The Old Clarinet 1911

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 2 Match 2011
2011

[Claudine:] In gay resorts the lights are bright,
crowded with dancers ev'ry night.
[Joseph:] There all the ladies
show good form,
champagne is iced,
the dances warm,
[Claudine:] That kind of dancing I can't stand
you should have seen
our village green.
Saturday night, oh it was grand!
Dancing to our old village band.

[Both:] The trombone tromboning
Tra ra! Tra ra! Tra ra! Tra ra! Tra ra!
The clarinet droning
Da! Did lada!
Did lada! Did lada! Did lada! Did lada!
The trumpets loud braying
Tra Ra!
Tra Ra! Tra Ra! Tra Ra! Tra Ra!
The clarinet playing its
Da! didla da!
didla da! didla da! didla da!
[Joseph:] Have a good old waltz my baby!
It may have its faults well may be
Still I can't forget
I can hear the music yet,
The squeak of the old clarinet!

[Dance:]

[Claudine:] The things that they call dances now,
[Joseph:] Look like a fit to me, I vow.
Though in the smartest sets they're done,
and are thought fun by ev'ry one
[Claudine:} All the gay boys,
both old and stout,
spinning about,
don't mind their gout.
They think their antics grand you bet,
they should have heard our Clarinet.

[Both:] The trombone tromboning
Tra ra! Tra ra! Tra ra! Tra ra! Tra ra!
The clarinet droning
Da! Did lada!
Did lada! Did lada! Did lada! Did lada!
The trumpets loud braying
Tra Ra!
Tra Ra! Tra Ra! Tra Ra! Tra Ra!
The clarinet playing its
Da! didla da!
didla da! didla da! didla da!
[Joseph:] Have a good old waltz my baby!
It may have its faults well may be
Still I can't forget
I can hear the music yet,
The squeak of the old clarinet!

[Dance:]

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Old Clarinet 1911
Music by Jean Gilbert
Lyrics by Harry B.Smith
© MCMXI by Thalia-Theater-Verlag-Berlin
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Merrrs Schubert present
"Oh I Say"
words by Harry B.Smith
Music by Jerome Kern
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 2 March 2011 at 18.16
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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