the birds take back the sky
And the night smiles above
We’ll be free again to live and love

Till then, oh! how I‘ll miss you
The laughter and tears we used to share
Till then in dreams I‘ll kiss you
And seal every dream with a prayer

When the roses bloom again
When the world starts anew
I’ll be coming home, sweetheart, to you...!
 


When the Swallows Come Back To Capistrano

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on June 13th 1940 with Ray Eberle.
Written by Leon René.
 

When the swallows come back to Capistrano
That’s the day you promised to come back to me
When you whispered, „Farewell“ in Capistrano
T‘ was the day the swallows flew out to the sea

All the mission bells will ring
The chapel choir will sing
The happiness you’ll bring
Will live in my memory

When the swallows come back to Capistrano
That‘s the day I pray that you’ll come back to me!
 


When You Wish Upon A Star

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on January 6th, 1940 with Ray Eberle.
Words by Ned Washington, music by Leigh Harline. (From the movie „Pinocchio“)
 

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do

Fate is kind
She gives to those who love
The sweet fulfillment
Of their secret longing

Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true!

 
Who’s Sorry Now?

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on August 18th 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Written by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and T. Snyder.
 

Who’s sorry now? Who’s sorry now?
Whose heart is aching for breaking each vow?
Who’s sad and blue?
Who’s crying too, just like I cried over you?

Right to the end, just like a friend,
I tried to warn you somehow
You had your way
Now you must pay
I‘m glad that you’re sorry now! 

 

 
(Why Couldn’t It Last) Last Night

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on September 11th 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Written by Austen Croom, Johnson, Nick Kenny and Charles Kenny.
 

Last night, I touched your fingertips
And when I touched your lips
I fell in love last night...

Last night, I felt your heart beat fast
Swiftly the moments passed
Why couldn’t it last last night?

Tonight here I am all alone
My lovely dream has flown
Why must I be alone?

Last night, why did we say goodbye?
My heart keeps asking why,
Why couldn’t it last last night...? 




Wishing (Will Make It So)

As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on April 10th 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Written by Buddy DeSylva.  (From the movie „Love Affair“)
 

Wishing will make it so
Just keep on wishing and cares will go
Dreamers tell us dreams come true
It's no mistake
And wishes are the dreams we dream
When we're awake

The curtain of night will part
If you are certain within your heart
So if you wish long enough, wish strong enough
You will come to know
Wishing will make it so!
 

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