Sweet And Low-Down 1925 'Tip-Toes'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 05 Aug 2004

There's a cabaret in this city
I can recommend to you;
peps you up like electricity
when the band is blowing blue.
They play nothing classic,
oh no! down there;
they carve nothing else
but the low down there
if you need a tonic
and the need is chronic;
if you're in a crisis,
my advice is:

Grab a cab and go down
to where the band is playing;
where milk and honey flow down,
where everyone is saying:
"Blow that Sweet and LowDown!"
(TuTu!)
Busy as a beaver,
you'll dance until you totter,
you're sure to get the fever
for nothing could be hotter,
Oh that Sweet and LowDown!
Philosopher or deacon,
you simply have to weaken.
Hear those shuffling feet!
You can't keep your seat!
[spoken:] Professor!
[sing:] Start your beat!
Come along! Get in it!
You'll love the syncopation!
The minute they begin it,
you're shouting to the nation:
"Blow that Sweet and LowDown!"

Grab a cab and go down
to where the band is playing;
where milk and honey flow down,
where everyone is saying:
"Blow that Sweet and LowDown!"
(TuTu!)
Busy as a beaver,
you'll dance until you totter,
you're sure to get the fever
for nothing could be hotter,
Oh that Sweet and LowDown!
Philosopher or deacon,
you simply have to weaken.
Hear those shuffling feet!
You can't keep your seat!
[spoken:] Professor!
[sing:] Start your beat!
Come along! Get in it!
You'll love the syncopation!
The minute they begin it,
you're shouting to the nation:
"Blow that Sweet and LowDown!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Sweet And Low-Down 1925 Gershwin
from "Tip-Toes" - 1925
Music & Lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin
© 1925 WB Music Corp. (Renewed)
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 05 August 2004 at 18.20
in association with Doug Grierson
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