Follow The Swallow 1924

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 31Jan2025
2025

On my lonesome window sill
When the sun is rising in the sky
I can hear a swallow trill
"Follow me and kiss your cares goodbye
After I pull up my curtain
Off he'll go
But I know one thing's certain

When I'm blue lonesome too
What am I gonna do
Follow the swallow back home
When the wind starts to blow
Where am I gonna go
Follow the swallow back home
When the world is dark and gloomy
And my pals all try to do me
Listen to me, east is east, west is west
Birds go south, they know best
Follow the swallow back home

When I'm blue lonesome too
What am I gonna do
Follow the swallow back home
When the wind starts to blow
Where am I gonna go
Follow the swallow back home
When the world is dark and gloomy
And my pals all try to do me
Listen to me, east is east, west is west
Birds go south, they know best
Follow the swallow back home

When my sweetie turns me down
I ain't gonna sit around and cry
When my friends don't come around
I ain't gonna bid the world goodbye
I won't leap in the deep river
Watch my dust
When I just crank my flivver

When I'm blue lonesome too
What am I gonna do
Follow the swallow back home
When the wind starts to blow
Where am I gonna go
Follow the swallow back home
When the world is dark and gloomy
And my pals all try to do me
Listen to me, east is east, west is west
Birds go south, they know best
Follow the swallow back home

When I'm blue lonesome too
What am I gonna do
Follow the swallow back home
When the wind starts to blow
Where am I gonna go
Follow the swallow back home
When the world is dark and gloomy
And my pals all try to do me
Listen to me, east is east, west is west
Birds go south, they know best
Follow the swallow back home

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Follow the Swallow 1924
Lyrics by Billy Rose and Mort Dixon
Music by Ray Henderson
© MCMXXIV by Jerome H.Remick & Co.  New York & Detroit
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 31 January 2025 at 10.47
in association with Fred Feild, The Sheet Music Singer
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James Pitt-Payne