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Picture you upon my knee,
Just tea for two and two for tea


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Swanee!
How I love you, how I love you,
My dear ol' Swanee!
I'd give the world to be
Among the folks in
D-I-X-I-E


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Sometimes I'm happy
sometimes I'm blue
my disposition
depends on you.


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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
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Irving Caesar

Irving Caesar

Born: July 4, 1895
Died: December 18, 1996 (aged 101)
Bio: Irving Caesar was an American lyricist and theater composer who wrote lyrics for numerous song standards including "Swanee," "Sometimes I'm Happy," "Crazy Rhythm," and "Tea for Two," one of the most frequently recorded tunes ever written.

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