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Thread #30752   Message #2733384
Posted By: Steve Gardham
28-Sep-09 - 02:30 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Will the Angels Play Their Harps for Me?2
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Will the Angels Play Their Harps for Me?
Okay, original sheet music in front of me.
Words Walter Hirsch
Music, Monte White
Pub. Keith Prowse Music Co. Inc. 1928

The text above is almost correct.
The last 4 lines of the chorus are the second verse.
The 'heart' and 'feet' lines need swapping.

My copy is as performed by The George Mitchell Choir, but, like everything else of its period, would have been covered by half a dozen other performers and the only difference in the sheet music would have been the picture of a different artist cameoed on the cover.

My old mate David 'Mick' Robinson of Hull used to sing a RN parody from WWII. He was stationed at Scapa Flow.

Oh I wonder, yes, I wonder, did the Jaunty make a blunder,
When he made this draft chit out for me.
For a million miles I've travelled and a million sights I've seen,
And I've always said good morning to the chief.
(Spoken..Good morning, Chief, you old bastard!)

Oh, I've been a barrack stanchion
An' I've lived at Jago's mansion
And I always got my morning cup of tea.
Oh I wonder, yes, I wonder, did the Jaunty make a blunder,
When he made this draft chit out for me.

(Apologies for possible spelling errors. I'm not familiar with the lingo.)