Send Me Away With A Smile 1917

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 24 Feb 2003

Little girl, don't cry.
I must say goodbye;
don't you hear the bugle call?
And the fife and drum
bid the fellows come,
where the flag waves over all.
Tho' I love you so,
It is time to go,
and a soldier in me you'll find,
when on land or sea,
they need boys like me,
you would not have me stay behind;

So send me away with a smile, little girl,
brush the tears from eyes of brown,
it's all for the best,
and I'm off with the rest,
of the boys from my own home town.
It may be for ever we part, little girl,
and it may be for only a while,
but if fight, dear, we must,
in our Maker we trust,
so send me away with a smile.

So send me away with a smile, little girl,
brush the tears from eyes of brown,
it's all for the best,
and I'm off with the rest,
of the boys from my own home town.
It may be for ever we part, little girl,
and it may be for only a while,
but if fight, dear, we must,
in our Maker we trust,
so send me away with a smile.

When I leave you, dear,
give me words of cheer:
to recall in time of pain;
they will comfort me,
and will seem to be,
like the sun shine after rain,
and 'mid shot and shell,
I'll remember well,
you've the heart of a soldier too;
and that through this war,
I am fighting for,
my country and my home and you;

So send me away with a smile, little girl,
brush the tears from eyes of brown,
it's all for the best,
and I'm off with the rest,
of the boys from my own home town.
It may be for ever we part, little girl,
and it may be for only a while,
but if fight, dear, we must,
in our Maker we trust,
so send me away with a smile.

So send me away with a smile, little girl,
brush the tears from eyes of brown,
it's all for the best,
and I'm off with the rest,
of the boys from my own home town.
It may be for ever we part, little girl,
and it may be for only a while,
but if fight, dear, we must,
in our Maker we trust,
so send me away with a smile.

Soft karaoke
Words
str 25
str 50
str 110
fr hrn 60
brass 75
flute
drum
bassoon
piano t clef
pizz str
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Send Me Away With A Smile 1917
Words and Music by Louis Weslyn and Al Piantadosi
copyright MCMXVII by Al Piantadosi and Co. Inc.
Astor Theatre Building, New York City
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Monday 24 February 2003 at 23.45
in association with Doug Grierson
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described as a War Love Song
with universal appeal.
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