This Is The Life 1914

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18 Nov 2006
2006

Farmer Brown came to town,
started to take in the sights:
Cabarets, swell cafés,
took up most of his nights.
After seven days or so,
after seeing ev'ry show,
after meeting May and Flo,
Farmer Brown remarked:

I love the cows and chickens,
but this is the life, this is the life!
I love to raise the dickens!
While I'm cabareting,
where the band is playing;
I love the trees and flowers,
but I'd rather while away the hours
picking daisies from a Musical Comedy.
That's the life for me,
I love the home made cider,
but I'd rather have wine,
no more picking berries,
Me for cocktail cherries!
This is the life, this is the life,
this is the life for mine.

I love the cows and chickens,
but this is the life, this is the life!
I love to raise the dickens!
While I'm cabareting,
where the band is playing;
I love the trees and flowers,
but I'd rather while away the hours
picking daisies from a Musical Comedy.
That's the life for me,
I love the home made cider,
but I'd rather have wine,
no more picking berries,
Me for cocktail cherries!
This is the life, this is the life,
this is the life for mine.

Missis Brown, out of town,
wrote to her husband and said:
"Please come home, I'm alone!"
When her letter he read,
Farmer Brown took off his coat,
sat right down and then he wrote
to his wife a little note,
this is what he said:

I love the cows and chickens,
but this is the life, this is the life!
I love to raise the dickens!
While I'm cabareting,
where the band is playing;
I love the trees and flowers,
but I'd rather while away the hours
picking daisies from a Musical Comedy.
That's the life for me,
I love the home made cider,
but I'd rather have wine,
no more picking berries,
Me for cocktail cherries!
This is the life, this is the life,
this is the life for mine.

I love the cows and chickens,
but this is the life, this is the life!
I love to raise the dickens!
While I'm cabareting,
where the band is playing;
I love the trees and flowers,
but I'd rather while away the hours
picking daisies from a Musical Comedy.
That's the life for me,
I love the home made cider,
but I'd rather have wine,
no more picking berries,
Me for cocktail cherries!
This is the life, this is the life,
this is the life for mine.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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This Is The Life 1914
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© MCMXIV by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 18 November 2006 at 1.17am
in association with Doug Grierson
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