Lyr Add: Have You Ever Been to See King's Cross?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kings Cross, Have You Ever Been To S
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 16 Feb 00 - 06:37 PM

Liz, I'll try and get to the tune some time, but I'm fairly pressed at the moment as I'm spending a lot more time on improving my scoring of arrangements (being self taught means SLOW). The construction of King's Cross musically is similar to My Old Man's A Dustman, so have a bit of fun with that tune. I assume that every self respecting Pom knows Dustman - I haven't checked whether it's in the DT. Regards, John

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Kings Cross, Have You Ever Been To S
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 15 Feb 00 - 06:52 PM

OOOhh nice one, but it isn't the Kings Cross I recognise, going through it on the Tube to work in Euston, London.... too many clothes for one thing!

Any chance of a tune??

LTS

Subject: Lyr Add: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO SEE KING'S CROSS?
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 15 Feb 00 - 08:56 AM

A piece of almost 40 year old musical history from Sydney - I'm not sure whether the situation has changed much for the Olympics. Regards, John


HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO SEE KING'S CROSS?
Words and Music by Frankie Davidson

1. If you think you've done some trav'lin', like to say you've been around,
That you've seen the sights of Paris or the heart of London town,
You might say a night in Soho would be mighty hard to toss,
But let me tell you boy that you just ain't lived until you've seen King's Cross.

CHORUS: Have you ever been to see King's Cross where Sydneysiders meet,
There's a million faces goin' places walkin' up'n down the street,
Why tourists everywhere in their travels do declare
"I've seen the world," you can hear them cry
And they'll bet you a tenner to a con man's swy,
That you won't have seen the lot until the day you die
If you haven't been to see King's Cross.

2. Now let's take the eatin' houses that you find along the way
You might like to dine with a glass of wine and a serve of shrimp Mornay
Or you could try a spot down under. You get a three course for a zack
And you can write your will as you pay the bill just in case you don't get back. CHORUS

3. You've got a list of spots to see and you'd like to spend some dough,
So you tell the taxi driver just where you'd like to go.
You might do a tour of Sydney when in fact it's on the cards
That the place you sought when you climbed aboard is up the road a hundred yards. CHORUS

4. So if you're a weary traveller and you think you've seen the lot
Well take my tip and make the trip while the money you've still got.
And in later conversation you'll never be at loss
'Cos you can tell 'em all that you had a ball when you went to see King's Cross. CHORUS


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