Take Plenty Of Shoes 1908

bt James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 14 May 2011
2011

A sunburned farmer's sunburned son,
said: "Father, I resign;
This farm thing runs for Sweeney,
and it's New York Town for mine."
"New York, New York," the old man said,
his voice grew soft and kind,
"I was there, gee,
in eightythree
when you get there, you'll find.

It's a grand old town
that New York town,
It's the farm where the fortunes grow;
All you need to do
is to pick yourself a few
and that feller Rockefeller
won't have anything on you;
When your feet slam down
on that Amsterdam town,
you can fill your trunk
with all the plunks you choose,
But it's a long, roam, back home,
Take plenty of shoes.

It's a grand old town
that New York town,
It's the farm where the fortunes grow;
All you need to do
is to pick yourself a few
and that feller Rockefeller
won't have anything on you;
When your feet slam down
on that Amsterdam town,
you can fill your trunk
with all the plunks you choose,
But it's a long, roam, back home,
Take plenty of shoes.

When you get down to New York town
of female folks steer clear;
don't let the rustle of a skirt
be music to your ear;
And there's two kinds of gals, my boy,
Beware of, don't forget,
The one kind they be blondes
and say the other be brunettes.

It's a grand old town
that New York town,
It's the farm where the fortunes grow;
All you need to do
is to pick yourself a few
and that feller Rockefeller
won't have anything on you;
When your feet slam down
on that Amsterdam town,
you can fill your trunk
with all the plunks you choose,
But it's a long, roam, back home,
Take plenty of shoes.

It's a grand old town
that New York town,
It's the farm where the fortunes grow;
All you need to do
is to pick yourself a few
and that feller Rockefeller
won't have anything on you;
When your feet slam down
on that Amsterdam town,
you can fill your trunk
with all the plunks you choose,
But it's a long, roam, back home,
Take plenty of shoes.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Take Plenty Of Shoes 1908
Music by Melville Johnson
Lyrics by Will D.Cobb
© 1908 by Maurice Shapiro - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 14 May 2011 at 21.03
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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