Please Go 'way And Let Me Sleep
music by james t. bryan / lyrics by cecil mack
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PLEASE GO 'WAY AND LET ME SLEEP
PLEASE GO 'WAY AND LET ME SLEEP (SCREEN SONGS) 1931
PLEASE GO 'WAY AND LET ME SLEEP (SCREEN SONGS) 1931
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Please Go 'Way And Let Me Sleep is a novelty song written in 1902 by African-American songwriter Cecil Mack with composer James T. Bryan. In 1905, Mack co-founded the Gotham-Attucks Music Publishing Company - it is considered to be the first black owned music publishing company. Mack wrote numerous successful songs, and he wrote lyrics for the 1907 musical The Black Politician. In 1931, Please Go Way And Let Me Sleep was used for an installment of the Screen Songs series.
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PLEASE GO 'WAY AND LET ME SLEEP
I am twice as happy as a millionaire
Every day I have such lovely dreams
When I’m sleepin’ money never gives me a care
Trouble never troubles me it seems
I don’t mind no summer heat or wintry storm
When I turn in bed I feel the spring
‘Larm clocks act on me just like a dose of chloroform
When folks tries to wake me up I sing:
Chorus:
Please go ‘way and let me sleep, don’t disturb my slumber deep
I would rather sleep than eat, for sleep to me is such a treat, treat, treat
I never had a dream so nice, thought I was in Paradise
Wakin’ up makes me feel cheap, so please let me sleep
Ten o’clock this mornin’ I was poundin’ my ear
Dreamin’ I’m the warmest man in town
Landlord hollered, “Wake up quick an’ get out of here
Hurry up, the place is burning down!”
I got sore at bein’ woke an’ started to shout
“Stop that noise out there, for goodness sake
I can’t watch no fire now, so you can put it out
Burn your blamed old house when I’m awake!”
I am twice as happy as a millionaire
Every day I have such lovely dreams
When I’m sleepin’ money never gives me a care
Trouble never troubles me it seems
I don’t mind no summer heat or wintry storm
When I turn in bed I feel the spring
‘Larm clocks act on me just like a dose of chloroform
When folks tries to wake me up I sing:
Chorus:
Please go ‘way and let me sleep, don’t disturb my slumber deep
I would rather sleep than eat, for sleep to me is such a treat, treat, treat
I never had a dream so nice, thought I was in Paradise
Wakin’ up makes me feel cheap, so please let me sleep
Ten o’clock this mornin’ I was poundin’ my ear
Dreamin’ I’m the warmest man in town
Landlord hollered, “Wake up quick an’ get out of here
Hurry up, the place is burning down!”
I got sore at bein’ woke an’ started to shout
“Stop that noise out there, for goodness sake
I can’t watch no fire now, so you can put it out
Burn your blamed old house when I’m awake!”
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