I'm A Lonesome Melody 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Jun 2009
2009

Last night when I came home,
downhearted and alone,
trying to keep away the tears
I took the songs of bygone years,
I played most ev'ry one
when I was nearly done,
one melody I tried to play
this melody just seemed to say:

I'm a lonesome melody
I want to be
with company
for many years
I've laid around
and now that I've been found
I wish you'd let this lonesome melody
have liberty,
run me up and down the keys
my harmonies are sure to please.
Don't let me lay around in all this dust,
syncopate me if you must
I'm a lonesome melody.

I'm a lonesome melody
I want to be
with company
for many years
I've laid around
and now that I've been found
I wish you'd let this lonesome melody
have liberty,
run me up and down the keys
my harmonies are sure to please.
Don't let me lay around in all this dust,
syncopate me if you must
I'm a lonesome melody.

Poor lonesome melody
you have my sympathy
tho' I have troubles of my own
I hate to see you here alone,
I'll make a friend of you
now while I'm sad and blue,
we'll cheer each other when I play
no more I hope to hear you say:

I'm a lonesome melody
I want to be
with company
for many years
I've laid around
and now that I've been found
I wish you'd let this lonesome melody
have liberty,
run me up and down the keys
my harmonies are sure to please.
Don't let me lay around in all this dust,
syncopate me if you must
I'm a lonesome melody.

I'm a lonesome melody
I want to be
with company
for many years
I've laid around
and now that I've been found
I wish you'd let this lonesome melody
have liberty,
run me up and down the keys
my harmonies are sure to please.
Don't let me lay around in all this dust,
syncopate me if you must
I'm a lonesome melody.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I'm A Lonesome Melody 1915
Music by Geo.W.Meyer
Lyrics by Joe Young
© MCMXV by Kalmar & Puck Mus.Co.Inc.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 29 June 2009 at 15.03
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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