Get Upon A Puff Puff 1924

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15Feb2025
2025

What's the use of caring
not a bit at all.
We get a lot of trouble
in this world so small.
So keep on jogging on along.
If your luck in one place
seems all wrong.

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

There's a little story
Mister Farmer Brown,
went to town and met a girl
who did Brown down.
said Brown "I came for a week or two,
but I think the best thing
I can do.

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

Here's a little tip
to all the married men
if you're in any trouble
with your wife well then
when at you she starts chewing the fat,
well I've got the finest cure for that.

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

What a game is Football,
don't it drive you mad
when the team you want to win,
they all play bad.
The way to make your team play well
is to simply all stand up
and yell.

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

If you go to Paris for your holidays
you'll have to be so careful
of the French girls' ways
if she says "Do you Parley Vous"
then the best and the safest
thing to do is

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

If you meet a widow
looking very nice,
and she proposes marriage,
well it may sound nice,
she might say she's
got a ton of quids
that's all right,
but if she's got kids....

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

People come to England
from the Continong
think it Merrie England
but they're all darned wrong
when they've been here a day or two
well the next thing
that they always do is

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

Get upon the puff, puff
early in the morning
see then on the platform
all in a row.
Man on the engine,
blows his little whistle,
Choo, choo, choo, choo,
off we go.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Get Upon A Puff Puff 1924
Lyrics & Music by Herbert Rule
© MCMXXIV by The Lawrence Wright Music Co.   London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 15 February 2025 at 16.00
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne