Carry On!

A 1928 march, fox-trot song re-published in 1940.
Words by Gordon V. Thompson.
Music by Ernest Dainty.


Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. There’s a happy phrase that has brighten’d all our days
    It has turned the darkest sorrow into song
    It’s many years since Armentieres
    But through the years it still appears
    That happy phrase is “Carry On”

Chorus
Laugh at your troubles, they are only bubbles
Carry On! Carry On! Carry On!
Keep on smiling, all your care beguiling
Carry On! Carry On! Carry On!
The sun is shining above the darken’d sky
Just stop repining, the clouds will soon roll by
So, laugh at your troubles, they are only bubbles
Carry On! Carry On! Carry On!

  1. If you’re feeling blue and good luck has passed by you
    And you need a peg to hang your courage on
    Though things go wrong, come join the throng
    That sing this song and jog along
    Keep smiling while you “Carry On”

Sung here by Vancha March: