For My Baby 1929

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 9 Aug 2013
2013

It's very plain to see
that there's a change in me
I mean a change
from wrong to right;
I know that my ideas
were wrong for many years
my baby changed them over night:

I never watched that clock of mine
to see if it was eight or nine
but now I'm always sure
to be on time for my baby;
I used to be so doggone blue
I used to be so cranky too,
but now I keep on smiling
all day thro' for my baby.
I never cared for a June night
Now I can't wait till it's moonlight
and tho' the bank roll's kinda low
I want the whole wide world to know
I made the payments on a bungalow
for my baby.

I used to be so nervous that
my buddys called me 'fraidy cat
but now I'd even knock
a champion flat for my baby;
I never cared how I was dressed,
I never had my trousers pressed,
but now I even wear a fancy vest
for my baby.
My baby changed my position
my baby gave me ambition
you ought to hear
the quartette moan
because they lost their baritone
I'll tell the world
I left them all alone
for my baby.

I used to stay at home
I didn't want to roam
but now I'm dancing
all night long;
I used to hate to own
I'd got a gramophone
But now I keep it on this song:

I never watched that clock of mine
to see if it was eight or nine
but now I'm always sure
to be on time for my baby;
I used to be so doggone blue
I used to be so cranky too,
but now I keep on smiling
all day thro' for my baby.
I never cared for a June night
Now I can't wait till it's moonlight
and tho' the bank roll's kinda low
I want the whole wide world to know
I made the payments on a bungalow
for my baby.

I used to be so nervous that
my buddys called me 'fraidy cat
but now I'd even knock
a champion flat for my baby;
I never cared how I was dressed,
I never had my trousers pressed,
but now I even wear a fancy vest
for my baby.
My baby changed my position
my baby gave me ambition
you ought to hear
the quartette moan
because they lost their baritone
I'll tell the world
I left them all alone
for my baby.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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For My Baby 1929
Music by Ted Snyder
Lyrics by Irving Kahal & Francis Wheeler
© 1929
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 9 August 2013 at 17.21
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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