I Raised My Hat 1933

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 28 Dec 2002

It was a lovely summer ev'ning,
and I was feeling gay,
I picked up my gloves,
put on my hat,
started right on my way;
It was a lovely summer ev'ning,
and when I reminisce,
I can see it all, and I recall
it happened something like this:

The sky was full of moon,
the moon was full of smiles,
and I was full of joy and ecstasy,
So I raised my hat,
she raised her eyes,
it was easy as A. B. C.
The trees were full of birds,
the birds were full of song,
the song kept saying
"Kiss her tenderly,"
So I raised my arms,
she raised her lips,
and now she belongs to me.
I said: "Would you like to cuddle?
Would you like a little bit of love?"
She said: "'Course I'd like to cuddle,
what do you think that I'm made of?"
And now we've got a house,
the house is full of rooms,
of course, you know,
we've got a nursery
'Cause I raised my hat,
She raised her eyes,
now we're raising a family.

The sky was full of moon,
the moon was full of smiles,
and I was full of joy and ecstasy,
So I raised my hat,
she raised her eyes,
it was easy as A. B. C.
The trees were full of birds,
the birds were full of song,
the song kept saying
"Kiss her tenderly,"
So I raised my arms,
she raised her lips,
and now she belongs to me.
I said: "Would you like to cuddle?
Would you like a little bit of love?"
She said: "'Course I'd like to cuddle,
what do you think that I'm made of?"
And now we've got a house,
the house is full of rooms,
of course, you know,
we've got a nursery
'Cause I raised my hat,
She raised her eyes,
now we're raising a family.

Oh, how I loved that summer ev'ning,
to me 'twas Paradise,
I was all dress'd
in my Sunday best,
I'm sure that I looked nice;
I won't forget that summer ev'ning,
it's in my memory,
If you'll gather near,
then you will hear
the things that happened to me:

The sky was full of moon,
the moon was full of smiles,
and I was full of joy and ecstasy,
So I raised my hat,
she raised her eyes,
it was easy as A. B. C.
The trees were full of birds,
the birds were full of song,
the song kept saying
"Kiss her tenderly,"
So I raised my arms,
she raised her lips,
and now she belongs to me.
I said: "Would you like to cuddle?
Would you like a little bit of love?"
She said: "'Course I'd like to cuddle,
what do you think that I'm made of?"
And now we've got a house,
the house is full of rooms,
of course, you know,
we've got a nursery
'Cause I raised my hat,
She raised her eyes,
now we're raising a family.

The sky was full of moon,
the moon was full of smiles,
and I was full of joy and ecstasy,
So I raised my hat,
she raised her eyes,
it was easy as A. B. C.
The trees were full of birds,
the birds were full of song,
the song kept saying
"Kiss her tenderly,"
So I raised my arms,
she raised her lips,
and now she belongs to me.
I said: "Would you like to cuddle?
Would you like a little bit of love?"
She said: "'Course I'd like to cuddle,
what do you think that I'm made of?"
And now we've got a house,
the house is full of rooms,
of course, you know,
we've got a nursery
'Cause I raised my hat,
She raised her eyes,
now we're raising a family.

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I Raised My Hat 1933
Music by Franz Steininger
Lyrics by Edward Pola
copyright MCMXXXIII by The Lawrence Wright Music Co.
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Saturday 28 December 2002 at 22.10
in association with Doug Grierson
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