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I TOOK MY HARP TO A PARTY
Words by Desmond Carter, music by Noel Gay, 1933.
As sung by Gracie Fields

VERSE 1: Christmas is comin'. Christmas is comin'.
Christmas is comin' again.
But that never thrills me. the thought of it chills me.
I tell you it fills me with pain.
It makes me remember a Christmas gone by
When I was extremely upset.
A night in December, an evening that I
Would very much rather forget.

CHORUS 1: For I took me harp to a party, but nobody asked me to play.
The others were jolly and 'earty, but I wasn't feelin' so gay.
They might have said "play us a tune we can sing"
But somehow I don't think they noticed the thing.
I took me harp to a party, but nobody asked me to play,
So I took the darned thing away.

VERSE 2: They asked Mrs Morgan to play her mouth-organ,
And somebody else did a dance.
They let Mrs Carter perform a sonata,
But I wasn't given a chance.
A north country person called Sandy McPherson
Played bagpipes and took off his coat,
While both the Miss Fawcetts bust out of their corsets
In trying to take a top note.

CHORUS 2: But I took me harp to a party, nobody asked me to play.
The others were jolly and 'earty, but I wasn't feelin' so gay.
I felt so ashamed at not strikin' a note,
That I tried to hide the thing under me coat.
I took me harp to a party, but nobody asked me to play,
So I took the darned thing away.

VERSE 3: They sang Home Sweet Home and The Banks of Loch Lomond,
And All the King's Horses, then Trees,
While nephews and nieces kept playin' their pieces
And spreadin' their jam on the keys.
A daughter called Lena played her concertina.
We all played ridiculous games,
'Til old Mr Dyer set his whiskers on fire,
And a fire engine played on the flames.

But I took me harp to a party but nobody asked me to play
So I took the darned thing away!