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Thread #106778 Message #2209179
Posted By: Carol
05-Dec-07 - 11:44 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Are We to Part Like This, Bill?
Subject: Lyr Add: ARE WE TO PART LIKE THIS BILL?
Hope this works, these are the words that I have, an old friend used to sing this one but I have 'problems' with the tune to the verses! I love the line prosperity!!
ARE WE TO PART LIKE THIS, BILL?
Words & music by Harry Castling & Charles Collins; sung by Kate Carney
1. Three weeks ago, no longer, I was as gay as a bird on the wing,
But since me and Bill have been parted, you know, life is a blank and it's changed ev'rything.
I saw him out with another that night. None can guess how I felt at the sight.
With tears in my eyes that I tried to keep back, I crept to his side and said:
CHORUS: Are we to part like this, Bill? Are we to part this way?
Who's it to be, 'er or me? Don't be a-frightened to say.
If ev'rything's over between us, don't never pass me by,
'Cos you and me still friends can be, for the sake of the days gone by.
2. We went to school together, lived side by side, me and Bill, in the mews.
When 'e was ill, too, I stayed up for nights, nursed him—to do it I'd never refuse.
'E used to tell me his wife I should be—I never thought that he'd turn against me.
Sleeping or waking, at work or at home, I find myself murmuring this: CHORUS
3. Down in a little laundry, me and 'er work side by side every day.
She was my pal and I looked to 'er well, trusted and helped 'er in every way.
Still, if my Bill cares for 'er more than me, I wish him no harm—no, but prosperity.
I try to forget him, but each day I find these words running through my mind: CHORUS