Throw Down Dat Key 1906

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 8 Jun 2008
2008

'Twas in the dead of night,
the neighbours got a fright,
Sam Brown a shoutin'
Oh! Malinda
won't you open up dat window,
Now Lindy weighed a ton,
she said: "We close at one,
sneak back again to whar you bin,
a shootin' dice
and a drinkin' gin,"
cried Sam: "Oh pity me,
and please throw down that key."

Throw down dat key,
listen to me,
that cold night breeze
will make me freeze,
no more I'll roam
but stay at home,
please let me in now,
throw down dat key.

Throw down dat key,
listen to me,
that cold night breeze
will make me freeze,
no more I'll roam
but stay at home,
please let me in now,
throw down dat key.

Again that face of ink,
and head with corkscrew kink,
was shoved out on that window sill
and Lindy shouted:
"Sam, you be still."
You've vowed you'd stay with me,
so honey, here's de key,
but Sam again one night stayed out
and at the door did loudly shout,
said she: "Don't speak to me!"
said Sam: "Throw down dat key."

Throw down dat key,
listen to me,
that cold night breeze
will make me freeze,
no more I'll roam
but stay at home,
please let me in now,
throw down dat key.

Throw down dat key,
listen to me,
that cold night breeze
will make me freeze,
no more I'll roam
but stay at home,
please let me in now,
throw down dat key.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Throw Down Dat Key 1906
Music by Ted Barron
Lyrics by Edgar Malone
© 1906 by Barron & Thompson Co. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne
on Sunday 8 June 2008 at 15.36
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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