COFFEE TIME
From the film "Yolanda And The Thief" (1945)
(Harry Warren / Arthur Freed)

Fred Astaire, Trudy Erwin & Chorus (Film Soundtrack) - 1945
Kay Kyser & His Orch. - 1945
Kirby Stone Four - 1958
Carmen McRae & The André Previn Trio - 1960
Gene DiNovi Trio (Instr.) - 1993
Annie Ross - 1995


Coffee time, my dreamy friend, it's coffee time
Let's sing this silly little rhyme
And have a cup of coffee

Java time, my happy chum, let's have a time
We'll celebrate for just a dime
And have a cup of coffee

Greetin' time, the music box is beatin' time
It's good old-fashioned meetin' time
We're in the pink, so come and clink
And let's drink a cup of coffee

Coffee time, my dreamy friend, it's coffee time
Let's sing this silly little rhyme
And have a cup of coffee

(Orchestral Break)

Coffee time, my dreamy friend it's coffee time
Let's sing this silly little rhyme
And have a cup of coffee
And have a cup of coffee
And have a cup of coffee


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Alternate verses as sung by Carmen McRae and
featured in the film "The Subterraneans" (1960):


Let me show a little coffee house I know
Where all the new Bohemians go
To have a cup of coffee

Greetin' time, the music box is beatin' time
It's good old-fashioned meetin' time
So grab a chair and dig me there
For that's just the place that I'm at


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2006)