Harlem On My Mind 1933 Berlin

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 5 May 2009
2009

Em'ralds in my bracelets and
diamonds in my rings.
A Riviera Chateau
and a lot of other things,
and I'm blue,
so blue am I.
Lots of ready money
in seven diff'rent banks,
I counted up this morning,
it's about a million francs,
and I'm blue, so blue,
and I know why.

I've got Harlem on my mind
I've a longing to be low down
and my "parlezvous"
will not ring true
with Harlem on my mind.
I've been wined
and I've been dined
but I'm heading for a showdown,
'cause I can't go on
from night to dawn
with Harlem on my mind.
I go to supper
with a French Marquis
each evening after the show.
My lips begin to whisper "Mon Cheri"
but my heart keeps singing "Hideho"
I've become too darn refined,
and at night I hate to go down
to the high falutin' flat
that Lady Mendel designed
with Harlem on my mind.

I've got Harlem on my mind
I've a longing to be low down
and my "parlezvous"
will not ring true
with Harlem on my mind.
I've been wined
and I've been dined
but I'm heading for a showdown,
'cause I can't go on
from night to dawn
with Harlem on my mind.
I go to supper
with a French Marquis
each evening after the show.
My lips begin to whisper "Mon Cheri"
but my heart keeps singing "Hideho"
I've become too darn refined,
and at night I hate to go down
to the high falutin' flat
that Lady Mendel designed
with Harlem on my mind.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Harlem On My Mind 1933 Berlin
by Irving Berlin
© 1933 by Irving Berlin
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from "As Thousands Cheer"
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 5 May 2009 at 17.46
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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