Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwinwas an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSongwriter
Date of Birth6 December 1896
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
adds age age-and-aging contempt due inspired respect takes
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.
add monograms initials
I'd like to add her initial to my monogram...
music country love-is
Love is sweeping the country.
care wonderful should
S wonderful! 'S marvelous! That you should care for me!
song summertime cotton
Summertime And the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high.
be-good
Oh, lady be good To me.
music men rhythm
I got rhythm, I got music, I got my man- Who could ask for anything more?
long jubilee life-is
Life is one long jubilee.
nice hands sky
Holding hands at midnight 'Neath a starry sky... Nice work if you can get it And you can get it -- if you try.
tea way hats
The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem'ry of all that -- No, no! They can't take that away from me!
watches longing turns
There's a somebody I'm longing to see, I hope that he, turns out to be, someone to watch over me.
baby kissing feet
If you'll promise not to cry, Baby, I will kiss you by-and-by—Maybe! Though you're six feet three, You will always be Nothing but a Baby, dear, to me.
latin guy greek
If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I ate a dictionary, And that did not do me a bit of good. For I've absorbed so many words and phrases— They drive me dizzy when I want to speak. I start explaining but each person gazes As if I spoke in Latin or in Greek.
generations nations jokes
The future of this nation, with the present generation, You must admit is nothing but a joke