Stiff Upper Lip 1937 'A Damsel In Distress'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 10 Aug 2003

What made Good Queen Bess
such a great success?
What made Wellington do
what he did at Waterloo?
What makes ev'ry Englishman
a fighter through and through?
It isn't roast beef or ale
or home or mother;
it's just a little thing
they sing to one another.

Stiff upper lip! Stout fella!
Carry on, old fluff!
Chin up! Keep muddling through!
Stiff upper lip! Stout fella!
When the going's rough,
pippip to old man trouble
and a toodleoo too!
Carry on through thick and thin
if you feel you're in the right.
Does the fighting spirit win?
Quite, quite, quite, quite, quite!
Stiff upper lip! Stout fella!
When you're in a stew,
sober or blotto,
this is your motto:
Keep muddling through.

Stiff upper lip! Stout fella!
Carry on, old bean!
Chin up! Keep muddling through!
Stiff upper lip! Stout fella!
Dash it all, I mean,
pippip to old man trouble
and a toodleoo too!
When a bounder starts to hiss,
you must give him blow for blow.
Make the blighter say: "What's this?
'Ullo, 'ullo, 'ullo, 'ullo' ullo!"
Stiff upper lip! Stout fella!
When you're in a stew,
sober or blotto,
this is your motto:
Keep muddling through.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Stiff Upper Lip 1937 Gershwin
from "A Damsel In Distress" - 1937
Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
copyright 1937 (renewed 1964) by Gershwin Music
sequence and karaoke by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Sunday 10 August 2003 at 09.43
in association with Doug Grierson
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