The Wonderful Musician 1871

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13Feb2025
2025

A wonderful musician once,
in Germany did dwell,
his name quite unpronounceable,
impossible to spell.
He could play on any instrument,
no matter great or small,
this wondeful musician,
he could play upon them all.

A big drum,
a kettle drum,
the fiddle, flute and piccolo,
piano, harp harmonium
and many more beside,
a french horn,
a sax horn, a trombone
and double bass,
bones, banjo, tamborine
basson and ophicleide

A big drum,
a kettle drum,
the fiddle, flute and piccolo,
piano, harp harmonium
and many more beside,
a french horn,
a sax horn, a trombone
and double bass,
bones, banjo, tamborine
basson and ophicleide

He only had a little room
upon the second floor,
and very little room indeed
he had you may be sure;
he had no chairs or table
no sofa and no bed,
he said he didn't want 'em
for of course he had instead:

A big drum,
a kettle drum,
the fiddle, flute and piccolo,
piano, harp harmonium
and many more beside,
a french horn,
a sax horn, a trombone
and double bass,
bones, banjo, tamborine
basson and ophicleide

A big drum,
a kettle drum,
the fiddle, flute and piccolo,
piano, harp harmonium
and many more beside,
a french horn,
a sax horn, a trombone
and double bass,
bones, banjo, tamborine
basson and ophicleide

The neighbours used to grumble
for he would make such a din,
at day break every morning
to practice he'd begin;
and sometimes from their slumbers
they'd awake in such a fright,
for often he'd be playing
in the middle of the night.

A big drum,
a kettle drum,
the fiddle, flute and piccolo,
piano, harp harmonium
and many more beside,
a french horn,
a sax horn, a trombone
and double bass,
bones, banjo, tamborine
basson and ophicleide

A big drum,
a kettle drum,
the fiddle, flute and piccolo,
piano, harp harmonium
and many more beside,
a french horn,
a sax horn, a trombone
and double bass,
bones, banjo, tamborine
basson and ophicleide

One night there was a fearful noise
they heard it far and near,
many thought it was an earthquake
and many quaked with fear;
everybody thought of course
something shocking had occurred
they all stood shaking in the street
and the distinctly heard:

A big drum,
a kettle drum,
the fiddle, flute and piccolo,
piano, harp harmonium
and many more beside,
a french horn,
a sax horn, a trombone
and double bass,
bones, banjo, tamborine
basson and ophicleide

A big drum,
a kettle drum,
the fiddle, flute and piccolo,
piano, harp harmonium
and many more beside,
a french horn,
a sax horn, a trombone
and double bass,
bones, banjo, tamborine
basson and ophicleide

Of course they very soon found out
the cause of all the riot,
they heard another dreadful crash
then everything went quiet;
they found the old musician
had blown all his breath away,
in trying if he all at once
his instruments could play.

A big drum,
a kettle drum,
the fiddle, flute and piccolo,
piano, harp harmonium
and many more beside,
a french horn,
a sax horn, a trombone
and double bass,
bones, banjo, tamborine
basson and ophicleide

A big drum,
a kettle drum,
the fiddle, flute and piccolo,
piano, harp harmonium
and many more beside,
a french horn,
a sax horn, a trombone
and double bass,
bones, banjo, tamborine
basson and ophicleide

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Wonderful Musician 1871
Lyrics by Walter Greenaway
Music by Vincent Davies
© 1871 by Wood & Co.    London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 13 February 2025 at 12.28
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne