When I Get Back To Piccadilly 1907

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11 Sep 2004

Out on the blazing Indian Coast,
where Sons of The Empire bake and roast.
There had been war and the fighting done;
then the thoughts of the boys turned to home and fun.
Up spoke a gay young army sub,
and raising his glass said he,
Here's to the health of the girls at home,
the fairest in the wide wide world to me.

When I get back, back,
back to Piccadilly
back with the girls Maud Lou or Lily
Oh! won't I have a time, oh Lor'
I've been thro' it, yes I have before
I shall face more powder
than I ever did at war
back, back, back to Piccadilly

When I get back, back,
back to Piccadilly
back with the girls Maud Lou or Lily
Oh! won't I have a time, oh Lor'
I've been thro' it, yes I have before
I shall face more powder
than I ever did at war
back, back, back to Piccadilly

I have met girls of a dusky hue,
and vowed that I loved them so have you,
I've spooned by the light of the Eastern Star
under the shade of the Deodar,
Oh! to inhale the English breeze,
a sight of the white cliffs grand,
I long for the lights in Leicester Square,
and the welcome that awaits me
in the Strand.

When I get back, back,
back to Piccadilly
back with the girls Maud Lou or Lily
Oh! won't I have a time, oh Lor'
I've been thro' it, yes I have before
I shall face more powder
than I ever did at war
back, back, back to Piccadilly

When I get back, back,
back to Piccadilly
back with the girls Maud Lou or Lily
Oh! won't I have a time, oh Lor'
I've been thro' it, yes I have before
I shall face more powder
than I ever did at war
back, back, back to Piccadilly

Boys come and drink this toast with me
to the finest spot on the earth said he,
fill your glasses srain them down
to home sweet home and London Town.
And when Tommy comes marching home,
the girls will be there to see,
Whether they're English or Irish or Scotch
they're British and that's good enough for me.

When I get back, back,
back to Piccadilly
back with the girls Maud Lou or Lily
Oh! won't I have a time, oh Lor'
I've been thro' it, yes I have before
I shall face more powder
than I ever did at war
back, back, back to Piccadilly

When I get back, back,
back to Piccadilly
back with the girls Maud Lou or Lily
Oh! won't I have a time, oh Lor'
I've been thro' it, yes I have before
I shall face more powder
than I ever did at war
back, back, back to Piccadilly..

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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When I Get Back To Piccadilly 1907
Written and composed by Paul Pelham, Herbert Rule & Newton Butts
© MCMVII by Shapiro von Tilzer Music Co.Ltd. London
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 11 September 2004 at 10.34
in association with Doug Grierson
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courtesy of The National Library of Australia
nla.mus-an8418201-s2-v
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