Harlem Serenade 1929 'Show Girl'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 07 Feb 2005

From the Congo jungle it came,
a rhythm setting Harlem aflame,
hear it once, you're never the same,
I'm referring to the Harlem Serenade.

New kind o' music and new kind o' time,
new kind o' rhythm and new kind o' rhyme,
I have seen again and again
the sanest of men go daffydil
when it's played.

Take a taxi and go there;
you'll meet people you know there,
where the trumpeters blow
their Harlem Serenade.
Say! When you enter this new world,
this particular blue world,
you'll begin giving in.
All your cares are mislaid,
on stop! Look! Listen to
that uptown jungle wail!
Book your passage to
that Harlem Congo trail,
where everybody is saying,
"Mister Leader; keep playing
nothing but that Harlem Serenade!"

Take a taxi and go there;
you'll meet people you know there,
where the trumpeters blow
their Harlem Serenade.
Say! When you enter this new world,
this particular blue world,
you'll begin giving in.
All your cares are mislaid,
on stop! Look! Listen to
that uptown jungle wail!
Book your passage to
that Harlem Congo trail,
where everybody is saying,
"Mister Leader; keep playing
nothing but that Harlem Serenade!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Harlem Serenade 1929 Gershwin
Music & Lyrics by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin & Gus Kahn
from "Show Girl"
© 1929 WB Music Corp. (renewed)
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 07 February 2005 at 12.50
in association with Doug Grierson
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