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does your mother know you're out (cecilia) - 1926
This song is originally from 1926, written by Dave Dreyer and Harry Ruby.
Chorus:
Does your mother know you’re out, Cecilia?
Does she know that I’m about to steal you?
Oh, my, when I look in your eyes,
Something tells me you and I should get together.
How about a little kiss, Cecilia.
Just a kiss you’ll never miss, Cecilia.
Why do we two keep on wasting time?
Oh, Cecilia say that you’ll be mine.
who is sylvia
Originally a German song composed by Franz Schubert in 1826. The lyrics are from Act 4, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's The Gentleman of Verona.
This rendition is sung by Black Jazz singer Maxine Sullivan whose career stretched from the 1930s through the 1970s. Click HERE to learn more about Maxine Sullivan.
Lyrics:
Who is Sylvia? What is she
That all our swains commend her?
Lovely, fair and wise is she,
The heaven such grace did lend her
That ador-ed she might be,
That ador-ed she might be.
Is she kind as she is fair,
For beauty lives with kindness?
To her eyes love does repair
To help him of his blindness;
And being held in habit there,
And being held in habit there.
To lovely Sylvia let us garlands bring,
For lovely Sylvia excels each mortal thing;
For lovely Sylvia excels all things!