EMBRACEABLE YOU
Written in 1928 for an unproduced operetta called "East Is West"
From the 1930 Broadway musical "Girl Crazy"
(Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin)

Judy Garland - 1939

Also recorded by:
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Salena Jones; Andre Kostelanetz; Cleo Laine; Jack Lemmon;
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Zoot Sims; Frank Sinatra; Jo Stafford; Rod Stewart; 
Maxine Sullivan; Art Tatum; Dame Kiri Te Kanawa; Jack Teagarden;
Claude Thornhill & his Orch.; Sarah Vaughan; Dinah Washington; 
Andy Williams; ..... and many more.



Dozens of girls[guys] would storm up;
I had to lock my door,
Somehow I couldn't warm up
To one before.
What was it that controlled me?
What kept my love-life lean?
My intuition told me
You'd come on the scene.
Lady[Baby], listen to the rhythm of my heartbeat,
And you'll get just what I mean.

Embrace me,
My sweet embraceable you.
Embrace me,
You irreplaceable you.
Just one look at you - my heart grew tipsy in me.
You and you alone bring out the gypsy in me.
I love all
The many charms about you;
Above all,
I want my arms about you.
Don't be a naughty baby,
Come to papa - come to papa - do!
My sweet embraceable you.

I love all
The many charms about you;
Above all,
I want my arms about you.
Don't be a naughty baby,
Come to papa - come to papa - do!
My sweet embraceable you. 


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SPANISH VERSION:


Abrázame,
tú, mi dulce y abrazable.
Abrázame,
tú, mi insustituible.
Sólo mirarte y
mi corazón se alegra dentro de mí.
Tú y sólo tú
sacas la gitana que hay en mí.
Amo todos
los muchos encantos que te rodean.
Sobre todo
quiero mis brazos sobre ti.
No seas malo, cariño,
ven a mí,
ven a mí, vamos,
tú, mi dulce y abrazable. 

Amo todos
los muchos encantos que te rodean.
Sobre todo
quiero mis brazos sobre ti.
No seas malo, cariño,
ven a mamá,
ven a mamá, vamos,
tú, mi dulce y abrazable.


(Contributed by Emiliano M.A. - January 2006)


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