TANGERINE
The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
Male vocalist: Bob Eberly
Female vocalist: Helen O’Connell
Words by Johnny Mercer; Music by Victor Schertzinger
#1 from the week of May 9, 1942 through the week of June 13, 1942
(Male singer)
Tangerine,
She is all they claim
With her eyes of night and lips as bright as flame
Tangerine,
When she dances by Senoritas stare and caballeros sigh
And I’ve seen
Toasts to Tangerine
Raised in every bar across the Argentine
Yes, she has them all on the run
But her heart belongs to just one
Her heart belongs to Tangerine
(Female singer)
Tangerine,
She is all they say
With mascara’d eye and chapeaux by Dache.
Tangerine,
With her lips of flame
If the color keeps, Louis Philippe’s to blame.
And I’ve seen
Clothes on Tangerine
Where the label says «From Macy’s Mezzanine».
Yes, she’s got the guys in a whirl
But she’s only fooling one girl
She’s only fooling Tangerine!
Transcribed by: Samantha Stevens
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