Give Me The Simple Life 1945

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 May 2012
2012

I don't believe in frettin' and grievin'
Why mess around with strife
I never was cut out to step and strut out
Give me the simple life

Some find it pleasant dinin' on pheasant
Those things roll off my knife
Just serve me tomatoes and mashed potatoes
Give me the simple life

A cottage small is all I'm after
Not one that's spacious and wide
A house that rings with joy and laughter
And the ones you love inside

Some like the high road, I like the low road
Free from the care and strife
Sounds corny and seedy, but yes indeedy
Give me the simple life

Living I find is best
when your mind is keen
as a carving knife.
I'm crazy about sleep
can't do without sleep
Give me the simple life.

I love to whittle
and play a little
tune on a ten cent fife.
I don't aim to worry
hustle or hurry
Give me the simple life.

I greet the dawn
when I awaken,
the sky is clear up above,
I like my scrambled eggs and bacon
served by someone that I love.

Life could be thrilling
with one who's willing
to be a farmer's wife;
Kids calling me Pappy
would make me happy;
give me the simple,
I said the simple,
give me the simple life.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
strings
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Give Me The Simple Life 1945
from "Wake Up And Dream"
Music by Rube Bloom
Lyrics by Harry Ruby
© 1945 by WB Music Corp.
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There have been many songs advocating the pleasures of the
simple life, but none has ever done it with more bouncy good
humor than this tune, which John Payne and June Haver introduced
in the 1946 Fox Film "Wake Up And Dream". The lyric was by
Harry Ruby, otherwise best known for the music he composed
to lyrics written by Bert Kalmar. Composer Rube Bloom was a
self-taught musician with such songs a to his credit as
"Fools Rush in" and "Day In - Day Out".
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 23 May 2012 at 17.36
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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