Florrie Ford's Favourites 1940 Piano Selection

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11 Sept 2011
2011

Oh! Oh! Antonio
He's gone away,
Left me aloneio
All on my ownio
I want to meet him
with his new sweet heart
then up will go Antonio
and his icecream cart.

Hold you hand out, naughty boy!
Hold you hand out, naughty boy!
Last night in the pale moon light
I saw you! I saw you!
With a nice girl in the park
you were strolling full of joy
and you told her
you'd never kissed a girl before,
Hold you hand out, naughty boy!

She's a lassie from Lancashire,
just a lassie from Lancashire,
She's the lassie that I love dear,
Oh! so dear!
Tho' she dresses in clogs and shawl
She's the prettiest girl of them all,
None could be fairer
or rarer than Sarah,
My lass from Lancashire!

Smile the while you kiss me sad adieu
when the clouds roll by
I'll come to you;
Then the skies will seem more blue,
Down in lovers lane, my dearie.
Wedding bells will sing so merrily
Ev'ry tear will be a memory
So wait and pray each night for me
Till we meet again.

She's only a bird in a gilded cage
a beautiful sight to see
You may think she's happy
and free from care,
she's not tho' she seems to be,
'Tis sad when you think of her wasted life,
For youth cannot mate with age,
and her beauty was sold
for an old man's gold,
she's a bird in a gilded cage.

Has anybody here seen Kelly?
K E double L Y
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Find him if you can!
He's as bad as old Antonio
Left me on my ownio
Has anybody here seen Kelly?
Kelly from the Isle of Man.

Come, come, come and make eyes at me
down at the old Bull and Bush,
Come, come, drink some port wine with me
down at the old Bull and Bush.
Hear the little German Band
Just let me hold your hand, dear
Do, do
come and have a drink with me
Down at the old Bull and Bush.

Pack up your troubles
in your old kit bag
and smile, smile, smile.
While you've a lucifer
to light your fag,
smile boys that's the style,
What's the use of worrying?
It never was worth while,
So pack up your troubles
in your old kit bag
and smile, smile, smile.

It's a long way to Tipperary
It's a long way to go.
It's a long way to Tipperary
to the sweetest girl I know,
Goodbye Piccadilly
Farewell Leicester Square
It's a long, long way to Tipperary
but my heart's right there.

Goodbyeee! Goodbyeee!
wipe the tear, baby dear,
from your eyeee.
Tho' it's hard to part, I know,
I'll be tickled to death to go.
Don't cryee, Don't sighee
There's a silver lining in the skyee
Bon soir, old thing,
Cheerio chin chin
Nahpoo Toodleoo
Goodbyeee!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Florrie Forde did her part during the Great War by singing
for the troops and at charity events. Her version
of It's A Long Way To Tipperary was quite popular.
She had a full career and proved herself to be a shrewd
business woman. She worked up to the end. She had
just sung to the troops in Aberdeen, Scotland
in 1940 when she collapsed and died...
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Little known is the friendship with Bud Flanagan
to whom she was something of a mentor and helped him
very much with his general attitude and stage craft...
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sequence by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 11 September 2011 at 20.45
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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Florrie Ford's Favourites 1940 Piano Selection
Arr. R.S.Stoddon
© 1940 by B.Feldman & Co. London, England
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Oh! Oh! Antonio - Murphy & Lipton
Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy - Murphy & David
She's A Lassie From Lancashire - Murphy, Lipton & Neat
Till We Meet Again - Egan & Whiting
A Bird In A Gilded Cage - Lamb & von Tilzer
Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? - Murphy & Letters
Down At The Old Bull And Bush - Hunting, Krone, Sterling & von Tilzer
Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag - Asaf & Powell
Good-bye-ee - Weston & Lee
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