47 research outputs found
Hang Out The Front Door Key
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Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si, Do
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The Owl In The Old Oak Tree
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Best I Get is Much Obliged To You
[Verse 1] When Sylvester Johnson Lee hit New York from Tennessee, he thought heâd make his fortune right away He worked arounâ in swell hotels a shininâ shoes anâ hoppinâ bells, but somehow he couldnât seem to make it pay One day to self, sez he, something musâ be wrong with me I canât seem to get a cent from no one, I wonder why. No one hands me any âtipsâ or nothinâ else but heavy grips, Iâm goinâ to bid these swell hotels goodbye.
[Chorus] Itâs mighty strange! Itâs mighty strange! No one ever says âSylvester you keep the changeâ I try to do: as folks tell me to: but they all get absent minded when my work is through: I donât know why: the more I try: somehow or other all the coin gets by: Itâs time I blew for some job thatâs new, All I get here is âMuch obliged to you.â
[Verse 2] The next job that came his way, found him in a swell CafĂ©, heâd heard so much about a waiterâs âgraftâ But poor Sylvester hardly knew an omelet from a kidney stew, so when they saw him coming, people laughed One day in a lady came, with a bull dog on a chain, Poor Sylvester had to stand and hold him outside the door, When she finished out she went and handed him a measly cent, no wonder that he cried out as before
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[Verse 3] One day, back to Tennesse, âbeatâ Sylvester Johnson Lee, disgusted with the ways of New York town: Sez he, Iâve worked at evâry trade, the Lord or devil ever made, and I aint seen no fortunes lyinâ rounâ Good old Nashville, Tennessee, always did look good to me, I aint goin to work no more for no one an âose my health, While Iâm feelinâ strong anâ well, Iâm goinâ to take a restinâ spell, Iâm sick an tried of chasing after wealth
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Lonesome Little Maid : Low Voice
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