The Land Of Make Believe 1906

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 8 Oct 2011
2011

When we were very young
not so many years ago,
you remember all the things
we used to do.
Read fairy tales galore
then play "goblin" on the floor;
And imagine we were children in a shoe.
Witches used to chase us
if we stayed out rather late;
A hundred things would frighten us at night;
How we'd hurry up the stairs
dodging ghosts and fearing bears
afraid to go to bed
without a light.

In the Land of MakeBelieve,
in the Land of MakeBelieve,
you can always be what you like to be
in the Land of MakeBelieve.
For your wants you never grieve;
fairy spells are there to weave
in a bath tub you can fish
and catch anything you wish,
in the happy Land of MakeBelieve.

In the Land of MakeBelieve,
in the Land of MakeBelieve,
you can always be what you like to be
in the Land of MakeBelieve.
you can take a girl to dine,
she won't let you open wine,
for it's "water extra dry"
and a bird a la mud pie
in the happy Land of MakeBelieve.

We used to fall in love,
'twas as simple as could be,
Matrimony was a game we loved to play.
For if we disagreed
separations were decreed
and no alimony then we had to pay.
Wifie's mother was not there
to make me toe the mark;
She never cared to visit us at all
when our chidren cried at night
we just kicked them out of sight;
No walking floors when baby is a doll.

In the Land of MakeBelieve,
in the Land of MakeBelieve,
you can always be what you like to be
in the Land of MakeBelieve.
For your wants you never grieve;
fairy spells are there to weave
in a bath tub you can fish
and catch anything you wish,
in the happy Land of MakeBelieve.

In the Land of MakeBelieve,
in the Land of MakeBelieve,
you can always be what you like to be
in the Land of MakeBelieve.
you can take a girl to dine,
she won't let you open wine,
for it's "water extra dry"
and a bird a la mud pie
in the happy Land of MakeBelieve.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Land Of Make Believe 1906
Music by Lester Keith
Lyrics by John Kemble
© MCMVI by Francis, Day & Hunter, London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 8 October 2011 at 11.51
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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