Music Hall Scrap Book 1935

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 17 Jul 2002

There are nice girls everywhere
there are nice girls everywhere;
from Peru to Timbuctoo
there's a girl for me
and a girl for you.
On the mountains of Piccadilly
in the wilds of Leicester Square,
search ev'ry land,
up the pole or down The Strand,
there are nice girls ev'rywhere.

Sure, I've got rings on my fingers
bells on my toes,
elephants to ride upon my little Irish Rose,
so come to your nabob,
and next Patrick's Day,
be Mistress Mumbo Jumbo Jijjiboo J. O'Shea

Roamin' in the gloamin'
on the bonnie banks o' Clyde.
Roamin' in the gloamin'
wae my lassie by my side.
When the sun has gone to rest,
that's the time that we love best
O' it's lovely roamin' in the gloamin'!

Hold your hand out, naughty boy!
Hold your hand out, naughty boy!
Last night in the pale moon light
I saw yer! I saw yer
with a nice girl in the park
you were strolling full of joy
and you told her
you'd never kiss'd a girl before,
Hold your hand out, naughty boy!

Here we are! Here we are!
Here we are Again!!!
There's Pat and Mac
and Tommy and Jack and Joe.
When there's trouble brewing
when there's something doing
are we downhearted?
No! Let 'em all come!
Here we are! Here we are!
Here we are Again!!!
We're fit and well,
and feeling as right as rain.
Never mind the weather,
now then, all together
Hullo! Hullo!
Here we are again!!!

So it's all right,
it's all right now
there's no need to worry any more.
I saw the army wasn't strong,
ev'rything was wrong
till the day I came along.
And then the band played,
they all hoorayed,
the guns fired a salvo of delight.
I joined the army yesterday,
so the army of today's alright.

Sister Susie's sewing shirts for soldiers
such skill at sewing shirts
our shy young sister Susie shows!
Some soldiers send epistles,
say they'd sooner sleep in thistles
that the saucy soft, short shirts
for soldiers Sister Susie sews.

I'm Gilbert, the Filbert,
the Knut with a 'K'
the pride of Piccadilly,
the blasé roué.
Oh, Hades! The ladies
who leave their wooden huts
for Gilbert the Filbert,
the Col'nel of the Knuts.

Give me your smile
the lovelight in your eyes,
life could not hold
a fairer Paradise!
Give me the right
to love you all the while,
my world for ever,
the sunshine of your smile!

Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
and smile, smile, smile.
While you've a lucifer to light your fag,
smile, boys, that's the style.
What's the use of worrying?
It never was worth while,
so pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
and smile, smile, smile.

Ev'ry little while I feel so lonely,
ev'ry little while I feel so blue.
I'm always dreaming,
I'm always scheming,
because I want you, and only you.
Ev'ry little while my heart is aching,
ev'ry little while I miss your smile,
and all the time I seem to miss you,
I want to, want to kiss you.
Ev'ry, ev'ry, ev'ry little while.

At seventeen he falls in love quite madly
with eyes of tender blue;
at twentyfour he gets it rather badly
with eyes of a diff'rent hue;
at thirtyfive you'll see him flirting sadly
with two or three, or more;
when he fancies he is past love,
it is then he meets his last love,
and he loves her as he's never loved before.

Goodbyeee! Goodbyeee
wipe the tear, baby dear,
from your eyeee.
Though it's hard to part, I know,
I'll be tickled to death to go,
Don't cryee! Don't sighee!
There's a silver lining in the skyee
Bonsoir old thing! Cheerio! Chinchin!
Nahpoo! Toodleoo! Goodbyeee!

Love sends a little gift of roses,
breathing a pray'r unto my posies,
torn from my heart as twilight closes,
asking this, only this,
one heart to grow a little tender,
two eyes to glow with love's own splendour,
two lips to give in sweet surrender
just a kiss, just a kiss.

'Cause I'm goin', yes, I'm goin'
with a love that's ever growin'
to that coalblack mammy o' mine.
Not a cent, not a cent,
an' my clothes are only lent,
all the same she'll think I'm just fine.
How I've dreamed, how I've schemed,
an' at times it almost seemed
that the sun would never, never shine,
that's why I'm goin', yes, I'm goin',
mighty soon I'll be hulloin',
to that coalblack mammy o' mine.

I lift up my finger
and I say Tweet Tweet,
shush, shush, now now, come come!
I don't need to linger
when I say Tweet Tweet,
shush, shush, now now, come come!
When the baby screams
and scatters my dreams,
do I start to sing or hum?
No! I lift up my finger
and I say Tweet Tweet,
shush, shush, now now, come come!

Round the Marble Arch,
round the Marble Arch;
what a glorious sight to see
all the pick of the infantry.
Around the Marble Arch
round and round they march.
They know how to get round the girls,
round the Marble Arch.

Sing as we go, and let the world go by,
Singing a song
we'll march along the highway.
Say Goodbye to sorrow,
there's always tomorrow, to think of today.
Sing as we go, although the skies are grey,
beggar or king you've got to sing a gay tune.
A song and a smile making life worth while,
so, Sing as we go along.

It's the Soldiers of the King, my lads,
who've been my lads
who've seen, my lads,
in the fight for England's glory lads,
of it's world wide glory let us sing,
and when we say we've always won,
and when they ask us how it's done,
we'll proudly point to ev'ry one
of England's soldiers of the King.

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Music Hall Scrap Book 1936
copyright 1936 by Francis, Day and Hunter
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Wednesday 17 July 2002 at 18.54
in association with Doug Grierson
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© 2002 by James Pitt-Payne for this performance only
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Francis and Day's
Music Hall Scrap Book 1935
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Introduction
There Are Nice Girls Everywhere - R. P. Weston
I've Got Rings On My Fingers - Weston, Farnes and Scott
Roamin' In The Gloamin' - Sir Harry Lauder
Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy! - Murphy and David
Here We Are Again!!! - Knight and Lyle
The Army Of Today's Alright - Leigh and Lyle
Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts - Weston and Darewski
Gilbert The Filbert - Wimperis and Finck
The Sunshine Of Your Smile - Cooke and Ray
Ev'ry Little While - Harris and Tate
A Bachelor Gay - Harris, Valentine and Tate
Good-Bye-ee! - Weston and Lee
Love Send A Little Gift Of Roses - Cooke and Openshaw
Coal-Black Mammy - Cliff and St. Helier
I Lift Up My Finger And Say Tweet Tweet - Leslie Sarony
Round The Marble Arch - Butler and Gay
Sing As We Go - Harry Parr-Davies
The Soldiers Of The King - Leslie Stuart
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