The Idol Of The Day 1869

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28Feb2025
2025

I'm "on the cards" for "Gaiety"
The "Globe" is not so old
I need no "Yellow Passport"
I live on a "Cloth of Gold"
I'm "Caste" in good "Society"
they like my nonchalance,
Where e'er I go they always know
the swell Par Excellence.

I'm Par Excellence
the idol of the day
London or in France
my time I pass away.
I'm Par Excellence
in form and field and dance,
in fact in all the sports of life
I am Par Excellence.

Now "After Dark" I like to roam
and have a "Loving Cup"
or at the hunt I'm quite "at home"
and with the Master sup,
I'm sweet on "Rural Felicity"
can course when I've the chance,
and as to give a "Blow for Blow"
why I'm Par Excellence.

I'm Par Excellence
the idol of the day
London or in France
my time I pass away.
I'm Par Excellence
in form and field and dance,
in fact in all the sports of life
I am Par Excellence.

At Cambridge I gained a B.A.
was never reckoned slow,
and at the side of "Royalty"
a "Standard" man to row
as Volunteer was in the "Queens"
my military glances
was noticed by the "Prince of Wales"
as quite Par Excellence.

I'm Par Excellence
the idol of the day
London or in France
my time I pass away.
I'm Par Excellence
in form and field and dance,
in fact in all the sports of life
I am Par Excellence.

"St. James" I've had my chambers in,
Duns can't make me retrench,
a little Countess in Mayfair,
makes me au fait in French.
No "Grecian" eye to "Drury Lane"
where ballet girls do prance,
to charm "Princesses" my finesse
is thought Par Excellence.

I'm Par Excellence
the idol of the day
London or in France
my time I pass away.
I'm Par Excellence
in form and field and dance,
in fact in all the sports of life
I am Par Excellence.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Idol Of The Day 1869
(Par Excellence)
composed by Alfred Lee
and sung with Immense succes by
The Great Vance
© 1869
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 28 February 2025 at 14.50
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne