The Old Town 1920 Kern

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Jun 2008
2008

I'm getting near fifty
and what is called
by the world a success;
I've been lucky and thrifty
I've got a fortune of size to impress
I've money and leisure
to go wherever I will and remain;
But the one happy sport
I would choose of the lot
isn't reached by the steamer or train:

I'd like to gather
one more wild oat,
of the kind that used to grow
in the bygone days
by the great white way
in the little New York
that we used to know:
If in his track
time could turn back,
I wouldn't need a guide,
for one more round
of the fun we found
before the old town died.

I'd like to gather
one more wild oat,
of the kind that used to grow
in the bygone days
by the great white way
in the little New York
that we used to know:
If in his track
time could turn back,
I wouldn't need a guide,
for one more round
of the fun we found
before the old town died.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Old Town 1920 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Anne Caldwell
© MCMXX by T.B.Harms Co. - N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 29 June 2008 at 00.41
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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