Down In Honky Tonky Town 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 Jul 2009
2009

Bill Johnson said one day
to his Eliza May
we've been to nearly ev'ry place in Town,
if you suggest to me
some other novelty
we both will go and do the thing up brown,
his sweetie said: "My dear
there is a place I hear
I got it straight from Mose
who brings the clothes.
It's Honky Tonky Town,
Down where the gals are brown
that's where music grows."

Come honey let's go down
to Honky Tonky Town,
it's underneath the ground
where all the fun is found.
There'll be singing waiters,
singing syncopators
dancing to piano
played by Mister Brown.
He plays piano queer
he only plays by ear
you want to stay a year,
the music that you hear,
would even start a monkey,
dancing with a donkey
down in Honky Tonky Town.

Come honey let's go down
to Honky Tonky Town,
it's underneath the ground
where all the fun is found.
There'll be singing waiters,
singing syncopators
dancing to piano
played by Mister Brown.
He plays piano queer
he only plays by ear
you want to stay a year,
the music that you hear,
would even start a monkey,
dancing with a donkey
down in Honky Tonky Town.

That Hula Hula Dance
don't even stand a chance
you ought to see those little dusky queens
they do the "Bombashay"
they do it in a way
you really think you're back in New Orleans,
It's got to be a fad
with ev'ry gal and lad,
to go to Honky Tonky Town at night,
each girlie cries to go,
And when she spies her beau
she yells all her night.

Come honey let's go down
to Honky Tonky Town,
it's underneath the ground
where all the fun is found.
There'll be singing waiters,
singing syncopators
dancing to piano
played by Mister Brown.
He plays piano queer
he only plays by ear
you want to stay a year,
the music that you hear,
would even start a monkey,
dancing with a donkey
down in Honky Tonky Town.

Come honey let's go down
to Honky Tonky Town,
it's underneath the ground
where all the fun is found.
There'll be singing waiters,
singing syncopators
dancing to piano
played by Mister Brown.
He plays piano queer
he only plays by ear
you want to stay a year,
the music that you hear,
would even start a monkey,
dancing with a donkey
down in Honky Tonky Town.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Down In Honky Tonky Town 1916
by Chas McCarron & Chris Smith
© MCMXVI by Broadway Music Corp - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 24 July 2009 at 14.10
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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Happy Birthday Doug Grierson
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