Gracie Fields - I Took My Harp To A Party lyrics

Christmas is comin', Christmas is comin' Christmas is comin' again But that never thrills me, the thought of it chills me I tell you it fills me with pain It makes me remember a Christmas gone by When I was extremely upset A night in December, an evening that I Would very much rather forget For I took me harp to a party but nobody asked me to play The others were jolly and 'earty but I wasn't feelin' so gay They might have said play us a tune we can sing But somehow I don't think they noticed the thing I took me harp to a party but nobody asked me to play So I took the darned thing away They asked Mrs Morgan to play her mouth-organ And somebody else did a dance They Let Mrs Carter perform a sonata But I wasn't given a chance A north country person called Sandy Mcpherson Played bagpipes and took off his coat While both the Miss Fawcetts bust out of their corsets In trying to take a top note But I took me harp to a party, nobody asked me to play The others were jolly and 'earty but I wasn't feelin' so gay I felt so ashamed at not strikin' a note That I tried to hide the thing under me coat I took me harp to a party but nobody asked me to play So I took the darned thing away They sang Home Sweet Home and The Banks of Loch Lomond And All the King's Horses, then Trees While nephews and nieces kept playin' their pieces And spreadin' their jam on the keys A daughter called Lena, played her concertina We all played ridiculous games 'Til old Mr Dyer, set his whiskers on fire And a fire engine played on the flames But I took me harp to a party but nobody asked me to play So I took the darned thing away!-acap