If You Can't Sing Whistle 1931

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 31 August 2012
2012

You can hear all the while
songs that say "Cheer up and Smile,"
there's a craze for happiness about.
Ev'rywhere, ev'ry day
people sing their cares away;
if you cannot sing
here's the next best thing!

When things are going wrong
if you can't sing a song
just whistle
whistle
whistle.
If you are feeling blue
I'll tell you what to do
just whistle
whistle
whistle.
If you feel you want to rejoice
you don't need a wonderful voice
be like the dickie birds
they never sing the words.
just whistle
whistle
whistle.

When things are going wrong
if you can't sing a song
just whistle
just whistle
whistle.
If you are feeling blue
I'll tell you what to do
just whistle
whistle
whistle.
If you feel you want to rejoice
you don't need a wonderful voice
be like the dickie birds
they never sing the words.
just whistle
whistle
whistle.

We must all have our share
in this world of grief and care,
still there's always happiness ahead.
Though the sun must go in
never let the dark clouds win;
make them disappear,
here's the great idea!

When things are going wrong
if you can't sing a song
just whistle
just whistle
whistle.
If you are feeling blue
I'll tell you what to do
just whistle
whistle
whistle.
If you feel you want to rejoice
you don't need a wonderful voice
be like the dickie birds
they never sing the words.
just whistle
whistle
whistle.

When things are going wrong
if you can't sing a song
just whistle
just whistle
whistle.
If you are feeling blue
I'll tell you what to do
just whistle
whistle
whistle.
If you feel you want to rejoice
you don't need a wonderful voice
be like the dickie birds
they never sing the words.
just whistle
whistle
whistle.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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If You Can't Sing Whistle 1931
Jack Hylton's Record Hit
by Jack Hart & Tom Blight
© MCMXXI by Keith Prowse & Co.Ltd.  London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 31 August 2012 at 14.20
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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Score courtesy The Late Doug Grierson
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