I Always Think I'm Up In Heaven 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 Sept 2007
2007

When I was a kid of three,
and didn't understand;
they used to paint a picture for me,
and called it The Promised Land.
"Angels will watch over you,"
they said, "Where e'er you roam."
And I found out without a doubt,
that I've got an angel at home.

I always think I'm up in heaven
when I'm down in Dixieland,
I've got an angel of a Mammy,
out in Alabamy,
of the good old fashioned brand;
she taught me that it's wrong,
to stay up all night long;
"Go to sleep my baby,"
That's Mammy's little fav'rite song.
Ev'rybody loves somebody
down in dear old Dixieland,
the pretty flowers in the garden
keep their heads a noddin'
when you walk by hand in hand;
the gals down there are very plain,
and ev'ry other lane's a lovers' lane,
that why I think I'm up in heaven
when I'm down in Dixieland.

I always think I'm up in heaven
when I'm down in Dixieland,
I've got an angel of a Mammy,
out in Alabamy,
of the good old fashioned brand;
she taught me that it's wrong,
to stay up all night long;
"Go to sleep my baby,"
That's Mammy's little fav'rite song.
Ev'rybody loves somebody
down in dear old Dixieland,
the pretty flowers in the garden
keep their heads a noddin'
when you walk by hand in hand;
the gals down there are very plain,
and ev'ry other lane's a lovers' lane,
that why I think I'm up in heaven
when I'm down in Dixieland.

When I close my eyes at night,
I always say a prayer;
"You know the road that will guide me right,
and Mammy is waiting there,
help me find my way back home,"
I pray for all I'm worth,
and while I kneel I always feel,
that my home is heaven on earth.

I always think I'm up in heaven
when I'm down in Dixieland,
I've got an angel of a Mammy,
out in Alabamy,
of the good old fashioned brand;
she taught me that it's wrong,
to stay up all night long;
"Go to sleep my baby,"
That's Mammy's little fav'rite song.
Ev'rybody loves somebody
down in dear old Dixieland,
the pretty flowers in the garden
keep their heads a noddin'
when you walk by hand in hand;
the gals down there are very plain,
and ev'ry other lane's a lovers' lane,
that why I think I'm up in heaven
when I'm down in Dixieland.

I always think I'm up in heaven
when I'm down in Dixieland,
I've got an angel of a Mammy,
out in Alabamy,
of the good old fashioned brand;
she taught me that it's wrong,
to stay up all night long;
"Go to sleep my baby,"
That's Mammy's little fav'rite song.
Ev'rybody loves somebody
down in dear old Dixieland,
the pretty flowers in the garden
keep their heads a noddin'
when you walk by hand in hand;
the gals down there are very plain,
and ev'ry other lane's a lovers' lane,
that why I think I'm up in heaven
when I'm down in Dixieland.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Always Think I'm Up In Heaven 1919
(When I'm Down in Dixieland)
Music by Maurice Abrahams
Lyrics by Sam M.Lewis & Joe Young
© MCMXIX by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 15 September 2007 at 11.27am
in association with Doug Grierson
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