A 1919 popular song.
Words by Haven Gillespie.
Music by Egbert Van Alstyne.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- All the world is sad and dreary
Since the first of July
Not a chance of growing cheery
Like a camel am I
With a caravan of sadness
O’er the desert I go
In pursuit of the gladness
That I once used to know
Chorus:
Give me the good old days
Bring back the Cabarets
For another night of joy and laughter
I’ll take the headache with the morning after
Turn on the lights ablaze
Down where the Jazz Band plays
Bring on my dancing shoes
I’ve got the thirsty blues
Oh, give me the good old days
- When the midnight hour is ringing
Mournful tones fill the air
Then the night-owl is a-singing
Songs of gloom everywhere
Only one moon is a shining
Where there used to be two
Every could has a lining
Mine is awfully blue
Sung here by Vancha March: