He Ran Upstairs 1914

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 02 Sep 2006
2006

On an evening hot
Alexander Scott
passing by a brown stone house and there
he looked up to find
right behind the blind
the shadow of a girlie sweet and fair
when he looked in
why she looked out,
he thought he saw the shadow make a sign,
Alexander reckoned,
that the girl had beckoned to him
and he cried: "That's mine!"

So he ran upstairs feeling so excited
he ran upstairs feeling so delighted
he ran upstairs, his head in a whirl,
he was certain he was flirting
with a beautiful girl,
so he ran upstairs wond'ring what to call her
Mary, Jo or Jane,
He said: "I'll bet she's like a picture
in a picture book,"
But right behind the blind
he found the colored cook,
so he ran upstairs and he took a look
and he ran right down again,

So he ran upstairs feeling so excited
he ran upstairs feeling so delighted
he ran upstairs, his head in a whirl,
He'd been craving to be saving
such a beautiful girl,
so he ran upstairs wond'ring what to call her
Mary, Jo or Jane,
He thought he'd see a girlie
looking at him so forlorn,
instead he found a picture of September morn,
so he ran upstairs and he took a look
and he ran right down again.

At a fire hot,
Alexander Scott,
dressed up in a uniform of red,
heard somebody shout
he turned right about,
there's a girl that must be saved they said,
Alexander crawls thro' the smoke filled halls,
the girl is on the seventh floor you see,
He said: "I will do it,
there is nothing to it,
a hero then I will be!"

So he ran upstairs feeling so excited
he ran upstairs feeling so delighted
he ran upstairs, his head in a whirl,
he was certain he was flirting
with a beautiful girl,
so he ran upstairs wond'ring what to call her
Mary, Jo or Jane,
He said: "I'll bet she's like a picture
in a picture book,"
But right behind the blind
he found the colored cook,
so he ran upstairs and he took a look
and he ran right down again,

So he ran upstairs feeling so excited
he ran upstairs feeling so delighted
he ran upstairs, his head in a whirl,
He'd been craving to be saving
such a beautiful girl,
so he ran upstairs wond'ring what to call her
Mary, Jo or Jane,
He thought he'd see a girlie
looking at him so forlorn,
instead he found a picture of September morn,
so he ran upstairs and he took a look
and he ran right down again.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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He Ran Upstairs 1914
Words & Music by Bert Kalmar
© MCMXIV by Kalmar & Puck Music Co.Inc.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 02 September 2006 at 9.03pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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