September Song 1938 Knickerbocker Holiday

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 May 2006
2006

When I was a young man
courting the girls
I played me a waiting game
If a maid refused me
with tossing curls
I'd let the old Earth
make a couple of whirls
While I plied her with tears
in lieu of pearls
And as time came around she came my way
As time came around, she came

But, it's a long, long while
from May to December
But the days grow short
when you reach September
When the autumn weather
turns the leaves to flame
And I haven't got time
for the waiting game
For the days dwindle down
to a precious few
September, November
And these few golden days
I'll spend with you
These golden days I'll spend with you

When you meet with the young girls
early in Spring
You court them in song and rhyme
They answer with words
and a clover ring
But if you could examine
the goods they bring
They have little to offer
but the songs they sing
And the plentiful waste of time of day
A plentiful waste of time

But, it's a long, long while
from May to December
But the days grow short
when you reach September
When the autumn weather
turns the leaves to flame
And I haven't got time
for the waiting game
For the days dwindle down
to a precious few
September, November
And these few golden days
I'll spend with you
These golden days I'll spend with you

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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September Song 1938
Lyrics by Maxwell Anderson
Music by Kurt Weill
© 1938 by Chappell & Co.Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 24 May 2006 at 19.27
in association with Doug Grierson
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from "Knickerbocker Holiday"
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