A Young Man's Fancy 1920 'What's In A Name?'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 02 Jan 2004

In a quaint oldfashioned store,
relic of the days of yore,
curios and oldtime clocks
hide a china music box.
In a dainty panniered dress,
there's a Dresden shepherdess,
with a shepherd by the side,
of his little china bride,
when the music starts to play,
I can almost hear him say:

"In the spring a young man's fancy
lightly turns to love,
Poets sing of love's romance
the skies are blue above.
Moonbeams bring love dreams
and spring seems to call;
Hearts that are tender
quickly surrender all,
When you hear the tinkle, tinkle,
of the wedding chime,
Modest eyes with lovelight twinkle
all the world's in rhyme.
Tho' we're only made of china
youth must have it's fling,
and to love our fancy turns in spring!"

"In the spring a young man's fancy
lightly turns to love,
Poets sing of love's romance
the skies are blue above.
Moonbeams bring love dreams
and spring seems to call;
Hearts that are tender
quickly surrender all,
When you hear the tinkle, tinkle,
of the wedding chime,
Modest eyes with lovelight twinkle
all the world's in rhyme.
Tho' we're only made of china
youth must have it's fling,
and to love our fancy turns in spring!"

"In the spring a young man's fancy
lightly turns to love,
Poets sing of love's romance
the skies are blue above.
Moonbeams bring love dreams
and spring seems to call;
Hearts that are tender
quick surrender all,
When you hear the tinkle, tinkle,
of the wedding chime,
Modest eyes with lovelight twinkle
all the world's in rhyme.
Tho' we're only made of china
youth must have it's fling,
and to love our fancy turns in spring!"

Underneath the hawthorn bow'r,
there they spend each blissful hour,
Life for them is one glad tune
one long happy honeymoon.
Sometime when they wind the clocks,
they will wind the music box,
and if you should chance to peep,
when the world is fast asleep,
as the witching hour draws near,
this is what you'll surely hear:

"In the spring a young man's fancy
lightly turns to love,
Poets sing of love's romance
the skies are blue above.
Moonbeams bring love dreams
and spring seems to call;
Hearts that are tender
quickly surrender all,
When you hear the tinkle, tinkle,
of the wedding chime,
Modest eyes with lovelight twinkle
all the world's in rhyme.
Tho' we're only made of china
youth must have it's fling,
and to love our fancy turns in spring!"

"In the spring a young man's fancy
lightly turns to love,
Poets sing of love's romance
the skies are blue above.
Moonbeams bring love dreams
and spring seems to call;
Hearts that are tender
quickly surrender all,
When you hear the tinkle, tinkle,
of the wedding chime,
Modest eyes with lovelight twinkle
all the world's in rhyme.
Tho' we're only made of china
youth must have it's fling,
and to love our fancy turns in spring!"

"In the spring a young man's fancy
lightly turns to love,
Poets sing of love's romance
the skies are blue above.
Moonbeams bring love dreams
and spring seems to call;
Hearts that are tender
quick surrender all,
When you hear the tinkle, tinkle,
of the wedding chime,
Modest eyes with lovelight twinkle
all the world's in rhyme.
Tho' we're only made of china
youth must have it's fling,
and to love our fancy turns in spring!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Young Man's Fancy 1920
Lyrics by John Murray Anderson and Jack Yellen
Music by Milton Ager
copyright MCMXX by Leo Feist Inc. N.Y.
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 02 January 2004 at 17.51
in association with Doug Grierson
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Described as The Music Box Novelty Song Hit
from the Revusical Comedy "What's In A Name?"
produced by John Murray Anderson
in 1920
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