Tee-Pee Blues 1922

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 31 Aug 2007
2007

Big Chief lonely and blue, sighing,
much grief all the night thru, crying,
Big Chief sick of civilisation,
go back quick to Reservation,
got no use for education
got the TeePee blues.
Soon he'll hit the mountain trail,
singing in the moonlight pale!

TeePee Blues creepy blues
blue for blue skies,
streams and mountains,
blue for young papoose,
blue for squaw and blue for wigwam
buffalo and moose,
TeePee Blues,
PowWow calls and Big Chief can't refuse,
wants to chase a coyote,
round a boulder, wants to beat a tomtom,
shake a shoulder,
Big Chief's got the creepy TeePee Blues.

TeePee Blues creepy blues
blue for blue skies,
streams and mountains,
blue for young papoose,
blue for squaw and blue for wigwam
buffalo and moose,
TeePee Blues,
PowWow calls and Big Chief can't refuse,
wants to chase a coyote,
round a boulder, wants to beat a tomtom,
shake a shoulder,
Big Chief's got the creepy TeePee Blues.

Red man for his canoe lonely,
big town, automobile, only,
tired of high life afternoon napping;
tired of jazz dance finger snapping,
wants his fishing
wants his trapping,
bow and arrow too,
anybody say "New York"
scalp him with a Tomohawk!

TeePee Blues creepy blues
blue for blue skies,
streams and mountains,
blue for young papoose,
blue for squaw and blue for wigwam
buffalo and moose,
TeePee Blues,
PowWow calls and Big Chief can't refuse,
wants to chase a coyote,
round a boulder, wants to beat a tomtom,
shake a shoulder,
Big Chief's got the creepy TeePee Blues.

TeePee Blues creepy blues
blue for blue skies,
streams and mountains,
blue for young papoose,
blue for squaw and blue for wigwam
buffalo and moose,
TeePee Blues,
PowWow calls and Big Chief can't refuse,
wants to chase a coyote,
round a boulder, wants to beat a tomtom,
shake a shoulder,
Big Chief's got the creepy TeePee Blues.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Tee-Pee Blues 1922
by Roy Bargy, Roger Lewis & Ernie Erdman
dedicated to T.P.Flannery
© MCMXXII by Leo Feist Inc. New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 31 August 2007 at 8.16pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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