Give Me The Good Old Days 1919

By James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16 Jul 2009
2009

All the world is sad and dreary
since the first of July,
not a chance of growing cheery
like a camel am I
with a caravan of sadness
o'er the desert I go,
in pursuit of the gladness
that I once used to know.

Give me the good old days
bring back the cabarets
for another night
of joy and laughter
I'll take the headache
with the morning after,
turn on the lights ablaze,
down where the jazz band plays
bring on my dancing shoes,
I've got the thirsty blues,
Oh, give me the good old days.

Give me the good old days
bring back the cabarets
for another night
of joy and laughter
I'll take the headache
with the morning after,
turn on the lights ablaze,
down where the jazz band plays
bring on my dancing shoes,
I've got the thirsty blues,
Oh, give me the good old days.

When the midnight hour is ringing
mournful tones fill the air,
then the night owl is a singing
songs of gloom ev'rywhere.
Only one moon is a shining,
where there used to be two,
ev'ry cloud has a lining
mine is awfully blue.

Give me the good old days
bring back the cabarets
for another night
of joy and laughter
I'll take the headache
with the morning after,
turn on the lights ablaze,
down where the jazz band plays
bring on my dancing shoes,
I've got the thirsty blues,
Oh, give me the good old days.

Give me the good old days
bring back the cabarets
for another night
of joy and laughter
I'll take the headache
with the morning after,
turn on the lights ablaze,
down where the jazz band plays
bring on my dancing shoes,
I've got the thirsty blues,
Oh, give me the good old days.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Give Me The Good Old Days 1919
Music by Egbert Van Alstyne
Lyrics by Haven Gillespie
© MCMXIX by Van Alstyne & Curtis - Chicago, Toledo, New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 16 July 2009 at 22.16
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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