with a song in my heart...

from the movie "With a Song in My Heart"
sung by Jane Froman
pictured here Susan Hayward
with Richard Allan

Though I know that we meet ev'ry night
and we couldn't have change since the last time,
to my joy and delight,
it's a new kind of love at first sight.
Though it's you and it's I all the time
ev'ry meeting's marvelous pastime.
You're increasingly sweet,
so whenever we happened to met
I greet you ...

With a song in my heart
I behold your adorable face.
Just a song at the start
but it soon is a hymn to your grace.
When the music swells
I'm touching you hand
It tells that your're standing near, and ..
At the sound of your voice
heaven opens his portals to me.
Can I help but rejoice
that a song such as ours came to be?
But I always knew
I would live life through
with a song in my heart for you.

Oh, the moon's not a moon for a night
and these stars will not twinkle and fade out,
and the words in my ears
will resound for the rest of my years.
In the morning I find with delight
not a note of our music is played out.
It will be just as sweet,
and an air that I'll live to repeat:
I greet you ...

With a song in my heart
I behold your adorable face.
Just a song at the start
but it soon is a hymn to your grace.
When the music swells
I'm touching you hand
It tells that your're standing near, and ..
At the sound of your voice
heaven opens his portals to me.
Can I help but rejoice
that a song such as ours came to be?
But I always knew
I would live life through
with a song in my heart for you.

i'll be seeing you...

Jo Stafford has been one of my all-time favorites. I got that from my uncle. he had a collection of 78 rpm records from when he worked at the Lyon-Healy store in downtown Chicago before and at the beginning of WWII. I now have his collection. Jo Stafford was one of his favorites; I often thought he had a crush on her.

she provided a distinct service to the service members during WWII. the soldiers fondly referred to her as "GI Jo". Through her music, she made an unbearable situation into a place where they could feel closer to home.

imagine my shock when i saw her obituary in the Sun-Times today. i believed that she had died long ago. she died yesterday at the age of 90! what a long and wonderful life.

below is one of the songs that kept the guys/gals during WWII closer to home.






I'll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day through.

In that small cafe;
The park across the way;
The children's carousel;
The chestnut trees;
The wishin' well.

I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day;
In every thing that's light and gay.
I'll always think of you that way.

I'll find you
In the morning sun
And when the night is new.
I'll be looking at the moon,
But I'll be seeing you.

I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day;
In every thing that's light and gay.
I'll always think of you that way.

I'll find you
In the morning sun
And when the night is new.
I'll be looking at the moon,
But I'll be seeing you.

sam, i thought i told you never to play...

the tension is instant in the scene on what is repeatedly cited as the most popular love song of all time by movie experts and film lovers from around the world. the american film institute lists it as the #2 movie song in 100 years of music. their number one song is over the rainbow. but, that's not a love song.

a legend began with as time goes by from the movie casablanca. the legend is that the line ilsa uses in the movie is play it again, sam. nothing is farther from the truth. woody allen only made it worse by naming a movie with the phrase.

what ilsa actually says is:

play it once, sam....
for old-times sake....
play it, sam.
play...
as time goes by .

la di, de di de dum, la di de de de dum...

sing it, sam.

You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by.

And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you."
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by.

the acting is all in the faces. watch sam, ilsa and rick. the emotions flash quickly from just their expressions. if you've never seen the film, you will not miss 85 minutes from your life. the movie is well worth it.