Chicago 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 09 Apr 2007
2007

I got a gal, I got a pal,
I got a chance,
I got a dance, waiting for me.
I'm goin' to make,
right to the lake,
there with the boys, in Illinois,
I want to be,
You may not care, for to be there,
But I declare,
you're not aware,
just where to go,
when you're in town,
just call around,
right there I'm found
really you ought to know:

Chicago, Chicago, that todd'ling town
toddling town,
Chicago, Chicago, I'll show you around.
I love it,
Betch your bottom dollar
you lose the blues
in Chicago, Chicago,
the town that Billy Sunday
could not shut down,
On State Street, that Great Street,
I just want to say,
just want to say,
they do things,
they don't do on Broadway,
Say, they have the time,
the time of their life,
I saw a man he danced with his wife,
in Chicago, Chicago, my home town.

In College Inn you get
the real beer in a glass,
in that College from Professors
you learn to jazz,
more colored people
up in State Street you can see,
that you'll see in Louisianna,
or Tennessee,
they've got the Stock Yards
So I heard the people say,
I just got wind of it today, today,

Chicago, Chicago, that todd'ling town
toddling town,
Chicago, Chicago, I'll show you around.
I love it,
Betch your bottom dollar
you lose the blues
in Chicago, Chicago,
the town that Billy Sunday
could not shut down,
On State Street, that Great Street,
I just want to say,
just want to say,
they do things,
they don't do on Broadway,
Say, they have the time,
the time of their life,
I saw a man he danced with his wife,
in Chicago, Chicago, my home town.

Any old maid, who's not afraid,
powders her nose,
puts on nice clothes,
she'll get a beau.
Any old Guy, over in Chi,
he's got a chance, if he can dance,
he'll cop a Flo,
Any hotel, that's a bit swell,
must have a band,
right here on hand,
or else their cheap,
if you'll invest,
you'll find a guest,
they'll never rest,
they're dancing while they sleep.

Chicago, Chicago, that todd'ling town
toddling town,
Chicago, Chicago, I'll show you around.
I love it,
Betch your bottom dollar
you lose the blues
in Chicago, Chicago,
the town that Billy Sunday
could not shut down,
On State Street, that Great Street,
I just want to say,
just want to say,
they do things,
they don't do on Broadway,
Say, they have the time,
the time of their life,
I saw a man he danced with his wife,
in Chicago, Chicago, my home town.

In College Inn you get
the real beer in a glass,
in that College from Professors
you learn to jazz,
more colored people
up in State Street you can see,
that you'll see in Louisianna,
or Tennessee,
they've got the Stock Yards
So I heard the people say,
I just got wind of it today, today,

Chicago, Chicago, that todd'ling town
toddling town,
Chicago, Chicago, I'll show you around.
I love it,
Betch your bottom dollar
you lose the blues
in Chicago, Chicago,
the town that Billy Sunday
could not shut down,
On State Street, that Great Street,
I just want to say,
just want to say,
they do things,
they don't do on Broadway,
Say, they have the time,
the time of their life,
I saw a man he danced with his wife,
in Chicago, Chicago, my home town.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Chicago 1922
Words and Music by Fred Fisher
© 1922 by Fred Fisher Inc.  N.Y.C.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 09 April 2007 at 11.58am
in association with Doug Grierson
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When Fred Fisher wrote this song in 1922 it was a lively
rag time song but by the time Frank Sinatra and many others
had made it their own much of its former majesty withal was
missing. This was always a ragtime song and here it is as I
think it might have been played when it was introduced.
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