As The Years Roll By 1917 Victor Herbert

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK 30 Jul 2007
2007

How tender his emotion
and how beautiful her love,
how sweet to see two people
acting like a turtle dove.
Forgetting care and sorrow
as in honeyed tones they speak.
Why they don't know if it's today,
tomorrow or last week.

But five long years from today,
what will it be
when she wants another gown
will he agree?
It's easy to give kisses
but the cost of gowns is high
Oh, a lot of things can happen
as the years roll by.

Of course they will get married
and then in about a year
the stork brings them a baby,
he's the cutest little dear.
They worship him and coddle
for he fills their life with joy,
they weep sweet tears when e'er they see
this baby angel boy.

But nineteen years from today,
oh, what regrets
Their sweet baby will be smoking cigarettes.
And spending father's money
on some chorus girl, oh my,
what a lot of things can happen
as the years roll by.

As soon as folks are married
they begin to want a nest,
a little home to live in
like that grey one in the West.
They find the dearest cottage
in a new installment zone,
Where if they pay so much a month
some day 'twill be their own.

And ten long years from today,
they stop to think
by next August they will own the kitchen sink,
installments have continued
and the mortgage hovers high,
oh it's great if you don't weaken
as the years roll by.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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As The Years Roll By 1917 Victor Herbert
Music by Victor Herbert
Lyrics by William Le Baron
© MCMXVII by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 30 July 2007 at 8.54am
in association with Doug Grierson
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