Make Yourself At Home 1942 Charles Penrose

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Aug 2011
2011

There's a place
where I always long to be,
Just a little cosy rendezvous,
If you knock at the door
it's a certainty
this is what they'll say to you.

Take off your overcoat
Take off your hat,
Leave all your troubles
right there on the mat,
Come on into the parlour
and make yourself at home.
Pull up an easy chair
take off your shoes,
put on your slippers
forget all your blues,
It's so bright in the parlour
Just make yourself at home.
Start up the old piano
let's sing something gay,
Dad'll play his concertina,
in the good old fashioned way,
Join in the choruses
with all your might
we'll all be happy merry and bright,
Ain't it grand in the parlour
Just make yourself at home.

Put down your haversack.
there in the hall,
we've not a lot of room,
it's rather small,
Come on into the parlour
and make yourself at home.
Though you're from Winnipeg,
Sydney or Maine,
this is an open house
maybe it's plain,
It's so bright in the parlour
Just make yourself at home.
You've come a darn long way boys
all we have is yours,
Let's begin and make a gay noise,
till it roars and roars and roars,
Just like the birdies
way up in the tree
one great big family
that's what we'll be,
Ain't it grand in the parlour
Just make yourself at home,
Be comfy
make yourself at home!

Soldiers, sailors,
and lads in Air Force Blue,
Are invited to this humble nest
See the smile on each face
come breaking through,
As they welcome each new guest.

Take off your overcoat
Take off your hat,
Leave all your troubles
right there on the mat,
Come on into the parlour
and make yourself at home.
Pull up an easy chair
take off your shoes,
put on your slippers
forget all your blues,
It's so bright in the larpour
Just make yourself at home.
Start up the old piano
let's sing something gay,
Dad'll play his concertina,
in the good old fashioned way,
Join in the choruses
with all your might
we'll all be happy merry and bright,
Ain't it grand in the parlour
Just make yourself at home.

Put down your haversack.
there in the hall,
we've not a lot of room,
it's rather small,
Come on into the parlour
and make yourself at home.
Though you're from Winnipeg,
Sydney or Maine,
this is an open house
maybe it's plain,
It's so bright in the parlour
Just make yourself at home.
You've come a darn long way boys
all we have is yours,
Let's begin and make a gay noise,
till it roars and roars and roars,
Just like the birdies
way up in the tree
one great big family
that's what we'll be,
Ain't it grand in the parlour
Just make yourself at home,
Be comfy
make yourself at home!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Make Yourself At Home 1942 Charles Penrose
by Victor Snowdon
© 1942 by B.Feldman & Co. London, England
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 18 August 2011 at 09.26
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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