What made good queen Bess
Such a great success?
What made Wellington
Do what he did at Waterloo?
What makes every Englishman
A fighter through and through?
It isn't roast beef, or...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Maureen Mcgovern
Things are looking up
I've been looking the landscape over
Now, it's covered with four-leaf clover
Oh, things are looking up
Since love looked up at me
Bitter was my cup
But no mo...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Maureen Mcgovern
At any gambling casino
From Monte Carlo to Reno
They tell you that a beginner
Comes out a winner
Beginner fishing for flounder
Will catch a 17 pounder
That's what I always heard
...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Maureen Mcgovern
As a tot, when I trotted in little velvet panties,
I was kissed by my sisters, my cousins, and my anties.
Sad to tell, it was hell, an inferno worse than Dante's.
So my dear I swor...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Maureen Mcgovern
Away with the music of Broadway
Be off with your Irving Berlin
No, I give no quarter to Kern or Cole Porter
And Gershwin keeps pounding on tin
How can I be civil when hearing that...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Maureen Mcgovern
Naughty baby
Naughty baby
Who will tease you
I can show the way
And know the way
To please you
If you're wanting a beginner
I shan't do
I could make a saint a sinner
When I want t...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Maureen Mcgovern
In a cozy, little four-by-two
With an angel half as sweet as you
I'd live contently
Oh, how happy I'd be
That old landlord comin' 'round for rent
Couldn't put a dent in my content...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Maureen Mcgovern
Into a cabaret
One fatal day
A little songbird flew
Found it so very gay
He thought he'd stay
Just to get a bird's eye view
When he heard the jazz band playing
He was happy as a l...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Maureen Mcgovern
Someday, he'll come along, the man I love
And he'll be big and strong, the man I love
And when he comes my way,
I'll do my best to make him stay
He'll look at me and smile, I'll u...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Maureen Mcgovern
Let the drums roll out
Let the trumpets call
While the people shout
"Strike up the band!"
Let the cymbals ring
Callin' one and all
While the saxes swing
Strike up the band
There ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Maureen Mcgovern