That Dear Old Home Of Mine 1917

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 02 Feb 2006
2006

[She:] I've left the old home far behind,
and I'm kinda feeling blue:
'Cause I'm so lonesome now I find
I don't know what to do.
[He:] I like the city and the fun and noise.
I like to mingle with the girls and boys.
I'm simply pining for a life that's gay.
[She:] But I just say

I love the city
where the girls are very pretty
and I do love the life up in town.
I love the hustle and the tussle
and the bustle,
and I love to hear the rustle of a gown.
I love the ladies
and I'm always playing Hades
I'm going to make a shine.
I'm gonna buy 'em wine.
The sky's the limit
and we'll trim it to the minute,
for I tell you on the level
that we'll raise the very devil!
I know the places where you
see the pretty faces,
where there's music and laughter and song.
We won't go home till morning
till the break of day is dawning
so come on along,
come on along.
A Tilly or a Milly
or a pretty little Filly
walking up in Piccadilly
make me absolutely silly,
I forget about that dear old home of mine.

I love the city
where the girls are very pretty
and I do love the life up in town.
I love the hustle and the tussle
and the bustle,
and I love to hear the rustle of a gown.
I love the ladies
and I'm always playing Hades
I'm going to make a shine.
I'm gonna buy 'em wine.
The sky's the limit
and we'll trim it to the minute,
for I tell you on the level
that we'll raise the very devil!
I know the places where you
see the pretty faces,
where there's music and laughter and song.
We won't go home till morning
till the break of day is dawning
so come on along,
come on along.
A Tilly or a Milly
or a pretty little Filly
walking up in Piccadilly
make me absolutely silly,
I forget about that dear old home of mine.

Those dear old scenes of yesterday
seem to fill my brain somehow.
Those childish games I used to play
are sweeter to me now.
[He:] I guess I've hung my hat
in Leicester Square.
So when you want me you will find me there.
Forget the village,
this is all O.K.
[She:] Still I must say:

I love the city
where the girls are very pretty
and I do love the life up in town.
I love the hustle and the tussle
and the bustle,
and I love to hear the rustle of a gown.
I love the ladies
and I'm always playing Hades
I'm going to make a shine.
I'm gonna buy 'em wine.
The sky's the limit
and we'll trim it to the minute,
for I tell you on the level
that we'll raise the very devil!
I know the places where you
see the pretty faces,
where there's music and laughter and song.
We won't go home till morning
till the break of day is dawning
so come on along,
come on along.
A Tilly or a Milly
or a pretty little Filly
walking up in Piccadilly
make me absolutely silly,
I forget about that dear old home of mine.

I love the city
where the girls are very pretty
and I do love the life up in town.
I love the hustle and the tussle
and the bustle,
and I love to hear the rustle of a gown.
I love the ladies
and I'm always playing Hades
I'm going to make a shine.
I'm gonna buy 'em wine.
The sky's the limit
and we'll trim it to the minute,
for I tell you on the level
that we'll raise the very devil!
I know the places where you
see the pretty faces,
where there's music and laughter and song.
We won't go home till morning
till the break of day is dawning
so come on along,
come on along.
A Tilly or a Milly
or a pretty little Filly
walking up in Piccadilly
make me absolutely silly,
I forget about that dear old home of mine.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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That Dear Old Home Of Mine 1917
Music by Nat D. Ayer
Lyrics by Clifford Grey
sung in Jack Waller's Production
"Vanity Fair"
http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an7375531
© 1917 by B. Feldman & Co. London, England
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 02 February 2006 at 16.40
in association with Doug Grierson
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