TANGERINE

The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra

Male vocalist: Bob Eberly

Female vocalist: Helen OConnell

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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