My Name 1960 'Oliver'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 08 Dec 2003

[Bill Sykes:] Strong men
tremble when they hear it!
They've got cause enough to fear it!
It's much blacker than they smear it!
Nobody mentions my name!
Rich men hold their five pound notes out
Saves me emptying their coats out
They know I could tear their throats out
Just to live up to my name!
Wiv' me jemmy in my hand,
Lemme see the man who dares.
Stop me taking what I may
he can start to say his prayers!
Biceps like an iron girder
fit for doing of a murder,
If I just so much as heard a
bloke even whisper - my name!
[Shouts:] Bill Sykes!

Strong men
tremble when they hear it!
They've got
cause enough to fear it!
It's much blacker than they smear it!
Nobody mentions...
My name!
Some toff slummin' wiv 'is valet,
bump'd into me in the alley
Now his eyes'll never tally
He'd never heard of
My name!
One bloke used ter boast the claim
he could take my name in vain;
poor bloke - shame 'e was so green
never was he seen again!
Once bad,
what's the good of turning
in hell!
I'll be there a burning,
meanwhile, think of what I'm earning
all on account of...
My name!
What is it?
What is it?
What is it?
My name!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
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My Name 1960 Oliver
by Lionel Bart
copyright 1960 by Lakeview Mus.Pub.Co.Ltd.
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 08 December 2003 at 16.46
in association with Doug Grierson
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