Chromatic Blues 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 Dec 2008
2008

I saw a funny looking gent
the other night
and he played a big saxophone,
to tell the truth
he was an awful looking sight
but he could make you
leave your happy home,
when he played
why the music that he made,
just thrilled you thro'
with a feeling new,
and when you got the rhythm
why your feet would leave your shoe,
when that man played Chromatic Blues.

You'd start a swayin'
when he'd start playin'
and odds I'm layin'
that you'd be sayin'
That's sure some blues, honey
makes you sort of twist
and shake and wiggle like a snake,
It gets you goin'
you start a crowin;
and without knowin'
you're quickly showin'
you've got the Bluematic
it's a touch of old chromatic
old Chromatic Blues!

You'd start a swayin'
when he'd start playin'
and odds I'm layin'
that you'd be sayin'
That's sure some blues, honey
makes you sort of twist
and shake and wiggle like a snake,
It gets you goin'
you start a crowin;
and without knowin'
you're quickly showin'
you've got the Bluematic
worse than any other gent
that ever played an instrument
you got those Chromatic Blues.

I want to say I've never been
so thrilled before,
as when I heard that Master play,
each note he played just seemed
to thrill me more and more,
I've never been affected
just that way.
Each blue note on the air
just semed to float
and I'll tell you
that they sure were blue,
and I could keep on ravin'
till the bloomin' cows came home
of how he played that saxophone.

You'd start a swayin'
when he'd start playin'
and odds I'm layin'
that you'd be sayin'
That's sure some blues, honey
makes you sort of twist
and shake and wiggle like a snake,
It gets you goin'
you start a crowin;
and without knowin'
you're quickly showin'
you've got the Bluematic
it's a touch of old chromatic
old Chromatic Blues!

You'd start a swayin'
when he'd start playin'
and odds I'm layin'
that you'd be sayin'
That's sure some blues, honey
makes you sort of twist
and shake and wiggle like a snake,
It gets you goin'
you start a crowin;
and without knowin'
you're quickly showin'
you've got the Bluematic
worse than any other gent
that ever played an instrument
you got those Chromatic Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
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Chromatic Blues 1920
Music by Dick Fidler
Lyrics by Leo Wood & Jack Waldron
© MCMXX by Leo Feist Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 23 December 2008 at 16.32
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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