Chicago 1906

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Nov 2008
2008

Jim Baxter was a Chicago coon,
he only whistled Chicago tunes,
But he left home
a bit too soon.
The sheriff told me so,
for in his hurry to leave,
they say,
that Mister Baxter forgot to pay,
his board bill,
when he went away,
It worried him I know,
For every time he'd see
a Cop look crooked
he would shake with fear
and cry, oh dear,
If dat man's after me.

I'm goin' back
back right back to Chicago
if I ain't I hope to die,
I won't have time to get a shine,
or even bid a friend goodbye,
I'm gone, I'm goin' back,
back without any cargo,
or a trunk to weigh me down;
I'll jes be a guest
on the first train west
dat's bound for Chicago Town.

I'm goin' back
back right back to Chicago
if I ain't I hope to die,
I won't have time to get a shine,
or even bid a friend goodbye,
I'm gone, I'm goin' back,
back without any cargo,
or a trunk to weigh me down;
I'll jes be a guest
on the first train west
dat's bound for Chicago Town.

Jim Baxter was in an awful plight,
but he evaded the law all right,
Til' on a dark and stormy night
his landlady you know,
she gives his door such an awful swat,
Jim jumps right up
and he answers: "What?"
"Why dere's a man down stairs
what's got a place for you to go."
"Does dis man wear a star?"
"He do," says Mistress Carr,
"Don't ask his grace
where is dat place,
I knows right where it are."

I'm goin' back
back right back to Chicago
if I ain't I hope to die,
I won't have time to get a shine,
or even bid a friend goodbye,
I'm gone, I'm goin' back,
back without any cargo,
or a trunk to weigh me down;
I'll jes be a guest
on the first train west
dat's bound for Chicago Town.

I'm goin' back
back right back to Chicago
if I ain't I hope to die,
I won't have time to get a shine,
or even bid a friend goodbye,
I'm gone, I'm goin' back,
back without any cargo,
or a trunk to weigh me down;
I'll jes be a guest
on the first train west
dat's bound for Chicago Town.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Chicago 1906
(I'm Going Right Back To...)
Music by Egbert van Alstyne
Lyrics by Harry Williams
© MCMVI by Jerome H.Remick & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 29 November 2008 at 22.48
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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