Bashing Away 1952 Billy Cotton

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Apr 2009
2009

Now when I was a little kid
my dad would say to me,
"When you grow up to be a man
here's what you want to be,
a real gogetter,
have a bash,
not once but always twice,"
and since that day
I've always tried
to follow dad's advice:

You've got to keep on
Bash, Bash, Bashing Away,
Bashing Away, Bashing Away,
You've got to keep on
Bash, Bash, Bashing Away,
right to the end of the day,
you've got to smile
when it's raining
sing when it's tough,
weather the storm and take
the smooth with the rough,
You've got to keep on
Bash, Bash, Bashing Away,
Then you'll make some money some day.

Now, once I entered in
a local circus boxing bout,
the champ, he took a hefty swipe
and nearly knocked me out,
the place went round,
the lights went out,
I felt my end was near,
until I heard my second whisper
gently in my ear:

You've got to keep on
Bash, Bash, Bashing Away,
Bashing Away, Bashing Away,
You've got to keep on
Bash, Bash, Bashing Away,
right to the end of the day,
you've got to smile
when it's raining
sing when it's tough,
weather the storm and take
the smooth with the rough,
You've got to keep on
Bash, Bash, Bashing Away,
Then you'll make some money some day.

I had to join the army
when the callup came around,
the sergeant was a beauty
but to my dismay I found
he'd march us miles
and miles and mies,
my feet were clean wore out,
and ev'ry time
we'd stop for breath
the old bathbun would shout.

You've got to keep on
Bash, Bash, Bashing Away,
Bashing Away, Bashing Away,
You've got to keep on
Bash, Bash, Bashing Away,
right to the end of the day,
you've got to smile
when it's raining
sing when it's tough,
weather the storm and take
the smooth with the rough,
You've got to keep on
Bash, Bash, Bashing Away,
Then you'll make some money some day.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Bashing Away 1952 Billy Cotton
by Ralph Edwards & John Turner
© 1952 by The Peter Maurice Music Co.Ltd. - London W.C.2.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 17 April 2009 at 15.57
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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