THE JOHNNY MERCER EDUCATIONAL ARCHIVES

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PART TWO

  • I Did It For The Red White and Blue
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Rube Bloom
    • Show: Blackbirds Of 1939 (1939)
    • Notes: * Sources: Bloom and BB.


  • I Don't Believe In Signs
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: Naughty But Nice (1939)


  • I Feel My Luck Comin' Down
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)


  • I Fought Every Step Of The Way
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Top Banana (1951)


  • I Got Out Of Bed On The Right Side
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Arthur Schwartz
    • Film: Dangerous When Wet (1953)


  • I Guess It Was You All The Time
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Film: Those Redheads From Seattle (1953)


  • I Had Myself A True Love
    • Year: 1946
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)
      Later shows: Dream (1997)


  • I Knew
    • Year: 1936
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Rube Bloom
    • Show: Blackbirds Of 1936 (London, 1936)


  • I Like Men
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Arthur Schwartz
    • Film: Dangerous When Wet (1953)


  • I Love To Beat The Big Bass Drum
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Belle Of New York (1952)


  • I Never Knew
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • I Never Saw A Better Night
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Lewis Gensler
    • Film: Old Man Rhythm (1935)


  • I Pray
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • I Promise You
    • Year: 1944
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Here Come The Waves (1944)


  • I Remember You
    • Year: 1942
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Victor Schertzinger
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: The Fleet's In (1942)


  • I Saw Her At Eight O'clock
    • Year: 1935
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Matt Malneck
    • Film: To Beat The Band (1935)


  • I Thought About You
    • Year: 1939
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen
    • Show: Dream (1997)


  • I Walk With Music
    • Year: 1940
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Show: Walk With Music (1940)


  • I Wanna Be A Dancin' Man
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Belle Of New York (1952)


  • I Wanna Be Around
    • Year: 1959
    • Words: Johnny Mercer/Sadie Vimmerstedt
    • Music: Johnny Mercer/Sadie Vimmerstedt


  • I Wanna Be In Love Again
    • Year: 1964
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • I Wind Up Taking A Fall
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Film: My Favorite Spy (1951)


  • I Wonder What Became Of Me?
    • Year: 1946
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)
      Later shows: Dream (1997)
    • Notes: Dropped from St. Louis Woman after opening night.


  • I'd Know You Anywhere
    • Year: 1940
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jimmy McHugh
    • Film: You'll Find Out (1940)
    • Notes: Academy Award nomination 1940.


  • I'd Rather Be Me
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Out Of This World (1945)


  • I'll Be Respectable
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • I'll Cry Tomorrow
    • Year: 1955
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Alex North
    • Film: I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
    • Notes: * Possibly not in film although on soundtrack album.


  • I'll Dream Tonight
    • Year: 1938
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Cowboy From Brooklyn (1938)


  • I'll Give You Three Guesses
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini
    • Film: Darling Lili (1970)


  • I'll Tell The World
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Andre Previn
    • Show: The Good Companions (London, 1974)


  • I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande)
    • Year: 1936
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Film: Rhythm On The Range


  • I'm Building Up To An Awful Let-Down
    • Year: 1935
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Fred Astaire
    • Show: Rise And Shine (London, 1936)


  • I'm Doin' It For Defense
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)


  • I'm Happy About The Whole Thing
    • Year: 1939
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: Naughty But Nice (1939)


  • I'm Headed For Big Things
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Notes: Written for the show Saratoga (1959), but not used.


  • I'm Like A Fish Out Of Water
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Hollywood Hotel (1938)


  • I'm Old Fashioned
    • Year: 1942
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jerome Kern
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: You Were Never Lovelier (1942)


  • I'm Shadowing You
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Blossom Dearie


  • I'm Way Ahead Of The Game
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Foxy (1964)


  • I'm With You
    • Year: 1955
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Bobby Troup


  • I've Got A Heartful Of Music
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Cowboy From Brooklyn (1938)


  • I've Got A One-Track Mind
    • Year: 1940
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jimmy McHugh
    • Film: You'll Find Out (1940)


  • I've Hitched My Wagon To A Star
    • Year: 1937
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Hollywood Hotel (1938)


  • If I Had A Million Dollars
    • Year: 1934
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Matt Malneck
    • Film: Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)


  • If I Had My Druthers
    • Year: 1956
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)
    • Film: Li'l Abner (1959)


  • If You Build A Better Mousetrap
    • Year: 1942
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Victor Schertzinger
    • Film: The Fleet's In (1942)


  • If You Come Through
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Rube Bloom


  • If You Were Mine
    • Year: 1935
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Matt Malneck
    • Film: To Beat The Band (1935)


  • In A Cafe In Montmartre
    • Year: 1933
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Joseph Meyer


  • In A Moment Of Weakness
    • Year: 1939
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: Naughty But Nice (1939)


  • In My Wildest Dreams
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Arthur Schwartz
    • Film: Dangerous When Wet (1953)


  • In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
    • Year: 1951
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: Here Comes The Groom (1951)
    • Notes: Academy Award winner 1951.


  • In The Valley (Where The Evening Sun Goes Down)
    • Year: 1945
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Harvey Girls (1945)


  • In Waikiki
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Arthur Schwartz
    • Film: Navy Blues (1941)


  • It Had Better Be Tonight
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini
    • Film: The Pink Panther (1964)


  • It Happened One Night
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Film: You Can't Run Away From It (1956)
    • Notes: * Not used in film according to Bloom.


  • It's A Great Big World
    • Year: 1945
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Harvey Girls (1945)


  • It's A Nuisance Havin' You Around
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Notes: Written for the show Li'l Abner (1956), but not used.


  • It's A Typical Day
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)
    • Film: Li'l Abner (1959)


  • It's About Time
    • Year: 1932
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Peter Tinturin


  • It's Easy When You Know How
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Foxy (1964)


  • It's Great To Be Alive
    • Year: 1949
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949)


  • Jamboree Jones
    • Year: 1936
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Dream (1997)


  • Jeepers Creepers
    • Year: 1938
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: Going Places (1938)
    • Notes: Academy Award nomination 1938.


  • Jezebel
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: Jezebel (1938)


  • Jo-Jo, The Cannibal Kid
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Rube Bloom
    • Show: Blackbirds Of 1936 (London, 1936)
      Later shows: Blackbirds Of 1939 (1939)


  • Joanna
    • Year: 1959
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini


  • Jubilation T. Cornpone
    • Year: 1956
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)
    • Film: Li'l Abner (1959)


  • June Bride
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Film: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)


  • June Comes Around Every Year
    • Year: 1945
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Out Of This World (1945)


  • Just A Fair Weather Friend
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Matt Malneck


  • Just A Quiet Evening
    • Year: 1937
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Ready, Willing And Able (1937)


  • Just For Tonight
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Film: Hatari! (1962)
    • Notes: * Instrumental in film?


  • Keep A Twinkle In Your Eye
    • Year: 1936
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Rube Bloom
    • Show: Blackbirds Of 1936 (London, 1936)


  • The Keeper Of My Heart
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Matt Malneck


  • The Lady On The Two-Cent Stamp
    • Words: Al Dubin/Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: Garden Of The Moon (1938)


  • Lament
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Film: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)


  • Larceny And Love
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Foxy (1964)


  • Laura
    • Year: 1945
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: David Raksin
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: Laura (1944)
    • Notes: Lyric added subsequent to film's release.


  • Lawd, I Give You My Children
    • Year: 1934
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Bernie Hanighen


  • (Love's Got Me In A) Lazy Mood
    • Year: 1947
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Eddie Miller
    • Notes: Adapted from Miller's composition Slow Mood (1937).


  • Lazybones
    • Year: 1933
    • Words: Johnny Mercer/Hoagy Carmichael
    • Music: Johnny Mercer/Hoagy Carmichael
    • Show: Dream (1997)


  • Least That's My Opinion
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)


  • Leavin' Time
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)


  • Legalize My Name
    • Year: 1946
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)


  • Legend Of Old California
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren


  • Lessons In Love
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • Let That Be A Lesson To You
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Varsity Show (1937)
      Later films: Hollywood Hotel (1938)


  • Let's Go Sailor (Shore Leave)
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)


  • Let's Take The Long Way Home
    • Year: 1944
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Here Come The Waves (1944)


  • Li'l Augie Is A Natural Man
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)


  • Life Is What You Make It
    • Year: 1971
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Marvin Hamlisch
    • Film: Kotch (1971)
    • Notes: Academy Award nomination 1971.


  • Life's So Complete
    • Year: 1933
    • Words: Richard Himber/Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Himber/Johnny Mercer


  • Like The Fella Once Said
    • Year: 1940
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jimmy McHugh
    • Film: You'll Find Out (1940)


  • Lim'ricks
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Notes: Written for the show St. Louis Woman (1946), but not used.


  • Liquapep
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Arthur Schwartz
    • Film: Dangerous When Wet (1953)


  • The Little Birds
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini
    • Film: Darling Lili (1970)


  • Little Ingenue
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jimmy Rowles


  • Little Lost Dream
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Andre Previn
    • Notes: Written for the show The Good Companions (London, 1974), but not used.


  • The Little Man With The Hammer
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Bernie Hanighen


  • Little Ol' Tune
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • Little Old Cross-Road Store
    • Year: 1932
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Peter Tinturin


  • A Little Travelling Music
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Andre Previn
    • Show: The Good Companions (London, 1974)


  • Lock The Barn Door
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • Lonesome Polecat
    • Year: 1954
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Film: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)


  • The Long Goodbye
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: John Williams
    • Film: The Long Goodbye (1973)


  • Lost
    • Year: 1936
    • Words: Phil Ohman/Johnny Mercer/Macy O. Teetor
    • Music: Phil Ohman/Johnny Mercer/Macy O. Teetor


  • (I've Got) A Lot In Common With You
    • Year: 1943
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: The Sky's The Limit (1943)


  • Love Held Lightly
    • Year: 1959
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • Love In A Home
    • Year: 1956
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)


  • Love In The Afternoon
    • Year: 1956
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Matt Malneck
    • Film: Love In The Afternoon (1957)


  • Love Is On The Air Tonight
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Varsity Show (1937)


  • Love Is Where You Find It
    • Year: 1938
    • Words: Al Dubin/Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: Garden Of The Moon (1938)


  • Love Me, Love My Dog
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949)


  • Love Of My Life
    • Year: 1940
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Artie Shaw
    • Film: Second Chorus (1940)
    • Notes: Academy Award nomination 1940.


  • Love Song
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: David Raksin
    • Film: Apache (1954)


  • Love With The Proper Stranger
    • Year: 1963
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Elmer Bernstein
    • Film: Love With The Proper Stranger (1964)


  • Love Woke Me Up This Morning
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren


  • Lullaby
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)


  • Make With The Kisses
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jimmy Van Heusen


  • The Man In My Life
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • The Man Of The Year This Week
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Top Banana (1951)
    • Film: Top Banana (1954)


  • Man's Favorite Sport
    • Year: 1963
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini
    • Film: Man's Favorite Sport (1963)


  • A Man's Gotta Fight
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Notes: Written for the show St. Louis Woman (1946), but not used.


  • Mandy Is Two
    • Year: 1942
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Fulton McGrath


  • Many Ways To Skin A Cat
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Foxy (1964)


  • The March Of The Dogies
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Harvey Girls (1945)
    • Notes: * Bloom says not used in film.


  • Mardi Gras
    • Year: 1931
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Alfred Opler
    • Notes: AKA While We Danced At The Mardi Gras.


  • The Matrimonial Stomp
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)


  • Me And The Ghost Upstairs
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Bernie Hanighen
    • Film: Second Chorus (1940)
    • Notes: * Bloom says not used in film.


  • Meet Miss America
    • Year: 1935
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Matt Malneck
    • Film: To Beat The Band (1935)


  • Meet Miss Blendo
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Top Banana (1951)


  • The Men Who Run The Country
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • Merry-Go-Round In The Rain
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Green


  • Midnight Sun
    • Year: 1947
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Sonny Burke/Lionel Hampton


  • Mister Meadowlark
    • Year: 1940
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Walter Donaldson


  • Moment To Moment
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini
    • Film: Moment To Moment (1966)


  • Money Isn't Everything
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Foxy (1964)


  • A Month Of Sundays
    • Year: 1949
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949)


  • Moon Country (Is Home To Me)
    • Year: 1934
    • Words: Johnny Mercer/Hoagy Carmichael
    • Music: Johnny Mercer/Hoagy Carmichael


  • Moon River
    • Year: 1961
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)
    • Notes: Academy Award winner 1961.


  • The Moon Shines Down
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Emmerich Kalman
    • Show: Paris In Spring (1931)


  • Moonlight On The Campus
    • Year: 1937
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Varsity Show (1937)


  • Mr. Pollyanna
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Film: True To Life (1943)


  • Mr. T. From Tennessee
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Matt Malneck


  • Music From Across The Sea
    • Year: 1933
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Peter Tinturin


  • Musical Chairs
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • Mutiny In The Nursery
    • Year: 1938
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Film: Going Places (1938)


  • My Adventure
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: Gold Diggers In Paris (1938)


  • My Home Is In My Shoes
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Top Banana (1951)


  • My Inamorata
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: John Williams
    • Film: Not With My Wife, You Don't (1966)


  • My Intuition
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Harvey Girls (1945)
    • Notes: * Bloom says not used in film.


  • My Mamma Thinks I'm A Star
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Here Come The Waves (1944)
    • Notes: * Bloom says not used in film.


  • My New Celebrity Is You
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Blossom Dearie


  • My Night To Howl
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan


  • My Old Man
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Bernie Hanighen


  • My Shining Hour
    • Year: 1943
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: The Sky's The Limit (1943)
    • Notes: Academy Award nomination 1943.


  • My Weight In Gold
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Foxy (1964)


  • Namely You
    • Year: 1956
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)
    • Film: Li'l Abner (1959)


  • Naughty But Nice
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Belle Of New York (1952)


  • Navy Blues
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Arthur Schwartz
    • Film: Navy Blues (1941)


  • The Navy Song
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Here Come The Waves (1944)
    • Notes: * Join The Navy ?? (Bloom)


  • Night Over Shanghai
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Singing Marine (1937)


  • Not For Sale
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • Not Mine
    • Year: 1942
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Victor Schertzinger
    • Film: The Fleet's In (1942)
    • Notes: Hirschhorn says (It's Somebody Else's Moon) Not Mine.


  • Not With My Wife, You Don't
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: John Williams
    • Film: Not With My Wife, You Don't (1966)


  • O.K. For T.V.
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Top Banana (1951)


  • Oh, Happy Day
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)


  • Oh, You Kid
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Harvey Girls (1945)


  • Ohio
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • Old Glory
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)


  • Old King Cole
    • Year: 1937
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Varsity Show (1937)


  • Old Man Rhythm
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Lewis Gensler
    • Film: Old Man Rhythm (1935)


  • The Old Music Master
    • Year: 1943
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Film: True To Life (1943)


  • Old Reporters Never Die
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul


  • Old Rob Roy
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan


  • On Behalf Of The Visiting Firemen
    • Year: 1940
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Walter Donaldson
    • Show: Dream (1997)


  • On My Way
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Andre Previn
    • Show: The Good Companions (London, 1974)


  • On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe
    • Year: 1945
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: The Harvey Girls (1945)
    • Notes: Academy Award winner 1946.


  • On The Beam
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jerome Kern
    • Film: You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
    • Notes: * Not used in film according to Bloom.


  • On The Nodaway Road
    • Year: 1935
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Charles Bates


  • On The Swing Shift
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)


  • On With The Dance
    • Year: 1937
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Varsity Show (1937)


  • Once Upon A Summertime
    • Year: 1962
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Michel Legrand/Eddie Barclay
    • Notes: Original French lyric La Valse Des Lilas by Eddy Marnay.


  • One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
    • Year: 1943
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: The Sky's The Limit (1943)
      Later films: Road House (1948), Macao (1952), Young At Heart (1954)


  • One Step, Two Step
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • One, Two, Three
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Phil Charig/Richard Myers
    • Show: The Pajama Lady (1930)


  • Only If You're In Love
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Top Banana (1951)
    • Film: Top Banana (1954)


  • Ooh! What You Said
    • Year: 1939
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Show: Walk With Music (1940)


  • Oops!
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Belle Of New York (1952)


  • Out Of Breath (And Scared To Death Of You)
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Everett Miller
    • Show: The Garrick Gaieties (1930)


  • Out Of This World
    • Year: 1945
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: Out Of This World (1945)


  • P.S. I Love You
    • Year: 1934
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gordon Jenkins


  • Palsy Walsy
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: They Got Me Covered (1943)


  • Pardon My Southern Accent
    • Year: 1934
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Matt Malneck
    • Show: Dream (1997)


  • The Parks Of Paris
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • Past My Prime
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)
    • Film: Li'l Abner (1959)


  • Peter Piper
    • Year: 1936
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting


  • Petticoat High
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • The Petty Girl
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: The Petty Girl (1950)


  • The Phoney King Of England
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Film: Robin Hood
    • Notes: * Music traditional, according to Bloom.


  • Pineapple Pete
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • The Piney Woods
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jack Marshall
    • Film: The Missouri Traveler (1957)


  • Pink Panther Theme
    • Year: 1963
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini
    • Notes: * Italian lyric by Franco Migliacci ?


  • The Pipes Of Pan
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Saul Chaplin
    • Film: Merry Andrew (1958)


  • The Pleasure Of Your Company
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Andre Previn
    • Show: The Good Companions (London, 1974)


  • Politics
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949)


  • The Pools
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Andre Previn
    • Show: The Good Companions (London, 1974)


  • Poor Mr. Chisholm
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Bernie Hanighen
    • Film: Second Chorus (1940)


  • Progress Is The Root Of All Evil
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)


  • Promenade (Street Cries)
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • Put 'em Back The Way They Wuz
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)
    • Film: Li'l Abner (1959)


  • Racin' Form
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)


  • (Don't That Take The) Rag Off'n The Bush
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)


  • Rainy Night
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Matt Malneck


  • Raise A Ruckus Tonight
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Traditional Arr. Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Film: How The West Was Won (1962)


  • Reading The News
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • Ready, Willing And Able
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Ready, Willing And Able (1937)
    • Notes: * Not in film?


  • Respectability
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan


  • Ride 'em, Cowboy
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949)


  • Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride
    • Year: 1938
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Cowboy From Brooklyn (1938)


  • Ridin' On The Moon
    • Year: 1946
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)


  • Rocky Mountain Moon
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • Rollin' In Gold
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Foxy (1964)


  • Rosie
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: Rosie!


  • The Rumba Jumps!
    • Year: 1939
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Show: Walk With Music (1940)


  • Run, Run, Run Cinderella
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Foxy (1964)


  • The S.S. Commodore Ebenezer McAfee The Third
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Foxy (1964)


  • Salud (Here's Cheers)
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Saul Chaplin
    • Film: Merry Andrew (1958)
    • Notes: * Not mentioned by Bloom or Stubblebine.


  • Sans Souci
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Top Banana (1951)


  • Santa Claus Came In The Spring
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Film: To Beat The Band (1935)


  • Saratoga
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • Satan's Li'l Lamb
    • Year: 1932
    • Words: E.Y. Harburg/Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Americana (1932)


  • Satin Doll
    • Year: 1953
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn
    • Show: Sophisticated Ladies (1981)
      Later shows: Dream (1997)
    • Notes: Mercer lyric version published 1958.


  • Say It With A Kiss
    • Year: 1938
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: Going Places (1938)


  • Says Who, Says You, Says I!
    • Year: 1941
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Blues In The Night (1941)


  • Seeing's Believing
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Belle Of New York (1952)


  • Sentimental And Melancholy
    • Year: 1937
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Ready, Willing And Able (1937)


  • Seven Little Steps To Heaven
    • Year: 1932
    • Words: Hilda Gottlieb/Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Lewis E. Gensler


  • Sharp As A Tack
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)


  • Shooby-Doin'
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jerry Gray


  • The Shorty George
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jerome Kern
    • Film: You Were Never Lovelier (1942)


  • Show Your Linen, Miss Richardson
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Bernie Hanighen


  • Silhouetted In The Moonlight
    • Year: 1937
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Hollywood Hotel (1938)


  • Sing You Son Of A Gun
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Hollywood Hotel (1938)


  • Singin' In The Moonlight
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • Single-O
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Donald Kahn


  • Skol
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini
    • Film: Darling Lili (1970)


  • Skylark
    • Year: 1942
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Show: Dream (1997)


  • Sleep Peaceful, Mr. Used-To-Be
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)


  • Slippin' Around The Corner
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Andre Previn
    • Show: The Good Companions (London, 1974)


  • Slogan Song
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • Sluefoot
    • Year: 1955
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Film: Daddy Long Legs (1955)


  • Smarty Pants
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Walter Donaldson


  • Smile Away Each Rainy Day
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini
    • Film: Darling Lili (1970)


  • Smile For The Press
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Show: Walk With Music (1940)


  • Sobbin' Women
    • Year: 1954
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Film: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)


  • Somethin' You Gotta Find Out For Yourself
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Notes: Written for the show St. Louis Woman (1946), but not used.


  • Something Tells Me
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren


  • Something's Gotta Give
    • Year: 1955
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: Daddy Long Legs (1955)
    • Notes: Academy Award nomination 1955.


  • Song Of India
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov


  • Sow The Seed And Reap The Harvest
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Notes: Written for the show St. Louis Woman (1946), but not used.


  • Spring Is In My Heart Again
    • Year: 1932
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: William Woodin


  • Spring Reunion
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: Spring Reunion (1957)


  • Spring, Spring, Spring
    • Year: 1954
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Film: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)


  • Square Dance
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949)


  • The Square Of The Hypotenuse
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Saul Chaplin
    • Film: Merry Andrew (1958)


  • Stage Door John
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Andre Previn
    • Show: The Good Companions (London, 1974)


  • Stage Struck
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Andre Previn
    • Show: The Good Companions (London, 1974)


  • Star Sounds
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • Strawberry Lane
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jimmy McHugh
    • Film: You're The One (1941)


  • Strip Polka
    • Year: 1942
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • Summer Wind
    • Year: 1965
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mayer
    • Film: The Pope Of Greenwich Village (1984)
    • Notes: Original German lyric by Hans Bradtke.


  • Susie For Everybody
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Andre Previn
    • Show: The Good Companions (London, 1974)


  • A Sweater, A Sarong, And A Peek-A-Boo Bang
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)


  • The Sweetheart Tree
    • Year: 1965
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini
    • Film: The Great Race (1965)
    • Notes: Academy Award nomination 1965.


  • The Swing Is The Thing
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Rube Bloom
    • Show: Blackbirds Of 1936 (London, 1936)


  • Swing Your Partner Round And Round
    • Year: 1945
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Harvey Girls (1945)


  • Ta, Luv
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Andre Previn
    • Show: The Good Companions (London, 1974)


  • Tailgate Ramble
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Joe Manone


  • Take A Crank Letter
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949)


  • Talk To Me, Baby
    • Year: 1963
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Foxy (1964)


  • Talkin' Glory
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Notes: Written for the show St. Louis Woman (1946), but not used.


  • Tangerine
    • Year: 1942
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Victor Schertzinger
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: The Fleet's In (1942)


  • Technique
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Film: Bernardine (1957)


  • Temporarily
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Film: You Can't Run Away From It (1956)


  • Texas Li'l Darlin'
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949)


  • Thank You Mr. Currier, Thank You Mr. Ives (The Bride's Wedding Day Song)
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Belle Of New York (1952)


  • Thanksgivin'
    • Year: 1932
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael


  • That Old Black Magic
    • Year: 1942
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: The 1940's Radio Hour (1979)
      Later shows: Dream (1997)
    • Film: Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
      Later films: Here Come The Waves (1944), Radio Stars On Parade (1945),
      Meet Danny Wilson (1951), Bus Stop (1956), Senior Prom (1958)
    • Notes: Academy Award nomination 1943.


  • That's For Sure
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Top Banana (1951)


  • There She Was
    • Year: 1943
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Film: True To Life (1943)


  • There's A Fellow Waiting In Poughkeepsie
    • Year: 1944
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Film: Here Come The Waves (1944)


  • There's A Ring Around The Moon
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Green


  • There's A Sunny Side To Every Situation
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: Hard To Get (1938)


  • There's Nothing Like A College Education
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Lewis Gensler
    • Film: Old Man Rhythm (1935)


  • There's Room Enough For Us
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)


  • These Orchids
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jerome Kern
    • Film: You Were Never Lovelier (1942)


  • This Time The Dream's On Me
    • Year: 1941
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: Blues In The Night (1941)


  • Three Guesses
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Phil Charig/Richard Myers
    • Show: The Pajama Lady (1930)


  • Thumbin' A Ride
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Film: You Can't Run Away From It (1956)


  • Today I Am A Glamour Girl
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Show: Walk With Music (1940)


  • Tomorrow Never Comes
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Morton Stevens
    • Film: Cimarron Strip


  • Tomorrow You Belong To Uncle Sam
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Victor Schertzinger
    • Film: The Fleet's In (1942)


  • Tonight May Have To Last Me All My Life
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Donald Borzage


  • Too Marvellous For Words
    • Year: 1937
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Show: Singin' In The Rain (London, 1983)
      Later shows: Dream (1997)
    • Film: Ready, Willing And Able (1937)
      Later films: Young Man With A Horn (1950)


  • Top Banana
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Top Banana (1951)
    • Film: Top Banana (1954)


  • The Train Must Be Fed
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Harvey Girls (1945)


  • Trav'lin' Light
    • Year: 1943
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jimmy Mundy/Trummy Young


  • Two Hearts Are Better Than One
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jerome Kern
    • Notes: Written for the film Centennial Summer (1946), but not used.


  • Two Of A Kind
    • Year: 1960
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Bobby Darin


  • Unnecessary Town
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)
    • Film: Li'l Abner (1959)


  • Until We Kiss
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Emmerich Kalman
    • Show: Paris In Spring (1931)


  • Velvet Night
    • Year: 1968
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Michel Legrand


  • Wait And See
    • Year: 1945
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Harvey Girls (1945)


  • Wait For The Wagon
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Film: How The West Was Won (1962)
    • Notes: * Traditional ??


  • Wait Till You See Me In The Morning
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Show: Walk With Music (1940)


  • The Waiter And The Porter And The Upstairs Maid
    • Year: 1941
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Film: Birth Of The Blues (1941)


  • Walkin' With My Shadow
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Bernie Hanighen


  • Way Back In 1939 AD
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Show: Walk With Music (1940)


  • The Way To A Man's Heart
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Notes: Written for the show Li'l Abner (1956), but not used.


  • We Shall Meet To Part, No Never
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)


  • We're Working Our Way Through College
    • Year: 1937
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Varsity Show (1937)


  • Wedding In The Spring
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jerome Kern
    • Film: You Were Never Lovelier (1942)


  • Weekend Of A Private Secretary
    • Year: 1938
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Bernie Hanighen


  • Welcome Egghead
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Film: Daddy Long Legs (1955)


  • Welcome Stranger
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • What Was Your Name In The States?
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Film: How The West Was Won (1962)


  • What Will I Do Without You
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Lewis E. Gensler
    • Film: College Coach (1933)
    • Notes: * See Bloom for confusion!


  • What'll They Think Of Next?
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Hoagy Carmichael
    • Show: Walk With Music (1940)


  • What's Good For General Bullmoose
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Show: Li'l Abner (1956)


  • Whatcha-Ma-Call-It
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul


  • When A Woman Loves A Man
    • Year: 1934
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Bernie Hanighen/Gordon Jenkins


  • When Are We Going To Land Abroad?
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Arthur Schwartz
    • Film: Navy Blues (1941)


  • When I'm Out With The Belle Of New York
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Belle Of New York (1952)


  • When Sally Walks Along Peacock Alley
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren


  • When The World Was Young (Ah The Apple Trees)
    • Year: 1950
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Philippe Gerard


  • When You Are In My Arms
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Lewis Gensler
    • Film: Old Man Rhythm (1935)
    • Notes: * Bloom says 'Sheet music only' of film.


  • When You Hear The Time Signal
    • Year: 1942
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Victor Schertzinger
    • Film: The Fleet's In (1942)


  • When You're In Love
    • Year: 1954
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Film: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)


  • When Your College Days Are Gone
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Varsity Show (1937)


  • Whichaway'd They Go
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949)


  • Whistling Away The Dark
    • Year: 1970
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini
    • Film: Darling Lili (1970)
    • Notes: Academy Award nomination 1970.


  • Whistling For A Kiss
    • Words: E.Y. Harburg/Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Myers
    • Show: Americana (1932)


  • Who's Excited
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Hodges


  • Whoopin' And A-Hollerin'
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949)


  • Why Fight This?
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • The Wild, Wild West
    • Year: 1945
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: The Harvey Girls (1945)


  • Windmill Under The Stars
    • Year: 1942
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jerome Kern


  • Wings Over The Navy
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Film: Wings Of The Navy (1939)


  • With You, With Me
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Green


  • A Woman's Prerogative
    • Year: 1946
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: St. Louis Woman (1946)


  • Wonderful, Wonderful Day
    • Year: 1954
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Film: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)


  • A Word A Day
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Top Banana (1951)


  • The World Of The Heart
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer/Johnny Green
    • Film: Johnny Tiger (1966)


  • Would'ja For A Big Red Apple
    • Year: 1932
    • Words: Johnny Mercer/Everett Miller
    • Music: Henry Souvaine
    • Show: Americana (1932)


  • The Yodel Blues
    • Year: 1949
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan
    • Show: Texas, Li'l Darlin' (1949)
    • Notes: * I have seen this referred to as 'They Talk A Different Language (The Yodel Blues)'.


  • The Yogi (Who Lost His Will Power)
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jimmy McHugh
    • Film: You're The One (1941)


  • You
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Joseph Meyer


  • You And Your Love
    • Year: 1939
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Green


  • You Can't Always Have What You Want
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Saul Chaplin
    • Film: Merry Andrew (1958)


  • You Can't Run Away From It
    • Year: 1956
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gene De Paul
    • Film: You Can't Run Away From It (1956)


  • You For Me
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • You Grow Sweeter As The Years Go By
    • Year: 1939
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer


  • You Have Taken My Heart
    • Year: 1933
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Gordon Jenkins


  • You Know You Don't Want Me
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Robert Emmett Dolan


  • You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
    • Year: 1938
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: Hard To Get (1938)
      Later films: My Dream Is Yours (1949), The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)


  • You Or No One
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harold Arlen
    • Show: Saratoga (1959)


  • You Were Never Lovelier
    • Year: 1942
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jerome Kern
    • Show: Dream (1997)
    • Film: You Were Never Lovelier (1942)


  • You're A Natural
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Arthur Schwartz
    • Film: Navy Blues (1941)


  • You're So Beautiful That...
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Johnny Mercer
    • Show: Top Banana (1951)
    • Film: Top Banana (1954)


  • You're The One (For Me)
    • Year: 1940
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jimmy McHugh
    • Film: You're The One (1941)


  • You've Got Me This Way
    • Year: 1940
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Jimmy McHugh
    • Film: You'll Find Out (1940)


  • You've Got Me Where You Want Me
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Harry Warren


  • You've Got Something There
    • Year: 1937
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Richard Whiting
    • Film: Varsity Show (1937)


  • Your Good-Will Ambassador
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Henry Mancini
    • Film: Darling Lili (1970)


  • Your Heart And Mine
    • Year: 1936
    • Words: Johnny Mercer
    • Music: Rube Bloom
    • Show: Blackbirds Of 1936 (London, 1936)


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