Will It All End In Smoke 1913 Kern

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

To be near her I'm here each day,
and all my cash I pay,
for cigarettes,
although they make my poor head ache,
but that's a sacrifice
I make only for her sake,
I hate to smoke,
but still I try
and worship at her shrine,
kind fortune say she will decline
or yet be mine?

Oh tell me, tell me, tell me pray.

Dame Nicotine, pray intervene,
for an unfortunate lover,
what do those smoke rings mean?
Lightly above me they hover,
are they a sign she's to be mine?
Or is my love but a joke?
Will it all end in smoke?
Will it all end in smoke?

She'll be here soon,
Now what shall I say to her?

I'll say: "Good day!" In jaunty way,
I'll smile, I'll joke, be gay,
I'll take her hand
and look quite boldly in her eyes,
and say: "I love you
with a love that the world defies."
Oh no, I won't, when she's in sight,
I grow quite cold with fright,
my nerves and courage
always seem to leave me quite.

To tell her, tell her, tell her all.

Dame Nicotine, pray intervene,
for an unfortunate lover,
what do those smoke rings mean?
Lightly above me they hover,
are they a sign she's to be mine?
Or is my love but a joke?
Will it all end in smoke?
Will it all end in smoke?

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Will It All End In Smoke 1913 Kern
Music by Jerome Kern
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
© MCMXIII by T.B.Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 17 June 2006 at 09.20
in association with Doug Grierson
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