Tra-La La La! 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 17 Dec 2006
2006

Once a vocal teacher
said to Mabel Beecher:
"I think your singing voice
is very canary!
It needs cultivation,
for a demonstration
I'll charge you 'Ten' to cultivate it."
She paid it.
Twice a week Miss Mabel scrapes the money up somehow,
twice a week he teaches her
to vocalize, and now:

All day long she's singing
Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!
When her voice starts ringing
Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!
All the neighbours get together and cry:
"It's most unbearable, terrible!
Why do they let her suffer?"
Ev'rybody hollers: "Tie a cano to her Soprano!"
All her aunts and uncles
when they heard her, hollered: "Murder!"
Ev'ry day a neighbour moves away
from her Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!
Tra, la, la, la, la!

All day long she's singing
Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!
When her voice starts ringing
Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!
All the neighbours get together and cry:
"It's most unbearable, terrible!
Why do they let her suffer?"
Ev'rybody hollers: "Tie a cano to her Soprano!"
All her aunts and uncles
when they heard her, hollered: "Murder!"
Ev'ry day a neighbour moves away
from her Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!
Tra, la, la, la, la!

Landlord sent a "Cable"
saying: "Dear Miss Mabel,
your voice is good for breaking leases
to pieces.
My advice, Miss Beecher, is,
give up your teacher;
Your singing voice needs no improving."
They're moving!
June, July and August
finds her relatives in tears,
just because they must go 'round
with earmuffs on their ears.

All day long she's singing
Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!
When her voice starts ringing
Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!
All the neighbours get together and cry:
"It's most unbearable, terrible!
Why do they let her suffer?"
Ev'rybody hollers: "Tie a cano to her Soprano!"
All her aunts and uncles
when they heard her, hollered: "Murder!"
Ev'ry day a neighbour moves away
from her Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!
Tra, la, la, la, la!

All day long she's singing
Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!
When her voice starts ringing
Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!
All the neighbours get together and cry:
"It's most unbearable, terrible!
Why do they let her suffer?"
Ev'rybody hollers: "Tie a cano to her Soprano!"
All her aunts and uncles
when they heard her, hollered: "Murder!"
Ev'ry day a neighbour moves away
from her Tra, la, la, la! Tra, la, la, la!
Tra, la, la, la, la!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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Tra-La La La! 1913
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© 1913 by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 17 December 2006 at 12.21pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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