Kids! 1960 'Bye Bye Birdie'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 15 Jan 2003

Kids! I don't know what's wrong
with these kids today!
Kids! Who can understand
anything they say?
Kids! They are disobedient
disrespectful oafs!
Noisy crazy sloppy lazy loafers!
While we're on the subject: Kids!
You can talk and talk
till your face is blue!
Kids! But they still do
just what they want to do!
Why can't they be like we were,
perfect in ev'ry way?
What's the matter with Kids today?

Kids! I don't know what's wrong
with these kids today!
Kids! Who can understand
anything they say?
Kids! They are disobedient
disrespectful oafs!
Noisy crazy sloppy lazy loafers!
Why are they so dreadful?
Kids! They are just impossible to control!
Kids! With their awful clothes
and their rock and roll!
Why can't they be like we were,
perfect in ev'ry way?
What's the matter with Kids today?

Kids! I don't know what's wrong
with these kids today!
Kids! Even I don't understand
what they say!
Kids! They are so ridiculous
and so immature!
I don't see why anybody wants 'em!
Why are they so dreadful?
Kids! What the devil's wrong
with these Kids today?
Kids! Who could guess that
they would turn out that way!
Why can't they be like we were,
perfect in ev'ry way?
What's the matter with Kids today?

Soft karaoke
Words
str 25
str 50
str 110
fr hrn 60
brass 75
flute
drums
bassoon
jazz guit
piano t clef
aco bass
pizz str
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Kids! 1960 'Bye Bye Birdie'
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Lee Adams
copyright 1960 by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse
All Rights throughout the world controlled by
Edwin H. Morris and Company Inc. New York
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 15 January 2003 at 11.56
in association with Doug Grierson
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From the Kohlmar-Sidney Production
'Bye Bye Birdie'
A Columbia Pictures release
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