By Strauss 1936 Gershwin

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Jan 2006
2006

Away with the music of Broadway!
Be off with your Irving Berlin!
Oh, I'd give no quarter
to Kern or Cole Porter
and Gershwin keeps pounding on tin.
How can I be civil
when hearing this drivel?
It's only for nightclubbing souses.
Oh, give me the free 'n' easy waltz
that is Viennesesey
and go tell the band
if they want a hand
the waltz must be Strauss's!
Ya, Ya, Ya!
Give me OomPahPah!

When I want a melody
lilting through the house,
then I want a melody by Srauss!
It laughs! It sings!
The world is in rhyme,
swinging to three quarter time.
Let the "Danube" flow along
and the "Fledermaus!"
Keep the wine and give me song
by Strauss!
By Jo! By Jing!
"By Strauss" is the thing!
So I say so hachacha Heraus!
Just give me a oompahpah
by Strauss.

When I want a melody
lilting through the house,
then I want a melody by Srauss!
It laughs! It sings!
The world is in rhyme,
swinging to three quarter time.
Let the "Danube" flow along
and the "Fledermaus!"
Keep the wine and give me song
by Strauss!
By Jo! By Jing!
"By Strauss" is the thing!
So I say so hachacha Heraus!
Just give me a oompahpah
by Strauss.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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By Strauss 1936 Gershwin
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
© 1936 by Chappell & Co. Inc. N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 27 January 2006 at 12.40
in association with Doug Grierson
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