Down Where The Jack O'Lanterns Grow 1918 Berlin

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Oct 2012
2012

I really think that Broadway
is just a false alarm.
It's just a great big fraudway
compared to a farm.
A lot of folks may like it
but I could not agree;
It may be good enough for them,
But not for me.

I'm gonna stay right here
where the Jack O'Lanterns grow,
I'm gonna wake each morn
when the rooster starts to crow.
Then when I'm through milking the cow,
I'll be out working the plow,
While the birds sing
a little "Hello".
I'm gonna settle down
with a certain gal I know,
Until the day comes round
when I must really go;
Then should the Angels whisper
"What have you been?"
I'll say: "I've been a Reuben"
Down where the Jack O'Lanterns grow.

I'm gonna stay right here
where the Jack O'Lanterns grow,
I'm gonna wake each morn
when the rooster starts to crow.
Then when I'm through milking the cow,
I'll be out working the plow,
While the birds sing
a little "Hello".
I'm gonna settle down
with a certain gal I know,
Until the day comes round
when I must really go;
Then should the Angels whisper
"What have you been?"
I'll say: "I've been a Reuben"
Down where the Jack O'Lanterns grow.

I stop my work at sun down
and if I want to roar.
I comb my hair and run down
to Si's groc'ry store.
I hear the latest songs there,
I've got them all down pat;
I know "Poor Butterfly" by heart,
just think of that!

I'm gonna stay right here
where the Jack O'Lanterns grow,
I'm gonna wake each morn
when the rooster starts to crow.
Then when I'm through milking the cow,
I'll be out working the plow,
While the birds sing
a little "Hello".
I'm gonna settle down
with a certain gal I know,
Until the day comes round
when I must really go;
Then should the Angels whisper
"What have you been?"
I'll say: "I've been a Reuben"
Down where the Jack O'Lanterns grow.

I'm gonna stay right here
where the Jack O'Lanterns grow,
I'm gonna wake each morn
when the rooster starts to crow.
Then when I'm through milking the cow,
I'll be out working the plow,
While the birds sing
a little "Hello".
I'm gonna settle down
with a certain gal I know,
Until the day comes round
when I must really go;
Then should the Angels whisper
"What have you been?"
I'll say: "I've been a Reuben"
Down where the Jack O'Lanterns grow.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Down Where The Jack O'Lanterns Grow 1918 Berlin
by Irving Berlin
© MCMXVIII by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 30 October 2012 at 19.34
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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