The Simple Life 1921 'A Dangerous Maid'

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 06 Oct 2004

[Elsie:] I've been all along
the gay white way.
There I often turned the night to day.
So when coming to the country,
I was sure I'd find
it would be an awful bore,
but my! I've changed my mind.
With the gay and giddy whirl I'm through;
I would rather be a simple Sue.

[Chorus:] I love the simple life.
I'm here to stay.
Away from care and strife,
I'm making hay.
I love the humming of the bees;
I love the birdies;
I'll say it's great to be away
from hurdygurdies.
Beside a babbling brook
I love to sit,
and read my cooking book,
or else I knit.
The life of Riley was praised very highly,
but the simple life for me.

I love the simple life.
I'm here to stay.
Away from care and strife,
I'm making hay.
I love to chase the butterflies,
and watch them flutter;
I think the greatest exercise
is churning butter.
And when the day is done,
I love to rest
and watch the golden sun
sink in the west.
The life of Riley was praised very highly,
but the simple life for me.

[Blakely:] If everything you say
is really so,
I will leave the town where subways grow,
I am ready now to say goodbye
to hectic nights,
and to leave without a single sigh
electric lights, Rector's, Healey's,
with you I'm all through;
and that goes for Greenwich Village too.

[Chorus:] I love the simple life.
I'm here to stay.
Away from care and strife,
I'm making hay.
I love the humming of the bees;
I love the birdies;
I'll say it's great to be away
from hurdygurdies.
Beside a babbling brook
I love to sit,
and read my cooking book,
or else I knit.
The life of Riley was praised very highly,
but the simple life for me.

I love the simple life.
I'm here to stay.
Away from care and strife,
I'm making hay.
I love to chase the butterflies,
and watch them flutter;
I think the greatest exercise
is churning butter.
And when the day is done,
I love to rest
and watch the golden sun
sink in the west.
The life of Riley was praised very highly,
but the simple life for me.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Simple Life 1921 Gershwin
from "A Dangerous Maid" - 1921
Music and Lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin
© 1921 by WB Music Corp. (renewed)
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 06 October 2004 at 12.26
in association with Doug Grierson
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