I Am Never Sleepy Are You? 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 January 2011
2011

A summer night the moonlight is bright
when I stand with you at the door
and hear you sigh: "You must say goodbye"
I linger a little while more
for it seems a crime to think of the time,
how can it matter for a minute or two
Although you whisper low
"You really must go"
I am never sleepy are you?

What's the hurry dear,
I'd like to stay
the night is young
tomorrow's hours away
when I'm with you,
it may be night or noon,
The time to go, dear,
comes altogether too soon,
It may be nigh time,
high time to be gone,
it may be ghost time,
most time for the dawn
the drowsy people slumber on
the whole night through
But I am never sleepy, dear, are you?

What's the hurry dear,
I'd like to stay
the night is young
tomorrow's hours away
when I'm with you,
it may be night or noon,
The time to go, dear,
comes altogether too soon,
It may be nigh time,
high time to be gone,
it may be ghost time,
most time for the dawn
the drowsy people slumber on
the whole night through
But I am never sleepy, dear, are you?

I must get down to the office in town
at precisely a quarter to eight
The night before I dance until four
and somehow it doesn't seem late
when at last you say we ought not to stay
why can't we linger for a minute or two
Let's not miss the chance
to have that last dance,
I am never sleepy, are you?

What's the hurry dear,
I'd like to stay
the night is young
tomorrow's hours away
when I'm with you,
it may be night or noon,
The time to go, dear,
comes altogether too soon,
It may be nigh time,
high time to be gone,
it may be ghost time,
most time for the dawn
the drowsy people slumber on
the whole night through
But I am never sleepy, dear, are you?

What's the hurry dear,
I'd like to stay
the night is young
tomorrow's hours away
when I'm with you,
it may be night or noon,
The time to go, dear,
comes altogether too soon,
It may be nigh time,
high time to be gone,
it may be ghost time,
most time for the dawn
the drowsy people slumber on
the whole night through
But I am never sleepy, dear, are you?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Am Never Sleepy Are You? 1913
Music by Estelle B.Stillman
Lyrics by Rufus G.Lathrop
© MCMXIII by Jerome H.Remick & Co. New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 24 January 2011 at 09.53
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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