Sally Won't You Come Back? 1921 "Ziegfeld Follies"

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 1 Nov 2007
2007

Dear Sally we're glad you are famous,
a bright gleaming star on Broadway,
Sometimes we're sad and don't blame us,
for what we are going to say
the earth cannot do without sunshine,
the flowers can't live without dew,
a wood without birds,
a song without words,
and the alley can't do without you,

Sally, won't you come back
for our alley's not the same,
you can have your fame
but what we're after is your sunshine
and your laughter,
no one else could be so pally,
in our hearts we miss you, Sally,
come back to our alley, Sally,
Don't say no.

Sally, won't you come back
for our alley's not the same,
you can have your fame
but what we're after is your sunshine
and your laughter,
no one else could be so pally,
in our hearts we miss you, Sally,
come back to our alley, Sally,
Don't say no.

The quartette that sang on the corner
they don't harmonize any more,
the kiddies you told of Jack Horner
are asking for you as of yore,
the butcher, the baker, the grocer,
the ragman and shoemaker too;
are missing your smile
and ways that beguile
the alley is sad without you,

Sally, won't you come back
for our alley's not the same,
you can have your fame
but what we're after is your sunshine
and your laughter,
no one else could be so pally,
in our hearts we miss you, Sally,
come back to our alley, Sally,
Don't say no.

Sally, won't you come back
for our alley's not the same,
you can have your fame
but what we're after is your sunshine
and your laughter,
no one else could be so pally,
in our hearts we miss you, Sally,
come back to our alley, Sally,
Don't say no.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Sally Won't You Come Back? 1921
Music by Dave Stamper
Lyrics by Gene Buck
© MCMXXI by Harms Inc. N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 1 November 2007 at 11.16
in association with Doug Grierson
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