A Bed-Time Story 1932

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 27 Dec 2002

When the shadows creep,
I feel like I want to cry,
I can't go to sleep
till I hear that lullaby,
there is something that I miss,
It is not a "Goodnight" kiss,
loving tender words
just making me sigh.

It was a bedtime story,
a bedtime story,
that mother used to tell me on her knee,
To be in bed at seven
was just like Heaven,
to hear that bedtime story told to me;
And as the stars began to peep
I used to count the little sheep,
and then she'd rock me off to sleep
so tenderly.
It was a true love story,
that bedtime story,
that mother used to tell to me.

It was a bedtime story,
a bedtime story,
that mother used to tell me on her knee,
To be in bed at seven
was just like Heaven,
to hear that bedtime story told to me;
And as the stars began to peep
I used to count the little sheep,
and then she'd rock me off to sleep
so tenderly.
It was a true love story,
that bedtime story,
that mother used to tell to me.

I would give the world
for my happy childhood days,
Back in mother's arms,
that is where my mem'ry strays,
never had a single care,
happiness was ev'rywhere,
now those tender words
are with me always.

It was a bedtime story,
a bedtime story,
that mother used to tell me on her knee,
To be in bed at seven
was just like Heaven,
to hear that bedtime story told to me;
And as the stars began to peep
I used to count the little sheep,
and then she'd rock me off to sleep
so tenderly.
It was a true love story,
that bedtime story,
that mother used to tell to me.

It was a bedtime story,
a bedtime story,
that mother used to tell me on her knee,
To be in bed at seven
was just like Heaven,
to hear that bedtime story told to me;
And as the stars began to peep
I used to count the little sheep,
and then she'd rock me off to sleep
so tenderly.
It was a true love story,
that bedtime story,
that mother used to tell to me.

Soft karaoke
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A Bed-Time Story 1932
by Leo Towers, Harry Leon and Horatio Nicholls
copyright MCMXXXII by The Lawrence Wright Music Co.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 27 December 2002 at 16.00
in association with Doug Grierson
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