Fifty Years of Song 1933

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 22 Nov 2003

Fifty Years of Song
Piano Selection
arr. Aubrey Kennett
Nineteen-Thirtythree

It's the Soldiers of the Queen, my lads,
Who've been, my lads,
who've seen, my lads,
In the fight for England's glory, lads,
of its worldwide glory let us sing.
And when we say we've always won,
and when they ask us how it's done,
We'll proudly point to ev'ryone
of England's Soldiers of the Queen!

She's my sweetheart,
I'm her beau,
She's my Annie,
I'm her Joe;
Soon we'll marry,
never to part,
Little Annie Rooney
is my sweetheart!

Where did you get that hat?
Where did you get that tile?
Isn't it a nobby one,
and just the proper style?
I should like to have one
just the same as that!
Where'er I go they shout:
"Hello! Where did you get that hat?

Tarara Boomdeay Tarara Boomdeay
Tarara Boomdeay Tarara Boomdeay
Tarara Boomdeay Tarara Boomdeay
Tarara Boomdeay Tarara Boomdeay

As I walk along the Bois Boolong,
with an independent air,
You can hear the girls declare:
"He must be a millionaire;"
You can hear them sigh
and wish to die,
You can see them wink the other eye
at the man who broke the bank
at Monte Carlo.

After the ball is over,
after the break of morn,
After the dancers leaving,
after the stars are gone;
Many a heart is aching
if you could read them all,
many the hopes that have vanish'd
After the Ball.

She's ma lady love,
She is ma dove, ma baby love,
She's no gal for sittin' down to dream,
she's de only queen Laguna knows;
I know she likes me,
I know she likes me
bekase she says so;
She is the Lily of Laguna,
she is ma Lily and ma Rose.

[He:] Tell me pretty maiden,
are there any more at home like you?
[She:] There are a few, kind sir,
but simple girls and proper too.
[He:] Then tell me pretty maiden,
what these very simple girlies do?
[She:] Kind sir, their manners
are perfection, and the opposite of mine.
If I loved you,
would you tell me what I ought to do
to keep you all mine alone
to always be true to me?
If I loved you,
would it be a silly thing to do?
For I must love someone.
[He:] Then why not me?
[She:] Yes, I must love someone really,
and it might as well be you!

Just watch the ivy
on that old garden wall,
Clinging so tightly,
whate'er may befall;
as you grow older
I'll be constant and true,
and just like the ivy,
I'll cling to you.

In the shade of the old apple tree,
when the love in your eyes I could see,
when the voice that I heard,
like the song of the bird,
seemed to whisper sweet music to me.
I could hear the dull buzz of the bee
in the blossoms as you said to me:
"With a heart that is true
I'll be waiting for you,
in the shade of the old apple tree."

I love a lassie,
a bonnie bonnie lassie,
she's as pure as the lily in the dell.
She's as sweet as the heather,
the bonnie bloomin' heather;
Mary, ma Scotch Bluebell.

Let's all go down the Strand!
Let's all go down the Strand!
I'll be leader,
you can march behind.
Come with me
and see what you can find.
Let's all go down the Strand!
Oh, what a happy land!
That's the place for fun and noise
all among the girls and boys,
So let's all go down the Strand!

Watch them shufflin' along,
see them shufflin' along,
Go take your best gal, real pal,
go down to the levee,
I said, to the levee and
join that shufflin' throng,
Hear that music and song.
It's simply great, mate,
waitin' on the levee,
waiting for the Robert E. Lee.

You made me love you,
I didn't want to do it,
I didn't want to do it,
You made me want you,
and all the time you knew it,
I guess you always knew it,
You made me happy sometimes,
You made me glad,
but there were times, dear,
you made me feel so bad.
You made me sigh for
I didn't want to tell you,
I didn't want to tell you,
I want some love that's true,
Yes I do, 'deed I do,
You know I do.
Give me, give me
what I cry for,
You know you got the brand of kisses
that I'd die for,
you know you made me love you.

You called me Baby Doll a year ago,
You told me I was very nice to know,
I soon learnt what love was,
I thought I knew,
But all I've learnt
has only taught me
how to love you.
You made me think
you loved me in return;
Don't tell me
you were fooling after all!
For if you turn away,
you'll be sorry some day
you left behind a broken doll.

If her eyes are blue as skies,
that's Peggy O'Neill,
Is she's smiling all the while,
That's Peggy O'Neill,
If she walks like a sly little rogue,
if she talks with a cute little brogue,
sweet personality, full of rascality,
That's Peggy O'Neill.

Swanee, How I love you!
How I love you!
My dear old Swanee.
I'd give the world to be
among the folks in DIXI
even know my Mammy's waiting for me,
praying for me
down by the Swanee.
The folks up north will see me no more,
when I go to that Swanee shore.

Ramona,
I hear the mission bells above,
Ramona,
they're ringing out our song of love.
I press you, caress you,
and bless the day
you taught me to care,
to always remember
the rambling rose you wear in your hair.
Ramona,
when day is done you'll hear my call,
Ramona,
we'll meet beside the waterfall,
I dread the dawn
when I awake to find you gone,
Ramona,
I need you, my own.

Love is, the sweetest thing,
what else on earth could ever bring
such happiness to ev'rything
as Love's old story?
Love is the strangest thing,
no song of birds upon the wing
shall in our heart's more sweetly sing
than love's old story.
Whatever heart may desire,
whatever fate may send,
this is the tale that never will tire,
this is the song without end.
Love is the greatest thing,
the oldest yet the latest thing,
I only hope that fate may bring
Love's story to you.

Oh! it ain't gonna rain no mo', no mo',
it ain't gonna rain no mo',
But how in the world
can the old folks tell
it ain't agonna rain no mo'?

it ain't gonna rain no mo', no mo',
it ain't gonna rain no mo',
But how in the world
can the old folks tell
it ain't agonna rain no mo'?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
*
Fifty Years of Song 1933
copyright 1933 by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 22 November 2003 at 16.48
in association with Doug Grierson
*
This was done from the orignal 1933 score and may
have been played at small concert parties where
guests might sing along. Also, it may have been
played in Music stores by a resident pianist to
encourage patrons to purchase the fuller song
which took their fancy. Failing that it could act
as what has been referred to as 'Dinner Music'
infinitely preferable to the horrible racket one might
hear in eating places today - JP-P

The Soldiers Of The Queen (Stuart)
Little Annie Rooney (Nolan)
Where Did You Get That Hat (Rolmaz)
Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay (Sayers)
The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo (Gilbert)
After The Ball (Harris)
The Lily Of Laguna (Stuart)
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (Stuart)
Just Like The Ivy, I'll Cling To You (Mills & Castling)
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree (Williams & Van Alstyne)
I Love A Lassie (Lauder & Grafton)
Let's All Go Down The Strand (Castling & Murphy)
Waiting For The Robert E. Lee (Gilbert & Muir)
You Made Me Love You (McCarthy & Monaco)
A Broken Doll (Harris & Tate)
Peggy O'Neill (Pease, Nelson & Dodge)
Swanee (Caesar & Gershwin)
Ramona (Gilbert & Wayne)
Love Is The Sweetest Thing (Noble)
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' (Hall)