All The Boys Keep Looking Down 1926

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 16Apr2025
2025

Forward march, down the street
Down the street, forward march
Tramp of feet, tramp of feet
It isn't war again I'm very glad to say
It's just the girls parading
on a sunny day
Look, look, look at the boys
A twinkle in each eye
But they never look at the sky

All the boys keep looking down, down, down
As the girls go marching by
And there are two good reasons why
Here and there, see them stare
At each peachy pair
All the boys keep looking down, down, down
But they never see the ground
There's quite a change since Grandma's day
Of that you will allow
The skirts are getting shorter
And the men look longer now
Left, right, day, night, all over town
They're looking down, down, down

All the boys keep looking down, down, down
As the girls go marching by
And there are two good reasons why
Here and there, see them stare
At each peachy pair
All the boys keep looking down, down, down
But they never see the ground
There's quite a change since Grandma's day
Of that you will allow
The skirts are getting shorter
And the men look longer now
Left, right, day, night, all over town
They're looking down, down, down

Tramp, tramp, tramp, see the men
There again, vamp, vamp, vamp
Watch them stare, you know where
You don't need any movies,
you don't know the half
The greatest fad, they've ever had
is shadowgraph
Young, old, whether it's cold
or ninety in the shade
They look like the hunchback brigade

All the boys keep looking down, down, down
As the girls go marching by
And there are two good reasons why
Roll 'em high, roll 'em low
Give them all a show
All the boys keep looking down, down, down
But they never see the ground
For many years the old boys
Used to sit in bald head row
They stand on every corner now
Why pay to see a show
Left, right, day, night, all over town
They're looking down, down, down

All the boys keep looking down, down, down
As the girls go marching by
And there are two good reasons why
Roll 'em high, roll 'em low
Give them all a show
All the boys keep looking down, down, down
But they never see the ground
For many years the old boys
Used to sit in bald head row
They stand on every corner now
Why pay to see a show
Left, right, day, night, all over town
They're looking down, down, down

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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All The Boys Keep Looking Down 1926
Lyrics & music by Harry Von Tilzer
© MCMXXVI by Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub.Co.    N.Y.C.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 16 April 2025 at 09.14
in association with Fred Feild, The Sheet Music Singer
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James Pitt-Payne