ON THE AVENUE (Soundtrack)
Songs from the film "On The Avenue" (1937)
Starring Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, & The Ritz Brothers
HE AIN'T GOT RHYTHM
(Irving Berlin)
Performed by Alice Faye & The Ritz Brothers
I know a professor of great renown
And he is the loneliest man in town
He's as smart as a man can be
But he never has company
Why is he the loneliest man in town?
He ain't got rhythm
Ev'ry night he sits in the house alone
'Cause he ain't got rhythm
Ev'ry night he sits there and wears a frown
He attracted some attention when he found the fourth dimension
But he ain't got rhythm, so no one's with 'im
The loneliest man in town
A lonely man is he bending over his books
Hhis wife and family keep giving him dirty looks
'Cause he ain't got rhythm
When they call him up, it's to call him down
With a daring aviator he encircled the equator
But he ain't got rhythm, as no one's with 'im
The loneliest man in town
He ain't got rhythm
Ev'ry night he sits in the house alone
'Cause he ain't got rhythm
Ev'ry night he sits there and wears a frown
With a problem scientific, he's colossal and terrific
But he ain't got rhythm, so no one's with 'im
The loneliest man in town
A lonely man is he bending over his books
His wife and family keep giving him dirty looks
'Cause he ain't got rhythm
When they call him up, it's to call him down
In the month of January he compiled a dictionary
But he ain't got rhythm, as no one's with 'im
The loneliest man in town
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THE GIRL ON THE POLICE GAZETTE
(Irving Berlin)
Performed by Dick Powell
Some fellows see the girl that they love in a dream
Some fellows see their love in a rippling stream
I saw the girl that I can't forget
On the cover of a police gazette
If I could find her, life would be peaches and cream
Oh, my search will never cease
For the girl on the Police Gazette
For the pretty young brunette
On the pink Police Gazette
And above my mantlepiece
There's a page of the Police Gazette
With the pretty young brunette
On the pink Police Gazette
I love to stop at my fav'rite barber shop
Just to take another look at
The girl I haven't met.......Yet
And my longing will increase
For the girl on the Police Gazette
For the pretty young brunette
On the pink Police Gazette
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SLUMMING ON PARK AVENUE
(Irving Berlin)
Performed by Alice Faye & The Ritz Brothers
Reprised by Dick Powell
Put on your slumming clothes and get your car
Let's go sightseeing where the high-toned people are
Come on, there's lots of fun in store for you
See how the other half lives on Park Avenue
Let's go slumming, take me slumming
Let's go slumming on Park Avenue
Let us hide behind a pair of fancy glasses
And make faces when a member of the classes passes
Let's go smelling where they're dwelling
Sniffing ev'rything the way they do
Let us go to it, they do it
Why can't we do it too?
Let's go slumming, nose thumbing, on Park Avenue
Let's go slumming, take me slumming
Let's go slumming on Park Avenue
Where the social hearts
For Broadway lights are throbbing
And they spend their nights
In smart cafés hobknobbing, snobbing
Come let's eye them, pass right by them
Looking down our noses as they do
Let us go to it, they do it
Why can't we do it too?
Let's go slumming, crumb bumming, on Park Avenue
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THIS YEAR'S KISSES
(Irving Berlin)
Performed by Alice Faye
I didn't cry when romance was through
I looked around for somebody new
Since my romance, I've kissed one or two
But I'm afraid their kisses won't do
This year's crop of kisses
Don't seem as sweet to me
This year's crop just misses
What kisses used to be
This year's new romance
Doesn't seem to have a chance
Even helped by Mister Moon above
This year's crop of kisses
Is not for me
For I'm still wearing last year's love
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YOU'RE LAUGHING AT ME
(Irving Berlin)
Performed by Dick Powell
I love you, which is easy to see
But I have to keep guessing how you feel about me
You listen to the words that I speak
But I feel that you listen with your tongue in your cheek
You're laughing at me
I can't get sentimental
For you're laughing at me, I know
I want to be romantic
But I haven't a chance
You've got a sense of humour
And humour is death to romance
You're laughing at me
Why do you think it's funny
When I say that I love you so
You've got me worried
And I'm all at sea
For while I'm crying for you
You're laughing at me
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I'VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM
(Irving Berlin)
Performed by Dick Powell & Alice Faye
The snow is snowing, the wind is blowing
But I can weather the storm
What do I care how much it may storm
I've got my love to keep me warm
I can't remember a worse December
Just watch those icicles form
What do I care if icicles form
I've got my love to keep me warm
Off with my overcoat, off with my glove
I need no overcoat, I'm burning with love
My heart's on fire, the flame grows higher
So I will weather the storm
What do I care how much it may storm
I've got my love to keep me warm
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Parts of the following songs appeared in the "The Richest Girl in America" sketch:
"There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home)" (Music: H.R. Bishop / Lyrics: John Howard Payne - 1823)
"Sailing, Sailing (Over the Bounding Main)" (Written by James Frederick Swift - 1880)
"The Farmer in the Dell" (Traditional)
"Jingle Bells" (Written by James Pierpont - 1857)
"Happy Birthday To You" (Written by Mildred J. Hill & Patty S. Hill - 1893)
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Parts of the following songs appeared in the "Slumming In The Park" number:
"Largo Al Factotum from 'The Barber of Seville' (Music: Gioacchino Rossini / Lyrics: Cesare Sterbini - 1816)
"Ochi Chyornye (Dark Eyes)" (Traditional Russian Folk Song)
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The following Irving Berlin Songs were cut from the final print of the film:
"On The Avenue"
"On The Steps Of Grant's Tomb"
"Swing Sister"
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(Contributed by Mel Priddle - October 2007)
