Bring Back Those Wonderful Days 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 6 July 2012
2012

You've heard of the lamp
of Alladdin
what wonderful things
it could do,
if I had it today
I'd rub it and say
here's all that
I want of you,
Oh won't you

Bring back those happy days
of childhood, won't you
Bring back the lane
down in the wildwood
that would lead us
to the dear old swimming pool.
Ev'ry time that we played hooky
on the way to school, oh,
Bring back the simple girls
in gingham, won't you
Bring back the good old songs
and sing 'em
what a joy 'twould be
both for you and me,
could we bring back
those wonderful days.

Bring back those dinners
for a quarter, won't you
Bring back the milk
without the water
and the great big thick
and tender juicy steaks.
Long before our limit
was a tack of vin'try cakes,
oh, Bring back the eggs
at ten a dozen, won't you
Bring back the bread
that wheat once was in
you can laugh and joke
but we're all dead broke
won't you bring back
those wonderful days.

Bring back the pantomimes
of Hanlon, won't you
Bring back the lullabys
of Scanlon
and the friends who always
take you out and treat
and the janitors
who used to give us
lots of heat, oh,
Bring back the days
before the "Gimmies" won't you
Bring back the dance
without the "Shimmies"
Drinking ginger ale
makes us weak and pale
won't you bring back
those wonderful days.

That wonderful lamp
of the fable
brought jewels
and treasures galore
If Alladdin lived now,
I feel that somehow
these are the things
he'd ask for,
Oh won't you:

Bring back those happy days
of childhood, won't you
Bring back the lane
down in the wildwood
that would lead us
to the dear old swimming pool.
Ev'ry time that we played hooky
on the way to school, oh,
Bring back the simple girls
in gingham, won't you
Bring back the good old songs
and sing 'em
what a joy 'twould be
both for you and me,
could we bring back
those wonderful days.

Bring back those dinners
for a quarter, won't you
Bring back the milk
without the water
and the great big thick
and tender juicy steaks.
Long before our limit
was a tack of vin'try cakes,
oh, Bring back the eggs
at ten a dozen, won't you
Bring back the bread
that wheat once was in
you can laugh and joke
but we're all dead broke
won't you bring back
those wonderful days.

Bring back the pantomimes
of Hanlon, won't you
Bring back the lullabys
of Scanlon
and the friends who always
take you out and treat
and the janitors
who used to give us
lots of heat, oh,
Bring back the days
before the "Gimmies" won't you
Bring back the dance
without the "Shimmies"
Drinking ginger ale
makes us weak and pale
won't you bring back
those wonderful days.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Bring Back Those Wonderful Days 1919
Music by Nat Vincent
Lyrics by Darl MacBoyle
© MCMXIX by Gilbert & Friedland Inc.  N.Y.C.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 6 July 2012 at 21.10
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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