An Old Violin - 1929

James Pitt-Payne, London and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia

Up in the garret, away from the din,
Someone is playing an old violin,
Tenderly, pleadingly, so the notes fall,
Just for the love of the music, that's all
What is he playing there all the day long?
Bits of old melody, scraps of old song,
Sweet, half forgotten things out of the years,
Rapture and agony, Laughter and tears.
Tenderly, pleadingly, playing an old violin
Up in the garret away from the din,
Someone is playing an old violin.

Soft karaoke
Words
violin
synth str 1 bass
synth str 1 mid range
fr hrn solo
Lyric Line
pizz str
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An Old Violin 1929
Music by Howard Fisher
Lyric by Helen Taylor
copyright 1929 by Boosey and Co. Ltd.
new edition copyright 1931
sequence by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
and Ian Cousins, Opera Australia
completed Monday 31 Dec 2001 at 09.11
in association with Doug Grierson
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