Pick Yourself Up 1936 Kern Vs2

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 May 2012
2012

[She:] Nothing's impossible I have found,
for when my chin is on the ground,
I pick myself up,
dust myself off,
start all over again.

Don't lose your confidence if you slip,
be grateful for a pleasant trip,
and pick yourself up,
dust yourself off,
start all over again.

Work like a soul inspired,
till the battle of the day is won,
You may be sick and tired,
but you'll be a man, my son!

Will you remember the famous men,
who had to fall to rise again?
So take a deep breath
pick yourself up,
dust yourself off,
start all over again.

[He:] I'll get some selfassurance
if your endurance is great.
I'll learn by easy stages
if your're courageous and wait.
To feel the strength I want to,
I must hang on to your hand,
maybe by the time I'm fifty,
I'll get up and do a nifty.

[Both:] Nothing's impossible I have found,
for when my chin is on the ground,
I pick myself up,
dust myself off,
start all over again.

Don't lose your confidence if you slip,
be grateful for a pleasant trip,
and pick yourself up,
dust yourself off,
start all over again.

Work like a soul inspired,
till the battle of the day is won,
You may be sick and tired,
but you'll be a man, my son!

Will you remember the famous men,
who had to fall to rise again?
So take a deep breath
pick yourself up,
dust yourself off,
start all over again.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Pick Yourself Up 1936 Kern_Vs2
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
© 1936 by T B Harms Co.
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Swing Time was one of Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers films that
delighted movie goers in the 1930's. Among the numbers
in the film that the team dances and sang to was "Pick Yourself Up"
in which Ginger struggled to teach Fred a simple step - if you can
swallow that. Of course, with that pair, this sophisticated polka
developed into a dazzling routine. Because of its clever key and
rhythm changes the song has become a favourite of jazz bands.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 30 May 2012 at 15.20
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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