The Banquet In Misery Hall 1902

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 Sep 2004

The scene is a banquet
where beauty and wealth,
have gathered in splendid array,
but silent and sad is a fair woman there,
whose young heart is pining away;
A card is brought to her
she reads there a name,
of one that she loved long ago,
then sadly she whispers:
Just say I'm not here,
for my story he never must know."

That night at the banquet in Misery Hall,
she reigned like a queen on a throne,
but often the tears filled her beautiful eyes,
as she dreamed of the love she had known;
her thoughts flowed along
thro' the laughter and song,
to the days she could never recall;
and she longed to find rest,
on her dear mother's breast,
at the banquet in Misery Hall.

The time passes quickly
and few in the throng,
have noticed the one vacant chair,
'till out of the beautiful garden beyond,
a pistol shot rings on the air;
Now see in the moonlight,
a handsome youth lays,
too quickly his life doth depart,
while kneeling beside him
the woman he loved,
finds her picture is close to his heart.

That night at the banquet in Misery Hall,
she reigned like a queen on a throne,
but often the tears filled her beautiful eyes,
as she dreamed of the love she had known;
her thoughts flowed along
thro' the laughter and song,
to the days she could never recall;
and she longed to find rest,
on her dear mother's breast,
at the banquet in Misery Hall.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Banquet In Misery Hall 1902
Music by Harry von Tilzer
Lyrics by Arthur J. Lamb
© 1902 by Harry von Tilzer Music Pub.Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 15 September 2004 at 22.51
in association with Doug Grierson
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