Blow, Gabriel, Blow 1934 'Anything Goes'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 05 Dec 2005

[Spoken:] Do you hear that playin'?
Yes, I hear that playin'
Do you know who's playin'?
No, who is that playin'?

[Sung:] Why it's Gabriel, Gabriel playin'
Gabriel, Gabriel sayin'
"Will you be ready to go when I blow my horn?"

Oh, Blow Gabriel, blow,
go on and blow Gabriel, blow!
I've been a sinner,
I've been a scamp,
but now I'm willin' to trim my lamp
so blow, Gabriel, blow!
I was low, Gabriel, low,
mighty low, Gabriel, low.
But now since I have seen the light,
I'm good by day and I'm good by night,
so blow, Gabriel, blow.
Once I was headed for hell,
once I was headed for hell;
but when I got to Satan's door,
I heard you blowin' on your horn once more,
so I said, "Satan, farewell,"
and now I'm all ready to fly,
yes to fly higher and higher!
'Cause I've gone through brimstone
and I've been thru the fire,
and I've purged my soul and my heart too,
so climb up the mountain top
and start to blow, Gabriel, blow;
Go on and blow Gabriel, blow!
I want to join your happy band
and play all day in the Promised Land,
so blow Gabriel, blow!

Oh, Blow Gabriel, blow,
go on and blow Gabriel, blow!
I've been a sinner,
I've been a scamp,
but now I'm willin' to trim my lamp
so blow, Gabriel, blow!
I was low, Gabriel, low,
mighty low, Gabriel, low.
But now since I have seen the light,
I'm good by day and I'm good by night,
so blow, Gabriel, blow.
Once I was headed for hell,
once I was headed for hell;
but when I got to Satan's door,
I heard you blowin' on your horn once more,
so I said, "Satan, farewell,"
and now I'm all ready to fly,
yes to fly higher and higher!
'Cause I've gone through brimstone
and I've been thru the fire,
and I've purged my soul and my heart too,
so climb up the mountain top
and start to blow, Gabriel, blow;
Go on and blow Gabriel, blow!
I want to join your happy band
and play all day in the Promised Land,
so blow Gabriel, blow!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Blow Gabriel Blow 1934 Cole Porter
Music and words by Cole Porter
from "Anything Goes"
© 1934 by Warner Bros. Inc.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 05 December 2005 at 14.22
in association with Doug Grierson
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