Not Here! Not Here! 1909 Kern

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 27 Jun 2006
2006

I dropped ten dollars one afternoon
a beautiful new bill
and might have been but for one young man
just that much poorer still.
I now believe though I didn't once
that miracles occur,
he picked it up, ran after me
and said: "You dropped this, sir."

Not here, not here, not here
It might have happened in Russia,
not here, not here, not here,
In Germany or Prussia,
not here, not here, not here
I didn't say not here
there's no need to yell
for I know very well
that it couldn't have happened here.
Tra la Tra la la la la
Tra la la la la la la!

Not here, not here, not here
It might have happened in Russia,
not here, not here, not here,
In Germany or Prussia,
not here, not here, not here
I didn't say not here
there's no need to yell
for I know very well
that it couldn't have happened here.
Tra la Tra la la la la
Tra la la la la la la!

I took a ride in a taxicab
and as we whirled away
I watched the circular thing go round
knew what I had to pay
and when I got to the journey's end
I paid the proper fare,
the chauffeur said: "I thank you, sir."
He did, I do declare.

Not here, not here, not here
It might have happened in Russia,
not here, not here, not here,
In Germany or Prussia,
not here, not here, not here
I didn't say not here
there's no need to yell
for I know very well
that it couldn't have happened here.
Tra la Tra la la la la
Tra la la la la la la!

Not here, not here, not here
It might have happened in Russia,
not here, not here, not here,
In Germany or Prussia,
not here, not here, not here
I didn't say not here
there's no need to yell
for I know very well
that it couldn't have happened here.
Tra la Tra la la la la
Tra la la la la la la!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Not Here! Not Here! 1909 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by M.E.Rourke
© MCMIX by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter  N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 27 June 2006 at 11.01
in association with Doug Grierson
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