Austin City Limits

-"Austin City Limits" presents a jazz vocal star in the making.

Samara Joy.

- Come what may I want you to know I'm yours alone And I'm in love to stay We go through the years We got through the years I'm yours alone I'm in love to stay We go through the years Day by day [ Vocalizing ] -Thank you, Austin City Limits!

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-50 years of Austin City Limits!

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-Recorded live from Austin, Texas... it's "Austin City Limits."

-Now a classic jazz singer for a new generation.

A full hour with Samara Joy.

A pale and lonely moon lights the sky in the dark Before the dawn I sit here in my room, how I sigh for the day That's come and gone Another lonely day passes by And the new day's comin' on 'Round midnight It begins to tell 'Round midnight 'Round midnight I do pretty well till after sundown Suppertime I'm feeling sad And it really gets bad 'Round midnight Memories always start 'Round midnight Haven't got the heart to stand those memories When my heart is still with you And ol' midnight knows it, too Every day is gonna bring some sadness Every day is Gonna bring some gladness Darling I need you Lately, lately, lately I find You're out of my arms And out of my mind Let our hearts take wings 'Round midnight Let the angels sing For your returning Till our love is safe and sound And old midnight comes around Whoa, oh-oh-ohhhh [ Cheers and applause ] When a quarrel we had needs mending Does it mean Does it mean, does it mean Does it mean that our love is ending?

Darling I need you Lately I find You're out of my arms And out of my mind Let our hearts take wing 'Round midnight Let the angels sing For your returning Till our love is safe and sound And old midnight comes around I'll think no more about today For in a while This old day will be yesterday Day Alone at midnight in my room I sit here in the gloom Gl-o-o-o-o-o-oom And let My dreams Take flight 'Round 'bout Mid Mid Midn-i-i-i-ight [ Cheers and applause ] Austin City Limits, how you feeling?!

[ Cheers and applause ] Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Wow.

It is an honor to be here for the very first time with you all.

It is a pleasure.

Thank you so much for coming out tonight.

[ Cheers and applause ] And now we would like to do a song for you all inspired by one of my favorite vocalists, Miss Betty Carter.

And it is a song -- pretty much a gentle warning about falling in love.

Because I already know you know it can be quite dangerous.

Treacherous, as they say.

[ Laughs ] And the song, as I told you already, it's a gentle warning, and it's simply called... Beware My heart You're getting in too deep Take care Take care, my heart This is a bit too steep Don't listen to the lilt Of his boyish laughter For you will cry for it Forever after After So beware My heart Beware of violins in the night For when he When he is near The violins are loaded with dynamite And you You can never finish a dream That wasn't, wasn't meant to start Beware Take care My he-a-a-a-art [ Vocalizing ] [ Vocalizing continues ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Vocalizing ] Ohh [ Cheers and applause ] Bew-a-a-a-are You're getting in too deep Take care Take care, my heart This is a bit too steep Don't, don't Don't listen to the lilt Of his boyish laughter Or You will cry for it Forever after Beware My heart Beware of violins in the night For when he is near The violins are loaded with dynamite And you can Never, never Never, never Never finish a dream That wasn't meant to start So beware Take care My He-a-a-a-art He-a-a-a-art [ Vocalizing ] [ Cheers and applause ] Be Be Be Be Be Beware My heart [ Cheers and applause ] [ Laughs ] Thank you so much!

And this is our rendition of Duke Ellington's "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)."

[ Cheers and applause ] Never treats me Sweet and gentle The way He should I got it bad And that ain't good My poor heart is Sentimental Not made Of wood I got it bad And that ain't good Ooh-ooh But when The weekend's over And Monday rolls around I end up I end up like I start out Just cryin' My heart out He don't love me Like I love him Nobody could I've got it bad And that ain't Good Oooooooh [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] -Ow!

- Like a lonely Weepin' willow Lost In the wood I've got it bad And that ain't good And the things I tell my pillow No No woman should I've got it bad And that ain't good G-o-o-o-o-ood Though folks with good intentions Tell me to save Save my tears I'm glad I'm mad about him I can't live Without him Lord above me Make him love me The way he should I I Got it bad And that ain't I've Got it bad And that ain't Ain't, ain't G-o-o-o-o-ood Ohhhhhh I It bad Bad Got it b-a-a-a-a-ad [ Vocalizing ] I've Got it bad And that ain't good [ Cheers and applause ] That ain't G-o-o-o-o-ood [ Cheers and applause ] [ Laughs ] Thank you!

Day by day I'm falling more in love with Austin And day by day [ Cheers and applause ] My love, it seems to grow There isn't any end to my devotion And it's deeper, dear, by far than any ocean And I find that day by day You're making all my dreams come true So come what may I want you to know That I'm yours alone And I'm in love to stay As we go through the years Day by d-a-a-a-ay We go through the years Day by day [ Cheers and applause ] [ Scatting ] [ Scatting continues ] [ Cheers and applause ] Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey Day by day I'm falling more in love with you And day by day My love, it seems to grow There isn't any end To my devotion for you And it's deeper, dear, by far than any ocean And I find that day by day You're making all my dreams come true Come what may I want you to know I'm yours alone And I'm in love to stay We go through the years We go through the years I'm yours alone I'm in love to stay We go through the years Day by day, yeah-ah-ah [ Vocalizing ] Day We go through the years Day We go through the Ye-a-a-a-a-ars [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you very much!

Thank you.

I am incredibly grateful and excited to be here, not only here tonight with you all, but just doing this, sharing this music with you all that I love so much.

And it came into my life, uh, quite recently, I guess, compared to most people.

Um, I first was introduced to jazz towards the end of high school, but I didn't know that I was interested in it until my freshman year of college.

And I graduated in 2021.

And so it's kind of crazy that this is happening tonight, you gotta admit.

Um -- [ Laughs ] [ Cheers and applause ] I've just learned through all of the changes that have happened in my life the past couple of years, this connection with you all, this is what is most important to me, so I really -- I appreciate you.

I thank you so much.

[ Cheers and applause ] I want to dedicate this song to each and every one of you, not only for making this debut so special, but for making this dream of mine a reality.

This is "You Stepped Out of a Dream."

Thank you.

[ Cheers and applause ] You Stepped out of a dream You are too wonderful To be what you seem Could there be eyes like yours?

Could there be lips like yours?

Could there be smiles like yours?

Honest and truly You Stepped out of a cloud And I want to take you away From the crowd And have you all to myself Alone and apart Out of a dream Safe in my heart S-a-a-a-a-afe S-a-a-a-a-afe [ Cheers and applause ] [ Scatting ] [ Scatting ] [ Scatting ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Scatting ] [ Scatting continues ] You Stepped out of a cloud And I want to take you away From the crowd And have you all to myself Alone and apart Out of a dream Safe in my heart [ Scatting ] S-a-a-a-afe In my heart Oooh S-a-a-a-afe In my heart Out of a dream Dream Safe in my heart Oooh-oooh-ooh-ooh Safe in My heart Ooh-ooh [ Cheers and applause ] Do you know somethin'?

I'm in love with you So won't you be a sweet pumpkin?

Say that you love me, too And if you do I am certain we could be One of the happiest couples in this society Tee-e-e-e-e And I've got a feeling A feeling that I'm just your style So won't you go on and admit it?

We'll walk right down that aisle Don't be shy Just put your arms around me And you'll get plenty of lovin', just you wait and see Can't you tell that we were meant to be together?

And the wedding bell It would be ours to ring forever and ever Let's make a bookin' Just to be man and wife Say, yes, good lookin' And let me share your life You're to me everything that is divine Be a sweet pumpkin Say that you'll be m-i-i-i-i-ine [ Cheers and applause ] [ Scatting ] [ Scatting ] Can't you tell That we were meant to be together?

And the wedding bell It would be ours just to ring forever and ever Let's make a bookin' Just to be man and wife Say, yes, good lookin' Let me share your life You're to me everything that is divine Be a sweet pumpkin Say that you'll be mine Say that you Will S-a-a-a-a-ay S-a-a-a-a-ay S-a-a-a-a-ay [ Cheers and applause ] [ Humming ] [ Cheers and applause ] We would like to do for you now the very popular "Stardust."

And now The purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart High up in the sky The little stars climb Always reminding me that we're apart You wander down the lane And far away Leaving me a song that will not die Love is now the stardust Of yesterday The music of the years Gone by Sometimes I wonder why I spend The lonely night Dreaming of a song The melody Haunts my reverie And I am once again with you When our love was new And each kiss Each kiss An inspiration But that was long ago And now my consolation Is in the stardust of a song Beside a garden wall When stars are bright You are in my arms The nightingale Tells his fairy tale Of paradise where roses bloom Though I dream In vain In my heart It will remain My stardust melody The memory The memory Of love's Refrain Refrain Refrain [ Cheers and applause ] Austin City Limits, I hope you had a good time!

[ Cheers and applause ] How about a hand for all these musicians and their arrangements?

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