After School 1909

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 January 2011
2011

Remember the days
you played hookey from school
How the teacher oft' read you
the good golden rule,
Those were the happy old days of our life,
We knew neither trouble,
nor labor nor strife.
Mamie and Tillie
and Jennie and Joe,
Then each one would pick out
a sweetheart or beau.
After school the bell rang,
going home the kids sang:

My country 'tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
After school, after school.

Boys and girls
with toys and curls
all kinds of games they'll play,
London bridge and blind man's buff
thro' the live long day;
Little Jack Horner
and Puss in the corner,
ring 'round a Rosey too.
Hide and seek,
you're out if you peek,
after school, after school.

Boys and girls
with toys and curls
all kinds of games they'll play,
London bridge and blind man's buff
thro' the live long day;
Little Jack Horner
and Puss in the corner,
ring 'round a Rosey too.
Hide and seek,
you're out if you peek,
after school, after school.

The bell sounds "Schools Out"
and the kids start for home
Joe has lost his new hat
Nellie can't find her comb,
Oh, what a scolding
from Ma they will get
'tis starting to ram now
they sure will get wet.
Ma sees them coming
her heart fills with joy
The pride of her home
is her girl and her boy.
After school the bell rang,
reaching home the kids sang:

Be it ever so humble
there's no place like home.
after school, after school.

Boys and girls
with toys and curls
all kinds of games they'll play,
London bridge and blind man's buff
thro' the live long day;
Little Jack Horner
and Puss in the corner,
ring 'round a Rosey too.
Hide and seek,
you're out if you peek,
after school, after school.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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After School 1909
Music by Alma L.Russell
Lyrics by Barry W.Fields
© MCMIX by Victor Kremer & Co. - Chicago & New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 16 January 2011 at 14.11
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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