Going Up The Sawdust Trail 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 August 2010
2010

There's a miracle man in town,
There's a wonderful man around,
He's been a big sensation,
Man of salvation;
He starts raving about your sins,
There is many a soul he wins,
When he shouts: "Come on ye brothers!"
What do they do?

You'll see them
Going up the sawdust trail,
Going up the sawdust trail,
Men from Yale and men from jail;
They start thinking,
they'll quit drinking;
Going up the sawdust trail,
They've got the devil by the tail,
Old men, young men,
pledge their lives,
Promise not to beat their wives,
Till the Judgement Day arrives,
Going up the sawdust trail.

You'll see them
Going up the sawdust trail,
Going up the sawdust trail,
Men from Yale and men from jail;
They start thinking,
they'll quit drinking;
Going up the sawdust trail,
They've got the devil by the tail,
Girls who powder,
girls who paint,
Girls who look like what they ain't,
They all pay until they faint,
Going up the sawdust trail.

See them taking the sawdust walk,
Hear his wonderful line of talk,
At almost all his sessions,
he gets confessions;
I saw hundreds of preacher men,
Hear him calling them down,
and then when he cried:
"Come on ye sinners!"
What did they do?

You'll see them
Going up the sawdust trail,
Going up the sawdust trail,
Men from Yale and men from jail;
They start thinking,
they'll quit drinking;
Going up the sawdust trail,
They've got the devil by the tail,
Old men, young men,
pledge their lives,
Promise not to beat their wives,
Till the Judgement Day arrives,
Going up the sawdust trail.

You'll see them
Going up the sawdust trail,
Going up the sawdust trail,
Men from Yale and men from jail;
They start thinking,
they'll quit drinking;
Going up the sawdust trail,
They've got the devil by the tail,
Girls who powder,
girls who paint,
Girls who look like what they ain't,
They all pay until they faint,
Going up the sawdust trail.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Going Up The Sawdust Trail 1915
Music by Jos A.Burke
Lyrics by Al Dubin
© MCMXV by Leo Feist Inc. - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 25 August 2010 at 08.06
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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