Merrily We Roll Along 1938

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Jan 2012
2012

You've got to get the party spirit nowadays,
it seems to make the jolly old world go round,
so come along with me
out upon a spree
and you can say
you're in the very best of company.

All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along,
What do we care
on the road to anywhere,
Merrily we roll along.
All together,
feeling fit and fine,
I'll take your arm,
you take hold of mine;
All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along.

All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along,
What do we care
on the road to anywhere,
Merrily we roll along.
All together,
feeling fit and fine,
I'll take your arm,
you take hold of mine;
All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along.

One day they had a big debate in Parliament.
They talked for hours but nobody could agree,
Then Mr. Chamberlain
said: "There you go again
I'm all for peace
so gather round
and sing this song with me."

All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along,
What do we care
on the road to anywhere,
Merrily we roll along.
All together,
feeling fit and fine,
I'll take your arm,
you take hold of mine;
All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along.

All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along,
What do we care
on the road to anywhere,
Merrily we roll along.
All together,
feeling fit and fine,
I'll take your arm,
you take hold of mine;
All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along.

The convicts up in Dartmoor
looked so very sad,
The warden couldn't stand it any more,
He said: "Now wipe your tears,
you're here for twenty years
You've time to learn this chorus,"
and they all began to roar.

All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along,
What do we care
on the road to anywhere,
Merrily we roll along.
All together,
feeling fit and fine,
I'll take your arm,
you take hold of mine;
All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along.

All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along,
What do we care
on the road to anywhere,
Merrily we roll along.
All together,
feeling fit and fine,
I'll take your arm,
you take hold of mine;
All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along.

A B.B.C. announcer
one night on the air,
had just announced the weather
so loud and clear,
and as the signal pipped,
he threw away his script
and started to sing this song
so awfully B.B.C.

All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along,
What do we care
on the road to anywhere,
Merrily we roll along.
All together,
feeling fit and fine,
I'll take your arm,
you take hold of mine;
All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along.

All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along,
What do we care
on the road to anywhere,
Merrily we roll along.
All together,
feeling fit and fine,
I'll take your arm,
you take hold of mine;
All in a row, cheerio,
away we go,
Merrily we roll along.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Merrily We Roll Along 1938
by Michael Carr & Raymond Wallace
© MCMXXXVIII by The Peter Maurice Music Co.Ltd.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 18 January 2012 at 22.06
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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