Bryan Dunn - Sweetheart of the Music Hall lyrics

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You saw her play piano a bar on Helen street

The words were kinda bitter, but the melody was sweet.

You thought that he might win her

She smiled and took his hand

There’s no ring around my finger,

But that piano is my old man!

Chorus:

And the boys come round to see her

And they love her on and on

The darling of the downtown,

Sweetheart of the music hall.

Young man was persistent, he learned to play guitar

He paid dues in quarters in some random cowboy bar.

Blisters on his fingers, his voice was always shy

But the girl on that piano said: ‘Is that really what you got?’

Chorus:

And the boys come round to see her

And they love her on and on

The darling of the downtown,

Sweetheart of the music hall.

Everybody knows that when the road gets lonely

Everybody knows this big old world is cruel

But if the concert right, the starts are bright, even if it’s Wednesday night

Sometime it’s OK to play the fool!

He made a little money playing around the world

He played for queens and princesses

But he was never better than that girl!

He came back to see her, that bar on Helen street

She smiled a little sadly, said: ‘This piano’s all I need!’

But the boy still comes to see her with his broken heart and hope

The darling of the downtown,

Sweetheart of the music hall.