I Took My Harp To A Party-Gracie Fields

[ti:I Took My Harp To A Party] [ar:Gracie Fields] [al:Golden Greats] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Took My Harp To A Party - Gracie Fields [00:05.40]Christmas is coming [00:06.77] [00:07.41]Christmas is coming [00:08.34] [00:09.07]Christmas is coming again [00:10.71] [00:12.60]But that never thrills me [00:14.46]The thought of it chills me [00:16.08] [00:16.60]I tell you it fills me with pain [00:18.61] [00:19.89]It makes me remember a Christmas gone by [00:23.72]When I was extremely upset [00:25.79] [00:27.27]A night in December an evening that I [00:30.16] [00:30.79]Would very much rather forget [00:32.40] [00:34.94]For I took me harp to a party [00:37.22] [00:38.91]But nobody asked me to play [00:40.94] [00:42.75]The others were jolly and earty [00:44.63] [00:46.37]But I wasn't feeling so gay [00:48.15] [00:50.13]They might have said play us a tune we can sing [00:53.47]But somehow I don't think they noticed the thing [00:56.66] [00:57.58]I took me harp to a party [00:59.69] [01:01.13]But nobody asked me to play [01:03.21] [01:05.19]So I took the darned thing away [01:07.84] [01:10.26]They asked Mrs Morgan to play her mouth-organ [01:13.07] [01:14.25]And somebody else did a dance [01:16.68] [01:18.00]They let Mrs Carter perform a sonata [01:20.42] [01:21.28]But I wasn't given a chance [01:23.75] [01:25.54]A north country person called Sandy McPherson [01:28.36] [01:29.34]Played bagpipes and took off his coat [01:31.94] [01:33.34]While both the Miss Fawcetts bust [01:35.22] [01:35.86]Out of their corsets [01:37.48]Trying to take a top note [01:39.46] [01:42.11]But I took me harp to a party [01:44.40] [01:46.68]Nobody asked me to play [01:48.49] [01:50.34]The others were jolly and earty [01:52.34] [01:54.28]But I wasn't feeling so gay [01:56.32] [01:58.13]I felt so ashamed at not striking a note [02:01.54] [02:02.11]That I tried to hide the thing under me coat [02:04.40] [02:06.14]I took me harp to a party [02:08.14] [02:09.83]But nobody asked me to play [02:11.88] [02:13.62]So I took the darned thing away [02:16.69] [02:18.85]They sang home sweet home [02:20.33] [02:20.90]And The Banks of loch lomond [02:22.96]And All the king's horses then trees [02:24.71] [02:26.70]While nephews and nieces kept playing their pieces [02:29.80] [02:30.88]And spreading their jam on the keys [02:32.78] [02:34.62]A daughter called Lena played her concertina [02:36.95] [02:38.17]We all played ridiculous games [02:40.81] [02:42.58]Till old Mr Dyer set his whiskers on fire [02:45.73] [02:46.36]And a fire engine played on the flames [02:48.36] [02:50.62]But I took me harp to a party [02:53.11] [02:55.15]But nobody asked me to play [02:56.91] [02:57.87]So I took the darned thing away [03:01.84] [03:05.23]Oh dear dear dear well nobody eles made the play [03:08.32] [03:11.76]Oh oh dear else must down oh ah ah ah