Stumbling 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 Dec 2007
2007

'Tention folks, speak of jokes,
this is one on me,
took my gal to a dance
at the Armory.
Music played, dancers swayed,
then we joined the crowd,
I can't dance, took a chance,
and right then we started,

Stumbling all around,
stumbling all around,
stumbling all around so funny,
stumbling here and there,
stumbling ev'rywhere
and I must declare,
I stepped right on her toes,
and when she bumped my nose,
I fell and when I rose,
I felt ashamed,
and told her
that's the latest step,
that's the latest step,
that's the latest step,
My honey, notice all the pep,
notice all the pep,
notice all the pep;
she said: "Stop mumbling,
tho' you are stumbling,
I like it just a little bit,
just a little bit,
quite a little bit."

Stumbling all around,
stumbling all around,
stumbling all around so funny,
stumbling here and there,
stumbling ev'rywhere
and I must declare,
I stepped right on her toes,
and when she bumped my nose,
I fell and when I rose,
I felt ashamed,
and told her
that's the latest step,
that's the latest step,
that's the latest step,
My honey, notice all the pep,
notice all the pep,
notice all the pep;
she said: "Stop mumbling,
tho' you are stumbling,
I like it just a little bit,
just a little bit,
quite a little bit."

Young and small, short and tall,
folks most ev'rywhere,
take a chance, do this dance,
they think it's a bear,
People rave, and they crave,
just to do this step,
off they go, nice and slow,
when the band starts playing,

Stumbling all around,
stumbling all around,
stumbling all around so funny,
stumbling here and there,
stumbling ev'rywhere
and I must declare,
I stepped right on her toes,
and when she bumped my nose,
I fell and when I rose,
I felt ashamed,
and told her
that's the latest step,
that's the latest step,
that's the latest step,
My honey, notice all the pep,
notice all the pep,
notice all the pep;
she said: "Stop mumbling,
tho' you are stumbling,
I like it just a little bit,
just a little bit,
quite a little bit."

Stumbling all around,
stumbling all around,
stumbling all around so funny,
stumbling here and there,
stumbling ev'rywhere
and I must declare,
I stepped right on her toes,
and when she bumped my nose,
I fell and when I rose,
I felt ashamed,
and told her
that's the latest step,
that's the latest step,
that's the latest step,
My honey, notice all the pep,
notice all the pep,
notice all the pep;
she said: "Stop mumbling,
tho' you are stumbling,
I like it just a little bit,
just a little bit,
quite a little bit."

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
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piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Stumbling 1922
Words & Music by Zez Confrey
© MCMXXII by Leo Feist Inc.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 15 December 2007 at 13.19
in association with Doug Grierson
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