Simple Melody 1914

byJames Pitt-Payne, London UK - 04 Nov 2006
2006

The diff'rent lays of nowadays
all set my brain awhirl.
They're not the kind of songs they sang
when mother was a girl,
your spoony rags and coony drags
all made my poor heart ache,
bring back the rhymes of olden times
and just for old times sake.

Won't you play a simple melody
like my mother sang to me.
One with good old fashioned harmony,
play a simple melody.

Won't you play a simple melody
like my mother sang to me.
One with good old fashioned harmony,
play a simple melody.

In days of yore, before the war,
when hearts now old were young.
At home each night by firelight
those dear old songs were sung,
sweet melodies their memories
around my heart still cling,
that's why I long to hear a song
like mother used to sing.

Won't you play a simple melody
like my mother sang to me.
One with good old fashioned harmony,
play a simple melody.

Won't you play a simple melody
like my mother sang to me.
One with good old fashioned harmony,
play a simple melody.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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Simple Melody 1914
A Ragtime version
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© 1914 by Irving Berlin Inc.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 04 November 2006 at 9.25pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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