I Taught Her How To Play 1934

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 22Mar2025
2025

I taught Miss Suzannah
to play the pianner
and night after night by her side
I would sit.
What she played a crochet,
I'd carefully watch it,
I wasn't quite sure
of which note she would hit:

I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
to play
Broop Broop
to play
Broop Broop
I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
and now we can play a duet;
For hours and hours
I sit with Suzannah,
and watch her practice
on the pianner.
I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
that's why she's so good
on the Flute.

I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
to play
Broop Broop
to play
Broop Broop
I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
and now we can play a duet;
For hours and hours
I sit with Suzannah,
and watch her practice
on the pianner.
I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
that's why she's so good
on the Flute.

When she played "Killarney"
the neighbours went balmy,
for what she was playing
they couldn't quite tell,
she pushed down the pedal
and thumped out the treble,
the key it was G.
but it sounded like L.

I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
to play
Broop Broop
to play
Broop Broop
I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
forgive me for
what I have done;
her eyes would blink,
her lips they would tighten,
she'd strike a note
but never the right one.
I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
and she won a prize
for Sweet Peas!

I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
to play
Broop Broop
to play
Broop Broop
I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
forgive me for
what I have done;
her eyes would blink,
her lips they would tighten,
she'd strike a note
but never the right one.
I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
and she won a prize
for Sweet Peas!

She played at the
College of Musical Knowledge,
they gave her the
prelude of Rachmaninoff.
The Judging Committee said
"Oh what a pity!"
They all thought the best part
was where she left off.

I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
to play
Broop Broop
to play
Broop Broop
I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
I wish I had taught her to dance
as it was written,
that was forgotten,
she played the music
as it was written.
I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
and now she plays
Tennis and Golf!

I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
to play
Broop Broop
to play
Broop Broop
I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
I wish I had taught her to dance
as it was written,
that was forgotten,
she played the music
as it was written.
I taught her how to play
Broop Broop
and now she plays
Tennis and Golf!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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I Taught Her How To Play 1934
Lyrics & Music by Arthur Le Clerq
© MCMXXXIV by Lawrence Wright Music Co.Ltd.  London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 22 March 2025 at 16.55
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne