From Poverty Street To Golden Square 1908

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 11Feb2025
2025

At the bottom of Adversity Hill,
there's a place called Poverty Street.
And if you should live there,
the world's very hard,
and a friend you will seldom meet.
The sun of prosperity rarely shines,
and all is dark down there;
No one seems to have a friend at all,
for friendship is so rare.

When you're living
down in Poverty Street,
nobody knocks at your door!
When you're living
down in Poverty Street
folks all know you're poor.
But, when your bit of silver
burns into gold,
it drives away all care,
then you'll find that
ev'rybody's knocking at your door
when you're living
in Golden Square.

When you're living
down in Poverty Street,
nobody knocks at your door!
When you're living
down in Poverty Street
folks all know you're poor.
But, when your bit of silver
burns into gold,
it drives away all care,
then you'll find that
ev'rybody's knocking at your door
when you're living
in Golden Square.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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From Poverty Street To Golden Square 1908
Lyrics by Paul Pelham & Herbert Rule
Music by Herbert Rule
© 1908 by The Monte Carlo Publishing Co.  London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 11 February 2025 at 16.11
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne