by Billie Holiday on album Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Sessions

Girls were made To take care of boys To be kind and dutiful Girls were made To take care of boys Made to share their sorrows Made to share their joys Made to help and guide them With ever a patient

by Billie Holiday on album The Quintessential - Volume 3

Don't want my manny, I don't need a friend My heart is broken, it won't ever mend I ain't much carin' just where I will end I must have that man I'm like an oven that's cryin' for heat He treats me a

by Billie Holiday on album Miscellaneous

Billie Holiday Miscellaneous Willow Weep For Me Ann ronell Willow weep for me Willow weep for me Bent your branches down along the ground and cover me Listen to my plea Hear me willow and weep

by Billie Holiday on album Miscellaneous

And I don't stand A ghost of a chance with you If you'd surrender Just for a tender Kiss or two You might discover That I'm the lover meant for you And I'll be true But what's the good of scheming?

by Billie Holiday on album Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Sessions

You better go now Because I like you much, too much You have a way with you You ought to know now Just why I like you very much The night was gay with you There's the moon above And it gives my hear

by Billie Holiday on album The Quintessential - Volume 7

Honestly I'm glad it's snowing It helps to keep our friends from knowing When they ask me why I'm sad It's easy to blame the weather It's funny how the blinding snow flakes Are right in time to hide

by Billie Holiday on album Miscellaneous

Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save my tears Well, I'm so mad about him I can't live without him Never treats me Sweet and gentle The way he should I've got it, bad and that ain't good

by Billie Holiday on album Compact Jazz - Billie Holiday

Heaven, I'm in heaven And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak And I seem to find the happiness I seek When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek Heaven, I'm in heaven And the cares that hun

by Billie Holiday on album Compact Jazz - Billie Holiday

A fine romance, with no kisses A fine romance, my friend this is We should be like A couple of hot tomatoes But you're as cold as Yesterday's mashed potatoes A fine romance, you won't nestle A fine r

by Billie Holiday on album Billie Holiday

It must have been moonglow Way up in the blue It must have been moonglow That led me straight to you I still hear you saying "Dear one, hold me fast" And I start in praying Oh Lord, please le

by Billie Holiday on album Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday Lady In Satin Violets For Your Furs Tom adair / matt dennis It was winter in manhattan Falling snowflakes filled the air The streets were covered with a film of ice But a little s

by Billie Holiday on album Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Sessions

When I hear them say, there's better livin' Let them go their way to that new livin' I won't ever stray 'cause this is heaven to me Long as freedom grows I wanna seek it If it's yes or no, it's me wh

by Billie Holiday on album The Quintessential - Volume 8

I hear music Mighty fine music The murmur of a morning breeze up there The rattle of the milkman on the stair Sure that's music Mighty fine music The singing of a sparrow in the sky The perking of

by Billie Holiday on album The Quintessential - Volume 5

Maybe he's not much, just another man Doing what he can But what does she care When a woman loves a man She'll just string along All through thick and thin Till his ship comes in It's always that way

by Billie Holiday on album Miscellaneous

I'll be loving you always With a love that's true always When the things you've planned, need a helping hand I will understand always, always Days may not be fair always That's when I'll be there alw

by Billie Holiday on album Miscellaneous

Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Pastoral scene of the gallant sout

by Billie Holiday on album The Quintessential - Volume 1

What a night What a moon What a boy What a moon What a night What a boy Those white clouds hang in the air Like toy balloons They just hang in the air That's made for honeymoons What a hug What a k

by Billie Holiday on album An Evening with Billie Holiday

Breeze, stop moanin' those weird melodies My man has left me And I can't face the music Without singin' the blues Rain, your rhythm on my window pane Drives me insane because I can't face the

by Billie Holiday on album Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Sessions

You don't act up too much Ain't got that glamor touch You're trifling lazy Ain't worth a cigarette ash Look out here Mamma Look out here You carry me too fast Watch it, baby You're just my good for

by Billie Holiday on album The Quintessential - Volume 8

Tell me more and more and then some You know what I long to hear I want more and more and then some Of that "I Love You Only Dear" Tell me more and more and then some The way that you feel and then W