Pipe Dream Blues 1918

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 Sep 2009
2009

See old DingDong
puff and blow
those thick blue rings,
can't you guess
he dreams of distant lands,
Sweetest face in Hong Kong town
his dream pipe brings,
How he loved her now
he understands,
Drifting on
he sinks to slumber deep,
Sighs and mumbles
over in his sleep.

Loo Chong
just for you I cry,
I long for you before I die,
just to fold my arms
around my poppy baby,
Lotus Lady
DingDong
him go back someday,
No work him fool 'roun' and play
but alas he'll wake
to have those pipe dream blues.

Loo Chong
just for you I cry,
I long for you before I die,
just to fold my arms
around my poppy baby,
Lotus Lady
DingDong
him go back someday,
No work him fool 'roun' and play
but alas he'll wake
to have those pipe dream blues.

Op'um flower worth
its very weight in gold
for the memories
it ever brings,
Makes DingDong forget
that he is growing old,
In his homesick dream
of other things,
When the smoke hangs thick
within his den,
Back in China
he is young again.

Loo Chong
just for you I cry,
I long for you before I die,
just to fold my arms
around my poppy baby,
Lotus Lady
DingDong
him go back someday,
No work him fool 'roun' and play
but alas he'll wake
to have those pipe dream blues.

Loo Chong
just for you I cry,
I long for you before I die,
just to fold my arms
around my poppy baby,
Lotus Lady
DingDong
him go back someday,
No work him fool 'roun' and play
but alas he'll wake
to have those pipe dream blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Pipe Dream Blues 1918
by Spencer Williams, Marguerite Kendall & J.Russel Robinson
© 1918 by Lee S.Roberts
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 14 September 2009 at 10.46
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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