Grant Avenue 1958 'Flower Drum Song'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 01 Dec 2005

A western street with eastern manners,
tall pagodas and golden banners
throw their shadows through the lantern glow.
You can shop for precious jade or
teak wood tables or silk brocade or
see a bold and brassy nightclub show,
on the most exciting thoroughfare I know.

We call it Grant Avenue, San Francisco,
California, U.S.A.
Looks down from China Town
over a foggy bay.
You travel there in a trolley,
in a trolley up you climb,
Dong! Dong! You're in Hong Kong,
having yourself a time.
You can eat, if you are in the mood,
sharkfin soup, bean cake fish.
The girl who serves you all your food
is another tasty dish!
You know you can't have a new way of living
till you're living all the way
on Grant Avenue, where is that?
San Francisco, that's where's that!
California U.S.A.

We call it Grant Avenue, San Francisco,
California, U.S.A.
Looks down from China Town
over a foggy bay.
You travel there in a trolley,
in a trolley up you climb,
Dong! Dong! You're in Hong Kong,
having yourself a time.
You can eat, if you are in the mood,
sharkfin soup, bean cake fish.
The girl who serves you all your food
is another tasty dish!
You know you can't have a new way of living
till you're living all the way
on Grant Avenue, where is that?
San Francisco, that's where's that!
California U.S.A.

Soft karaoke
Words
fr hrn
syn str treble
lyric
syn brass 1
pizz
tymp
flute
syn str bass
synbrass2
tuba
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Grant Avenue 1958 Flower Drum Song
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics By Oscar Hammerstein II
from "The Flower Drum Song"
© 1958 by Williamson Music
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 01 December 2005 at 23.45
in association with Doug Grierson
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