I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
White Christmas Soundtrack Album Lyrics
White Christmas Soundtrack Lyrics
- Bing Crosby - White Christmas
- Bing Crosby - The Old Man
- Bing Crosby - Heat Wave
- Rosemary Clooney - Sisters
- Danny Kaye - The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing
- Bing Crosby - Sisters (reprise)
- Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee and Trudy Stevens - Snow
- Bing Crosby - I'd Rather See a Minstrel Show
- Bing Crosby - Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)
- Danny Kaye - Choreography
- Danny Kaye - The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing (reprise)
- White Christmas - Abraham
- Rosemary Clooney - Love, You Didn't Do Right by Me
- Bing Crosby - What Can You Do with a General?
- Bing Crosby - The Old Man (reprise)
- Bing Crosby - Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the Army
- Bing Crosby - White Christmas (finale)
Writer: Irving Berlin
Copyright: Lyrics © Phonographic Digital Limited (PDL), Kanjian Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, O/B/O DistroKid
Copyright: Lyrics © Phonographic Digital Limited (PDL), Kanjian Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, O/B/O DistroKid
Bing Crosby - The Old Man
[ Featuring Danny Kaye, Men's Chorus ]
We'll follow the old man wherever he wants to go
As long as he wants to go opposite to the foe
We'll stay with the old man wherever he wants to stay
As long he stays away from the battle's fray
Because we love him, we love him
Especially when he keeps us on the ball
And we'll tell the kiddies we answer duties' call
With the grandest son of a soldier of them all
Attention! Attention!
Gee, I wish I was back in the army
The army wasn't really bad at all
Three meals a day for which you didn't pay
Uniforms for winter, spring and fall
There's a lot to be said for the army
The life without responsibility
A soldier out of luck was never really stuck
There's always someone higher up where you can pass the buck
Oh, gee, I wish I was back in the army
Gee, I wish I was back in the army
The army was the place to find romance
Soldiers and WAC's the WAC's who dressed in slacks
Dancing cheek to cheek and pants to pants
There's a lot to be said for the army
The best of doctors watched you carefully
A dentist and a clerk, for weeks and weeks they'd work
They make a thousand dollar job and give it to a jerk
Oh, gee, I wish I was back in the army
Three meals a day for which you didn't pay
I thought that I was through with all my care and strife
But after months and months of the civilian life
Gee, I wish I was back in the army now!
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Bing Crosby - Heat Wave
[ Featuring Danny Kaye ]
A heat wave blew into town last week
She came from the island of Martinique
The can, can, she dances will make you fry
The can, can is really the reason why
We're havin' a heat wave
Tropical heat wave
The temperature's risin'
It isn't surprising
She certainly can, can, can
She started a heat wave
By lettin' her feet wave
And in such a way that
The customers say that
She certainly can, can, can
Gee, her anatomy
Makes the mercury
Jump up to ninety-three
Yes sir
We're havin' a heat wave
Tropical heat wave
The way that she moves that
Thermometer proves that
She certainly can, can, can
It's so hot, weatherman will tell you
A record's been made
It's so hot, a coat of tan
Will cover your face in the shade
It's so hot, the coldest maiden
Feels just as warm as the bride
It's so hot, a chicken laid an egg on the street
And it fried
We're havin' a heat wave
A tropical heat wave
The temperature's risin'
It isn't surprisin'
She certainly can, can, can
She started a heat wave
By lettin' her feet wave
And in such a way
That the customers say that
She certainly can, can, can
Gee, her anatomy
Makes that mercury
Jump up to ninety-three
That's hot man
We're havin' a heat wave
A tropical heat wave
The way that she moves that
Thermometer proves that
She certainly can, can, can
Yes, she certainly can, can, can
Oh, she certainly can, can, can
Writer: IRVING BERLIN
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Rosemary Clooney - Sisters
[ Featuring Vera-Ellen ]
Sisters, sisters
There were never such devoted sisters
Never had to have a chaperone, no sir
Im here to keep my eye on her
Caring, sharing
Every little thing that we are wearing
When a certain gentleman arrives from Rome
She wore the dress and i stayed home
All kinds of weather
We stick together
The same in the rain or sun
Two different faces
But in tight places
We think and we act as one... uh-huh
Those who've seen us
Know that not a thing could come between us
Many men have tried to split us up but no one can
Lord help the mister
Who comes between me and my sister
And lord help the sister who comes between me and my man
Sister
Sister
Sister dont come between me and my man
Writer: PEGGY LEE
Copyright: Lyrics © IMAGEM U.S. LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © IMAGEM U.S. LLC
Danny Kaye - The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing
[ Featuring Vera-Ellen ]
The best things happen while you're dancing
Things you would not do at home
Come naturally on the floor
For dancing soon becomes romancing
When you hold a girl in your arms
That you've never held before
Even guys with two left feet
Come out alright if the girl is sweet
If by chance their cheeks should meet while dancing
Proving that the best things happen while you dance
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Bing Crosby - Sisters (reprise)
[ Featuring Danny Kaye ]
Sisters, sisters
There were never such devoted sisters
Never had to have a chaperone, no sir
I'm here to keep my eye on her
Caring, sharing
Every little thing that we are wearing
When a certain gentleman arrives from Rome
She wore the dress and i stayed home
All kinds of weather
We stick together
The same in the rain or sun
Two different faces
But in tight places
We think and we act as one... uh-huh
Those who've seen us
Know that not a thing could come between us
Many men have tried to split us up but no one can
Lord help the mister
Who comes between me and my sister
And lord help the sister who comes between me and my man
Sister
Sister
Sister dont come between me and my man
Writer: PEGGY LEE
Copyright: Lyrics © IMAGEM U.S. LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © IMAGEM U.S. LLC
Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Peggy Lee and Trudy Stevens - Snow
Snow
It won't be long before we'll all be there with snow
Snow
I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snow
Snow
I long to clear a path and lift a spade of snow
Snow
Oh, to see a great big man entirely made of snow
Where it's snowing
All winter through
That's where I want to be
Snowball throwing
That's what I'll do
How I'm longing to ski
Through the snow-oh-oh-oh-oh
Those glist'ning houses that seem to be built of snow
Snow
Oh, to see a mountain covered with a quilt of snow
What is Christmas with no snow
No white Christmas with no snow
Snow
I'll soon be there with snow
I'll wash my hair with snow
And with a spade of snow
I'll build a man that's made of snow
I'd love to stay up with you but I recommend a little shuteye
Go to sleep
And dream
Of snow
Writer: GUY DAVIS, MARK OLSEN, MIKE WILLIAMSON
Copyright: Lyrics © TuneCore Inc., BMG Rights Management
Copyright: Lyrics © TuneCore Inc., BMG Rights Management
Bing Crosby - I'd Rather See a Minstrel Show
[Crosby and Kaye:]
I'd rather see a minstrel show
Than any other show I know
Oh! those comical folks
With their riddles and jokes
Here is the riddle that I love the best
"Why does a chicken go...?" You know the rest (yes sir)
I'd pawn my overcoat and vest
To see a minstrel show
[Clooney:]
Mister Bones, Mister Bones
How do you feel, Mister Bones?
[Kaye:]
Rattlin'!
[Clooney:]
Mister Bones feels rattlin'!
Ha, ha, that's a good one
Tell a little story, Mister Bones
[Crosby:]
A funny little story, Mister Bones
[Kaye:]
How can you stop an angry dog from biting you on Monday?
[Clooney:]
That joke is old, the answer is to kill the dog on Sunday
[Kaye:]
That's not the way to stop a dog from biting you on Monday
[Clooney:]
How would you bring the thing about?
[Kaye:]
Have the doggie's teeth pulled out!
[Clooney:]
Oh, Mister Bones, that's terrible! (Uh huh)
[Crosby and Clooney:]
Yes, Mister Bones, that's terrible! (Uh huh)
[Crosby:]
Mister Interloc'ter
[Clooney:]
What is wrong with you?
[Crosby:]
Well, I know of a doctor
[Clooney:]
Tell about him, do
[Crosby:]
Sad to say, one day he fell
Right into a great big well
[Clooney:]
Oh, That's too bad
[Crosby:]
Well, well not at all
[Clooney:]
Why speak in such a tone?
[Crosby:]
He should have attended to the sick
And let the well alone
[Clooney:]
That's a joke (oh oh) that was told (ah ah)
In the minstrel days we miss
[Crosby, Clooney, and Kaye:]
When Georgie Primrose used to sing
And dance to a song like this:
Mandy
(Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and Chorus)
[Chorus:]
Mandy, Mandy, Mandy
Mandy, There's a minister handy
And it sure would be dandy
If we'd let him make a fee
So don't you linger
Here's a ring for your finger
Isn't it a humdinger?
Come along and let the wedding chimes
Bring happy times
For Mandy and me
[Crosby, Kaye, and Chorus:]
Mandy what a gal
Oh Mandy, there's a minister handy
And it sure would be dandy
If we'd let him make a fee
He's got is rent to pay
So don't delay
It's not a day to linger
Here's a ring for your finger
Isn't it a humdinger?
We advise to
Live and love and honor and obey
Before he gets away
Mandy and me!
[Crosby and Kaye:]
The wedding chimes
Bring happy times
For Mandy and me
(Instrumental/ dance break)
[Chorus:]
So don't you linger
Here's a ring for your finger
Isn't it a humdinger?
Come along and let the wedding chimes
Bring happy times
For Mandy
And me!
Ohhhhhh
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Bing Crosby - Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)
[ Featuring Rosemary Clooney ]
When I'm worried and I can't sleep
I count my blessings instead of sheep
And I fall asleep counting my blessings
When my bankroll is getting small
I think of when I had none at all
And I fall asleep counting my blessings
I think about a nursery and I picture curly heads
And one by one I count them as they slumber in their beds
So if you're worried and you can't sleep
Count your blessings instead of sheep
And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings
Writer: IRVING BERLIN
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Danny Kaye - Choreography
The theater, the theater, what's happened to the theater?
Especially where dancing is concerned
Chaps who did taps aren't tapping anymore
They're doing choreography
Chicks who did kicks aren't kicking anymore
They're doing choreography
Heps who did steps
That would stop the show in days that used to be
Through the air they keep flying
Like a duck that is dying
Instead of dance it's choreography
Jakes who did breaks they're not breaking anymore
They're doing choreography
Chicks who did kicks aren't kicking anymore
They're doing choreography
Queens with routines
That would stop the show in days that used to be
One and all they're not chancing
What we used to call dancing
They're busy doing choreography
One and all keep us guessing
What the heck they're expressing
Instead of dance it's choreography!
Especially where dancing is concerned
Chaps who did taps aren't tapping anymore
They're doing choreography
Chicks who did kicks aren't kicking anymore
They're doing choreography
Heps who did steps
That would stop the show in days that used to be
Through the air they keep flying
Like a duck that is dying
Instead of dance it's choreography
Jakes who did breaks they're not breaking anymore
They're doing choreography
Chicks who did kicks aren't kicking anymore
They're doing choreography
Queens with routines
That would stop the show in days that used to be
One and all they're not chancing
What we used to call dancing
They're busy doing choreography
One and all keep us guessing
What the heck they're expressing
Instead of dance it's choreography!
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Danny Kaye - The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing (reprise)
[ Featuring Chorus ]
The best things happen while you're dancing
Things you would not do at home
Come naturally on the floor
For dancing soon becomes romancing
When you hold a girl in your arms
That you've never held before
Even guys with two left feet
Come out alright if the girl is sweet
If by chance their cheeks should meet while dancing
Proving that the best things happen while you dance
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Rosemary Clooney - Love, You Didn't Do Right by Me
Love you didn't do right by me
You planned a romance that just hadn't a chance and I'm through
Love you didn't do right by me
I'm back on the shelf
And I'm blaming myself
But it's you
My one love affair didn't get anywhere from the start
To send me a Joe who had winter and snow in his heart
Wasn't smart.
Love You didn't do right by me
As they say in the song...you done me wrong
My one love affair didn't get anywhere from the start
To send me a Joe who had winter and snow in his heart
Wasn't smart.
Oh Love You didn't do right by me
As they say in the song...you done me wrong
Yes Mr Love, you done me wrong
You planned a romance that just hadn't a chance and I'm through
Love you didn't do right by me
I'm back on the shelf
And I'm blaming myself
But it's you
My one love affair didn't get anywhere from the start
To send me a Joe who had winter and snow in his heart
Wasn't smart.
Love You didn't do right by me
As they say in the song...you done me wrong
My one love affair didn't get anywhere from the start
To send me a Joe who had winter and snow in his heart
Wasn't smart.
Oh Love You didn't do right by me
As they say in the song...you done me wrong
Yes Mr Love, you done me wrong
Writer: IRVING BERLIN
Copyright: Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Universal Music Publishing Group
Bing Crosby - What Can You Do with a General?
When the war was over, why, there were jobs galore
For the G.I. Josephs who were in the war
But for generals things were not so grand
And it's not so hard to understand
What can you do with a general
When he stops being a general?
Oh, what can you do with a general who retires?
Who's got a job for a general
When he stops being a general?
They all get a job but a general no one hires
They fill his chest with medals while he's across the foam
And they spread the crimson carpet when he comes marching home
The next day someone hollers when he comes into view
"Here comes the general" and they all say "General who?"
They're delighted that he came
But they can't recall his name
Nobody thinks of assigning him
When they stop wining and dining him
It seems this country never has enjoyed
So many one and two and three and four star generals
Unemployed
For the G.I. Josephs who were in the war
But for generals things were not so grand
And it's not so hard to understand
What can you do with a general
When he stops being a general?
Oh, what can you do with a general who retires?
Who's got a job for a general
When he stops being a general?
They all get a job but a general no one hires
They fill his chest with medals while he's across the foam
And they spread the crimson carpet when he comes marching home
The next day someone hollers when he comes into view
"Here comes the general" and they all say "General who?"
They're delighted that he came
But they can't recall his name
Nobody thinks of assigning him
When they stop wining and dining him
It seems this country never has enjoyed
So many one and two and three and four star generals
Unemployed
Writer: IRVING BERLIN
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Bing Crosby - The Old Man (reprise)
[ Featuring Men's Chorus ]
We'll follow the old man wherever he wants to go
As long as he wants to go opposite to the foe
We'll stay with the old man wherever he wants to stay
As long he stays away from the battle's fray
Because we love him, we love him
Especially when he keeps us on the ball
And we'll tell the kiddies we answer duties' call
With the grandest son of a soldier of them all
Because we love him, we love him
Especially when he keeps us on the ball
And we'll tell the kiddies we answer duties' call
With the grandest son of a soldier of them all
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Bing Crosby - Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the Army
When I was mustered out
I thought without a doubt
That I was through with all my care and strife
I thought that I was then
The happiest of men
But after months of tough civilian life
Gee, I wish I was back in the Army
The Army wasn't really bad at all
Three meals a day
For which you didn't pay
Uniforms for winter, spring and fall
There's a lot to be said for the Army
The life without responsibility
A soldier out of luck
Was really never stuck
There's always someone higher up where you can pass the buck
Oh, gee, I wish I was back in the Army
[2nd chorus for female:]
Gee, I wish I was back in the Army
The Army was the place to find romance
Soldiers and WACS
The WACS who dressed in slacks
Dancing cheek to cheek and pants to pants
There's a lot to be said for the Army
A gal was never lost for company
A million handsome guys
With longing in their eyes
And all you had to do was pick the age, the weight, the size
Oh, gee, I wish I was back in the Army
[3]
Gee, I wish I was back in the Army
The shows we got civilians couldn't see
How we would yell for Dietrich and Cornell
Jolson, Hope and Benny all for free
There's a lot to be said for the Army
The best of doctors watched you carefully
A dentist and a clerk
For weeks and weeks they'd work
They'd make a thousand dollar job and give it to a jerk
Oh, gee, I wish I was back in the Army
[coda:]
Three meals a day
For which you didn't pay
A million handsome guys
With longing in their eyes
I thought that I was through with all my care and strife
But after months and months of tough civilian life
Oh, gee
I wish I was back in the Army now
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Bing Crosby - White Christmas (finale)
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white
Writer: Irving Berlin
Copyright: Lyrics © Phonographic Digital Limited (PDL), Too Lost LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Phonographic Digital Limited (PDL), Too Lost LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
White Christmas is a 1954 American musical film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen. Filmed in Technicolor, it features the songs of Irving Berlin, including a new version of the title song, "White Christmas", introduced by Crosby in the 1942 film Holiday Inn.
Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is notable for being the first to be released in VistaVision, a widescreen process developed by Paramount that entailed using twice the surface area of standard 35mm film; this large-area negative was also used to yield finer-grained standard-sized 35mm prints.
-Wikipedia
Genre(s):
Soundtrack, Christmas Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is notable for being the first to be released in VistaVision, a widescreen process developed by Paramount that entailed using twice the surface area of standard 35mm film; this large-area negative was also used to yield finer-grained standard-sized 35mm prints.
-Wikipedia
Released: October 14th, 1954
Year: 1954