Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.
If you'll promise not to cry, Baby, I will kiss you by-and-by—Maybe! Though you're six feet three, You will always be Nothing but a Baby, dear, to me.
I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more?
Aladdin's lamp is mine.
There's a somebody I'm longing to see, I hope that he, turns out to be, someone to watch over me.
The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem'ry of all that -- No, no! They can't take that away from me!
Love is sweeping the country.
I got daisies In green pastures.
I'm bidin' my time, 'Cause that's the kinda guy I'm.
Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky. . . Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try.
Life is one long jubilee.
If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I ate a dictionary, And that did not do me a bit of good. For I've absorbed so many words and phrases— They drive me dizzy when I want to speak. I start explaining but each person gazes As if I spoke in Latin or in Greek.
But the age of miracles hadn't passed.
The future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke
They all laughed at Christopher Columbus When he said the world was round.
Summertime And the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high.