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THE KEY TO MY HEART
(Bob Merrill (m & l) )
As sung by Rosemary Clooney 1965 (orchestra conducted by Jimmy Carroll)
Harpsichord Buddy Weed
Also sung by:
Suzi Miller
My bell, my bird
My cat (meow) my dog (ruff, ruff).
My bell is ringier than your bell
My bird can tweet tweet sweeter
My house is prettier than your house
Don't you wish
You could ring my bell
Come in my house
Sit and hear my bird
Like you did with me
When you had the key to my heart.
My cat is kittier than your cat
My dog can bow wow louder
My jam is jellier than your jam.
Don't you wish you could taste my jam
You could walk my dog by the hollow log
Like you did with me
When you had the key to my heart.
I should hate yuh
And never date yuh
For all the trouble that you bring me.
Still I sit alone by my telephone
Waitin' for you to ring me.
My bell in lonelier than your bell
My bird is not tweet tweetin'
Hey, babe, I need a little lovin'.
How'd you like to ring my bell
And come in my house
Sit and hear my bird
Like you did with me
When you had the key to my heart.
(bridge)
I should hate yuh
And never date yuh
For all the trouble that you bring me.
Still I sit alone by my telephone
Waitin' for you to ring me.
My bell in lonelier than your bell
My bird is not tweet tweetin'
Hey, babe, I need a little lovin'.
How'd you like to ring my bell
And come in my house
And hear my bird
Like you did with me
When you had the key to my heart.
My dog (ruff, ruff), my cat (meow)
My bird, my bell
C'mon to my house.
Notes:
Rosemary Clooney, Kentucky USA born, was one of America's distinguished
woman singers from the 1950s forward. She also appeared in a number of
films and TV specials. She performed right up until her death in 2002.
Clooney started singing first with her beloved sister Betty in 1945 and
advanced upward in the music industry, eventually working with Bing
Crosby, Danny Kaye and others. Ultimately she had her own TV show. In
her lifetime, she received a litany of awards for her work.
Interestingly, the actor George Clooney was a nephew of hers.
Bob Merrill was an American composer and lyricist. He should not be
confused with Robert Merrill, the great operatic baritone who was born a
few years before him. Some of his iconic hits were
Patti Page's HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW
Eileen Barton's IF I KNEW YOU WERE COMIN' I'D'VE HAVE BAKED A CAKE
Jimmie Roger's HONEYCOMB and
Streisand's PEOPLE
THE KEY TO MY HEART was released as the 'A' side of a 45 rpm disk in
1955. The 'B' side was A LITTLE GIRL AT HEART
(Transcribed by David Story- April 2014)
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