Sunshine Alley 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 Apr 2009
2009

Ev'rybody loves their place of birth,
seems it's just the grandest spot on earth,
some folks live in mansions,
some live mighty swell,
but the stork just dropped me,
where it's not so swell:

Sunshine Alley,
where the hand organs play,
Sunshine Alley,
there I first saw light of day,
Tho' it's humble and poor,
ev'ry heart's a gem,
there the boys and the girls all say
"Dese, dose and dem"
Sunshine Alley,
where they're dead on the square,
folks are pally
tho' it's tatters they wear
and I'm proud I was born
on the little side street there
it's God's Valley
Old Sunshine Alley.

Sunshine Alley,
where the hand organs play,
Sunshine Alley,
there I first saw light of day,
Tho' it's humble and poor,
ev'ry heart's a gem,
there the boys and the girls all say
"Dese, dose and dem"
Sunshine Alley,
where they're dead on the square,
folks are pally
tho' it's tatters they wear
and I'm proud I was born
on the little side street there
it's God's Valley
Old Sunshine Alley.

Sunshine Alley,
where the hand organs play,
Sunshine Alley,
there I first saw light of day,
Tho' it's humble and poor,
ev'ry heart's a gem,
there the boys and the girls all say
"Dese, dose and dem"
Sunshine Alley,
where they're dead on the square,
folks are pally
tho' it's tatters they wear
and I'm proud I was born
on the little side street there
it's God's Valley
Old Sunshine Alley.

Sunshine Alley,
where the hand organs play,
Sunshine Alley,
there I first saw light of day,
Tho' it's humble and poor,
ev'ry heart's a gem,
there the boys and the girls all say
"Dese, dose and dem"
Sunshine Alley,
where they're dead on the square,
folks are pally
tho' it's tatters they wear
and I'm proud I was born
on the little side street there
it's God's Valley
Old Sunshine Alley.

As a child I loved that quaint old place,
and I love it still 'twill not efface,
while it's not high toney,
as you may surmise,
still it's far from phoney,
it's a paradise:

Sunshine Alley,
where the hand organs play,
Sunshine Alley,
there I first saw light of day,
Tho' it's humble and poor,
ev'ry heart's a gem,
there the boys and the girls all say
"Dese, dose and dem"
Sunshine Alley,
where they're dead on the square,
folks are pally
tho' it's tatters they wear
and I'm proud I was born
on the little side street there
it's God's Valley
Old Sunshine Alley.

Sunshine Alley,
where the hand organs play,
Sunshine Alley,
there I first saw light of day,
Tho' it's humble and poor,
ev'ry heart's a gem,
there the boys and the girls all say
"Dese, dose and dem"
Sunshine Alley,
where they're dead on the square,
folks are pally
tho' it's tatters they wear
and I'm proud I was born
on the little side street there
it's God's Valley
Old Sunshine Alley.

Sunshine Alley,
where the hand organs play,
Sunshine Alley,
there I first saw light of day,
Tho' it's humble and poor,
ev'ry heart's a gem,
there the boys and the girls all say
"Dese, dose and dem"
Sunshine Alley,
where they're dead on the square,
folks are pally
tho' it's tatters they wear
and I'm proud I was born
on the little side street there
it's God's Valley
Old Sunshine Alley.

Sunshine Alley,
where the hand organs play,
Sunshine Alley,
there I first saw light of day,
Tho' it's humble and poor,
ev'ry heart's a gem,
there the boys and the girls all say
"Dese, dose and dem"
Sunshine Alley,
where they're dead on the square,
folks are pally
tho' it's tatters they wear
and I'm proud I was born
on the little side street there
it's God's Valley
Old Sunshine Alley.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Sunshine Alley 1922
by Eugene West
© MCMXXII by Joe Mittenthal Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 15 April 2009 at 23.21
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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My 37th Wedding Anniversary :)
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