Lyrics The Babbit and the Bromide - Fred Astaire
A
babbit
and
a
bromide
met
on
the
avenue
one
day,
and
had
a
conversation
in
their
own
peculiar
way.
They
both
were
solid
citizens,
they
both
had
been
around.
And
as
they
spoke
you
clearly
saw
their
feet
were
on
the
ground.
***
Hello!
How
are
you?
How's
the
folks?
What's
new?
I'm
great.
That's
good.
Haha!
Knock
wood.
Well,
well.
That's
life.
What
do
you
know?
How's
your
wife?
Gotta
run.
Oh,
my.
Ta
ta!
Olive
oil.
Goodbye.
Ten
years
went
quickly
by
for
both
these
substantial
men.
And
then
it
happened
that
one
day
they
chanced
to
meet
again.
That
they
had
both
developed
in
ten
years
there
was
no
doubt.
And
so
of
course
they
had
an
awful
lot
to
talk
about.
(Repeat
**)
Before
they
met
again
some
20
years
they
had
to
wait.
This
time
it
happened
up
above
inside
St.
Peter's
gate.
A
harp
each
one
was
carrying
and
both
were
sprouting
wings.
And
this
was
what
they
said
as
they
were
strumming
on
the
strings.
(Repeat
**)
1 My One and Only
2 The Babbit and the Bromide
3 Isn't This A Lovely Day
4 Crazy Feet
5 After You Who
6 Night And Day
7 Music Makes Me
8 Flying Down to Rio
9 No Strings
10 Isn't a Lovely Day
11 Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
12 Cheek to Cheek
13 The Piccolino
14 We Saw the Sea
15 Let Yourself Go
16 I'd Rather Lead A Band
17 I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
18 Let's Face The Music And Dance
19 I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown
20 Pick Yourself Up
21 The Way You Look Tonight
22 A Fine Romance
23 Bojangles of Harlem
24 Never Gonna Dance
25 (I've Got) Beginners Luck
26 Slap That Bass
27 They All Laughed
28 Let's Call the Whole Things Off
29 They Can't Take That Away From Me
30 Shall We Dance
31 I Can't Be Bother Now
32 Things Are Looking Up
33 A Foggy Day
34 Nice Work If You Can Get It
35 I Used To Be Color Blind
36 The Yam
37 The Yam Step Explained
38 Change Partners
39 Just Like Taking a Candy from a Baby
40 Who Cares
41 (I Ain't Hep to That Step But I'll) Dig It
42 Love Of My Life
43 Poor Mister Chisholm
44 Me and the Ghost Upstairs
45 Dream Dancing
46 Since I Kissed My Baby Good Bye
47 So Near And Yet So Far
48 The Wedding Cakewalk
49 I'll Capture Your Heart
50 You're Easy to Dance With
51 I Can't Tell a Lie
52 Dearly Beloved
53 I'm Old Fashioned
54 The Shorty George
55 Wedding In the Spring
56 You Were Never Lovelier
57 On the Beam
58 This Heart of Mine
59 If Swing Goes, I Go Too
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