I Took My Harp to a Party-Gracie Fields

[ti:I Took My Harp To A Party] [ar:Gracie Fields] [al:Heart and Soul] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Took My Harp to a Party - Gracie Fields [00:04.94]Christmas is coming Christmas is coming [00:08.29]Christmas is coming again [00:10.81] [00:11.82]But that never thrills me [00:13.52]The thought of it chills me [00:15.57]I tell you it fills me with pain [00:17.76] [00:19.06]It makes me remember a Christmas gone by [00:22.87]When I was extremely upset [00:24.99] [00:26.44]A night in December an evening that I [00:29.96]Would very much rather forget [00:32.35] [00:34.13]For I took me harp to a party [00:36.61] [00:38.19]But nobody asked me to play [00:40.43] [00:41.69]The others were jolly and earty [00:43.90] [00:45.48]But I wasn't feeling so gay [00:47.82] [00:49.16]They might have said play us a tune we can sing [00:52.57]But somehow I don't think they noticed the thing [00:55.77] [00:56.78]I took me harp to a party [00:58.96] [01:00.25]But nobody asked me to play [01:02.59] [01:04.31]So I took the darned thing away [01:07.06] [01:09.18]They asked Mrs Morgan to play her mouth-organ [01:13.05]And somebody else did a dance [01:15.49] [01:17.00]They let Mrs Carter perform a sonata [01:20.23] [01:21.50]But I wasn't given a chance [01:23.00] [01:24.55]A north country person called Sandy McPherson [01:28.19]Played bagpipes and took off his coat [01:30.87] [01:32.22]While both the Miss Fawcetts bust [01:34.87]Out of their corsets [01:35.96] [01:36.54]In trying to take a top note [01:39.05] [01:41.13]But I took me harp to a party [01:43.65] [01:45.51]Nobody asked me to play [01:47.77] [01:49.27]The others were jolly and earty [01:51.57] [01:53.15]But I wasn't feeling so gay [01:55.79] [01:57.01]I felt so ashamed at not striking a note [02:00.19] [02:00.95]That I tried to hide the thing under me coat [02:03.77] [02:04.95]I took me harp to a party [02:07.13] [02:08.75]But nobody asked me to play [02:11.41] [02:12.21]So I took the darned thing away [02:15.78] [02:17.70]They sang home sweet home [02:19.74]And The Banks of loch lomond [02:21.22] [02:21.73]And All the king's horses then trees [02:24.26] [02:25.46]While nephews and nieces kept playing their pieces [02:29.05] [02:29.70]And spreading their jam on the keys [02:31.93] [02:33.54]A daughter called Lena played her concertina [02:36.36] [02:36.86]We all played ridiculous games [02:39.79] [02:41.31]Til old Mr Dyer set his whiskers on fire [02:45.00]And a fire engine played on the flames [02:47.85] [02:49.38]But I took me harp to a party [02:52.05] [02:53.69]But nobody asked me to play [02:55.99] [02:56.81]So I took the darned thing away