Beside A Babbling Brook 1923

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 May 2010
2010

When I was younger
I used to hunger
to climb up the ladder of life.
Now that I've grown up
I might as well own up
it's not worth the worry and strife.
Things that I wanted
were paid for with blessings
I cannot recall,
and all that I have
I would trade for the things
I considered so small.

I'd be more than satisfied
If I could hide away
beside a babbling brook,
Rippling waters call me far away
to a quiet shady nook,
thru the woods I long to hike
to linger where the world
is like a story book.
Like a lazy daisy gazin' at the sky.
Let me live and love
and let the world go by.
I'd be more than satisfied
if I could hide away
beside a babbling brook.

I'd be more than satisfied
If I could hide away
beside a babbling brook,
Rippling waters call me far away
to a quiet shady nook,
thru the woods I long to hike
to linger where the world
is like a story book.
Like a lazy daisy gazin' at the sky.
Let me live and love
and let the world go by.
I'd be more than satisfied
if I could hide away
beside a babbling brook.

I see a pond of
lilies I'm fond of
and I see a rickety boat.
Seemed for a minute
that I was back in it
for getting
and letting her float.
While I was lazily
dozing just dreaming
and drifting along.
I heard as the summer day's closing
a whippoorwill singing my song.

I'd be more than satisfied
If I could hide away
beside a babbling brook,
Rippling waters call me far away
to a quiet shady nook,
thru the woods I long to hike
to linger where the world
is like a story book.
Like a lazy daisy gazin' at the sky.
Let me live and love
and let the world go by.
I'd be more than satisfied
if I could hide away
beside a babbling brook.

I'd be more than satisfied
If I could hide away
beside a babbling brook,
Rippling waters call me far away
to a quiet shady nook,
thru the woods I long to hike
to linger where the world
is like a story book.
Like a lazy daisy gazin' at the sky.
Let me live and love
and let the world go by.
I'd be more than satisfied
if I could hide away
beside a babbling brook.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Beside A Babbling Brook 1923
Music by Walter Donaldson
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
© MCMXXIII by Jerome H.Remick & Co. - New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 23 May 2010 at 22.13
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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