Somebody Else Not Me.

Seq - Dr. J.Pitt-Payne. Kar - Bunty Pritchard Jones. July 2001.

Great moments come to ev'ry man,
some situations where he can,

attain such fame that folks acclaim
the very mention of his name.

The circus played our town one day,
three Bengal Tigers got away,

the manager looked right at me,
said he, "Here's your opportunity:

Somebody's got to get those cats,
somebody's got to go,

the tiger man is sick in bed,
put on your hat and coat," he said,

"The man who catches them alive
a hero's gonna be."

It was a wonderful chance for somebody,
somebody else, not me!

"Somebody's got to get those cats,
somebody's got to go,

the tiger man is sick in bed,
put on your hat and coat," he said,

"The man who catches them alive
a hero's gonna be."

It was a wonderful chance for somebody,
somebody else, not me!

Two ivory bones with eb'ny dots,
oft led to cemetery lots,

a game last night brought on a fight
which finished up with pistol shots,

I was the furthest from the door,
the others all got out before,

a body on the floor lay dead,
and thro' the transom someone said:

"Somebody's got to stay behind,
somebody must remain,

and when the officers arrive
explain how come he ain't alive.

The man who stays and sees it thro'
gains notoriety,"

It was a wonderful chance for somebody,
somebody else, not me!

"Somebody's got to stay behind,
somebody must remain,

and when the officers arrive
explain how come he ain't alive.

The man who stays and sees it thro'
gains notoriety,"

It was a wonderful chance for somebody,
somebody else, not me!

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Somebody Else, Not Me! 1920 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 26 Jun 2001

Somebody Else, Not Me! 1920 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 26 Jun 2001
Somebody Else, Not Me! 1920
Music by James F. Hanley
Words by Ballard MacDonald
Copyright 1920 by Shapiro, Bernstein and Co., Inc. New York
featured and broadcast by
Billy Cotton and His Band
sequenced and arranged by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
Tuesday 26th June 2001 at 15.43
in association with Doug Grierson
Karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones