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

Mama may have, papa may have But God bless the child that's got his own Then that's got shall get Them that's not shall lose So the Bible said and it still is news Mama may have, papa may have But Go

by Billie Holiday on album The Billie Holiday Songbook

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 Miscellaneous

My yiddishe momme I need her more then ever now My yiddishe momme I long to kiss her wrinkled brow I long to hold her hands as in days gone by And ask her to forgive me for Things I did to make her c

by Billie Holiday on album The Silver Collection

It's very clear Our love is here to stay Not for a year But ever and a day The radio and the telephone And the movies that we know May just be passing fancies And in time may go But, oh my

by Billie Holiday on album The Silver Collection

My days have grown so lonely For you I cry, for you, dear, only Why haven't you seen it I'm all for you, body and soul I spend my days in longing I'm wondering why, it's me you're wronging Oh,

by Billie Holiday on album The Billie Holiday Songbook

Away from the city that hurts and mocks I'm standing alone by the desolate docks In the still and the chill of the night I see the horizon, the great unknown My heart has an ache, it's as heavy as sto

by Billie Holiday on album The Quintessential - Volume 6

The very thought of you And I forget to do Those little ordinary things That everyone ought to do I'm livin' in a kind of daydream I'm happy as a queen And foolish though it may seem To me that's eve

by Billie Holiday on album The Quintessential - Volume 9

Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless Little white flowers will never awaken you Not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you Angels have no

by Billie Holiday on album The Quintessential - Volume 8

Night and day you are the one Only you beneath the moon and under the sun Whether near me or far It's no matter, darling, where you are I think of you night and day, day and night Why is it so that t

by Billie Holiday on album Miscellaneous

Billie Holiday Miscellaneous As Time Goes By Herman hupfeld You must remember this A kiss is still a kiss A sigh is just a sigh The fundamental things apply As time goes by And when two lovers

by Billie Holiday on album Lady In Satin

I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want you To want a love that can't be true A love that's there for others too I'm a fool to hold you Such a fool to hold you To seek a kiss not mine alone To shar

by Billie Holiday on album Songs For Distingue Lovers

I was a stranger in the city Out of town were the people I knew I had that feeling of self-pity What to do, what to do, what to do? The outlook was decidedly blue But as I walked through the foggy st

by Billie Holiday on album The Quintessential - Volume 8

Billie Holiday The Quintessential - Volume 8 The Man I Love George and ira gershwin Someday he'll come along The man i love And he'll be big and strong The man i love And when he comes my way

by Billie Holiday on album The Quintessential - Volume 9

All of me, why not take all of me Can't you see I'm no good without you Take my lips I want to lose them Take my arms I'll never use them Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry How can I go on dear

by Billie Holiday on album The Silver Collection

Embrace me My sweet embraceable you Embrace me My irreplaceable you Just to look at you My heart grows tipsy in me You and you alone Bring out the gypsy in me I love all The many charms about you Abo

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

Billie Holiday Billie Holiday - The Complete Decca Sessions Crazy He Calls Me Carl sigman / bob russell I say i'll move the mountains And i'll move the mountains If he wants them out of the way

by Billie Holiday on album The Silver Collection

They're writing songs of love but not for me A lucky star's above but not for me With love to lead the way I've found more clouds of gray Than any Russian play could guarantee I was a fool to fall an

by Billie Holiday on album Songs For Distingue Lovers

We lived our little drama We kissed in a field of white And stars fell on Alabama last night I can't forget the glamor Your eyes held a tender light And stars fell on Alabama last night I never plan

by Billie Holiday on album Miscellaneous

I'll be seeing you In all the old familiar places That this heart of mine embraces All day and through In that small cafe The park across the way The children's carousel The chestnut trees, the wishi

by Billie Holiday on album Billie Holiday Sings

You go to my head And you linger like a haunting refrain And I find you spinning round in my brain Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne You go to my head Like a sip of sparkling burgundy br