The Very Thought Of You

Parody on Ray Noble's
The Very Thought Of You

The very thought of you
Will make me feel so blue
When I am all alone and know
That you have been so untrue.
I'm living in a kind of day dream
Sad, as sad can be.
Foolish though it may seem
I want you far from me.
The mere idea of you
Will put me in a stew.
You'll never know how slow the moments go
Till I'm rid of you.
I see your face all wrinkled sour,
Your eyes have lost their glow.
It's just the thought of you
The very thought of you
That makes me want to blow.

Easter Parade

Parody on Irving Berlin's 
Easter Parade

In your Easter bonnet
With all the crap upon it
You'll be the crazy lady
In the Easter Parade.
I am just a rover
So when they look you over
I'll turn a yellow fellow in the Easter Parade.
Down the Avenue
'Neath skies of blue,
The photographers will snap us
And you'll find that you're 
In the 'Smear Sheet' for sure.
Oh, I could write a sonnet
About your Easter bonnet
And all the crap upon it
In the Easter Parade.

A Pretty Curl Is Like A Melody

Parody on Irving Berlin's
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody

A pretty curl is like a melody
It haunts me night and day.
Just like a dame
In a carved picture frame,
It curls around my heart and leaves
A numbing in my brain.
I can't escape
It's in my memory,
Each morning, night and noon.
It will leave me and then
Come back again.
A pretty curl is just like a pretty tune.

Fast Boat To China

Parody on Frank Lesser's
Slow Boat To China    

I'd like to send you
On a fast boat to China
All by yourself alone.
Take you and send you
From my arms forevermore.
You have become dear,
Such an irritating bore.
Out on the briny                                                              
                 
With the moon big and shiny
Won't melt your heart of stone. 
I've love to send you
On a fast boat to China
All by yourself alone.  

I Left My Heart In San Francisco

Parody on George Cory's Music & Douglas Cross' Words
I Left My Heart In San Francisco

I left my tart 
In San Francisco.
I paid the bill,
She set me free.
To be where eyes of sparkling stars
Imprisoned me with bars
A puppy-dog, my heart was bare
I didn't care,
My love was there.
But, now my tart
In San Francisco
No more is true,
Now, I am free.
I finally left
My dear, old San Francisco
Whose charming sights
Have dropped their hold on me.

Moonlight And Roses

Parody on Edwin H' Lemare, Ben Black 
and Neil Moret's Words & Music 
Moonlight And Roses

Moonlight and roses
Bring terrible memories of you.
My heart deposes
Those dreams that I once held true.
June light discloses
The fool that you made to feel blue.
Moonlight and roses ~
Bad memories of you.

My Wild Irish Rose

Parody on Chauncy Olcott's 
My Wild Irish Rose

My red-haired Irish Rose
Like rambling weeds it grows
You may search everywhere, but none can compare
With my wild Irish Rose. 
Red hair on Irish Rose
It tangles as it grows.
Someday for my sake
She may let me take 
Sharp scissors to prune
That wild Rose.