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Alternate Title:
Love Is Here to Stay
First Line:
It’s very clear our love is here to stay
Artist & Tune
Composed by:
Version by Kenny Baker
Performed by:
Version by Billie Holiday
Performed by:
Version by An American in Paris (film), Gene Kelly
Performed by:
Version by Nat King Cole
Performed by:
Version by Frank Sinatra
Performed by:
Version by Harry Connick Jr
Performed by:
Version by Tony Bennett, Diana Krall
Performed by:
Version by Allan Sherman
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Reference
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About the Song
This a jazz standard composed by George & Ira Gershwin for the 1938 film "Goldwyn Follies".
- It is performed during the film by Kenny Baker
- Gene Kelly sings it to Leslie Caron in the 1951 film "An American in Paris".
- Nat King Cole sings it on his 1953 album "Sings for Two in Love".
- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong do it as a duet on their 1957 album "https://youtu.be/pjpdaO-aFA4".
- Harry Connick Jr sings it on the soundtrack of the 1989 romantic comedy "When Harry Met Sally".
Allan Sherman did a parody of the song called "Your Mother's Here to Stay" on his 1964 album "For Swingin' Livers Only".
Alt Lyrics
It's very clear, your mother's here to stay
Not just a year, but ever & a day
She came to stay just for Mother's Day
With the kids & you & me,
And that was Mother's Day of 1953
If it appears that I've become a grouch
It's all these years of sleeping on the couch
I hear Gibraltar just tumbled, the Rockies just crumbled
I knew they'd go some day, but
Your mother's here to stay
If she'd go back, if she'd just say goodbye
I'd help her pack & as she left, I'd cry
She just complains, with her aches & pains
And here arteries are hard
How come she's out there playing leap frog in the yard?
Her evening snack would feed a herd of elk
Then she sits back & watches Lawrence Welk
I'm taking you & the cherubs & just like the Arabs,
We'll silently steal away, and
Leave mother here to stay!
- new lyrics by Allan Sherman
Not just a year, but ever & a day
She came to stay just for Mother's Day
With the kids & you & me,
And that was Mother's Day of 1953
If it appears that I've become a grouch
It's all these years of sleeping on the couch
I hear Gibraltar just tumbled, the Rockies just crumbled
I knew they'd go some day, but
Your mother's here to stay
If she'd go back, if she'd just say goodbye
I'd help her pack & as she left, I'd cry
She just complains, with her aches & pains
And here arteries are hard
How come she's out there playing leap frog in the yard?
Her evening snack would feed a herd of elk
Then she sits back & watches Lawrence Welk
I'm taking you & the cherubs & just like the Arabs,
We'll silently steal away, and
Leave mother here to stay!
- new lyrics by Allan Sherman