Тексты песен Allan Sherman

Now this next song was a big hit comedy song before I was born, and I took this song and modernized it, I hope. The hero of the song was originally Jewish, and I made him Chinese - which is no small a

(There's one song in my act that I do that I did not compose. It was written for me by Elizabeth Taylor. This is by Elizabeth Taylor.) Love is lovelier The seventh time around... (It's just a short s

I wanted to get Some new girlfriends, So I went and bought A Mercedes Benz. A waste of money! Eight thousand bucks down the drain. I thought the girls Would get wild and reckless, So I bought cultured

AUTOMATION (Alan Sherman) It was automation, I know That was what was making the factory go It was IBM It was Univac It was all those gears going Clickity clack, dear I thought automation was keen Til

My name is Charlie Blumberg And I travel everywhere. 'Cause I'm a traveling salesman, So I fly from here to there. In every town I visit Folks must think I'm really swell. 'Cause everytime I leave a t

Call me Efrem Zimbalist, Get me Bobby Kennedy, Then call Dave Ben-Gurion, too. Then tell Carol Baker I'm home, now; Tell her Mastroianni sends love from Rome now. Then get Hank Mancini And tell him Fr

(Down, down, down, down, down... Down, down, down...) The sweetest things in life Don't stay around for very long. They come and go and don't come back again. While they're here, you feel so smug. Tha

Green Stamps Thrill me with your Green Stamps. I love your little Green Stamps. I took collecting Green Stamps. I love the way they look. Oh how I love to pick them. I pick them up, and lick them. I l

Harvey and Sheila Harvey and Sheila Harvey and Sheila Oh the day they met. Harvey and Sheila Harvey and Sheila Harvey and Sheila No one will forget. Harvey's a CPA He works for IBM He went to MIT And

Headaches" Headaches, headaches. Aspirin commercials give me headaches. Just when I'm feeling chipper as you please, That's when they show me all my sinus cavities. Headaches, headaches. Those sp

+I Can't Dance I can't dance. I can't dance. Besides, I'm two feet shorter than the girls are. All these dancing parties are just plain dumb. When they asked, I should have said, "I can't come.&q

I See Bones The doctor was looking at the X-ray And I asked him, "What do you see?" And he kept on looking at the X-ray As he said in French to me: "I see bones. I see gizzards and bone

(parody of "If I Were A Rich Man" from Fiddler On The Roof) Oh, New York is changing. Wherever you look, Big tall buildings by Tishman Tishman, ahh... If I were a Tishman, Yum di diddle didl

(parody of "It's A Most Unusual Day" by Ray Noble & His Orchestra, from the movie "A Date With Judy") It's a most unusual play; Feel like throwing my tickets away, 'Cause the b

Listen all you children to my sad refrain About a subway conductor on a runaway train Squeezing people into cars, he won his fame And John Charles Cohen was the great man's name J. C. Cohen, what a gr

Gotta jump down, spin around, And pick a dress of cotton, Gotta jump down, spin around, And pick a dress of wool. Gotta jump down, spin around, And pick a dress of cotton, Gotta jump down, spin around

Lotsa Luck When you're driving through the desert, and your car runs out of gas, Lotsa luck, pal, lotsa luck. When you try to stop some strangers they will holler as they pass, Lotsa luck, pal, lotsa

My Aunt Minnie bought a mini-skirt, A mini-skirt, A mini-skirt. She's too skinny for a mini-skirt. Such a skinny creature Shouldn't feature such a feature But my old Aunt Minnie bought a mini-skirt An

Rat Fink F. I say F-I. F-I-N. F-I-N-K. Fink. F-I-N-K, fink, fink, fink, fink. R. I say R-A. R-A-T. R-A-T-T. Rat. R-A-T-T F-I-N-K, rat fink. (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah) Rat fink. (yeah yeah yeah yeah ye

You made the coat and vest Should fit me the best. You sewed the buttons strong. But Sam, you made the pants too long. Far from the Bronx I flew, Around the world to you, 'Cause they said you're the b

(parody of "Secret Love" by Doris Day, from the movie "Calamity Jane") Once I had a secret code, Where A was B, and B was G. G was K, and K was J; And J was M, and M was P. V was X

I sell a line of plastics And I travel on the road And I have a case of samples Which believe me is a load Every night a strange cafe A strange hotel and then Early in the morning I am on the road aga

Keep off the grass. Children at play. No deposit, no return. No casting today. Wait for the dialtone. Do not fold, do not bend. Do not open till Christmas. Open other end. No checks cashed, Make deliv

Skin You gotta have skin. All you really need is skin. Skin's the thing that if you got it outside, It helps keep your insides in. It covers your nose, And it's wrapped around your toes. And inside it

(parody of "Spanish Flea" by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass) It's good to be a Spanish flea. The Spanish dogs all scratch at me. I make my home in a spaniel Called Jose or Manuel Or Jua

The modern family Has time to burn. We all take lessons, We try to learn. The latest new thing's We never do things, We just take lessons. My daughter Linda, She takes ballet. Her first recital Was ye

(parody of "That Old Black Magic" by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, from the movie "Star-Spangled Rhythm") That old back scratcher has me in its spell, That old back scratcher l

I'm singing you the ballad Of a great man of the cloth His name was Harry Lewis And he worked for Irving Roth He died while cutting velvet On a hot July the 4th But his cloth goes shining on Glory, gl

Oh, I'm on the Drinking Man's Diet, It came from a book I was loaned. It's really terrific and quite scientific And I'm half stoned. For breakfast some cornflakes and vodka, But cornflakes have carboh

When I was a lad, I went to Yale And I knew then that I could never fail For I studied very hard and furthermore I polished up the apple for the professor (He polished up the apple for the professor)

When I'm in the mood for love, You're in the mood for herring. When I'm in the mood for herring, You're in the mood for love. Love is a fragile thing, Delicate and elusive. Herring is not conducive Wh

You're Getting To Be A Rabbit With Me Though you once were the best bunny at the Playboy Club, You're getting to be a rabbit with me. I just sit there and stare as you hop from shrub to shrub. You're