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25 May 01 - 11:07 AM (#470276) Subject: Couple of Swells? From: GUEST,D_hand Know it not 'true muscat' but can't find these lyrics anywhere |
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25 May 01 - 11:24 AM (#470287) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Couple of Swells? From: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca I can still see Judy Garland and Fred Astaire singing this song. I'm not home right now, but it might be in one of the Readers Digest Songbooks I have at home. Irving Berlin wrote it, and it was featured in Easter Parade, and probably other musicals. I've looked quickly on the 'net and don't see any of the Irving Berlin or Musicals web-sites which have this song. IF someone doesn't get back sooner, I'll look when I get home late tonight. |
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25 May 01 - 11:27 AM (#470291) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Couple of Swells? From: GUEST Many thanks George. I have tried the musical & Irving Berlin sites but to no avail. |
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25 May 01 - 11:48 AM (#470307) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Couple of Swells? From: SINSULL Strange - I found only one site with the lyrics and it is no longer active. Copyright issues, maybe? |
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25 May 01 - 12:10 PM (#470326) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Couple of Swells? From: catspaw49 Yeah, I think this one is going to require a transcription as I'm pretty sure it isn't on the net. Could be and I just can't locate it, but I have tried various phrases from the song ("we would sail up the avenue," for example plus several others) and can get no hits at all except on the title phrase and no lyrics are found under that. Good Luck, and I hope George or someone has it for you.......or is a better searcher than I am!! I loved old Fred and always found myself watching him more than his partner as he always overshadowed their abilities. However, at least to me, the ONLY partner he had that draws my attention at least equally was Judy Garland. I'm not a big Judy Garland fan, but her talent was unmistakable! This movie was short on everything that should matter (like plot), but is still my favorite Astaire film because of her. Spaw Spaw |
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25 May 01 - 12:24 PM (#470339) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Couple of Swells? From: Les from Hull 'overshadowed their abilities' Didn't Ginger Rogers say 'I do everything that Fred does, but backwards and in heels'? |
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25 May 01 - 12:28 PM (#470345) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Couple of Swells? From: catspaw49 Yeah, and she blistered her feet rehearsing because he was such a perfectionist. I dunno' Les.......But I never watch the girl (except Garland) very much. He just had that ability to draw attention, the crisp, angular, yet flowing and smooth movements...........he had something different. Just an opinion. Spaw |
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25 May 01 - 01:53 PM (#470411) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Couple of Swells? From: GUEST,Willa We're a couple of swells,we dine at the best hotels; We like to roam the country far away from the city smells We're a couple of sports, we shine on the tennis courts In June, July and August we look cute when we're dressed in shorts Wall street bankers are we, with plenty of currency, We'd open up the safe but we forgot where we put the key. CHORUS We could sail down the Avenue but we haven't got a yacht We could ride down the Avenue, but the horse we had was shot. We could swim down the Avenue, but we haven't got a lake, So a walk down the Avenue, yes a walk down the Avenue, yes a walk down the Avenue's what we'll take. This is not complete, and may not be in correct sequence, but it's the best I can do from memory. |
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25 May 01 - 03:16 PM (#470464) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Couple of Swells? From: Les from Hull Well done Willa - I think there's more though. Isn't there a second version of the chorus? True enough about Fred Astaire, Spaw. He cetainly had the power to command the eye. I'm reminded of one of PG Wodehouse's comments (not about him) 'like a snake with hips'.**bg** Les |
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25 May 01 - 05:25 PM (#470560) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Couple of Swells? From: GUEST,Willa Les; yes - can't get the song out of my head now! I think it's a case of a different 'chorus'after each verse. I remember We could ..... We could skate down the Avenue, but there isn't any ice. We could ride on the trolleycar but we haven't got the fare So we'll walk down the Avenue, yes we'll walk down the Avenue, yes we'll walk down the Avenue till we're there. |
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25 May 01 - 06:13 PM (#470602) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Couple of Swells? From: Snuffy Here's some more bits - not sure if the order is right, though We're a couple of swells,we dine at the best hotels; But we prefer the country far away from the city smells We're a couple of sports, the pride of the tennis courts In June, July and August we look cute when we're dressed in shorts The Vanderbilts have asked us up for tea But How are we to get there? Yes sirreee! CHORUS We could sail up the Avenue but we haven't got a yacht We could ride up the Avenue, but the horse we had was shot. We could swim up the Avenue, but we haven't got a lake, So we'll walk up the Avenue, yes we'll walk down the Avenue Yes a walk up the Avenue's what we'll take. We're the favorite lads, of the girls in the picture ads We'd like to tell you who we kissed last night, but we can't be cads Wall street bankers are we, with plenty of currency, We'd open up the safe but we forgot where we put the key. The Vanderbilts have asked us to the club But how are we to get there? That's the rub! CHORUS We could sail up the Avenue but we haven't got a yacht We could ride up the Avenue, but the horse we had was shot. We could ride up the Avenue, but we haven't got a bike, So we'll walk up the Avenue, yes we'll walk up the Avenue, yes to walk up the Avenue's what we like.
.......... We could ride on a trolley car, but we haven't got the fare, |
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25 May 01 - 08:48 PM (#470678) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Couple of Swells? From: Chocolate Pi Little nitpick: I learned "The Vanderbilts have asked us up to tea We don't know how to get there, no sirree. Chocolate Pi |
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22 Apr 02 - 11:09 PM (#696184) Subject: Lyr Add: A COUPLE OF SWELLS (Irving Berlin) From: Jim Dixon Copied from http://www.angelfire.com/ri/JudyGarland/eplyrics.html
A COUPLE OF SWELLS
BOTH: We're a couple of swells. HANNAH [Judy Garland]: The Vanderbilts have asked us up for tea. DON [Fred Astaire]: We don't know how to get there, no sirree.
BOTH: No sirree.
Wall Street bankers are we. HANNAH: The Vanderbilts are waiting at the club. DON: But, how are we to get there? That's the rub.
BOTH: That's the rub.
We would swim up the avenue but we haven't any lake. |
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23 Apr 02 - 02:04 AM (#696284) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Couple of Swells? From: masato sakurai The lyrics are in Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball, eds., Reading Lyrics (Pantheon Books, 2000, p. 75), which contains "more than a thousand of the finest lyrics from 1900 to 1975." ~Masato |
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31 Jul 12 - 04:58 PM (#3384256) Subject: Chord Req: We're a Couple of Swells From: GUEST,Woody Wood Can anyone fix me up with some 'playable chords' for 'We're a Couple of Swells' ? |
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31 Jul 12 - 05:54 PM (#3384282) Subject: RE: Chord Req: We're a Couple of Swells From: Mick Pearce (MCP) You can see most of them here: A Couple of Swells (use the arrow at the top to go to the next page; there's a big Preview box in the middle of the pages after the first, but you can get most of it). Mick |
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01 Aug 12 - 11:15 AM (#3384629) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Couple of Swells (Irving Berlin) From: GUEST,leeneia a video of fred and judy performing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrzo5SPaOvg |