That Haunting Melody 1911

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 03 Sep 2004

Tell me, have you ever heard this melody?
Hmmmmmmmmm
A melody that made an awful hit with me.
Hmmmmmmmmm
I don't know where I heard it
but I liked it from the start,
it seems that I preferred it
for it got right to my heart.
It lingers in my brain,
I've nearly gone insane,
Oh how I love that strain of melody!

Hmmmmmmmmm
Where have I heard that melody?
It seems so familiar to me;
Hmmmmmmmmm
It's floating in the air
it's everywhere I hear it here,
I hear it there,
Hmmmmmmmmm
I love, I love, I love it so!
It follows where ever I go,
what is it from?
I can't help but hum
Hmmmmmmmmm
I couldn't live without,
I'm mad about,
that haunting melody.

I wake myself up in the morning
with that strain.
Hmmmmmmmmm
I hum myself to sleep at night
with that refrain.
Hmmmmmmmmm
I wish I knew the rest of that sweet tune
to hum it through,
If I don't learn it pretty soon,
I don't know what I'll do;
It sticks right in my throat,
It's certainly got my goat
I wish I knew who wrote that melody!

Hmmmmmmmmm
Where have I heard that melody?
It seems so familiar to me;
Hmmmmmmmmm
It's floating in the air
it's everywhere I hear it here,
I hear it there,
Hmmmmmmmmm
I love, I love, I love it so!
It follows where ever I go,
what is it from?
I can't help but hum
Hmmmmmmmmm
I couldn't live without,
I'm mad about,
that haunting melody.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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That Haunting Melody 1911
Words & Music by George M. Cohen
© MCMXI by Jerome & Schwartz Pub.Co.  N.Y.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 03 September 2004 at 21.23
in association with Doug Grierson
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