Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye 1903

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Nov 2007
2007

My Dad would never preach to me,
in fact, he'd never teach to me,
the diff'rent things that I should do,
when I'd be here and there.
In fact, he said: "Go on alone,
you have ideas of your own,
you'll never lose, if you will use
the others fair and square."
That's just as far as he'd advise,
'til one day to my surprise,
I went to say that I was going
to other lands to live.
And as I went to say goodbye,
he saw a teardrop in my eye,
said he, "My lad, Ah! that's too bad,
I'm some advice to give."

Always leave them laughing
when you say goodbye.
never linger long about
or else you'll wear your welcome out;
when you meet a fellow
with a tear dimmed eye,
you can leave him laughing if you try.
When he tells his troubles
interrupt him with a joke.
Tell him one he's never heard
and he'll declare that it's a bird,
when he's giggling good, you know,
that's the time to turn and go.
Always leave them laughing
when you say goodbye.

Said Dad when'er you hear a joke
just laugh as if you're going to choke,
and make the teller think
that he has told you something new.
Said he, "I never went to school
but I still have a golden rule,
to always laugh at others
as you'd have them laugh at you.
Don't sympathise with any one,
but turn their troubles into fun,
when ev'rybody's pouting,
that's the time to wear a smile,
no matter if you're rich or broke,
just treat the whole thing as a joke,
everybody likes the man
who's laughing all the while."

Always leave them laughing
when you say goodbye.
never linger long about
or else you'll wear your welcome out;
when you meet a fellow
with a tear dimmed eye,
you can leave him laughing if you try.
When he tells his troubles
interrupt him with a joke.
Tell him one he's never heard
and he'll declare that it's a bird,
when he's giggling good, you know,
that's the time to turn and go.
Always leave them laughing
when you say goodbye.

Soft karaoke
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Always Leave Them Laughing When You Say Goodbye 1903
by Geo.M.Cohen
© 1903 by F.A.Mills N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 17 November 2007 at 21.13
in association with Doug Grierson
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