Fitzgerald, Ella - To Keep My Love Alive Lyrics






I've been married, and married, and often I've sighed
"I'm never a bridesmaid, I'm always a bride"

I never divorced them, I hadn't the heart
Yet remember these sweet words, "'till death do us part"

I married many men, a ton of them
Because I was untrue to none of them
Because I bumped off every one of them
To keep my love alive

Sir Paul was frail, he looked a wreck to me
At night he was a horse's neck to me
So I performed an appendectomy
To keep my love alive

Sir Thomas had insomnia, he couldn't sleep at night
I bought a little arsenic, he's sleeping now all right

Sir Philip played the harp, I cussed the thing
I crowned him with his harp to bust the thing
And now he plays where harps are just the thing
To keep my love alive
To keep my love alive

I thought Sir George had possibilities
But his flirtations made me ill at ease
And when I'm ill at ease, I kill at ease
To keep my love alive

Sir Charles came from a sanitorium
And yelled for drinks in my emporium
I mixed one drink, he's in memorium
To keep my love alive

Sir Francis was a singing bird, a nightingale, that's why
I tossed him off my balcony, to see if he, could fly

Sir Atherton indulged in fratricide,
He killed his dad and that was patricide
One night I stabbed him by my mattress-side
To keep my love alive
To keep my love alive
To keep my love alive





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  1. j.... e....

    brilliant, just brilliant

  2. D.... k....

    Sweet Ella as a serial-killer ???!!!! Did Sir. Paul McCartney hear this for, "Maxwell's silver hammer." ????! Ailien Wournous favorite song.

  3. M.... P....

    I cut did COCACOLACAINE GRADE 4TH AND SLITS

  4. M.... P....

    That is Loretta Jadeylieyen

  5. R.... H....

    Ella uncharacteristically slips up on the words in the second line. It should be "And yet I was untrue to none of them." It makes no sense to sing "Because I was untrue to none of them."

    R.... H....

    And sadly many people copied that slip.

    R.... H....

    Swings pretty alright nonetheless.🦀

    R.... H....

    It actually is written that way in some versions of the song, but most commonly you hear it sung with "and yet"

  6. P.... P....

    Blossom Dearie too!!!

    P.... P....

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. L.... R....

    Lyrics
    I've been married, and married, and often I've sighed
    "I'm never a bridesmaid, I'm always a bride"

    I never divorced them, I hadn't the heart
    Yet remember these sweet words, "'till death do us part"

    I married many men, a ton of them
    Because I was untrue to none of them
    Because I bumped off every one of them
    To keep my love alive

    Sir Paul was frail, he looked a wreck to me
    At night he was a horse's neck to me
    So I performed an appendectomy
    To keep my love alive

    Sir Thomas had insomnia, he couldn't sleep at night
    I bought a little arsenic, he's sleeping now all right

    Sir Philip played the harp, I cussed the thing
    I crowned him with his harp to bust the thing
    And now he plays where harps are just the thing
    To keep my love alive
    To keep my love alive

    I thought Sir George had possibilities
    But his flirtations made me ill at ease
    And when I'm ill at ease, I kill at ease
    To keep my love alive

    Sir Charles came from a sanatorium
    And yelled for drinks in my emporium
    I mixed one drink, he's in memorium
    To keep my love alive

    Sir Francis was a singing bird, a nightingale, that's why
    I tossed him off my balcony, to see if he, could fly

    Sir Atherton indulged in fratricide,
    He killed his dad and that was patricide
    One night I stabbed him by my mattress-side
    To keep my love alive
    To keep my love alive
    To keep my love alive

    L.... R....

    Thankyou 😊

  8. y.... o....

    Amazing song!

  9. C.... S....

    Delicious lyrics superbly delivered as always by Ella :-)

  10. P.... P....

    Nice lyrics by Lorenz Hart :-

  11. A.... ....

    i love this song!!