Patches 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 Jan 2010
2010

This morning at dawning
I had a dream,
The queerest Dream,
because it seemed
the wild ways of child days
came to me then,
and I was just a boy again.

Wearing patches,
a barefoot boy in patches,
There is no other dream that matches,
And yet it can't come true!
I'd give up ev'ry other joy
to be once more that barefoot boy
a wearing patches, patches,
As I used to do!

Wearing patches,
a barefoot boy in patches,
There is no other dream that matches,
And yet it can't come true!
I'd give up ev'ry other joy
to be once more that barefoot boy
a wearing patches, patches,
As I used to do!

I'd give all to live all
those days once more,
Those days of yore,
that now are o'er;
I yearn to return to
those scenes again,
I'd gladly trade
the now for then.

Wearing patches,
a barefoot boy in patches,
There is no other dream that matches,
And yet it can't come true!
I'd give up ev'ry other joy
to be once more that barefoot boy
a wearing patches, patches,
As I used to do!

Wearing patches,
a barefoot boy in patches,
There is no other dream that matches,
And yet it can't come true!
I'd give up ev'ry other joy
to be once more that barefoot boy
a wearing patches, patches,
As I used to do!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Patches 1919
Music by Lee S.Roberts
Lyrics by J. Will Callahan
© 1919 by G.Schirmer
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 23 January 2010 at 22.15
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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