A Little Girl From Little Rock 1949

by James Pitt--Payne, London UK - 26 March 2011
2011

In my Park Avenue Penthouse
I'm sophisticated and smart
but a town down in the Ozarks
is where I got my start.

I'm just a little girl from Little Rock,
I lived on the wrong side of the tracks,
Till a gentleman took me out one night,
And after he'd taught me wrong from right,
We moved to the right side of the tracks.
Then someone broke my heart in Little Rock,
and I up and left old Arkansas.
Like a little lost lamb I roamed about,
I came to New York and I found out
The one you call Daddy ain't your paw.
I was young and determined,
I was wined and dined and ermined,
Ev'ry night opportunity would knock.
And some of these days in my fancy clothes,
I'm agoin' back home and thumb my nose
At the one who done me wrong,
The one who done me wrong,
The one who done me wrong in Little Rock.

I'm just a little girl from Little Rock,
But fate led me straight to Murray Hill.
And I suddenly had a charge account,
It amounted to quite a large amount,
But somehow I never got the bill.
Although I lost my heart in Little Rock,
I still wasn't smart about romance.
I've discovered since then that a girl in love
Usually gets a token of
A man's appreciation in advance.
Though my landlord adored me,
He was like a father t'ward me
Until I found he owned a city block.
And now that I'm known in the biggest banks,
I'm agoin' back home and give my thanks
To the one who done me wrong,
The one who done me wrong,
The one who done me wrong in Little Rock.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Little Girl From Little Rock 1949
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Leo Robin
© 1949 by Consolidated Music Pubs - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 26 March 2011 at 12.16
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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