In The Evening 1924

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30Apr2025
2025

Some folks like the beautiful dewy dawn
With the birdies and bees
And the evergreen trees
There's laughter on a beautiful afternoon
But to my mind there's just one time
When the world's in tune

In the evening, by the corn and the cotton
Old bad news and blues are forgotten
In Dixie sweet Dixieland
In the evening, by the
Old Swanee River Folks get hot but
Oh! how they shiver to the music
they understand
So when you're speakin' of beautiful
Speakin' of wonderful dawning
Nothin' could be finer than
to be in Carolina in the morning
But in the evening
by the corn and the cotton
Old bad news and blues are forgotten
In the evening, down in Dixieland

Goodnight I gotta be
Goodnight I oughta be
Goodnight they're callin' me
I'd better hurry along
Goodnight I never knew
I might be feelin' blue
Some sight I'm tellin' you
Down by the cotton and corn
In the evening,
by the corn and the cotton
Old bad news and blues are forgotten
In the evening, down in Dixieland

'Round 'bout nine the birdies all start to creep
In each feathery nest
And they cuddle to rest
But Mister Owl just opens his blinky eyes
He's not so slow and now
I know why the owl is wise

In the evening, by the corn and the cotton
Old bad news and blues are forgotten
In Dixie sweet Dixieland
In the evening, by the
Old Swanee River Folks get hot but
Oh! how they shiver to the music
they understand
So when you're speakin' of beautiful
Speakin' of wonderful dawning
Nothin' could be finer than
to be in Carolina in the morning
But in the evening
by the corn and the cotton
Old bad news and blues are forgotten
In the evening, down in Dixieland

Goodnight I gotta be
Goodnight I oughta be
Goodnight they're callin' me
I'd better hurry along
Goodnight I never knew
I might be feelin' blue
Some sight I'm tellin' you
Down by the cotton and corn
In the evening,
by the corn and the cotton
Old bad news and blues are forgotten
In the evening, down in Dixieland

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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In The Evening 1924
Lyrics & music by Walter Donaldson
© MCMXXIV by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.Inc.Cor.  New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 30 April 2025 at 09.48
in association with Fred Feild, The Sheet Music Singer
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James Pitt-Payne