Down On My Uppers - 1934

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 23 Jul 2001

I met a happy vagabond,
Brown with the sun;
Brimful of fun;
I heard this happy vagabond
Singing this song,
Marching along.

Down on my uppers,
up on my Downs.
Down and out but happy am I!
Free as the linnet,
Gay as the lark,
Singing in the bright blue sky!
Making my pillow
Under the willow,
Cosy as a King I lie.
Down on my uppers,
Up on the Downs,
Watching all the clouds roll by.

The daisies gleaming silver,
and the buttercups of gold
Are all the gold and silver
That I need.
By day the sun is mine,
Its glory can't be
Bought or sold;
At Night for books
I have the stars to read.
The gypsies say
The heather brings good luck,
So you'll agree,
With miles of heather round me,
There must be
Good luck for me!

Down on my uppers,
up on my Downs.
Down and out but happy am I!
Free as the linnet,
Gay as the lark,
Singing in the bright blue sky!
Making my pillow
Under the willow,
Cosy as a King I lie.
Down on my uppers,
Up on the Downs,
Watching all the clouds roll by.

Birds carolled to his rhapsody,
"Give me the Downs;
No smokey towns.
There, I'm a tramp, a nobody;
Here, I'm a King;
That's why I sing."

Down on my uppers,
up on my Downs.
Down and out but happy am I!
Free as the linnet,
Gay as the lark,
Singing in the bright blue sky!
Making my pillow
Under the willow,
Cosy as a King I lie.
Down on my uppers,
Up on the Downs,
Watching all the clouds roll by.

The daisies gleaming silver,
and the buttercups of gold
Are all the gold and silver
That I need.
By day the sun is mine,
Its glory can't be
Bought or sold;
At Night for books
I have the stars to read.
The gypsies say
The heather brings good luck,
So you'll agree,
With miles of heather round me,
There must be
Good luck for me!

Down on my uppers,
up on my Downs.
Down and out but happy am I!
Free as the linnet,
Gay as the lark,
Singing in the bright blue sky!
Making my pillow
Under the willow,
Cosy as a King I lie.
Down on my uppers,
Up on the Downs,
Watching all the clouds roll by.

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Down On My Uppers 1934 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 23 Jul 2001

Down On My Uppers 1934 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 23 Jul 2001
Down On My Uppers 1934
Words and Music by
Bud Flanagan
and
Harris Weston
Copyright 1934 by Francis, Day and Hunter
Sequenced for Piano by
Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Monday 23 Jul 2001 at 17.11
in association with
Doug Grierson
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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