I Have Always Been The Patsy 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 19 Oct 2007
2007

Take it from me
it's a tough job to be
the oldest of twenty two.
Obey their commands
and work 'til you're hands
are black and blue.
Gathering food for a grumb'ling brood
of sisters and workhating men,
that is the job I've been blessed with
ever since I was ten.

I have always been the Patsy,
ev'ry time I got my pay,
"Gimme," "Gimme," "Gimme,"
that's the only thing that they could say.
My heart still has silent grievings
for my little brother Jim,
Jimmie always got the leavings,
He came last,
and I came after him.

I have always been the Patsy,
ev'ry time I got my pay,
"Gimme," "Gimme," "Gimme,"
that's the only thing that they could say.
Nothing's sure but death and taxes
(so they say) but just the same,
One thing more I'm just as sure of,
Patsy really should have been my name.

I used to say
in my light hearted way,
I'd rather work than play,
and life seemed to be
all roses for me
'till one fine day.
My cousins brought dozens
of their distant cousins
I never heard of or met,
down to the house to spend Sunday,
they haven't gone home yet.

I have always been the Patsy,
ev'ry time I got my pay,
"Gimme," "Gimme," "Gimme,"
that's the only thing that they could say.
My heart still has silent grievings
for my little brother Jim,
Jimmie always got the leavings,
He came last,
and I came after him.

I have always been the Patsy,
ev'ry time I got my pay,
"Gimme," "Gimme," "Gimme,"
that's the only thing that they could say.
Nothing's sure but death and taxes
(so they say) but just the same,
One thing more I'm just as sure of,
Patsy really should have been my name.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Have Always Been The Patsy 1916
Music by Dave Stamper
Lyrics by Schuyler Greene
© MCMXVI by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 19 October 2007 at 18.10
in association with Doug Grierson
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