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A2.1·jazz·2:51

I Left My Heart in San Francisco

Tony Bennett · 1962

I Left My Heart in San Francisco by Tony Bennett (1962) — 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

  • Your golden sun will shine for me
  • When I come home to you, San Francisco
  • Your golden sun will shine for me

Sing the opening verse

  • The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay
  • The glory that was Rome is of another day
  • I've been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan
  • I'm going home to my city by the Bay
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Theof Paris seems somehow sadly gay

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Thethat was Rome is of another day

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mhome to my city by the Bay

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

High on a hill, itto me

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

My lovethere in San Francisco

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Yoursun will shine for me

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've been terribly alone and forgotten in Manhattan

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I left my heart in San Francisco

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

High on a hill, it calls to me

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Above the blue and windy sea

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

The ? of Paris seems somehow sadly gay

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I've been ? alone and forgotten in Manhattan

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? my heart in San Francisco

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

My love ? there in San Francisco

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

When I come ? to you, San Francisco

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

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

"francisco"

Exercise 22

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

"home"

Exercise 23

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

  • High on a hill, it calls to me
  • The loveliness of Paris seems somehow sadly gay
  • When I come home to you, San Francisco

Exercise 24

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 25

"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" was released in 1962. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 27

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've→
  • i'm→
  • don't→

Exercise 28

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 29

If you could change the ending of the story told in "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 30

If you could ask Tony Bennett one question about "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", what would it be and why?

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