Everybody Tells It To Sweeney 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 February 2011
2011

Ev'rybody has heard about Sweeney no doubt
He's the most famous man in the land,
There's nothing that Sweeney can't tell you about
There's nothing he don't understand.
He gets all his knowledge, because people go
And tell all they know to Sweeney,
I'll admit he's wiser than Solomon
But not a bit wiser than me;

'Cause ev'rybody tells it to Sweeney
And Sweeney tells it to me
If there's anything that you'd like to know
I'm the one to see
They say men like women
when they see them swimmin'
But I know what they like to see;
'cause ev'rybody tells it to Sweeney
And Sweeney tells it to me.

Ev'rybody tells it to Sweeney
And Sweeney tells it to me
If there's anything that you'd like to know
I'm the one to see
They say men like women
when they see them swimmin'
But I know what they like to see;
'cause ev'rybody tells it to Sweeney
And Sweeney tells it to me.

I am proud to be called
Mister Sweeney's best friend
For he's surely a wonderful man,
He knew just when the big war
was going to end
He told me before it began;
No matter what happens
no matter who stirs
When something occurs he knows it,
I don't need a Ouija when Sweeney's nigh
and this is the reason why;

'Cause ev'rybody tells it to Sweeney
And Sweeney tells it to me
If there's anything that you'd like to know
I'm the one to see
They say men like women
when they see them swimmin'
But I know what they like to see;
'cause ev'rybody tells it to Sweeney
And Sweeney tells it to me.

Ev'rybody tells it to Sweeney
And Sweeney tells it to me
If there's anything that you'd like to know
I'm the one to see
They say men like women
when they see them swimmin'
But I know what they like to see;
'cause ev'rybody tells it to Sweeney
And Sweeney tells it to me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Everybody Tells It To Sweeney 1920
from "The Ziegfeld Follies of 1920"
Music by Geo.Fairman
Lyrics by Sydney Mitchell
© MCMXX by Irving Berlin Inc. N.Y.City
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 27 February 2011 at 22.19
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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