Be My Life's Companion

by Louis Armstrong , Rosemary Clooney

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BE MY LIFE'S COMPANION
By: Bob Hilliard, Milton DeLugg
Rosemary Clooney, Louis Armstrong
Key: F

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Be my life's com-pan-ion, 
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and you'll nev-er grow old.
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I'll love you so much that 
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you'll nev-er grow old.
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When there's joy in liv-ing, 
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you just nev-er grow old.
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You've got to stay young, 
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'cause you'll nev-er grow old.
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Peo-ple who are lone-ly
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Can be old at thir-ty-three
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Don't let it hap-pen to you; 
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don't let it hap-pen to me.

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Be my life's com-pan-ion, 
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and you'll nev-er grow old.
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You'll nev-er grow old, 
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no, you'll nev-er grow old.
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Love and youth and hap-pi-ness 
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are yours to have and hold.
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Be my life's com-pan-ion, 
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and you'll nev-er grow old.

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I know a man who's lone-ly, 
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and he's old at thir-ty three.
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No one wants to be    old at thir-ty three.
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Your dis-po-si-tion so-urs 
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like a lem-on on a tree.
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Don't let it hap-pen to you, 
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and don't let it hap-pen to me.

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Be my life's com-pan-ion, 
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and you'll nev-er grow old.
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I'll love you so much 
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that you'll nev-er grow old.
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Love and youth and hap-pi-ness 
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are yours to have and hold.
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Be my life's com-pan-ion, 
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be my life's com-pan-ion, 
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and you'll nev-er grow old.