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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Linkit - American Songbook lyrics - Questions & Answers |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League ALBERT CLUB QUIZZES Linkit - American Songbook lyrics - Questions & Answers |
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| Date of compilation | Title | Description | Links |
| 28/08/2017 | American Songbook lyrics |
Link the name of one of the 30 American Songbook song titles listed below to the extract of the lyrics shown against each of the 15 questions. Clicking the sound icon will allow you to hear the extract being sung. |
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Candidate American Songbook song titles... A Fine Romance - Anything Goes - Begin the Beguine - Bewitched - But Not For Me - Cheek to Cheek - Easy to Love Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye - I Could Write a Book - I Get a Kick Out of You - I Got Rhythm - I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm I’ve Got You Under My Skin - Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off - Let’s Do It - Manhattan - Mountain Greenery - My Funny Valentine Night and Day - Our Love is Here to Stay - Puttin’ on the Ritz - Someone to Watch Over Me - The Way You Look Tonight They Can’t Take That Away From Me - This Can’t Be Love - Too Darn Hot - Top Hat White Tie and Tails - Where or When With a Song in My Heart - You’re the Top |
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“In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking”
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“Use your mentality wake up to reality”
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“In time the Rockies may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble, they’re only made of clay”
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Anything Goes Cole Porter - 1934 |
I’ve Got You Under My Skin Cole Porter - 1936 |
Our Love is Here to Stay Gershwin - 1938 |
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“Is your figure less than Greek? Is your mouth a little weak?"
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“Vexed again, perplexed again. Thank God , I can be oversexed again"
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“Have you seen the well-to-do up and down Park Avenue?”
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My Funny Valentine Rodgers & Hart - 1937 |
Bewitched Rodgers & Hart - 1941 |
Puttin’ on the Ritz Irving Berlin - 1927 |
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“It’s very fancy on old Delancey Street, you know. The subway charms us so”
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“Beans could get no keener reception in a beanery”
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“Oysters down in Oyster Bay….”
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Manhattan Rodgers & Hart - 1925 |
Mountain Greenery Rodgers & Hart - 1926 |
Let’s Do It Cole Porter - 1928 |
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“Like the drip drip drip of the raindrops when the summer shower is through”
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“You’re the Nile! You’re the Tow’r of Pisa, You’re the smile of the Mona Lisa”
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“Mere alcohol doesn’t thrill me at all”
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Night and Day Cole Porter - 1932 |
You’re the Top Cole Porter - 1934 |
I Get a Kick Out of You Cole Porter - 1934 |
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“The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea”
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“There’s no love song finer but how strange the change from major to minor”
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“Your presence requested this evening, it’s formal”
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They Can’t Take That Away From Me Gershwin - 1937 |
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye Cole Porter - 1944 |
Top Hat White Tie and Tails Irving Berlin - 1935 |
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