a 1922 Australian song
words and music by Neil McBeath
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Living with her Granny, since a babe she’s been
There’s a little girlie, sweetest ever seen
Hasn’t got no Mammy, hasn’t got no Pa
But she gets tons of loving, and from near and far
Chorus:
They call her ‘Break-O’-Day’
Everybody calls her ‘Break-O’-Day’
That’s when she starts to play, and this I’ll say
Oh! she’s a happy child
Heaven on her surely smiled
The Angels crowned their ambition
When they made her sweet disposition
Sweet and fair, you ought to hear her say a prayer
I’m sure the good Lord will guide her alway
And keep the bogey man away
For like a little lark, each sunny morn
You hear her singing to the golden dawn
That’s why they call her ‘Break-O’-Day’
- No one in her Hometown, needs a “Big Ben” clock
No one ever listens, for the crowing cock
No one ever worries, if the skies are grey
Her happy morning song, drives the clouds away
Sung here by Fred Feild: