After The Ball 1892

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Dec 2005

A little maiden climbed an old man's knee;
Begged for a story: "Do Uncle please."
Why are you single;
why live alone?
Have you no babies;
have you no home?
"I had a sweetheart,
years, years ago;
Where she is now pet,
you will soon know.
List to the story,
I'll tell it all,
I believed her faithless
after the ball.

After the ball is over,
after the break of morn
after the dancer's leaving;
after the stars have gone,
Many a heart is aching,
if you could read them all;
many the hopes that have vanished
after the ball.

Bright lights were flashing in the grand ballroom,
Softly the music, playing sweet tunes.
There came my sweetheart, my love, my own:
"I wish some water, leave me alone."
When I returned dear there stood a man,
Kissing my sweetheart as lovers can,
down fell the glass, pet, broken that's all,
Just as my heart was after the ball.

After the ball is over,
after the break of morn
after the dancer's leaving;
after the stars have gone,
Many a heart is aching,
if you could read them all;
many the hopes that have vanished
after the ball.

Long years have passed child, I've never wed,
True to my lost love, though she is dead.
She tried to tell me, tried to explain;
I would not listen, pleadings were vain,
One day a letter came from that man,
He was her brother the letter ran,
that's why I'm lonely, no home at all;
I broke her heart pet, after the ball.

After the ball is over,
after the break of morn
after the dancer's leaving;
after the stars have gone,
Many a heart is aching,
if you could read them all;
many the hopes that have vanished
after the ball.

After the ball is over,
after the break of morn
after the dancer's leaving;
after the stars have gone,
Many a heart is aching,
if you could read them all;
many the hopes that have vanished
after the ball.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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After The Ball 1892
Words and Music by Chas K. Harris
© MDCCCXCII by Chas. K. Harris
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 26 December 2005 at 01.02am
in association with Doug Grierson
on a 16 col screen etc etc
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