When The Curtain Falls 1918 "Going Up"

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 24 Dec 2006
2006

[She:] I have a cute idea for a play
[He:] Tell me about it do;
[She:] It's just a story of ev'ry day
[He:] Nothing today is new.
[She:] There isn't much to my little plot
[He:] I'm sure it's more than you say.
[She:] Maybe you will not like it a lot,
[He:] Tell me about your play.

In the first act
a girl and boy appear,
In the second act
their fam'lies interfere;
a row is started,
they're brokenhearted
and soon they're parted,
for one long year.
In the third act
the lovers meet again,
and before they take their curtain calls,
we see them spending
a happy ending
in the last act
when the curtain falls.

[She:] What do you think of my little play?
[He:] I think it simply great.
[She:] Somebody may produce it some day
[He:] I'll bet you just can't wait.
[She:] I wonder what the critics will say
[He:] I'm sure 'twill fill them with joy,
[She:] I'd love to be the girl in the play,
[He:] I'd love to be the boy.

In the first act
a girl and boy appear,
In the second act
their fam'lies interfere;
a row is started,
they're brokenhearted
and soon they're parted,
for one long year.
In the third act
the lovers meet again,
and before they take their curtain calls,
we see them spending
a happy ending
in the last act
when the curtain falls.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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When The Curtain Falls 1918
from Cohan & Harris's Musical Farce
"Going Up"
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© MCMXVIII by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  N.Y..
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 24 December 2006 at 9.56pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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