The Frisco Cabaret 1914

by James Pitt-Payne, london UK - 12 Jul 2009
2009

Come on, Sue,
come on, Sue,
ev'rybody's going
so let's go too,
Did you hear what the papers say,
'bout the San Francisco cabaret?
They're all excited
ev'rybody's delighted
because they're on their way.
Hurry Sue, hurry Sue,
ev'rybody's ready
but me and you,
pack your clothes honey
right away
then we'll start for dear old Frisco Bay,
The crowd is swaying
while the big band is playing
a ragtime melody.

They're on their way
to the Frisco cabaret.
Oh, honey, life is just a merry song,
there you'll love to linger long
with singing, dancing,
tunes entrancing, honey,
Oh, come along,
get right in tune,
let's be leaving mighty soon,
for all the folks that you ever knew
will be leaving on the next choochoo,
they're on their way,
they're on their way
to the 'Frisco cabaret,

They're on their way
to the Frisco cabaret.
Oh, honey, life is just a merry song,
there you'll love to linger long
with singing, dancing,
tunes entrancing, honey,
Oh, come along,
get right in tune,
let's be leaving mighty soon,
for all the folks that you ever knew
will be leaving on the next choochoo,
they're on their way,
they're on their way
to the 'Frisco cabaret,

Dreamy strains, dreamy strains,
ev'rybody's humming
that sweet refrain,
down in the old dreamy Chinatown,
with the lanterns glowing all around,
that's where the dancing
and the music entrancing
will send your brain awhirl.
Cabaret, cabaret,
there we'll dance the tango
both night and day.
Don't be slow, honey,
let us go
if we linger, then we'll miss the show,
Oh, there's your mother,
there's your sister and brother,
they're bound for Frisco town.

They're on their way
to the Frisco cabaret.
Oh, honey, life is just a merry song,
there you'll love to linger long
with singing, dancing,
tunes entrancing, honey,
Oh, come along,
get right in tune,
let's be leaving mighty soon,
for all the folks that you ever knew
will be leaving on the next choochoo,
they're on their way,
they're on their way
to the 'Frisco cabaret,

They're on their way
to the Frisco cabaret.
Oh, honey, life is just a merry song,
there you'll love to linger long
with singing, dancing,
tunes entrancing, honey,
Oh, come along,
get right in tune,
let's be leaving mighty soon,
for all the folks that you ever knew
will be leaving on the next choochoo,
they're on their way,
they're on their way
to the 'Frisco cabaret.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Frisco Cabaret 1914
Music by E.Clinton Keithley
Lyrics by Joe Lyons
© MCMXIV by Frank K.Root & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 12 July 2009 at 16.41
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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