Summer 1969 'Anne Of Green Gables'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Mar 2005

Why ain't it always summer?
Why must it end?
Who wants to put their shoes on?
Not me, my friend!
Don't have to have ambition
for fishin' that's true.
Why ain't it always summer?
I'm asking you!
Think of the ice cream sodas
back in the days of bliss.
Think of the girls we chased
and caught and tried to kiss!

Why ain't it always summer?
It could be great,
sitting around the campfire
staying up late.
Somewhere the gang is humming
and strumming a tune.
Why ain't it always summer?
It's over too soon!
We had a trav'ling circus,
ev'rything cost a dime.
Couldn't we ride that carousel
just one more time!

Why ain't it always summer?
Nothing to do!
Hanging around the corner
seeing what's new.
Hoping to take a chance
on a romance or two.
Why ain't it always summer?
I'm asking you.

Why ain't it always summer?
I could sleep late,
'nstay up till midnight catchin'
dew worms for bait.
Now I'll be combed and curried
and worried again,
who wants to put their shoes on?
Not me, my friend!
I grew a whole inch bigger!
I lost a wisdom tooth!
I took a big umbrella
and fell off our roof!

I spent the entire summer
with my two dogs,
jumping around in hay mows
hunting for frogs!
Now that there's no more summer
I'm glummer to boot
wearing a tight white collar
and a pallbearer's suit!
I found a gorgeous seashell
we found some liq'rice root!
I found the hired girl swimmin'
in her birthday suit!

Where did the summer go to?
We had such fun!
Now we go back to Caesar
and Attila the Hun.
I'm sure that all this Latin
will flatten my head:
Sic transit gloria mundi.
Summer time's dead!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Summer 1969 AOGG
Lyrics by Donald Harron & Elaine Campbell
Music by Norman Campbell
© 1969 by Norman Campbell and Donald Harron
Chappell & Co.Inc. Sole & Exclusive Agent
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 29 March 2005 at 18.08
in association with Doug Grierson
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Anne Of Green Gables - A New Musical!
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