Dirty Hands! Dirty Face! 1923 Al Jolson

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 September 2010
2010

Wonderful pals
are always hard to find
Some folks have one,
some folks have none,
I was alone for years but fate was kind,
and in the end,
sent me a friend.
Altho' he's not much higher than my knee
Still he's the greatest thing on earth to me.

Dirty hands dirty face
leads the neighbors a chase,
but his smile, is as cute as can be.
Making noise, breaking toys,
always fights with the boys,
but his eyes are a vision to see.
And when my work is done,
Coming home to the setting sun,
from the gate he starts to run
then I kiss my boy.
Dirty hands, dirty face
Little devil they say
but to me he's an angel of joy,

Dirty hands dirty face
leads the neighbors a chase,
but his smile, is as cute as can be.
Making noise, breaking toys,
always fights with the boys,
but his eyes are a vision to see.
And when my work is done,
Coming home to the setting sun,
from the gate he starts to run
then I kiss my boy.
Dirty hands, dirty face
Little devil they say
but to me he's an angel of joy.

When stars are peeping
I tuck him to sleep
With lullabies,
to close his eyes,
He prays the Lord
his little soul to keep,
and Daddy's too,
that thrills me through
And tho' he hardly knows his A.B.C.
When he says Dad!
Oh! what that means to me.

Dirty hands dirty face
leads the neighbors a chase,
but his smile, is as cute as can be.
Making noise, breaking toys,
always fights with the boys,
but his eyes are a vision to see.
And when my work is done,
Coming home to the setting sun,
from the gate he starts to run
then I kiss my boy.
Dirty hands, dirty face
Little devil they say
but to me he's an angel of joy,

Dirty hands dirty face
leads the neighbors a chase,
but his smile, is as cute as can be.
Making noise, breaking toys,
always fights with the boys,
but his eyes are a vision to see.
And when my work is done,
Coming home to the setting sun,
from the gate he starts to run
then I kiss my boy.
Dirty hands, dirty face
Little devil they say
but to me he's an angel of joy.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Dirty Hands! Dirty Face! 1923 Al Jolson
Music by James V.Monaco
Lyrics by Al Jolson, Clarke & Leslie
© 1923 by Clarke & Leslie Songs Inc. New York City
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 20 September 2010 at 12.20
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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