Long As You Got Your Health 1937

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 2 Dec 2012
2012

Ever since the last depression
this country has been
one long procession
of gloomy faces,
tucked in collars of overcoats,
counting pennies,
watching meters
we're getting to be breast beaters
what chance has romance
when each heart only ticks
to economics.

So you're down on your luck
so you haven't got easy pickin'
listen neighbor
there's no use kickin'
long as you got your health.
So you're down in the dumps
with your bookie
and with your broker.
No use cryin'
you got the joker
long as you got your health.
Though you haven't
got the fare to Paris
or to Berlin,
be glad you've got
a healthy pair of arms
to hold your girl in.
So you can't buy the ring
or a honeymoon
to Jamaica,
but as broke as you are
she'll take yuh
long as you got your health.

So you're down on your luck
so you haven't got easy pickin'
listen neighbor
there's no use kickin'
long as you got your health.
So you're down in the dumps
with your bookie
and with your broker.
No use cryin'
you got the joker
long as you got your health.
Though you haven't
got the fare to Paris
or to Berlin,
be glad you've got
a healthy pair of arms
to hold your girl in.
So you can't buy the ring
or a honeymoon
to Jamaica,
but as broke as you are
she'll take yuh
long as you got your health.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Long As You Got Your Health 1937
From "The Show Is On"
Music by Will Irwin
Lyrics by E.Y.Harburg & Norman Zeno
© MCMXXXVII by Chappell & Co.Inc.   N.Y.C.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 2 December 2012 at 20.55
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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