Traveling 1906

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 November 2010
2010

A young man went to see his girl
on a dark and stormy night,
He asked her if she'd be his wife,
he thought 'twould be all right,
He said: "We'll go a traveling
just as soon as we are wed,"
Her father said: "You're wrong my boy,
you'll go right now instead."

And he went traveling, traveling,
Trav'ling right away,
didn't wait a day,
But he went traveling, traveling,
Far from the old folks at home.

And he went traveling, traveling,
Trav'ling right away,
didn't wait a day,
But he went traveling, traveling,
Far from the old folks at home.

A thousand men once tried to pull
a mule from off the track,
They'd pull him just about a foot
and then he'd pull them back,
Then someone did a funny thing
he must have been a fool,
He went and got a piece of straw
and tried to tickle the mule.

And he went traveling, traveling,
way up in the air,
pieces here and there,
as he went traveling, traveling,
Far from the old folks at home.

And he went traveling, traveling,
way up in the air,
pieces here and there,
as he went traveling, traveling,
Far from the old folks at home.

They say Mephisto once got weary
of his wicked life,
And that he came to New York Town
to get himself a wife,
But when he met the girls from Harlem
he let out a yell,
He said they're far too warm for me
I'll go right back to Jersey.

And he went traveling, traveling,
went without a bride,
to his own fireside,
oh, he went traveling, traveling,
back to the old folks at home.

And he went traveling, traveling,
went without a bride,
to his own fireside,
oh, he went traveling, traveling,
back to the old folks at home.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Traveling 1906
Music by George Botsford
Lyrics by James Devins
© MCMVI by Jerome H.Remick & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Monday 15 November 2010 at 12.36
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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