[As sung in the film by Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, and Virginia Dale (or her voice double):] [VERSE:] [FRED:] Here she comes, down the street [BING:] My, oh my, ain't she sweet? [FRED:] Why, here comes my hot toddy [BING:] Over my dead body [REFRAIN:] [BING:] I'll capture her heart singing [FRED:] Just wait until she gets a load of my dancing [BING:] Just wait till I start singing [FRED:] I'll take her strolling down the road with my dancing [BING:] I can't go wrong, a tender song and she'll discover my charms [FRED:] Some fancy taps and she'll collapse and fall right into my arms [BING:] I'll capture her heart singing [FRED:] Oh no, you haven't a chance when I go into my dance [BING:] I'll take you through life singing [FRED:] I'll make you my wife dancing [PATTER:] [DALE:] If you could dance instead of sing I'd learn to love you somehow If you could sing instead of dance I'd take you home with me now The way you sing don't mean a thing You'd better stick to your dance And as for you, your dance won't do You'll have to sing for romance [BING:] I'll capture her heart... [FRED:] I'll capture her heart... [BING:] Singing! [FRED:] Dancing! [Lyrics from sheet music:] [VERSE:] Crosby sings pretty swell Fred Astaire dances well I'm that combination That's my reputation [REFRAIN:] I'll capture your heart singing And then I'll take you down the road with my dancing Just wait till I start singing And wait until you get a load of my dancing I can't go wrong, a tender song and you'll discover my charms And then some taps and you'll collapse and fall right into my arms I'll capture your heart singing And then we'll start a romance when I go into my dance
I could dance nightly just holding you tightly, my sweet I could keep right on because you're so light on your feet You're easy to dance with There is no doubt in the way we stand out in the crowd Though it's called dancing to me it's romancing out loud You're easy to dance with Loving you the way I do Makes you easy to dance with That is why I'm always right on the beat All those charms in one man's arms Makes you easy to dance with I can hardly keep my mind on my feet Let's dance forever - Come on, say we'll never be through It's so easy to dance with you
[VERSE (omitted from film):] The sun is shining, the grass is green The orange and palm trees sway I've never seen such a day In Beverly Hills, L.A. But it's December the twenty-fourth And I am longing to be up north [REFRAIN:] I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the treetops glisten And children listen To hear sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white
Happy holiday, happy holiday While the merry bells keep ringing May your ev'ry wish come true Happy holiday, happy holiday May the calendar keep bringing Happy holidays to you
If you're burdened down with trouble If your nerves are wearing thin Park your load down the road And come to Holiday Inn If the traffic noise affects you Like a squeaky violin Kick your cares down the stairs And come to Holiday Inn If you can't find someone who Would set your heart a-whirl Take your car and motor to The home of boy meets girl If you're laid-up with a breakdown Throw away your vitamin Don't get worse, grab your nurse And come to Holiday Inn
[VERSE:] One minute to midnight, one minute to go One minute to say good-bye before we say hello [REFRAIN:] Let's start the new year right, twelve o'clock tonight When they dim the light, let's begin Kissing the old year out Kissing the new year in Let's watch the old year die with a fond good-bye And our hopes as high as a kite How can our love go wrong if We start the new year right?
[1st REFRAIN:] Upon a February morn A tiny baby boy was born Abraham, Abraham When he grew up this tiny babe Folks all called him Honest Abe Abraham, Abraham In eighteen sixty, he became The sixteenth president And now he's in the hall of fame A most respected gent That's why we celebrate This blessed February date Abraham, Abraham [2] When black folks lived in slavery Who was it set the darkie free? Abraham, Abraham When trouble came down from the shelf Who's heart was bigger than himself? Abraham, Abraham The country's going to the dogs They shouted loud and long Then from a cabin made out of logs The right man come along And that is why we celebrate This blessed February date Abraham, Abraham [3] The U.S.A.'s united thanks To one whose name was Nancy Hanks Abraham, Abraham She gave this land the finest son Who ever went to Washington Abraham, Abraham Someone told him General Grant Was drinking every night He answered, "Go see if you can't Get all my generals tight" That's why we celebrate This blessed February date Abraham, Abraham [CODA:] Thank the Lord for Abraham Abraham
[VERSE (omitted from film):] Sweetheart of mine, I've sent you a Valentine Sweetheart of mine, it's more than a Valentine [REFRAIN:] Be careful, it's my heart It's not my watch you're holding, it's my heart It's not the note I sent you That you quickly burned It's not the book I lent you That you never returned Remember, it's my heart The heart with which so willingly I part It's yours to take, to keep or break But please, before you start Be careful, it's my heart
I could say that you're homely Just as homely as pie But this is Washington's Birthday And I've got to say you're beautiful 'Cause I can't tell a lie I could say that you're stupid Nothing up in your crown But this is Washington's Birthday And the truthful he Of the cherry tree Would look down on me And frown I could say that I hate you if I try But I've got to say I love you 'Cause it's February the twenty-second And I can't tell a lie
Let's say it with firecrackers and banners held high Let's have a real old-fashioned noisy Fourth of July Let's say it with firecrackers down south and up north Let's have the kind we used to call a glorious Fourth Let's salute our native land Roman candles in each hand While a Yankee Doodle band Gets hotter than a firecracker Don't need any long speeches or shouts of "Hooray!" No words can say as much as firecrackers can say
[Lyrics from sheet music:] [VERSE:] Freedom, freedom That's my song for today Listen to this American troubador from the U.S.A. [REFRAIN:] I'm singing a song of freedom For all people who cry out to be free Free to sail the seven seas Free to worship as we please If the birds up in the trees can be free Why can't we? I'm bringing a song of freedom To all people wherever they may be Free to speak and free to hear Free from want and free from fear Sons of freedom far and near who agree, sing with me That all God's children shall be free [As sung in film:] [VERSE:] -Freedom! Freedom! -Here comes the Freedom Man On this day of independence On this Independence Day Listen to an American troubador from the U.S.A. [REFRAIN:] I'm singing a song of freedom For all people who cry out to be free Free to sail the seven seas Free to worship as we please If the birds up in the trees can be free Why can't we? I'm bringing a song of freedom To all people wherever they may be Free to speak and free to hear Free from want and free from fear Sons of freedom far and near who agree, sing with me That all God's people shall be free
I've got plenty to be thankful for I haven't got a great big yacht To sail from shore to shore Still I've got plenty to be thankful for I've got plenty to be thankful for No private car, no caviar No carpet on my floor Still I've got plenty to be thankful for I've got eyes to see with Ears to hear with Arms to hug with Lips to kiss with Someone to adore How could anybody ask for more? My needs are small, I buy them all At the five and ten cent store Oh, I've got plenty to be thankful for
[Closing medley reprises "I'll Capture Your Heart Singing", "You're Easy to Dance With" and "Let's Start the New Year Right" as sung by Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Virginia Dale and Marjorie Reynolds:] [BING:] Here she comes down the street [FRED:] I'll admit my defeat [BING:] I've won my hot toddy [FRED:] Over my scarred body [BING:] I knew that I'd win singing [FRED:] But wait until she gets a load of your dancing [BING:] We'll stay at the inn singing [FRED:] All by myself I'll have to stick to my dancing [DALE:] Oh, no, my friend, I'm here to end Your dancing trouble and strife [FRED:] This will be fun, Miss "Hit-and-Run" Has come back into my life [BING:] We'll stay at the inn... [FRED:] We'll have to begin... [BING:] Singing! [FRED:] Dancing! [BING & REYNOLDS:] We've each other to cling to [BING:] You'll be easy to sing to [FRED:] And you're easy to dance with [ALL:] So let the old year die with a fond good-bye And our hopes as high as a kite How can our love go wrong if we start the new year right?