Lyr Req: Young at Heart (Leigh, Richards)

Subject: Young at Heart
From: GUEST,Murray on SS
Date: 12 Feb 00 - 02:24 AM

Who wrote the song "When you are among the very young at heart"?

Subject: Lyr Add: YOUNG AT HEART (Leigh, Richards)
From: Metchosin
Date: 12 Feb 00 - 02:51 AM

Hi Murray, is this what you're looking for?

YOUNG AT HEART
Artist: Frank Sinatra/Perry Como
Words by Carolyn Leigh and Music by Johnny Richards

Fairy tales can come true
It can happen to you if you're young at heart (young at heart)
For it's hard, you will find
To be narrow of mind if you're young at heart (young at heart)

You can go to extremes with impossible schemes
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams
And life gets more exciting with each passing day
And love is either in your heart or on the way

Don't you know that it's worth
Every treasure on earth to be young at heart (young at heart)
For as rich as you are
It's much better by far to be young at heart (young at heart)

And if you should survive to a hundred and five
Look at all you'll derive out of bein' alive
And here is the best part, you have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart

[brief instrumental interlude]

(Don't you know that it's worth)
(Every treasure on earth to be young at heart)
(For as rich as you are)
(It's much better by far to be young at heart)

And if you should survive to a hundred and five
Look at all you'll derive out of bein' alive
And here is the best part, you have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart

Subject: RE: Young at Heart
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Feb 00 - 02:57 AM

Funniest rendition was by Dean Martin on his TV show...The "Rat Pack" was always ribbing each other and the relationship between Sinatra and Martin was very different than with the rest of the Pack. Anyhow, Dino sang a short parody of this that began:

Fairy tales may come true,
It could happen to you,
If your heart don't start.

Wish I could remember the rest!!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Young at Heart
From: Metchosin
Date: 12 Feb 00 - 02:58 AM

so do I!!

Subject: RE: Young at Heart
From: Metchosin
Date: 12 Feb 00 - 03:01 AM

How about?

A pacemakers a good part
If you need a restart

Sorry blank for the rest.

Subject: RE: Young at Heart
From: The Shambles
Date: 12 Feb 00 - 04:35 AM

One of my favourite songs. It just about say's it all.

You could maybe understand why, in my dotage, I like it so much but I remember loving it and singing it on my way to school, all those many years ago.

Subject: RE: Young at Heart
From: GUEST,Murray on SS
Date: 12 Feb 00 - 03:19 PM

Metchosin et al -- cheers, that seems to be what we're after. I knew I could depend on the Mudcat fraternity (or sorority, or whatever).

Subject: RE: Young at Heart
From: Metchosin
Date: 12 Feb 00 - 04:01 PM

Thanks to you Murray, it was the least I could do, for saving my grandmother's song for posterity. My Mom is thrilled.