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Bye Bye Love

The Everly Brothers · 1957

Bye Bye Love by The Everly Brothers (1957) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Bye-bye love
  • Bye-bye happiness
  • Hello loneliness
  • I think I'm gonna cry

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Bye-bye love
  • Bye-bye sweet caress
  • Hello emptiness
  • I feel like I could die

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

II'm gonna cry

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

There goes my baby withnew

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

She was my baby 'til hein

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I think I'mcry

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mwith romance, I'm through with love

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Andthe reason that I'm so free

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I think I'm gonna cry

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She sure looks happy, I sure am blue

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm through with romance, I'm through with love

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And here's the reason that I'm so free

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Bye-bye my love, goodbye

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? I'm gonna cry

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

There ? my baby with someone new

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

She was my ? 'til he stepped in

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I think I'm ? cry

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I'm through with ? the stars above

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "goodbye" in the whole song?

"goodbye"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "hello" in the whole song?

"hello"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • And here's the reason that I'm so free
  • Goodbye to romance that might've been
  • I think I'm gonna cry

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • Bye-bye sweet caress
  • I feel like I could die
  • My lovin' baby is through with me

Exercise 26

"Bye Bye Love" was released in 1957. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

goodbyehellothroughhappiness

Exercise 27

Imagine you are making a short film with "Bye Bye Love" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

goodbyehellothroughhappiness

Exercise 28

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

goodbyehellothroughhappiness

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm
  • gonna

Exercise 30

If you could ask The Everly Brothers one question about "Bye Bye Love", what would it be and why?

goodbyehellothroughhappiness