Ira Gershwin Quotes

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Holding hands at midnight
'Neath a starry sky…
Nice work if you can get it,
And you can get it if you try.

Ira Gershwin
The way you wear your hat,
The way you sip your tea,
The mem'ry of all that –
No, no! They can't take that away from me!

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You like potato and I like po-tah-to,
You like tomato and I like to-mah-to;
Potato, po-tah-to, tomato, to-mah-to—
Let's call the whole thing off!

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A weekend in the country—
Trees in the orchard call.
When you've examined one tree,
Then you've examined them all.

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I got plenty of nothin',
And nothin's plenty for me.

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In time the Rockies may crumble,
Gibraltar may tumble,
They're only made of clay,
But our love is here to stay.

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Summertime and the livin' is easy,
Fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high.
Oh yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma is good lookin',
So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry.

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You say eether and I say eyether,
You say neether and I say nyther;
Eether, eyether, neether, nyther—
Let's call the whole thing off!

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You've made my life so glamorous,
You can't blame me for feeling amorous.
'S wonderful, 's marvellous
That you should care for me.

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Poor Jenny, bright as a penny!
Her equal would be hard to find.
She lost one dad and mother,
A sister and a brother—
But she would make up her mind.

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Summer time an' the livin' is easy,
Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high.

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The memory of all that —
No, no! They can't take that away from me.

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I got rhythm,
I got music,
I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?

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Of thee I sing, baby,
You have got that certain thing, baby,
Shining star and inspiration Worthy of a mighty nation,
Of thee I sing!

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Methus'lah live nine hundred years
But who calls dat livin'
When no gal'll give in
To no man what's nine hundred years?

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It ain't necessarily so—
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible—
It ain't necessarily so.
Music by George Gershwin

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A foggy day in London Town
Had me low and had me down.
I viewed the morning with alarm,
The British Museum had lost its charm.

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They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
When he said the world was round;
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound.

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'S wonderful! 'S marvelous —
You should care for me!

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Ev'ry corner that you turn you meet a notable
With a statement that is eminently quotable!

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