Song Lyrics Berlin Irving - Play A Simple Melody    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> B>> Berlin Irving Singer Lyrics [Berlin Irving other resources]>> Play A Simple Melody Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Berlin Irving Music Title/Track: Play A Simple Melody Theme ID: 20078 Album: N/A [original title: "Simple Melody"] [1st verse:] The diff'rent lays of nowadays All set my brain a whirl They're not the kind of songs they sang When mother was a girl Your spoony rags and coony drags All made my poor heart ache Bring back the rhymes of olden times And just for old times sake [chorus:] Won't you play a simple melody Like my mother sang to me One with good old fashioned harmony Play a simple melody [2nd verse:] In days of yore, before the war When hearts now old were young At home each night by firelight Those dear old songs were sung Sweet melodies, their memories Around my heart still cling That's why I long to hear a song Like mother used to sing [rag verse:] I don't care for longhaired musicians With their classy melodies They have lots of highbrow ambitions But their music doesn't please Give me something snappy and popular The kind that darkies play Lots of rhythm And I go with 'em That's why I say [rag chorus:] Musical Demon Set your honey a-dreamin' Won't you play me some rag Just change that classical nag To some sweet beautiful drag If you will play from a copy Of a tune that is choppy You'll get all my applause And that is simply because I want to listen to rag Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Ragtime Violin (6 Oct 1911), Ragtime Violin! (6 Oct 1911), Reaching For The Moon, Remember (1925), Revival Day (1914), Roses Of Yesterday (1928), Run Home And Tell Your Mother (29 Jun 1911), Russian Lullaby (1927), Sadie Salome (Go Home) (2 Apr 1909), Sailors Not A Sailor (til A Sailors Been Tattoo, Sailors Not A Sailor, A (1954), San Francisco Bound (13 Mar 1913), Say It Isnt So (1932), Say It With Music (1921), Sayonara (1957), Serenade To An Old-Fashioned Girl, A, Shaking The Blues Away, Shaking The Blues Away (1927 Version), She Was A Dear Little Girl (5 Oct 1909), Sisters, Sisters (Brothers), Sittin In The Sun (1953), Slumming On Park Avenue, Snookey Ookums (21 Feb 1913), Snow, So Help Me (1934), Society Bear (1 Apr 1912), Soft Lights And Sweet Music, Sombrero Land (17 Nov 1911), Some Little Something About You (14 Oct 1909), Some Sunny Day (1922), Somebodys Coming To My House (15 May 1913), Someone Just Like You (22 Dec 1909), Someones Waiting For Me (Well Wait, Wait, Wait), Song Of Freedom, Spanish Love (24 Apr 1911), Spring And Fall (24 Feb 1912), Stay Down Here Where You Belong (20 Oct 1914), Steppin Out With My Baby, Stop, Stop, Stop (17 Sep 1910), Stop That Rag (24 Nov 1909), Supper Time, Sweet Italian Love (9 Jun 1910), Sweet Marie, Make-A Rag-A-Time Dance Wid Me (18 Ja, Take A Little Tip From Father (20 Jan 1912), Take Me Back (8 Sep 1913), Take Me With You, Soldier Boy (1943), Telling Lies (14 Jan 1910), Thank You Kind Sir Said She (31 Aug 1910), Thank You, Kind Sir! Said She (31 Aug 1910), Other Berlin Irving song Lyrics (I Wonder Why) Youre Just In Love Lyrics Abie Sings An Irish Song (15 May 1913) Lyrics Abraham Lyrics After The Honeymoon (23 Aug 1911) Lyrics After You Get What You Want, You Dont Want It (19 Lyrics Alexander And His Clarinet (19 May 1910) Lyrics Alexanders Bag-Pipe Band (10 Feb 1912) Lyrics Alexanders Ragtime Band (18 May 1911) Lyrics All Alone (1924) Lyrics All By Myself (1921) Lyrics All Of My Life (1944) Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Irving Berlin Lyrics Berlinda Carlisle Lyrics Berman Jacqueline Lyrics Bern Dan Lyrics Bernadette Larson Lyrics Bernadette Peters Lyrics Bernadette Peters F/ Billy Joel Lyrics Butler Bernard Lyrics Bernard Butler Lyrics Bernard Crystal Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy