Serenade Blues 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 2 Oct 2008
2008

Blues
Lawd, I love them so,
I love each note
that Handy wrote,
Blues
why they're all the go,
B'lieve what I say
they're here to stay.
Of course I like the classic music,
I mean I like the melodies
and minor keys
But if you want a treat
here's one I know
you can't beat, Lawdee!

Just take the Serenade
that Schubert wrote,
and take the classic shade
from ev'ry note,
Then with that melody
start in to playing,
Forget the artist
and the olden ways,
but like the smartest
of our modern days
Just fill that melody
chuck full of Jazzy syncopations,
razzy modulations,
When you get to that minor strain
Oh Lawdy,
let me hear you sit right on it,
Why just to hear it oh! once again.
I would take my diamond ring
right off and pawn it,
I'd bet my very last pair of shoes
That even Paderewsky would choose
the Jazzy Serenade
when he hears it played
Serenade Blues.

Just take the Serenade
that Schubert wrote,
and take the classic shade
from ev'ry note,
Then with that melody
start in to playing,
Forget the artist
and the olden ways,
but like the smartest
of our modern days
Just fill that melody
chuck full of Jazzy syncopations,
razzy modulations,
When you get to that minor strain
Oh Lawdy,
let me hear you sit right on it,
Why just to hear it oh! once again.
I would take my diamond ring
right off and pawn it,
I'd bet my very last pair of shoes
That even Paderewsky would choose
the Jazzy Serenade
when he hears it played
Serenade Blues.

Blues
why they're all the rage,
in ev'ry home
from here to Rome.
Blues,
played on ev'ry stage,
In churches too
whole world's gone blue.
Grand op'ra soon will be a has been,
I mean its style, not melodies
nor minor keys
For they're always a hit
if you jazz them up a bit, Lawdee!

Just take the Serenade
that Schubert wrote,
and take the classic shade
from ev'ry note,
Then with that melody
start in to playing,
Forget the artist
and the olden ways,
but like the smartest
of our modern days
Just fill that melody
chuck full of Jazzy syncopations,
razzy modulations,
When you get to that minor strain
Oh Lawdy,
let me hear you sit right on it,
Why just to hear it oh! once again.
I would take my diamond ring
right off and pawn it,
I'd bet my very last pair of shoes
That even Paderewsky would choose
the Jazzy Serenade
when he hears it played
Serenade Blues.

Just take the Serenade
that Schubert wrote,
and take the classic shade
from ev'ry note,
Then with that melody
start in to playing,
Forget the artist
and the olden ways,
but like the smartest
of our modern days
Just fill that melody
chuck full of Jazzy syncopations,
razzy modulations,
When you get to that minor strain
Oh Lawdy,
let me hear you sit right on it,
Why just to hear it oh! once again.
I would take my diamond ring
right off and pawn it,
I'd bet my very last pair of shoes
That even Paderewsky would choose
the Jazzy Serenade
when he hears it played
Serenade Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Serenade Blues 1922
Fox Trot Song
by Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake
with apologies to Franz Schubert
© MCMXXII by M.Witmark and Sons
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 2 October 2008 at 16.15
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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