Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar 1919 A Prohibition Song

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 02 Jun 2006
2006

Down in my cellar,
down in my cellar,
I've been changing ev'rything around,
I've a secret hidden there,
I'll guard it with my life,
there's only one mistake I made
I told it to my wife.

Now ev'rybody wants a key to my cellar,
my cellar, my cellar,
People who before
wouldn't give me a tumble,
even perfect strangers
are beginning to grumble
'cause I won't let them
have a key to my cellar,
they'll never get in
just let them try.
They can have my money,
they can have my car,
they can have my wife
if they want to go that far,
but they can't have the key
that opens my cellar
if the whole darn world goes dry.

Now ev'rybody wants a key to my cellar,
my cellar, my cellar,
People who before
wouldn't give me a tumble,
even perfect strangers
are beginning to grumble
'cause I won't let them
have a key to my cellar,
they'll never get in
just let them try.
They can have my money,
they can have my car,
they can have my wife
if they want to go that far,
but they can't have the key
that opens my cellar
if the whole darn world goes dry.

Down in my cellar,
down in my cellar,
I've been having parties ev'ry night.
People that I never knew
come up and talk to me,
they're trying hard to find out
where I hang my cellar key.

Now ev'rybody wants a key to my cellar,
my cellar, my cellar,
People who before
wouldn't give me a tumble,
even perfect strangers
are beginning to grumble
'cause I won't let them
have a key to my cellar,
they'll never get in
just let them try.
They can have my money,
they can have my car,
they can have my wife
if they want to go that far,
but they can't have the key
that opens my cellar
if the whole darn world goes dry.

Now ev'rybody wants a key to my cellar,
my cellar, my cellar,
People who before
wouldn't give me a tumble,
even perfect strangers
are beginning to grumble
'cause I won't let them
have a key to my cellar,
they'll never get in
just let them try.
They can have my money,
they can have my car,
they can have my wife
if they want to go that far,
but they can't have the key
that opens my cellar
if the whole darn world goes dry.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar 1919
A Prohibition Song
by Ed Rose, Billy Baskette & Lew Pollack
© MCMXIX by McCarthy & Fisher Inc. N.Y.C.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 02 June 2006 at 09.08
in association with Doug Grierson
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