Up With The Lark In The Morning 1870

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 18Feb2025
2025

I like to be jolly.
in a moderate way,
but think it a pity to hear folks say,
drink and be merry
till the break of day,;
No "Jolly Dog" am I.
On my exertions I depend,
no other wealth I crave,
and though I have the heart to spend,
I've still the sense to save.

For I never drink hard
it don't suit me,
nor toast my friends
with a one two three,
merry and wine
is the motto for me,
and up with the lark
in the morning.

There's a time for pleasure
and a time for play,
a time to labour
and a time to be gay;
if the sun shines bright
you must make your hay,
and I'll tell the reason why,
today we may be hale and strong,
tomorrow who can tell,
without the health to earn a pound,
without a friend as well.

So I never drink hard,
it don't suit me,
nor toast my friend
with a one two three,
merry and wine is
the motto for me,
and up with the lark
in the morning.

If I had the money that many have got,
I'll scatter a bit in the laborers' cot.
and the struggling poor,
for I pity their lot,
no miserly man am I.
No deserving man should say,
he ever passed my door,
in want, upon the world's highway,
I'd ne'er forget the poor.

Though I never drink hard,
it don't suit me,
nor toast my friend
with a one two three,
merry and iwne
is a motto for me,
and up with the lark
in the morning.

So I've always a penny
if I want to lend,
I've always a penny
if I want to spend,
I've always a penny
for a poor old friend,
for a careful man am I.
I envy not the rich man's lot,
or princes' diadem;
the poor man working
at the plough, will
one day equal them.

Yet I never drink hard,
it don't suit me,
nor toast my friend
with a one two three,
merry and wine
is a motto for me,
and up with the lark
in the morning.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Up With The Lark In The Morning 1870
Lyrics by Harry Clifton
Music by F.A. Springthorpe
arranged by M. Hobson
© 1870
sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 18 February 2025 at 11.53
in association with Torquil Syme
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James Pitt-Payne