When The Guards Are On Parade 1931 Vs2 JPitt-Payne

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13Feb2014
2014

There's a lilting thrum
of the rolling drum
as it echoes thro' the air,
there's a blaze of red.
with an even tread
and an instrumental blare;
there's a flash and a glint of steel
as orders are obeyed
when the Guards are on parade.

When the Guards are on parade
in their uniforms arrayed
"What the blankerty blank"
says the sergeant:
"Do you think you're in?
It's not the Boys Brigade!"
When the Guards are on parade
and the band is being played
the bayonets are flashing
the sergeant's teeth are gnashing
when the Guards are on parade.

When the Guards are on parade
in their uniforms arrayed
"What the blankerty blank"
says the sergeant:
"Do you think you're in?
It's not the Boys Brigade!"
When the Guards are on parade
and the band is being played
the bayonets are flashing
the sergeant's teeth are gnashing
when the Guards are on parade.

Left! Left!
Hark to the tramp of the feet
List to the beating of the drum:
Look! Look!
Look at the crowd in the street
waving and shouting
"Here they come!"
"Guards, Halt!"
Never a one with a fault
see how they stand
as stiff as starch,
"Parade shun!
Slope Arms!
By the right
Quick March!"

When the Guards are on parade
in their uniforms arrayed
"What the blankerty blank"
says the sergeant:
"Do you think you're in?
It's not the Boys Brigade!"
When the Guards are on parade
and the band is being played
the bayonets are flashing
the sergeant's teeth are gnashing
when the Guards are on parade.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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When The Guards Are On Parade 1931 Vs2 JPitt-Payne
Music by Horatio Nicholls
Lyrics by Leslie Sarony
© MCMXXXI by The Lawrence Wright Music Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 13 February 2014 at 16.10
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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